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Life at The Home

by carlton607

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #1724747

A Baby-Boomer STILL alive and living in senior housing...

The random thoughts of a Baby-Boomer STILL adjusting to life in senior housing (after five years)...

Almost exactly nine months after World War II ended, one historian writes, “the cry of the baby was heard across the land.” More babies were born in 1946 than ever before: 3.4 million, 20 percent more than in 1945. This was the beginning of the so-called “baby boom.” In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million were born in 1952; and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 until 1964, when the boom finally tapered off. By then, there were 76.4 million “baby boomers” in the United States. They made up almost 40 percent of the nation’s population. - www.history.com

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Toni

Dec 12, 2013 at 4:06pm
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I really miss reading your updates! Please come back!

Scarlett

Nov 9, 2013 at 1:12pm
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I shall miss your wit and wisdom. Hope all works out for you.

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Nada

Nov 8, 2013 at 2:30pm
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I hope it is all good things! Will await your return!

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Happy Mom's Day 2024!

Nov 8, 2013 at 7:38am
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Oh no! Please make it a short one. I feel like a member of the home and will miss it.

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Nada

Nov 7, 2013 at 7:25pm
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It's really odd how memory works. I have great memory associated with sight, but not as great when not. It seems some people are not playing with a full deck, and Connie seems like one. Next time I'd put a not written to her…something like "Gotcha!"

Happy Mom's Day 2024!

Nov 7, 2013 at 5:12pm
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You have a great memory! But I would expect that from a Times crossword puzzler

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Scarlett

Nov 6, 2013 at 12:47pm
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Privacy is becoming an obsolete word in these times.

It's a difficult situation when your parents need that extra volume, but I do think you have the right to ask politely if anyone else is there.

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Happy Mom's Day 2024!

Nov 6, 2013 at 9:09am
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Do they have two phones...one on each, no need for speaker. You could say the "speaker" on your end was bad

no pun intended!

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Scarlett

Nov 5, 2013 at 12:27pm
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I can't abide scarves, but know many who wear them.

I think Mrs Roper must enjoy the attention of the maintenance men. Maybe she needs a hobby. Like knitting a scarf.

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Happy Mom's Day 2024!

Nov 5, 2013 at 8:33am
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Poor Mrs. Roper. You paint very vivid pictures...and smells

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#274. Ahh, the Sweetness of Slumber
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#273. The Importance of "An" in a Sentence
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#272. Non-Remembrance of Things Past
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#271. A Tale of Two Slices of Cake
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#270. Rainbow...okay, and Smiles.
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#269. Remembrance
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#268. Jean v. Edith
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#267. A Slice of Lemon
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#266. Snickering Sylvia
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#265. Smooth Sailing
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#264. My Sleeping Vacuum
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#263. Youth is for the Young
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#262. Life in HD
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#261. Being "There"
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#260. (not-so-good) Memories of Summers Past
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#259. Piaf on a Sultry Day
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#258. Death by Baklava
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#257. O-K- and the rest
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#256. Dismal Aria
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#255. Music and Proms
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#254. Chirping is for the Birds
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#253. Ides
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#252. Mother Nature's Payback
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#251. Still Here...
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#250. Ciao!
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#249. Election Day Over
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#248. Autumn Leaves
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#247. Still Kickin'
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#246. Found!
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#245. Profit
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#244. Prepared
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#243. Caterpillar Cow Ring
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#242. Survived!
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#241. 56 Hours, 25 Minutes
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#240. T or T
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#239. Life Imitating Art?
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#238. And Now For Something Completely Different...
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#237. Shopping
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#236. Scream
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#235. Jolly Roger's Abode
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#234. Rutting Season
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#233. Eggs-istence
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#232. Radio Days
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#231. Regalia
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#230. Barbie and Ken
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#229. Offering
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#228. Farmers' Market
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#227. M.S.
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#226. From the Past
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#225. Suck-y
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#224. Ache-y
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#223. Tammy
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#222. Out, Out Damned Spot!
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#221. Little Eden
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#220. Still Wet
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#219. Discovery
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#218. ThirtyThree
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#217. Confused (Again) (or is it still?)
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#216. Early Morning Sighting
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#215. Weirdness
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#214. Wet
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#213. Babar, Bye-Bye
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#212. Deciding What To Do...
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#211. Shiver Me Timbers!
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#210. La-La Land
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#209. Down Here
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#208. The Un-Activities Director
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#207. Mad Men
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#206. Enough Already!
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#205. Get Low
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#204. "Let Me Outta Here!"
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#203. Phew2!
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#202. Walking on Walnuts
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#201. Wet Blowy...Now Dry and Clear
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#200. Thar She Blows...or so they tell us
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#199. W as in Wealthy (and Wishing)
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#198. Calendaring
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#197. Peppers
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#196. [yawn]
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#195. Hard Hats Required
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#194. Lost...Then Found!
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#189. Fresh Air
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#183. Let the Sun Shine In!
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#182. Zzzzzz...
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#181. Chomp. Munch.
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#180. Keeping Time
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#177. Hard at Work
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#176. Sightings
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