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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 0:46:09 GMT
Remember back when I was asking questions about various Oregon cities when I was looking for a house to buy? My realtor had suggested this senior golf community and wanted to show me a house in the neighborhood. She had told me it was the largest retirement community in Oregon. A fellow pea said she thought the realtor had to be talking about the community she lived in and offered to take me on a tour of the neighborhood! I was thrilled to meet up with a fellow pea and possibly have her as a neighbor.
I met up with her and she took me through the clubhouse and then drove me around the town, pointing out stores that she thought I might be interested in. Then we went back to her house where I met her husband and we sat in their back patio and visited. She was just delightful and we talked about walking our dogs together and meeting up at the clubhouse to swim in the pool and use the exercise equipment. This was all before I purchased the house so I wasn’t sure I was going to get it because someone else had also put in a bid on the home, but we were trying to think positively.
Well, eventually I learned that my offer was accepted and waited to move in. I tried to contact her to take her to lunch as a thank you for showing me around. I sent her a couple of text messages from here to let her know that I got the house. I never got an answer. I couldn’t call her because I had replaced my phone and did not transfer over the old information because I wanted a fresh start here in Oregon. I had written down a few numbers and then reformatted that phone. I didn’t think to transfer her phone number over.
From what I can tell, she hasn’t posted here since we met and never responded to any of my messages. I don’t remember exactly where her home was located, I just remember there was an amazing huge tree in her front yard. I have tried to drive around, hoping to see that tree and find her house but haven’t found it. I even downloaded Google Earth and have looked at several large trees on various streets in the development. I haven’t located it.
Then last week I sent her another message on here and decided to reread all the messages between us and was happy to find the message where she sent me her phone number. I sent a text message to her phone explaining that I purchased a new phone and that I still would love to take her to lunch. Again, no response.
When she and I were talking as we drove around, she told me she had had a very serious heart attack a year prior. That is what prompted the discussion of us walking together to help us both lose some weight and to get her the exercise her doctor had recommended.
I know I barely knew her, but I really liked her and felt that we would be great friends. She recommended multiple places she wanted to show me in the area and the plan was to get together again if I got the house. If nothing else, I would like to at least take her to lunch to thank her for taking the time to show me the community.
I do not remember their last name or I would look up her address in the community directory. I have an awful feeling that something bad has happened to her. And if it did, I would not want to upset her husband by showing up at his front door. What I had considered doing was to send a thank you card to her house if I found which house was hers on Google Earth. I am worried that she hasn’t posted here since we met up. And I know she was quite worried about her health.
I had really hoped that she had just stopped coming here and never saw my messages, but would get the text to her phone and would respond to that but it has been a week now with no response.
Do I just let this go? Do I spend time on Google Earth looking at the entire community of over 1500 homes looking at every large tree and then send a card to her home? I just don’t know what to do.
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Post by seaexplore on Aug 17, 2023 0:53:00 GMT
I would for sure try and find her house and send a "I've moved in and would love to see you" type card. Make sure to include your phone number and mailing address just in case something has indeed happened to her and her DH can get in touch.
I don't want to worry you but a friend that another friend and I had chatted with daily for YEARS didn't reply one afternoon and a few days went by and we contacted friends of hers and they ultimately went to her home and found her deceased FIVE DAYS later!
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Post by Bridget in MD on Aug 17, 2023 1:07:41 GMT
Would you feel comfortable posting her handle? Maybe other peas have a relationship with her and would be willing to message you and/or her?
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 1:42:59 GMT
Would you feel comfortable posting her handle? Maybe other peas have a relationship with her and would be willing to message you and/or her? I wouldn’t want to do that without her permission. I know we promised each other when we met in person that we would never divulge our real names or any personal information without permission. But your post gives me another idea. I am going to read back in her posts to see if she was particularly friendly with anyone. I know she was big into quilting and showed me the quilting room at the clubhouse.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 1:49:49 GMT
I would for sure try and find her house and send a "I've moved in and would love to see you" type card. Make sure to include your phone number and mailing address just in case something has indeed happened to her and her DH can get in touch. I don't want to worry you but a friend that another friend and I had chatted with daily for YEARS didn't reply one afternoon and a few days went by and we contacted friends of hers and they ultimately went to her home and found her deceased FIVE DAYS later! OMG that is horrible! That will probably happen to me. My next door neighbor does get concerned if I don’t put my trash out weekly. He even called the police for a welfare check when I didn’t put my can out one week. Scared the heck out of me to see the police at the door. I told the neighbor to just call me or knock on my door. In California, they asked us not to put our cans out unless they are full. I only fill one kitchen can a week so I could actually just put the outside trash out once a month really. Now recyclables, yes. I was sad to learn that here, they only pick up recycling every other week instead of weekly like I was used to. So just to keep my neighbor from calling the police again, I put my can out even if there is only one kitchen bag full in it. This pea is married and when I was there, her neighbor from across the street came over to talk to her husband so even if something happened to both of them, the neighbor would know. I like your card suggestion. I will start at one end of the community and start looking for a huge tree in a yard.
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Post by Laurie on Aug 17, 2023 2:04:13 GMT
Would you feel comfortable posting her handle? Maybe other peas have a relationship with her and would be willing to message you and/or her? I wouldn’t want to do that without her permission. I know we promised each other when we met in person that we would never divulge our real names or any personal information without permission. But your post gives me another idea. I am going to read back in her posts to see if she was particularly friendly with anyone. I know she was big into quilting and showed me the quilting room at the clubhouse. Since you know her name I assume you have looked for obituaries. Morbid I know.
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Post by StephDRebel on Aug 17, 2023 2:04:52 GMT
I would Google her cell number and look at your Google location history to find her address. If you had your phone on Google has a wrap up of everywhere you were.
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Post by Lurkingpea on Aug 17, 2023 2:07:20 GMT
I would be worried as well. I hope she is ok. I remember you posting about moving, didn't she post to you on your threads? If she did I'm sure it would be okay for you to review her name maybe remove her first name from your posts. You didn't share anything that we didn't already know, that she lives in Oregon in a retirement community. Maybe another would know her off board and could provide you some more information so you can check in on her.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:09:17 GMT
I wouldn’t want to do that without her permission. I know we promised each other when we met in person that we would never divulge our real names or any personal information without permission. But your post gives me another idea. I am going to read back in her posts to see if she was particularly friendly with anyone. I know she was big into quilting and showed me the quilting room at the clubhouse. Since you know her name I assume you have looked for obituaries. Morbid I know. I only know her first name so an obit would not be searchable. I did go look at a couple of her posts and saw one where she used her husband’s name so that will help me. I need to find my community address book and will look through it for people with both of their first names. I am also going to keep looking on Google Earth and “driving” the streets in the community to find her house. I just have a strong feeling that her heart caused more issues. She wasn’t a prolific poster here, so I wasn’t sure how often she came here to see the messages I sent her here. Finding her phone number last week made me happy because I thought I could finally get a message to her.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:10:43 GMT
I would Google her cell number and look at your Google location history to find her address. If you had your phone on Google has a wrap up of everywhere you were. I didn’t have my current phone when I met her. I bought this one after we met so there wouldn’t be any info in there.
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Post by StephDRebel on Aug 17, 2023 2:13:18 GMT
I would Google her cell number and look at your Google location history to find her address. If you had your phone on Google has a wrap up of everywhere you were. I didn’t have my current phone when I met her. I bought this one after we met so there wouldn’t be any info in there. It would if you're signed into the same Google account. Mine goes back years and multiple phones.
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Post by dewryce on Aug 17, 2023 2:15:23 GMT
I would Google her cell number and look at your Google location history to find her address. If you had your phone on Google has a wrap up of everywhere you were. I didn’t have my current phone when I met her. I bought this one after we met so there wouldn’t be any info in there. Wouldn’t it be stored on your Google account, not phone? Maybe not, I’ll admit to not being very familiar with all of Googles little details, but I think that’s how it works. My iPad shows me where I’ve been on Google when I haven’t taken it with me to that location.
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Post by Lurkingpea on Aug 17, 2023 2:16:01 GMT
It took me just the time from posting my last post to posting this to find the peaname. I think you would be ok to post it here. I would just delete her name from your first post. I hope a pea knows her in real life and can help you see if she is ok.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:16:04 GMT
I didn’t have my current phone when I met her. I bought this one after we met so there wouldn’t be any info in there. It would if you're signed into the same Google account. Mine goes back years and multiple phones. It won’t hurt to try this. Thanks.
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Post by Lurkingpea on Aug 17, 2023 2:16:39 GMT
I didn’t have my current phone when I met her. I bought this one after we met so there wouldn’t be any info in there. Wouldn’t it be stored on your Google account, not phone? Maybe not, I’ll admit to not being very familiar with all of Googles little details, but I think that’s how it works. My iPad shows me where I’ve been on Google when I haven’t taken it with me to that location. Yes. Google knows all. If you were logged in you can check your history on any device.
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Post by StephDRebel on Aug 17, 2023 2:17:22 GMT
I would Google her cell number and look at your Google location history to find her address. If you had your phone on Google has a wrap up of everywhere you were. I didn’t have my current phone when I met her. I bought this one after we met so there wouldn’t be any info in there. Try opening Google maps and then hitting saved at the bottom. When you hit the city it brings up your locations.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:20:00 GMT
It took me just the time from posting my last post to posting this to find the peaname. I think you would be ok to post it here. I would just delete her name from your first post. I hope a pea knows her in real life and can help you see if she is ok. Oh yeah, you can see her pea name when she responded to me on that moving post! Then I’m not giving any info away (I took her first name off of my post here after being told what I had done). Her pea name is kjquilts. If any of you know her and can tell her I’m trying to get in touch to take her to lunch, that would be awesome.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:28:04 GMT
The only thing in my Google maps is a couple of places in California that I pinned. Wouldn’t I have had to look it up or drop a pin to have google remember it?
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Post by Lurkingpea on Aug 17, 2023 2:28:19 GMT
It took me just the time from posting my last post to posting this to find the peaname. I think you would be ok to post it here. I would just delete her name from your first post. I hope a pea knows her in real life and can help you see if she is ok. Oh yeah, you can see her pea name when she responded to me on that moving post! Then I’m not giving any info away (I took her first name off of my post here after being told what I had done). Her pea name is kjquilts. If any of you know her and can tell her I’m trying to get in touch to take her to lunch, that would be awesome. I tried Instagram to see if she had the same name there. There is just a few people with that name. One has a photo. You should try and see if that is her. Also if you Google kjquilts the first thing that pops up is a cruise message board. The kjquilts on there is from Oregon and posted recently. Now I feel like a creep, but some avenues for you to explore. One of the sites has her last name.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:38:04 GMT
Oh yeah, you can see her pea name when she responded to me on that moving post! Then I’m not giving any info away (I took her first name off of my post here after being told what I had done). Her pea name is kjquilts. If any of you know her and can tell her I’m trying to get in touch to take her to lunch, that would be awesome. I tried Instagram to see if she had the same name there. There is just a few people with that name. One has a photo. You should try and see if that is her. Also if you Google kjquilts the first thing that pops up is a cruise message board. The kjquilts on there is from Oregon and posted recently. Now I feel like a creep, but some avenues for you to explore. One of the sites has her last name. See, this is why I mention it here! The peas know all and can find all.
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Post by caangel on Aug 17, 2023 2:41:27 GMT
In Google maps click on your profile picture in the top right corner. A menu will pop up. Click on timeline. This is where you should be able to see where you have been. Click on the arrow next to "today" and you can select a date on the calendar. The map will show where you went that day if it was recorded.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:41:47 GMT
Oh yeah, you can see her pea name when she responded to me on that moving post! Then I’m not giving any info away (I took her first name off of my post here after being told what I had done). Her pea name is kjquilts. If any of you know her and can tell her I’m trying to get in touch to take her to lunch, that would be awesome. I tried Instagram to see if she had the same name there. There is just a few people with that name. One has a photo. You should try and see if that is her. Also if you Google kjquilts the first thing that pops up is a cruise message board. The kjquilts on there is from Oregon and posted recently. Now I feel like a creep, but some avenues for you to explore. One of the sites has her last name. No, the kjquilts with the photo on Instagram is not her.
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Post by Lurkingpea on Aug 17, 2023 2:45:31 GMT
I tried Instagram to see if she had the same name there. There is just a few people with that name. One has a photo. You should try and see if that is her. Also if you Google kjquilts the first thing that pops up is a cruise message board. The kjquilts on there is from Oregon and posted recently. Now I feel like a creep, but some avenues for you to explore. One of the sites has her last name. No, the kjquilts with the photo on Instagram is not her. Bummer, I figured since it was an older lady it might be. Did you find the cruise board? I can email you the link if you don't find it I imagine that one has to be her there can't be that many people that use that exact username and live in Oregon.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:48:55 GMT
In Google maps click on your profile picture in the top right corner. A menu will pop up. Click on timeline. This is where you should be able to see where you have been. Click on the arrow next to "today" and you can select a date on the calendar. The map will show where you went that day if it was recorded. I did this and it says my location history is off.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:49:51 GMT
No, the kjquilts with the photo on Instagram is not her. Bummer, I figured since it was an older lady it might be. Did you find the cruise board? I can email you the link if you don't find it I imagine that one has to be her there can't be that many people that use that exact username and live in Oregon. The cruise photo is not her either. Odd that there are two that use that name from Oregon.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 17, 2023 2:51:18 GMT
I think my best chance is to use google earth and try to find that huge tree. Or even just go up and down the streets in the development in google earth.
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Post by mom on Aug 17, 2023 2:53:49 GMT
Since you know her real name -- have you googled her name + your location? If she has passed, surely there would be an obit and you can probably get her address that way.
Edit: nevermind, you dont know her last name. Since you do know (or found her DH name) you should be able to put their names + location into google and see what it brings up.
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Post by Lurkingpea on Aug 17, 2023 2:55:39 GMT
Bummer, I figured since it was an older lady it might be. Did you find the cruise board? I can email you the link if you don't find it I imagine that one has to be her there can't be that many people that use that exact username and live in Oregon. The cruise photo is not her either. Odd that there are two that use that name from Oregon. That is odd, I don't see any pictures on the site I found. I am going to peamail you the one I found.
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Post by ModChick on Aug 17, 2023 3:31:49 GMT
I peamailed you info I found that may or may not be her. I didn’t want to post details her incase it is her.
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Post by flanz on Aug 17, 2023 3:57:08 GMT
Would you feel comfortable posting her handle? Maybe other peas have a relationship with her and would be willing to message you and/or her? I wouldn’t want to do that without her permission. I know we promised each other when we met in person that we would never divulge our real names or any personal information without permission. But your post gives me another idea. I am going to read back in her posts to see if she was particularly friendly with anyone. I know she was big into quilting and showed me the quilting room at the clubhouse. I hope she's okay but I totally get why you're concerned!
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