WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR SEPTEMBER 2015
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This is going to be long as I've been taking notes for a few days. Was going to enter last night but ran out of gas
Sending my heartfelt condolences and hugs to all who have lost family, friends, and furry friends lately.
MNMargaret - has anyone in the choir approached the new director to let her know how you all feel? Maybe she doesn't realize that she is appearing condescending to those of you who have been in the choir for so long and are used to singing together.
Mia - how did you learn to blow glass. Everytime I watch someone do it it's like magic - so beautiful!
OConnell - I hope your brother's surgery was successful
Beth & Sylvia - I'd like to get a kiss under anything . . . lol
Joyce in SD - I did the same thing in college. I am also working on procrastination - particularly being late all the time. It started when I was in elementary school. I lived half a block from the school and was always late.
Miriam - we've had the virus here too. Doctor wants oldest grandson to go to specialist about his tonsils and adenoids so probably surgery in his future.
Joyce - happy to hear for both of your sakes that Charlie seems to be doing better. Shaving is a HUGE accomplishment.
Liz - congats on using the Food Diary. You're right that cutting down on processed foods will make a big difference in limiting your sodium. You must be so relieved that hubby found a job!
Beverly - You must be so proud of yourself at losing 78 lbs. That's a huge accomplishment!
Mary from MN - Penneys used to have sobakowa pillows in their stores now they are just online. If you google sobakowa there are many manufacturers just make sure they are actually filled with buckwheat husks.
TerriRichardson - Another lovely poem. The wedding decorations were beautiful and the cake perfect! The rainbow theme was not only lovely but meaningful to both of them. Congratulations on losing again and being so close to your goal!
That's it for now - back to reading. It's so frustrating when I read a post in response to something that someone else wrote but I never saw the original post. I think posts might get inserted on pages that I've already passed because people have already started writing a reply as I've gone by?! Oh well - what can a person do? Just push on!!!
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margaretturk wrote: »Irish Terri I should clarify my mom is still living. She is in a Nursing Home over 500 miles away. We had to sell her home this past July and the 101 ways to beat stress was in her papers. She is not in a position to give support personally now. We did not tell her about the sale of her home, my son's illness and divorce , and my brother's illness because it would be too hard on her. It was just nice to find another way for her to support me in these trying times. And I did.
You also remind me I need to get busy and bring in some plants. We are now going to be in the forties at night. Time to bring in those I want for next season.
MNMargaret
Sorry about my misunderstanding. I hope it didn't distress you. I know you will cherish every minute with her.
I am running late this morning so will return to read and comment when I get caught up.
This morning I broke the 12stone (168lbs) barrier. I haven't been under 12stone since my 40's.
Irish Terri
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To those who’ve lost someone they loved, my heart goes out to you—whether they are family or friends or furry family, love is never lost.
JanetR – Awesome outfit, love the boots, so glad to see you posting! Hope the surgery went very well.
Elaine in Lansing – Awesome on your A1C results!
Carol in NC – glad you were able to disprove some of the allegations. My sister suffers with depression, and I’ve had spots of it, but more situational than anything, but I know it is a dark place. Keep talking to us. Mia has it absolutely right, just one resume sent to one place will make you feel like you’re starting to gain some control, and you need that very much. You can do it, I have faith in you. As an Air Force wife, I left friends behind so many times or they left me, and I learned to maintain friendships long distance and learn to love to be alone for long periods. I’m sorry your male friend’s new love took him away from you. It is hard, and worth grieving over.
Mia – that glass is just incredible, and so glad you can sell it to benefit hospice. I know what you mean about worrying about being able to sell your stuff – I’ll be selling both my books and a third one that I contributed to that the proceeds go to my writer’s group on October 17. There’s a huge gathering for Fort Days, celebrating the town’s past history as an actual fort going back into the 1800s. The authors have a plum spot in the Fort Museum to set up our tables, so fingers crossed I get some sold!
Pip - love to see your stats going back up!
Heather - Thanks for the plug for my books!
Irish Terri - Loved the pictures of the wedding and the flowers, the joy in their faces, and your beautiful dress. And congratulations! I’m just a few pounds from that myself, and at 5’2” tall, am searching for getting under 163, out of the “obese” category and down to “overweight.”
MikesMom - Loved the pic of Walden pond!
Tracie in Green Bay – A night-time treat of blended frozen fruit of your choice with a bit of almond milk and vanilla makes a great “sweet treat,” with much fewer calories than most things with regular sugar, and it’s incredibly satisfying when you’re craving ice cream. You can add some Greek nonfat yogurt and a bit of artificial sweetener (if you use it) to the mix if you like it tangy. If you go for salty sweet mixed, a six-cup bowl of popcorn popped with very little or no oil is under 200 calories, and sprinkled with salt and some of the Splenda that comes in a bag, instead of packets, tastes exactly like kettle corn to me and keeps me away from the chips AND the sweets, as it satisfies both cravings. The husband and I bought one of the whirling top-of-stove poppers, which uses only about a teaspoon of oil (30 calories) and ends up tasting like the popcorn we grew up with. You can find them on Amazon, and ours has paid for itself many times over in terms of money not spent on microwave popcorn!
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morning all~ been up since 2:15 , Homer decided he wanted to go out, Tom was out for his walk, so turned on the light and out he ran, looking under the shed, well there has been a skunk skulking around the back yard, luckly he wasnt around there then, but will not let him out unless he is with either one of on a leash for right now
did download the ebook app from the library onto both the laptop and Ipad will maybe download on my phone..
Sylvia~ have been wondering how the youngest grandaughter is doing?0 -
Separated this post from the response post, or I'd have taken up pages and pages!
Again, thanks to Heather for mentioning my writing, and yes, for the new ones, I have two books for sale on Amazon, just do a search for Lisa C Hannon. “This Little Pig” is a mystery set in East Texas, and “She’s Thinking Out Loud,” is a collection of my newspaper opinion columns. I was working on the sequel to PIG and three chapters into it when I took on this benighted restaurant contract—which ends on October 16.
And, in the latest news from "Restaurant Impossible--the Trailer Trash Episodes," our computer point-of-sale system has been on the fritz since last Wednesday night, just after midnight, when a storm came through as the system was sending a batch report, and fried the connections. It took FIVE DAYS for the software company technician to get in touch with me, and then they refused to listen to me on the phone, so I sicced the corporate IT geeks on them, who had similar success. However, in the end the combination of the two teams finally got it cobbled together and operational yesterday just as we opened.
In the meantime, servers were using paper tickets and putting them through the kitchen--due to the way the POS system was set up, servers basically carry their own cash around to make change for cash customers. Everything seemed to go OK for the weekend once we got the backup credit card readers up and running--they only are used when the transaction is complete, and just to pay the total.
However, we ended up bringing in approximately $1,000 less than our usual Monday nights. I found this out when I came in Tuesday morning, and we literally had no deposit to make. Quick and dirty explanation--the deposit from the day before is equal to all the cash tickets, less the amount of the credit card tips the servers make, which they get paid in cash on the night. We usually have 45-50 cash tickets each Monday through the POS system, as well as about the same number of credit card tickets. The deposit ranges from $250 to $450.
We had 12 cash tickets turned in ALL DAY Monday, and nine of those were from the day shift. Each night server and the entire night of bar sales had exactly one cash ticket apiece. And the credit card total was right in line with every other Monday night in September. And the server who commented last week, "Aren't you glad we're honest? It would be just so easy to keep the cash tickets and not hand in the money," just happened to be working, along with another one who has only been with the company for two weeks.
You do the math, because I'm really tired of going over it and over it. Monday night was also, by the way, the new manager's first night on the job. And he left before the restaurant closed, and was not part of checking the servers out. The crew chief checked them out. And she has been honest when I've known others were not, more than once. Now, will the math hold up in a court of law? No, but we can have someone watch the video and check how many tables each server actually served, and match them up to the tickets they turned in. Bet you a thousand dollars there will be quite a few more tables than tickets.
As far as the bar goes, not sure that will work, but it may be worth a try. Had they all not gotten SO greedy, they might have gotten away with it--but the stupidity went so far as the extreme that the new server actually didn't turn a cash ticket in at all--told the crew chief he'd misplaced it, but knew it was $31 exactly. Now, this is in the restaurant, where there are no numbers that end evenly. The chances that it was an even number are incredibly slim, even with sales tax added on. The video may show him tearing up all his cash tickets and pitching them, but he could have also just walked out with all of them. It's not like we pat people down.
*sigh* I've been up and down all night since 1 a.m., and finally gave up at 4 a.m. and got up. I'll be leaving at first light, as soon as I can see the deer from a distance, to get as much backup information generated as I can before a 9 a.m. meeting with the general manager. At 9:30, the GM, his assistant, the new manager and I will be in a phone conference with the owner. They may, in the end, decide to shut down the restaurant, or alternatively, move to fast casual and get rid of servers entirely. If they do, the new manager will quit--he's there to finish turning around the finances now that I've turned around the organization, and wants it to be a real restaurant, not "get your food at the counter" restaurant. *sigh*
I'm so tired of worrying about this... Sixteen more days after today (unless they shut it down), I will walk out knowing I did the best I could. But as of now, my best has just not been good enough. People just suck.
On a brighter note... this general manager is pretty darned amazing, better than most managers I've ever had, and if there is some compromise position to be found, he will find it.
Unfortunately, my performance against my goals in September, other than the weight loss, was largely abysmal. And the weight lost was largely due to stress and unhealthy eating. I think I ran maybe five times during the entire month, for the obvious reasons. Blah.
Here's hoping for a better October, my chickens, because September has been like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer because it feels so good when you finally stop doing that.
September Goals:- Weigh less at the end of September than I did at the end of August. (Was 173 at the end of August, 169 now. Yay!)
- Run three days a week minimum (get on a schedule again).(Not even close)
- Bring balance back, start adding warehouse into my thinking. (Got electricity on this weekend, water turned on hopefully this week)
- Log every calorie every day! (Still lumping them together and often guessing, due to job stress and sheer exhaustion)
- Keep my calories under 1500 every day. (Probably a dozen days out of the month at most)
- Weigh less at the end of October than I did at the end of September.
- Run three days a week minimum
- Finish out this restaurant contract with some semblance of honorable closure and get back to my real life with a sigh of relief!.
- Log every calorie every day!
- Keep my calories under 1500 every day.
Lisa H in gloomy West Texas
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And, because even the worst week or even month is improved by kittens... thought I'd share... hard to think the world is such a bad place when these guys peek over the armrest... Mouse is in the top photo checking out what's happening on my side of the couch, Squeak is checking out what's making the clicky noises in the bottom one. They're coming on gangbusters, gained weight, learning to be affectionate. They also trained to the litterbox the first day. Really enjoying 'em.
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Lisa H My dear, you are a marvel! I think you have worked wonders under the circs. I see no failure in you whatsoever.0
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such cuties Lisa~ I have to go walk toe dogs in the rain.. can you say smelly wet dog?
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Kim thoughts are not late about DB. He will not know his results about his cancer for as long as a week. Has to do the waiting game.
Gloria I think she was told last year because she blamed her approach on her back. (Talking about the choir director I had.) She said she was in constant pain with it. This might be partly true, but I also think it is her style. These choir members are also extra Minnesota Nice. Your right the problem with Minnesota Nice is not complaining to the person involved. I also think no one says anything because we do not want her to be more critical in response. Regardless I need to move on because with the issues I have in my life right now singing needs to be a joy and not another problem for me. She does not bring out the best in me. (Another red flag)
Yes I am one who tends to edit her posts. I will respond on the page I read and have to save then go to the next page. If I don't do this I lose what I wrote on the previous page.
Terri R when I wrote the post talking about my mom it was easy to misunderstand because even though she is still living I can no longer share tragic news with her. She is too fragile. No offense taken.
Lisa agree love is never truly lost. I talk to my departed love ones in my thoughts when I need to. Agree it is hard to see this darker side of human nature in your job. Love the kittens.
Working today. Starting slowly this year. Plan to work max 2-3 days a week. MNMargaret 0 -
Irish Terri - many congratulations on getting under 12 stone. A great achievement! :flowerforyou:
Lisa - You have done your very best. Such a shame honest staff seems to be impossible. It will be great when you are out of there and can get back to the stuff that is important to you.
I am just going off to my favourite food store to buy a few bits for my birthday on Friday. My brother and his wife are coming over for a meal. I want to keep it really easy for me. We are going to start with French fish soup from jars with croutons, rouille and grated gruyere. I'm going to treat us to a small fillet of beef and do it carpaccio in an Asian dressing. No cooking on the day. I will buy cooked chilli squid to go with it and make an Asian bean salad on the day. For dessert we will have cheese, the runniest, smelliest I can find. :laugh: I will pick up a prepared dessert, lemon tart, for DH . My brother is diabetic 2, so no dessert for him.
Talk later. Heather UK0 -
I forgot who asked me if the wheat-husk pillow is cool. Yes it is and they really don't need to be washed.0
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Happy Early Birthday Heather 0
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Last day of September.... supposed to be +20 C today. Need to make a few miles today to reach my 100 miles a month goal.
Have a great day everyone!
Lillian
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I love the kitty pictures! All of mine are at least a year old. This is Georgie girl, about two years ago. A stray that the girls found in our yard- had to bottle feed it for a couple of weeks.
My son signed the lease on the apartment yesterday after the inspection! I have two minor repairs to make for the inspector, requirements I did not know about. He needs a smoke detector in the bedroom, not just the hall. And the hot water pressure valve has to be connected to the outside so it doesn't scald someone in the area. When the water heater was replaced, someone was lazy and didn't reconnect the new one. Easy to do.
Getting cool at nights here, 44F last night. I didn't realize it was going to get so cool and didn't bring my huge weeping fig tree in! It should be okay though, might drop a few leaves.
I tried a gluten free pizza yesterday- it was like eating cardboard. It didn't even have enough tomato sauce on it- probably for fear of making the cardboard/ crust soggy. With my son staying here, there have been a lot of pizzas consumed and I was feeling left out. Oh well.
Hugs to all of you!
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GloworminWA wrote: »I forgot who asked me if the wheat-husk pillow is cool. Yes it is and they really don't need to be washed.
Thanks for the information on the pillow. I will order one and see if it works for me!
Good morning everyone! I have a busy day today. I have to walk a little over 6 miles today to complete my move challenge for the month. Then finish painting the trim on the cabin and touch up where the tape pulled paint off! Then I have to get ready for my DB and DSnL coming tomorrow for the weekend! First time in 20 years that they visited. I have seen them here and there but this is going to be the first vacation time with them.
Have a great day everyone!
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Heather – Oh I see, the liter of gin was to put the sloe plums in. I'd forgotten about that. I made sloe gin a couple times and it was absolutely heavenly, a beautiful ruby color. Perfect Christmas gifts for friends. A sloe thicket in blossom is enough to tempt me to move south again. It's such a marvellous juxtaposition of extremes: nasty thorns and delicate white blossoms.
Terri in MI – Would it help your grandma to have a sturdy box beside the bed to use as a step?
Nice to see you here again Lenora.
Carol in NC – Sorry to hear you're feeling so sad. A lot of discouraging things have happened to you recently. But this too shall pass. I agree with Mia and Lisa about sending out a job application. Just one is enough to start with. Baby steps, baby steps. The threshhold to taking any kind of action is so high when you're depressed. If you take one small step, you should be proud of yourself. Hang in there. (((Hugs)))
Poop and Irish Terri appear to be healing very well after surgery. They are also among our enthusiastic exercisers. "Coincidence" noted and stored away for future reference!
Janetr – Fingers crossed for equally speedy rebound from surgery!
Chris – I have exactly the same experience of being absolutely ravenous after starting with Stronglifts. The funny thing is that I'm generally okay on training day, but could eat a horse the day after. My PT said that was because weight lifting boosts your metabolism for a full day and a lot of energy goes into repairing the muscles you've used. Boosted metabolism sounds good. Repairing muscle – not so good. Can we interpret that to mean strengthening or reinforcing?
Thanks Mary in MN for your response to Chris. I like your new profile pic, by the way!
Green Bay Tracie – Did the Packers trick you into eating a bunch of sweet stuff? No beating yourself up allowed! Done is done and it won't get any better because you call yourself names. Tomorrow is another day. In fact, why wait until tomorrow? The rest of TODAY is still at your command. Think how proud you will be if you can tuck yourself into bed tonight along with a small victory!
Linda and Lisa – I want a CAAAAAAAAAAAT :sad:
Kim in N Cal – One of my favorite ways to use red lentils is a soup. I grate a big zucchini and fry it lightly in a bit of olive oil, add a half-cup of red lentils and a quart of vegetable bouillion and let it simmer for 20-25 min. Scoop out the solids and run them in the blender, add some shredded fresh ginger, mix in the bouillion and reheat if necessary. If truffle oil is available, I sprinkle in a few drops. The soup is great without it but a hint of truffle oil brings it to a higher level. A friend of mine tasted it and said she finally understood why Esau might sell his birthright for some lentil soup.
Irish Terri – Four cheers for breaking the 12 stone barrier! (Now that sentence demonstrates two cultural differences: Scandinavia does its cheering in sets of four, not three like the rest of the world, and I'm darned if I know of anybody outside the former British Empire who counts weight in stone. I can never remember how many pounds there are to one stone.)
Last but not least, since several of you asked: booze rationing in Svalbard. This goes back to our history as a coal mining town. For years Longyearbyen was a company town, where men outnumbered women about 50 to 1 and the days were an endless cycle of work, eat, sleep. The company provided food, clothing, housing, and the men were paid in the company's own "Monopoly money". It could be used on extras in the company store but wasn't converted to Norwegian currency until the employee left the island at the end of his one- or two-year stint. Obviously the company bigwigs didn't want their workers getting too drunk to work, so they instituted a rationing system for hard liquor and beer – in other words, on the stuff the workers drank. The bosses and administrators were more "refined" and enjoyed a good wine at dinner. But of course they didn't have any alcohol-related problems, no sir. So no limit was set for the amount of table wine one could buy.
And it's the same today. Every adult who lives permanently in Svalbard gets a piece of plastic the size of a credit card. It has little boxes on it for Spirits (2×1 liter for each month), Fortified wine (1 liter every other month), and Beer (24 half-liter cans per month). When you buy something that's restricted, you hand over your card and the helpful staff member in charge punches a hole in the pertinent box. If you buy just half a liter of booze, he or she will write "½" with a magic marker and next time you buy half a liter, that box will get a hole punched in it.
This procedure is now totally outdated. Anybody who drinks up their entire ration is really in trouble and needs help. The Governor's office even raised the question of whether the rationing system should be discontinued. But a majority of the population said no! It isn't that we like rationing: it's the fact that being in possession of a rationing card singles you out as a bona fide resident.
A couple years ago I attended a thesis defense at our local university. The PhD student had been studying causes and predictors of avalanches for four years. In his presentation, he listed factors that had been crucial for success in his research. One important factor was living in a place that offered easy access to avalanche-prone mountains so that he could get out and monitor every single one of them once a week, all winter long. He illustrated the concept of "living in a place with easy access to avalanche-prone mountains" with a slide showing his alcohol rationing card.
Must get back to my students now...
Penny at the
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Penny-I didn't know that you were doing Stronglifts! Yay! The more the better. I finally learned how to change pictures on my profile so I thought I would put in the updated picture there. I've been reading strong curves because I want to add that to my program of lifting. He talks about muscle repair a lot. It is a very good thing. Building strength and muscle tissue.
Time to go for my walk! Have a great day everyone!
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Glo -GloworminWA wrote: »Mia - how did you learn to blow glass. Everytime I watch someone do it it's like magic - so beautiful!
When I was young I developed a fascination for watching people blow glass. If we were someplace where there were glass blowers my parents could let me stay and watch while they went off to explore elsewhere. They knew I would not budge from the spot they left me. To this day I continue to enjoy watching glass being blown every bit as much as I enjoy blowing.
Once upon a time (35 years ago – really!!?!) I took a glass blowing class at a local college for the fine arts. I took a single class and wanted to continue, but I landed a job that required a lot of travel which made getting to class regularly impossible so I quit. Somehow 15 years managed to pass in the blink of an eye. Then my father died. As I was cleaning out his desk I found the first piece of glass I blew. He had kept it all those years. I remembered how much I enjoyed that class. I thought about how life is too short to keep putting off doing the things you love. The college where I took classes no longer offered them to people who were not going for a degree so I called the museum to see if they still taught glass blowing. I happened to call on the day that class registration opened up and the beginners class was already full. Since I had taken one class they let me sign up for an intermediate class and I went on to take all the classes I needed to become an “independent” glass blower (I know the safety rules and can blow glass without needing someone watch to make sure I don’t hurt myself or someone else.)and have been blowing glass ever since then.
I started blowing late in life and only blow for 3 hours per week approximately 40 weeks out of the year. All of which means it has taken me a long time to develop the skill to blow well enough to be proud of what I make. However, I enjoy the process tremendously even when I make nothing but a mess. It also uses a completely different part of my brain than I use for work so in some ways it is a mini vacation from work. So I hope to be able to continue this hobby well into my retirement years.
Penny – Thanks for the lentil soup recipe. Sounds easy and delicious. My DMIL (and yes, the D is for Darling) frequently orders lentil soup when she eats out and it would be nice to make her some homemade soup.
14 pounds to a stone says the woman who keeps all sorts of trivia in her brain.
Mia in MI
September goals:
Continue to honestly log food every day
Weigh and measure all food that I prepare at home
Get at least 15 min per day of aerobic exercise
64 oz. water (or what counts as water for my program) daily
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Miriam: Congratulations on your son's new apartment! DH went gluten free for a long while and we experimented with all sorts of substitutions. I made some things that were good, but never tried pizza crust. I wonder whether pizza topping on a corn tortilla would be satisfying. DH's health problems were found to be unrelated to gluten, and we went back to using regular flour, noodles, and so on. We still thicken sauces & gravy with rice flour. It tastes fine and never gets lumpy.
I wish you luck. :flowerforyou:
Mary in MN: I hope you have a great time with your DB and DSIL! :flowerforyou:
Penny: DH would love your lentil soup! I'll bet I'd like it, too. I just copied it to a recipe card and filed it in my Soup section! :flowerforyou:
I have been procrastinating on a task requested by my DS. He would like to share Thanksgiving with DSIL's family. DSIL is expecting several of her adult kids to come this year along with adult grandchildren and will have a houseful, to say the least. I've been asked to "ask " her if we can come. This will be a stress filled time for her, and I'm reluctant to add to the mix. I've considered hotel reservations in the nearby larger town but haven't talked to DSIL about the situation. I would love to hear your ideas on the matter.
Yoga today!!!!! :bigsmile:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
September Goals :
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
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Hello, I'm back from shopping! For the Asian salad I bought asparagus, snow peas and broccoli to blanch and mix with radishes, a hint of fresh chilli and spring onions. An Asian dressing. I will blanch the veg in the morning of Friday.
I found some gorgeous mangoes to have for dessert before/after the cheeses.
The main counter didn't have any fillet so I bought two smaller pieces from the aisles. Should be OK. I will prepare that tomorrow.
When I got back we pricked all our sloes with a needle and made a litre and a half of sloe gin.
However my trip to the supermarket was done in high dudgeon as I had a letter from the solicitors just as I was leaving asking MORE stupid questions. And she wants to retain money in case there is an underestimate on the management fees (as there is every year :grumble: ). :sad: :sad: I'm amazed I didn't crash the car! Give me strength!
We have the lawn man outside who comes twice a year to do wonderful things to the lawn. This year was the first time we've used him, as DH had a hernia this year, and our lawn has never looked so splendid and lush. He is doing some scarifying and aerating today. :drinker: Just for a change it is us who are making a horrible racket, though I can hear some strimming from next door. He has got out bags and bags of dead moss and grass. I love watching people work. :laugh:
Great British Bake Off tonight - the semi finals. We will be having Hairy Bikers Spanish style Chicken.
Heather UK
PS - Katla, I think the hotel idea would be a good compromise and you could offer to help or bring something to the feast. I always used to bring Christmas cake, brandy butter and bread sauce to DSIL's for Christmas. Along with a selection of wines. Her organisation skills were so bad that I used to keep out of the kitchen because it upset me too much. I have peeled and chopped the parsnips and carrots for her though. DH always offers to help, but, once he has had a few drinks, always forgets to time things, so I usually write him off. Recently there has been a few references on the radio to dispraxia and I seriously think that is my lovely sister-in-law's problem. It explains so much. I love her dearly though, but she is not a relaxing host. :noway:0 -
Mary, I'm not really doing stronglifts yet, just starting to tiptoe in that general direction. I'm deadlifting a mere 25 kg, doing kettlebell squats instead of barbell squats, dumbbell presses instead of barbell presses and so on, and so forth. Building up my strength gradually and paying attention to form. I'm also doing back extentions and planks to strengthen my core, because I'm really weak there. Even though I'm starting slow I'm incredibly hungry the following day.
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Lisa H My dear, you are a marvel! I think you have worked wonders under the circs. I see no failure in you whatsoever. By the way I am also 5'2".
Gloria I know what you mean about getting behind when you are writing a post. I frequently think I hahve got up to date only to find that another batch have posted in the meantime, especially as I have a habit of forgetting to hit the post button lol.
Penny One stone = 14 lbs. 12 St = 168lbs. I hit 167lbs this morning.
Mary from Minnesota I love your new pic. Very glamorous!
Lunch with DGD was lovely. We had a great chat in a little pub overlooking the Irish Sea. (They live up the Noth Coast. Game of Thrones country.
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Good morning everyone! It was foggy and spitting rain this morning, so my friend and I agreed not to walk this morning. I met my son at WalMart and helped him do some shopping, then we went to Walgreens to get some things. He was pleased to find that the Albuterol vials that he uses in his breathing treatments cost about 1/3 the price at Walgreens and he can get a 3 month supply there instead of a 2 week supply, which is all they would give him at WalMart. That is going to help him a lot. Now I'm at the studio.
I'm embarrassed to say that I'm still fighting with my darned printer. I got the stupid thing disassembled, removed the old fuser, installed the new fuser, and reassembled it. I was so proud of myself once I got it back together. But then it refused to print anything but blank sheets. Hmmm. But they are WARM blank sheets, so the fuser assembly is working. I have rechecked all the cables and wires. I put in a new toner cartridge. I went through all the troubleshooting stuff. Twice. No luck. Hubby came and looked at it and threw up his hands. I found a web site forum about fixing your own printer and asked a question about it, but the only response I got was not helpful. ("You must have done something wrong." Really? You think so?) I really hate computers.
I have one week to get the place cleaned up and ready for that class of teachers that are coming on the 9th to do a clay project. I need to go to the supplier to get the stuff I need for that, which means a trip to Lawrence or Kansas City. Maybe I can get a friend to go along. But in the meantime, I have GOT to get busy! I had hoped to make a bunch of wine glasses and have them ready to sell that night, but that never happened.
Alison, it was the older granddaughter that was having the trouble. All my son will tell me is that it's going OK. She has met with the counselor once and I think there will be more visits. He tells me that he is taking care of it. So I guess I'm supposed to butt out.
Mia, glass blowing is so much fun to watch! And it's so beautiful! But it looks like way to much work, so I'll stick to pottery.
MORE CAT PICTURES PLEASE!!!!!
Gotta go. Have a great day!
Sylvia
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Good day! Well I am trainning today and sitting at the back computer so see how this goes. The new lady is doing well and this is overtime for me, but the boss scheduled this and so I am sticking it out. Going to be a long day.
Fragmoss--Welcome, you sound like you are a great fit for our group. Come often.
Mia--That is great you are going to sell some of your beautiful glasswork for Hospice. I work with the hospice group here and a group called Compasstion friends. We believe no one should die a lone so we sit with people as they pass. I have found areal peace from doing it.
I also enjoy reading the Plum books and looking forward to the new one coming next month. I agree I would like to be more like the grandma. Just living life and not caring what anyone else thinks.
gritsandsl--glad to see you back. you were missed.
Traciein--I seem to have the most problems with eating in the evenings at home. It is like the food talks to me. So I try and keep busy and lately DH and I have been doing alot of walking in the evenings. That helps. The most important thing is not to give up.
Becca--You are beautiful, caring Becca. I agree about the bees. I get freaked as I swell up when stung. Not fun.
Joyce--glad the lost is found. Good that Charlie is feeling ok even with the low BP.
Janetr--glad to hear from you. Hope today is going well. The first day after surgery can be rough. Sending prayers and hugs.
Katla--Good for you stepping out of your comfort zone inviting people over. I think a veg and fruit tray with some crackers would be nice.
TerriRichard--Congrates on being lower then been in a long time. Happy dance for you.
Lisa--Some people are just amazing. You have done a wounderful job with trying to turn things around and then the help steals. I admire all the work you have done to make it better.
Heather--Happy Birthday early. Sounds like you have a good meal planned.
Miriam==glad son is got the papers signed. Will he be moving in this weekend?
Mary--Hope all goes well with your visit with DB and DSIL. Will they be staying in your cabin?
Well ladies I need to sign off and get somethings done. Have a great day ladies.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND-NE0 -
DamitJanit wrote: »
Elaine, a HUGE CONGRATS on your good numbers from your labs. Since I started this journey, I have been able to get off of my Diabetes meds completely. Plus a couple of other meds. You keep up the good work and who knows the wonderful results you will get!!! Way to go.
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
Thanks DJ!!0 -
Lenora, re names for you: how about Nana Lenora or Nana Nora (does anybody call you Nora?) or how about Nae Nae (sorry, that song just popped into my head. It sounded like a good idea at the time.)
As for tiny Nana and Big Nana, my cousin is called Big Mama by all her grandchildren and extended family's children. I would hate it, but she loves it.
Along the same vein, Mikesmom, my cousin always called my Grandmother Roy's Mama. Always! The funny thing was, Roy was our Grandfather. She was his wife, not his mother.0 -
Good morning Ladies.
Mary, thank you so much for the advice on lifting I feel so much better about it today. Trying to get used to not winning those step challenges on fitbit, oh my competitive spirit will have to find a new outlet.
Kim, yes, it is a picture of THE Walden Pond. I never really appreciated the fact that I live in a wonderful part of the country full of great places to walk and enjoy nature and history. I work in Gloucester, home of the "Perfect Storm". Yes George Clooney hung out here for a few weeks. It is a beautiful old (the oldest in the country) seaport with great places to walk and enjoy the ocean. Not too far away is Salem, MA, home of the famous witch trials, another great walking town that will begin to get absolutely crazy begining tomorrow in honor of Halloween. People come from all around the world to dress up and enjoy all the history and fun that Salem has to offer. Lexington and Concord which is the next town to where I live, are full of history. I will try to get back to Walden Pond in a few weeks when the trees begin to change. More pictures to follow.
Katla, if you are in the mood to make something for your guest, you can try a fruit salsa. I've made it several times and everyone really enjoys it. Cut fruit up very small (salsa size) and mix with some fruit preserves. It doesn't matter what kind. I then make pita chips from flour tortillas. I cut them with a pizza cutter into wedges, use some baking spray, butter flavor is good and top with cinnamon and sugar (or stevia). Bake 8-10 minutes until golden. I also make chips with a topping of garlic powder to use with other dips. If you don't want to fuss, I find hummus is quite popular and it goes great with veggies. The important thing is not to stress but to enjoy your company. They are not there to critique your house or your food but to spend time with you. You may find it quite enjoyable.
Lisa, I can see why you have become such a successful writer, you always know the right thing to "say". Your opening sentences to your posts are always so wonderful. I truly enjoy reading all the posts that you ladies write. Some of you are so talented.
I was getting my winter clothes out last weekend. The weather turned from summer to fall literally overnight and it was unfortunately time to pack away the bathing suits (so sad). I discovered that except for jeans, I did not have a single pair of pants that would fit (this is good). This warrented a trip to the thrift store where I was able to buy 3 pairs of pants, a jacket and 5 tops and sweaters (all name brands) for $45. I was stoked!!
Hope you all have a great day. I will try to stay dry in my new raincoat.
Chris in rainly MA
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Good afternoon! Thanks to everyone for their supportive thoughts. I keep telling myself, "This, too, shall pass."
Mia and Lisa - I did make a call yesterday but got their answering machine. I will try again today if I can find a minute by myself.
Miriam - My son has Celiac and his favorite pizza crust is a mix by Chebe. It doesn't have a lot of weird stuff in it and is "seasoned" with oregano, and maybe some other things. I like it, too! If he has a frozen pizza, he really prefers the Aldi brand (Living G Free?).
I am wiped out today! I didn't take a Klonopin (sp?) before bed last night and my mind wouldn't settle. I should have gotten up and gone downstairs to get one, but I was warm and snuggly and kept (mistakenly) thinking I would go to sleep in a minute. Then at PT, they have found a torture exercise for me! They have me roll a large (exercise/balance) ball up a wall as far as I can and then lean into it. This puts lots of pressure on my shoulder and the muscles that keep my arm from going back as far as it should. I was sweating buckets by the time I finished and am still shaking four hours later. Oddly enough, it also affects my quads and my abs.
I took work home with me last night so I am going to try to leave a little early today so that I can go to BJ's and pick up the box of contacts that I ordered. While I'm there, I hope to also pick up a rotisserie chicken to eat on for the rest of the week.
Janetr - Good to hear from you! Enjoy the drugs!
Back to work I go...
Carol in NC
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Hi ladies! Slept well last night. First time in a long time. I hope it keeps on. Just wanted to pop-in and say hi.
Walked into work today and was hit with the phone system being down. The power supply went belly-up. Been dealing with that all day. I sure hope this busy one thing after another stops pretty soon!
Rita from wet CT0
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