WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2016

Annr

Well ladies I was awake from 4:30am and took my shower after my teen FINALLY got out of his shower. Oh will he be in for a rude awakening when he joins the Navy and they make'em take 5 minute showers! Until then I let him take his long showers. I just hate when I don't hear any scrubbing going on. Then I think, "I don't want to even go there". I give him his space, but we have had some interesting conversations.

Katla I conversate (yep its a Becca word), all the time with myself. If we ever get the chance to meet up and have tea or coffee, we can use words out loud and everything I sometimes have the bad habit of organizing my thoughts when I should be listening to someone (like my husband). Then I think, "Oh dang it, I should be listening, he is looking at me and telling me something". I don't mean to be "absent-minded" its just I am a ponder-er of many things. One thing that kind of helps me is to imagine a blank black board. A black board with no chalk in sight, and its all clean and shiny black. And my mind goes there, with all the blankness of it all. I have actually thought of this dang blank black board when my husband is talking to me about something......my bad.

Yesterday we went to the food bank in our area. It's put on by the St. Vincent De Paul, and there is designated "shoppers" that go around with you and a rolling cart with your boxes or bags. I got a baguette bread which was nice with spaghetti last night. I rec'd a huge box of corn flakes so I might be using those to bread my chicken that I have. I also rec'd a HUGE bag of frozen wild blueberries. I tried to share it with my neighbor, Prudence, but she didn't wish it. I shall be making blueberry muffins, blueberry pancakes and blueberry compote to go over my waffles for a long while!

Today I volunteer at the community center for the senior luncheon. There shall be 3 of us, so it won't be too busy.

Welcome new ladies, this is a great site!
Becca
Oregon

spikeyhair

Morning Ladies

Last night was the highlight of the Fiesta, a parade of about 50 floats followed by one of the best fireworks display ever. We stay in an apartment on the street where the parade passes. The people on the floats throw confetti and sweets to the crowds. The Spanish pensioners are hysterical, they bring a bag to collect the sweets in and dart into the road to pick sweets up, you'd think they had never had a sweet.

It's been hot and sunny today and I've managed over 14,00 steps.







Kate UK

grandmallie

It is almost noon here in Ct. but I have been busy~ got the laundry done, made a batch of brownies for the people at the vets office.. they have taken such great care of the boys... going to pick up some dog food and pills down there.. and I am going to look for either Place mats or a nice tablecloth for the table.. think I am going to do it buffet style so everyone can pick and choose..
packing my summer things for florida.. and listening to Pandora.. I have so many different things on it it is kinda nice...Broadway tunes, some Earth Wind and Fire, Bee Gees,Old Country, Frank Sinatra... just a mish mash but delightful..

cityjaneLondon

Kate - Lovely photos! Isn't it great how you can do so much walking on holiday. I enter it on my log by "minutes walked" and I'm always amazed how many calories I've clocked up!

OK girls, this coward hasn't dared open her new laptop yet. It's all charged up. :embarassed:

We went and collected the scanned documents. The Word docs are not very good on the whole, but I knew I would have to do a lot of work on them. It will be a steep learning curve for me. Good to have my stuff back!

Paid the cleaner to do an extra hour today in preparation for a viewing tomorrow. I have also been tidying up, moving boxes etc. It's at 12, so we will leave the house a bit before that. Might go and have an early lunch and then visit a mobile phone shop. DH is buying me one with more storage for Christmas. Mine is driving me nuts as I have to keep deleting everything and can't put any more apps on there. I have even taken off MFP.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

GloworminWA

Good morning all!
Lexmark is not developing a new driver for my printer because it's about 7-8 years old. Irritates me because it works perfectly fine. I think I read that there is no way to stop auto updates and that is one of the things people are complaining about. It's like Microsoft has taken control of everyone's computers. If I could find my other laptop in a box in the garage I could hook my printer up to that one.

Gloria in WA

barbiecat

There are moments when I read several pages of posts that I am so grateful that we don't have family nearby so we don't have to deal with holiday events. All the years my mother was alive, there was some sort of stress around Thanksgiving because she had a vision of how it should be and no matter what anyone did, it never met her expectations. The best Thanksgiving I had in all the years she was alive was the year that she and my dad went on vacation and I met some friends at a restaurant about 4PM for dinner and then got to go home and get to bed early.

Brandy had a great walk with her friends this morning and saw several people and dogs that she knew...continuing to take life one day at a time.

Barbie

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

Re – I’ve found that ‘fried rice’ (w/vegetables) is ‘high’ in calories because of the oil that gets soaked up by the rice during cooking. Some others are also high because of being fried and/or covered with sauce. I love Chinese food; and, the place we go, piles the food on; can eat it for 2 days.

Got to figure out how to change my avatar, first!


Allie – My DH sometimes comes home grumpy; his foot hurts as he stepped on a chestnut bur; thinks he has one up in his foot. I cannot see anything; but, something there, I can feel it with the tool that looks like a small syringe. Told him that he really did need to make an appointment for a pedicure … his feet are hard and I know they have to hurt. My concern is that they will be too tender if the person giving him a pedicure takes it back to the soft skin, I’ve had that done before.


Liz – Got to get DH to put the plastic back on screened door (to glassed-in porch). STILL have NOT gotten the door we were promised.


Janetr okc – No, I did not mean my comment to be taken as ‘you needing a face-lift’. You look like you have very pretty skin and don’t need one. I was just wondering ‘how’ a face-lift could affect any tattoos (on face); based on the fact that young lady seemed so ‘surprised’ that as she grew during her pregnancy, her tattoo got bigger. Just wondering what it would look like when she lost her baby fat … if it might look like a ‘setting’ sun. Thankfully, I have my Mother’s skin, which was very good. Neither of us ever wore foundation. Didn’t/Haven’t needed to. Just a little color on our cheeks, eye make-up and lipstick. She and my oldest sister are the only ones that can put on lipstick without a mirror – I find it hard to do WITH a mirror. I know they make little incisions in your hairline and pull the extra skin tight and then put in sutures.


Sherry – I can remember growing up in the small town I lived in; and, between Thanksgiving and Christmas everybody decorated their doors and the town picked out one as “Best in Town”. My former (late) boss’s wife used to decorate her door at school with a Sheep, hum, and a bug. Sheep for the BAAH; MMMmmm (musical notes), and bug singing into a microphone. Bah, hum, bug! She won the school’s best decorated door. I had a sweatshirt that read: “Smile if you have been Naughty.” Made a lot of people ‘laugh’ … they must have been ‘very naughty’. That was/is the first and only time I ever bought a Christmas shirt or sweater.

Great about not smoking for 2 months! Keep at it. You will start feeling a whole lot better once your lungs clear themselves of the leftovers. Then you will wonder why you ever started in the first place. I never smoked, unless you count the Cuban cigar that a friend and I shared when we were only 7-years-old. No problem buying it (in small town) because I said I had been sent uptown to ‘buy one for him’. OH, DEAR! So sick I could not even ‘smell’ smoke without getting sick to my stomach. At the time, my Daddy was still chain-smoking unfiltered Camels. I don’t know what his MD told him; but, when he left, he bought a new pack, smoked about ½ of one; threw it and the entire pack out the car window and never picked up another one.


Becca and Katla – One thing about ‘conversing’ with yourself; you can ‘say’ how you feel; and, get the ‘response’ you need. I find this a good way to get over being mad when something has upset me.


Kim – I’m a wimp, too! Just could not go through any other piercings. First time I had my ears pierced; had to go to the MD to have it done; and, wore surgical wire until they healed up; the 2nd time, I got them done at the store at the mall. I have to wear those pads you place behind your ears, sticky on one side, perforated, and clear; so that my left earring does not droop because DYS pulled the earring I had on that was a dangling one, down and tore the earlobe a little. Now, THAT hurt! I don’t want any other piercings, and the thought of having my nipple pierce makes the nauseous. My mother did not approve of my ‘pierced’ ears; but, I don’t really have a ‘lobe’; my ears are connected to the side of my face; I also have a couple of ‘webbed’ toes.


Gloria – I have ‘updates’ automatically downloaded on my computer (including Windows) … which is tied to your Internet ISP … for me either IE or Google. I have Windows 10+; and woke up to find nothing on my computers either looked the same or worked the same. Thankfully, I have a wonderful technical support team; and, they walked me through the steps. I still find, at times, that I have ‘forgotten’ all that I was told to get from one place to another. I don’t mind having Windows 10+; once you get used to it, you will find it does a lot of things better. The one I hated was Windows 7. That came with my laptop and it ‘never, ever’ worked correctly. When it changed to Window 8 – suddenly it made sense to me.
It has been months!!!! I am wondering the same thing. I want that ‘damn’ door [actually, I wanted it months ago]. This is a “free” door to be given to us and also hung by the carpenter who occasionally, works with DH. I’ll call him today and see if he can get ahold of him. I told DH to tell him that I ‘was pitching a B**** about it and he needed to make me happy’. But, DH’s comment is always, ‘well, he’ll get around to it’. When, 3 months after I die? First he was working a job on a plantation and needed to get it done before ‘hunting season’ opened on October 1st.

My DH has been using Ducolax; and, I kept telling him he needed to use the Miralax that had been Rx’d to both of us after our colonoscopies. FINALLY, last night he used it, this morning said it seemed to be better! SURE! What it is meant to do is soften it, not make you explode!


Michelle – One thing about cooking a turkey upside down is that it is usually so tender that it just falls off the bones. But, it is so much juicier! I hate ‘dry’ turkey. I’ll be cooking a ham for the weekend; and, DDnL#2 will make her fabulous red potato salad (with the skins on). She also makes a very good broccoli salad. But, most of the time, DOS does the cooking. He make venison taste so good you cannot even tell it from any other beef you could buy. Sometimes they cook the back strap and it makes very good eating! I like venison in my spaghetti sauce and chili.

I have a 2nd piecing in my ears; but, rarely ‘think’ to put the 2nd pair of earrings in (unless the first pair is dangling); then I put in my diamonds there. Otherwise they are the ones I wear most of the time.

We have a ‘smoke free’ home; but, DH now has the ‘dirty’ habit of ‘chewing tobacco’. I have a sign by the outside door: “NO SMOKING” by Dept. of Health fine $5 to $100” … I probably need to start charging him for his chewing habit. I always remove the labels on the coke bottles that he uses to spit in. Told him if I ever took a small sip out of one (once) … he’d not have teeth, not even his dentures! Such a nasty habit; but, beats having to breathe in 2nd-hand smoke.

Pillow cases now having the extra 4” because a “California King” is larger (much deeper) and longer than a ‘regular King’; so that is making up for pillows that go on the CFK to compensate. DDnL#2’s bed is a CFK; and, her Dad had to make a bed to fit it. It sits up high because he built drawers under it; if you take the mattress off the bed frame; there is a hole in it where she stores her guns and such. Her Dad is making one for DYS bed out at the ‘lake place’.

I sleep with a blanket all year long; in summer, DH pushed it off himself to my side of the bed.


Sharon – Yeah – Hare Krishna; weird people and they would basically harass you on the streets and were always down in the Hippy section of Atlanta (about a 2 blocks long section of Peachtree Street). We went there all the time when I was at ‘art school’ in Atlanta.

What is ‘microblading’ your eyebrows mean?


Heather – Sorry you lost a baby (stillborn at full-term). I lost my first baby, during 5th month; but, the pregnancy was complicated [Hydatidiformole pregnancy]; so uterus full of grape-like mass that had choked out fetus. Had to be ‘ended’. Then had to take 9 weeks of chemo because the placenta had broken off and attached itself to other organs. Had to wait a full year before I could even try to get pregnant again, and fed the Duke University’s Medical College’s ‘gorilla’ (vampire) 5 tubes of blood every Friday for a year until my HCG [pregnancy hormone] went back to zero. Rare complication – HCG higher than normal (which is not unusual for a multiple birth/pregnancy. They had to rule that out first. They did not have all the special machines they have now. OB/GYN told me about a year ago, that he has had only 2 other women with the same complication [in over 40 years]. But, now they are easier to diagnose. It only occurs 1:2000 pregnancies; whereas naturally conceived twins occurs 1:89 pregnancies. Both times I was pregnant, I was a “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” … we moved during my 5th month with 2nd baby; so he referred me to a ‘college’ roommate to take up my pregnancy. Saw him every week for the rest of my pregnancy; until the last 6 weeks, when I went through the entire practice on rotation. Funny, the OB that delivered me was the only one that I had not seen. Sat next to him at a dinner and he asked when baby was due; and, I told him … he looked down at my tummy and said, ‘you won’t make it’. I was supposed to have my next appointment with him. Went into labor the next Wednesday. He was so sweet!


Katy – I will have to look for that brand and try it. First one we tried was recommended at the liquor store. Beautiful cobalt blue bottle; but, very much, more bottle than wine. The we tried it at Olive Garden; but, they charge $25 a bottle. Tried Barefoot; wasn’t too bad when we were at the beach. We’ll have to check that out!

[Cary – Knew a lot who had theirs pierced with an ice cube and needle; knew some that had it done with a gun. Had mine done at MD’s office; who sprayed on something cold to numb it and then threaded a curved surgical needle with wire and twisted it on, I had to move the wire daily and peroxide on it until it was healed and back to him in 2 weeks to make sure.

You’re right, no way to find a way to prevent Windows 10 from updating whenever they find something to ‘fix’. One improvement that I found was it finally got updated so that if you plugged in the wireless mouse (or any mouse) it would disable the touchpad. Before that both worked together. I can’t count the number of times I would type something only to have it disappear (mainly because I was not ‘saving’ it while I was typing. I type on both computers- the way I was taught … by putting my fingers on the ‘home keys’ and not looking at them while I type.


Christina – Welcome – See back up in this post about how to post to this site. I’m sure others have a different way, maybe easier; but, this is how it is easier for me. Welcome to the Women 50+. Each month barbiecat posts a link to get to the next month. You’ll have to bookmark it to get back (easily). Click the outline of the upper-right corner; it will turn yellow; then to get back hit the gray star between the bell and gear. Whenever you start to post, it will take you back to your last post. Sometimes I go back a little further since all of us are posting at the same time; and, I don’t want to miss too much. You cannot go back a page; unless you save your current posting; you will lose what you have typed. Where is Georgia do you live; specific or general? You’ve come to the right place to get support, make friends, and vent and rave when you need to. We ‘try’ not to discuss politics or religion (sometimes it just comes through; but, others don’t like our opinion about either and we are world-wide so what we might have gone through doesn’t affect them; and vice versa. Losing weight is a journey; it certainly is not a marathon but a sprint. Making small goals is a lot easier to take the weight off than thinking you’ve got 80 more to go. Track your food and water, this means weighing and measuring. Exercise is almost ‘key’ to losing weight consistently. This site is intended for women only; and, the few times a man has gotten ‘on’, they get ‘off’ quickly.

Whoops, deleted the name - Which ‘one’ ear did she end up getting pierced? Left is ‘wrong’ and ‘right’ is ‘right’ … if you get my message. Sorry she had such a time and that you had to take her to hospital for stitches. My DYS ‘watched’ as they put in 13 or so stitches in his leg. MD had tried to make him lay back; and, he told him that ‘he wanted to watch’. I told the MD, that it was ‘ok’. About 2 years ago, he was building a ‘hog pen’ with another man. Somehow he raise up and hit the “T” post and cut his head badly. Man turned around to see him ‘covered’ in blood. DYS drove 30 miles into Natchez, MS from Clayton, LA to have it stitched up. His finance was ‘really, really upset that he had driven himself. Thankfully, he did not crack his skull. Stitched up and sent home. She made him stay at her house that night. They sent pictures … it was awful! He was growing his hair out from a ‘buzz cut’ for their wedding; so he had to be careful in styling his hair. Actually, DDnL#2 combed it so the bald spot was not visible.

We have a ‘red-headed’ step-child as well. My DOS’s best friend, who lost his parents while he was still in HS. Father drank himself to death; mother had cancer (I am guessing ‘breast cancer’; but, I don’t know for sure). He might have been out of school when his mother died; but, I think it was the summer after. He was to live with his aunt (mother’s sister) but just could not follow her really strict rules. I don’t think they had any children of their own.

Lenora

KJLaMore

Lenora- My sis got her right ear pierced before she fainted. She fainted over everything. I am amazed she had children! Although, come to think of it, I think they were all C-section... I never knew my dad got queasy about blood until my sister's bike accident. He fished, hunted, and butchered our own deer, farm raised rabbits, etc. It was my brothers who told me just a couple years ago, that my dad would smoke while he was cleaning the deer/rabbits because that way he couldn't smell anything but his cigarettes. I guess, more than once, he had to make a trip to the back of the garage to be sick. But honestly, the meat that we raised and brought in from hunting/fishing kept my large family eating meat all year 'round. He was a good man, but a mailman's salary only went so far. When our pediatrician found out my parents had taken in my two younger siblings (actually my cousins) he gave my parents free care for both babies. The nurses would send diapers, food and milk home for them. Another family friend owned a restaurant and would bring my mother cheese, veggies, and treats for us. I found out after I married my DH, that my father in law, spent a lot of time investigating and following this restaurant owner because he had ties with a mob in New York. He was the sweetest man (the restaurant owner).

santeeshimmy

The wind is so strong it's making dust to cover my mountain view. Sounds like one of the windows is leaking too. Life in the high desert! We get a lil bit of everything.

Katy

pipcd34

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ChristinaSiefert6510

Peach - The fires have really been a problem here. A couple of them are right around us (Rocky Face is in the Dalton area). It has looked better the last couple of days but the wind shifted today so now it is very smoky!! People, even healthy ones, are advised to stay indoors. Makes it impossible to have nice, autumn walks now that it is finally cool enough!. Thanks for being so welcoming.

GodMomKim

Hi Gals,
NYKaren – thanks for the recipe

Rita – send that guilt away, you are doing what you need to do, being appropriate and avoiding as much drama as possible ! That’s perfect. My family is all about drama, and seem to like it more if the police are involved – ridiculous! I spend my holidays with friends… I love dramas but only the kind you buy tickets too.

So to all with computer issues/fears… I am pretty computer savvy but get stumped pretty regularly so in my hunt to find reasonable support, found out that our public library has a team of teens that come in one afternoon a week and help.. so you sign up and get an appointment and they show you how to do things, install a bit of software.. what ever. Now our Senior center also offers a similar deal but with professionals and there is a cost involved, the kids are free. I don’t know what other communities are offering but might be worth checking out.

Christina - welcome

My gardening client for today called last night and cancelled, not a surprise in the winter time, it is getting colder here and things are growing slower and are much easier to manage. But it is a drag to my budget. Although I spent the morning doing a business newsletter (2 calls for new business already) and working on Christmas presents…

Just finished lunch and will be going out in the sunshine and putting a couple of hours in my yard, then back to work some more after that… All my clients yards get attention before mine! So raking and weeding need to be done.

Today is our coldest day this fall/winter it is not supposed to get above 60, but the sun is out and it is beautiful…with a bit of activity I’ll be plenty warm.

November Goals:

Write Christmas letter, and have all cards ready to send by Dec1…
Read and report on a book
Log everyday to the best I can, over if need be.
11,000 + steps everyday
Work on water consumption -

Smiles.

Kim from N. California

Charleen2

We finally have snow! It's so very dry here and snow normally flies by mid-October, but not this year.

I spent yesterday doing the last of my outdoor winterizing chores and putting away planters and furniture for the winter. I'm still lifting and hauling a bit gingerly due to the flare up that started about 3 weeks ago. It's still there but getting better each day. I'm still not back to my normal activity level, maybe in another 2-3 weeks things will be cleared up enough to begin again. Sigh.

Somehow I have ended up with 4 quilt tops in various stages of completion that need to be finished for a local charity in the near future. My small quilting group will help with one or two but the rest is on me. Sigh. So I am running yardage of flannel through the washer and dryer so I can use them for the backs of the quilts.

The chosen charity is an emergency safe house for families and children of abuse and domestic violence. They come with only the clothes on their back and with much fear in their hearts. This is my way of saying, 'Someone cares for you! The world is a better place than the one you now know.'

Nothing makes you feel your age than when you finally have to face the fact Social Security has sent you your Medicare card. I have good medical insurance and will keep it as well since it will help cover any prescriptions I might need in the future. While I do not have serious medical issues as some of you are dealing with, I am a bit of a belt and suspenders mind set when it comes to medial coverage.

Charleen in **it's SNOWING!!** Colorado!

klanders30

charleen love that snowman! Can't believe its snowing already, my NY November has been very warm, my tomato plants are still growing fruit
Never heard the phrase belt and suspenders mindset? Had to look it up.
Cheers everyone for a cozy evening.
NYKAREN

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

KJLaMore – That is a very interesting story about your family. My middle sister would faint if you talked about anything the least bit bloody. Then she decided to use the turned up fish tank that was stored in the back room, fell through it, and cut a “U” shape area on the back of her calf. I heard it; then, she came downstairs yelling for me. When I saw her, she was standing in the front door trying to get a neighbor to come over and bleeding all over the place. I grabbed all the towels in the bathroom, wet them, and made her lay down and wrapped her leg up in wet towels, then dry ones. When I started screaming for the same neighbor to come over, she finally did. She wasn't speaking to my mother at the time; but, I guess when she heard me crying and screaming, she figured that she had better come over and see what was happening. DMS was ‘married’ but living with parents while her DH was in ‘basic training’ and she was 'in college'. Then we called the ‘funeral director’ (he had the only ambulance in town, which, of course was a ‘hearse’). He lifted the towels and saw the cut and turned white as a sheet. Mother was out of town, and Daddy was ‘in court’ in Macon, so he got news to him to meet us at the Macon Medical center. She had something like 64 stitches. It was awful looking and had to walk with a cane for several months. Even now, just thinking of it, sets my tummy upside down. Even being a grown woman, she made a ‘stupid choice’.

My DH and both our sons hunt and fish. The 2 older DGDs also hunt (not so much fishing); and, each had to have blood from the deer smeared on their faces for killing their first deer. They did NOT want that done; but, DYS said they had to; but, he had to catch them first. About the time we got to the deer processor, the smell of the drying blood had dissipated. DMGD got her buck first; DOGD got a buck, just not large enough to mount it. I don’t think DMGD ever let her live that down. She got a nice 8-pointer and it was mounted European style (just the skull and rack). I think DH just says he is hunting just to sit out in the stand and watch the squirrels and chipmunks, and birds. He got his last deer out in Louisiana and they brought the cape and head home in a big leaf bag. Got 7 mounts in the den, one in the 2nd bedroom, several European mounts, a bobcat, turkey, several ducks. Needless to say, I live in a “Man’s Cave”; but, the entire house is like a ‘hunting lodge’ except for the MBR … which I got to furnish. My only contribution to the menagerie is a 'Diamondback' rattler that I ran over, stretched out over the road. DH and DOS thought it was just a long 'timber' rattler; I told them that I 'knew' the difference. They aren't all that common in this part of the state. So, they got it and took it to the taxidermist. It stretched clean across our dirt road, which is wide enough for 2 cars to pass one another going in opposite directions. It sits on a side table next to the window in the dining room. It took years for one of my DGDs to sit in the stool beside it at the counter. I don’t think I have an empty wall to hand anything else. Plates, family portraits, old tools, books on bookshelf. On 90 acres.

My former boss while going to art school in Atlanta introduced me to a man, who he said that would try talking me into renting one of his apartments. He told me before we went to see him that he ran a ‘high end call girl’ business. His apartment was fabulously decorated. He flirted with me a lot; but, I wasn’t even going to ‘go there’. Wore a diamond ring on his ‘pinky’ finger and that just ‘screamed’ mobster. LOL!


Katy – In SWGA, we are in a ‘drought’ … hasn’t rained in 2 months, anything worth measuring. We rarely get any snow; maybe once every 5 years or more, usually the deepest about 6”.


Christina – It has been so dry in SWGA, that we really hope that nobody decides to throw out a lit cigarette or match. They are putting down the Sabal Gas Line; which is following along the same gas line already on an easement far behind the house. Coming from Birmingham, AL down to Orlando, FL. It’s been extremely controversial; but, we got paid for the land and tree (value) and still, once they leave it can plant trees over the easement, just not over the pipe itself. There are a lot of really pissed off people in Albany. Some have tried to fight it; but, when a big company decides it wants to do something, I think it is foolish to try fighting them. You’re better off just coming to an agreement about it. One man, whose house was affected, sued them, lost the case, lost his house to ‘imminent domain’, and had to pay their attorneys’ fees. Gee, nothing is that important to go into court over. You’re better off coming to a settlement than taking something that big on to ‘court’. I used to work as a Paralegal; and, ‘if’ the company (or defendant) … we were a ‘plaintiff’ law firm ... offers a settlement; you can always counter-offer them and most often, they are willing to deal with you. My take on it would have been, ‘you pay off the house, you give me enough money to buy another one - totally unsecured, and pay ‘personal damages’ of having to move away from life-long friends or having to change my children's school district.

We had 2 post oaks behind us, right on the easement; and, they agreed to save them both. When they get finished, you won’t even know they’ve done the work. Probably going to be a whole lot cleaner and flatter. We can plant over the entire thing in deer food plots. I figure if the gas line that is back there and has been for years and years has never had any issues (and they are checked often) … there is no reason to think this one will give us a problem. It is going to be a lot bigger; but, also a lot deeper. There is a farmer who got $250,000 for the ‘use’ of a corner of his land, he keeps all the gravel, as well as all the fencing which has razor wire all around it; it is easily 5 acres. And that doesn't even count what he got for them going through his farm land. They had just built a building for grain, which missed being on the easement by 25 feet.


Kim – I don’t like ‘drama’ either – especially when it is family. One reason I try to stay ‘off’ FB; except if I don’t have an account, I don’t see casual pictures of my family. Oh well! “C’est la vie” … sometimes you just have to ‘smile and put on your big girl panties’ and trudge through it. One day, maybe, they will also grow up, just taking them a lot longer.


Lenora

margaretturk

Katla49

Gloria & Barbie: Your ear piercing stories brought back old memories. I had my ears pierced by another student in my freshman dorm at college. She swiped my earlobe with alcohol & used a big needle and put a bar of soap behind my ear lobes. It worked with no infections. I was probably very lucky. I used alcohol on them daily for a week or two. I've never wanted multiple piercings in my ears because I'm not fond of the look.

Sharon in Snowy Alberta: I hope a medical professional can help your DGS with his digestive problems. This post may end up being TMI. If so, forgive me. I had serious acid reflux and went to a specialist who diagnosed a faulty valve that allows acid out of my stomach & up into my esophagus. He told me this would eventually lead to cancer of the esophagus. He prescribed Nexium & later its generic counter parts for acid reflux. Early this year this medicine was linked to memory problems and some studies said it could cause Alzheimers. This was important news for me because I had memory problems. I stopped taking the acid reflux prescription & my memory has been recovering. It is still not perfect but is noticeably better. If medicines are recommended for your DGS, encourage his parents to find out what side effects they may have. I'm trying out probiotics right now and they've doing okay so far. It is not perfect but it doesn't mess with my memory & is much better than the bad medicine.

Heather: Sleep well and enjoy your new electronic toys. :bigsmile:

Tere: Sending good thoughts for successful interview. (((HUGS)))

Chris in GA: Welcome to a great group.



We're having a patch of sunshine right now & I'm going to go outside and soak some of it up. This time of year I never want to waste an opportunity for sunshine. Yay for Vitamin D--the sunshine vitamin!


Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

Heather posted a quote similar to this that I wanted to use, but I couldn't recall it quite right. I went online and found this one.

"So many of us believe in perfection, which ruins everything else, because the perfect is not only the enemy of the good; it's also the enemy of the realistic, the possible and the fun."

pipcd34

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suebdew

It was really windy on the golf course. Gusts up to 22 mph. Helped me sometimes and hurt me sometimes. Such is life lol. Spent two hours getting my plants off the patio and into the garage. We've had very warm weather lately but suppose to get cold tonight.
I am so tired I don't think I can eat.
SueBDew

sherryminch

Good afternoon ladies!

I actually got to sleep in a little this morning! Yay!! Then my "firewood" neighbor from yesterday showed up at my door this morning and drug me out of bed! She brought me a little "medicine" from my fave dispensary that is a "new" strain for them. It's called "Mango Kush" and it smells and tastes just like Mangoes! Then we took a ride over to her daughter's house in Hazel Dell WA (NE corner of Vancouver WA). She lives in a very beautiful and very expensive home in an affluent neighborhood. She married a very well-to-do man and stays at home raising her kids. I hadn't seen her in a while so it was nice to visit with her and see her home. I am glad to see her doing so well. Then we stopped at Vancouver Mall to "window shop", I didn't find anything that I couldn't live without, so I didn't buy anything. But it was nice to walk around and look.

After I got home the Native Americans that live in the trailer a couple sites up and across the street from me came over and introduced themselves. They seem like very nice and happy people! I found out through talking with them that they don't drink (yay, no rowdy drunk Indians!), but they do " medicate" (they all have med cards). So now I have people to smoke with! I love Native American culture and look forward to "picking their brains"! I love " stoners" too, I have never met a "mean or nasty" person who uses Cannabis. They are all laid-back people who are easy to get along with and don't get into trouble, usually. This is a good thing, meeting more "nice" neighbors here. I will have to find out what "nation" of Indians they are. I love all their long black shiney flowing hair! Wish I could grow mine that long, lol!

I knew Windows 10 was gonna be problems from the moment I laid eyes on it the first time. I didn't really like it, didn't want anything to do with it, and now I'm glad I didn't! I'll stick with my wonderful Android tablet, it works perfect for me, is just the right size for me (8" screen) and is light enough I can hold it without hurting my hands (arthritis). I was going to get an iPad, but they are just too expensive for me, too big and too heavy. I like this much better. I can use it with my personal Wi-Fi hotspot on my iPhone and take it everywhere with me. Yes I have both Apple and Android products. I find variety is a good thing, lol! So that is what I use to conversate with you all. Now I just have to get a printer that will print pics on photo paper that I can Bluetooth my tablet to. Who knows, maybe I'll get myself one for Christmas. But first I have to figure out where to put it in here, space is so limited. I'll have to investigate.

Someone, I don't remember who, said here that they were thinking of getting a Smart TV. I have one and I love it! It's got so many cool features and I love that I can put a movie in the bluray player and no matter what channel I am on it will automatically switch over and play the movie. Mine is a Samsung 32". It was a little intimidating at first, but I spent some time playing with the remote to see what everything did and am quite comfortable with it now. I highly recommend one, especially one that has a "high def" screen (1080dpi, I think). Amazing picture! Much better than the "plasma" TV I had before.

Christina - welcome to the group! You will find the ladies here are absolutely wonderful!

Lenora - I love the "Smile if you're naughty" sweatshirt!! Lol! The news last night showed a story about how some people here have put "ugly sweaters" on some of the statues downtown. They have been making them all year and will be changing them every so often during the holidays (some of them took over 60 hours to make). I think it was a great idea! They even dressed up the Bearded Sea Otter statues in Christmas Tree garb with little knitted hats and such. How funny! I should take the light-rail train (Max) downtown and take some pics of them!

Becca and Katla - I'm another Oregon woman who "conversates" (to use Becca's term) with herself too! Although I try not to do that out in public as people here tend to look at you weird! Lol! So I try to only do it at home! As long as I don't start arguing with myself and losing I'll be OK, lol!

Wow...didn't realize this post had gotten so dang long! What a motor mouth I am! Sorry you all! Lol! Whew!

Sherry in "blue sky and sunny" Portland

jmkmomm

I had my ears pierced when I was in nursing school. Quite a few girls were getting it done so I did it also. Numbed my ears with ice, put a bar of soap behind it, did use a sterile needle that some one got from the hospital and after a big ouch it was done. What was the funniest time was when my Mom had hers peirced. Being the wife of a very conservative Southern Baptist preacher, he did not want his wife to do that. But one day she just told him she was going to do it anyway. Shocked us and the church.

Went to Walmart today to get our grocery shopping done for next week. It will only be about 11 or 13 there. Michelle has a room mate that usually doesn't go anywhere and we love to have him. He is the cutest thing. He was adopted as a baby from Veitnam and I think he is the same size as Ellie our DGD who is 10. Last year her boyfriend came over. But both he and Michelle know how he feels about interracial couples. He may say that they have to prove they are bad but yet his every day conversation doesn't show that. They have dated 2 years and I don't know if they will ever marry. Whether they are sleeping together or not I don't know but I would imagine they are and they are contented to keep it that way. But she was living with her ex husband for a year before they were married. Anyway, all the things I will make for Thanksgiving I will either double or triple for Christmas. My pantry won't hold all the stuff for Christmas so I will do some of that later. If anyone wants a ugly Christmas sweater go look at Walmart. I don't think they are advertised as that but they sure look it.

Don't know if it was a record high today but it was 80 this afternoon.

joyce, Indiana

GodMomKim

Joyce - it is warmer in Indiana than it is in California --that seems weird. I just lite the first fire of the season, my house is as warm as it has been all day at 60 degrees I could not stand it any longer - the sun is down and the fire started... for the newbies - I heat my house with a insert in my fireplace. Older home, no central heat or air....

Smiles Kim - enjoying the fire and heat, in N. California

sherryminch

Kim - I love fires! I miss having a fireplace. I guess I could always get that DVD of the logs on fire and play it on the TV, but somehow I just don't think it would be the same, lol.

Sherry in "what's for dinner tonight?" Portland

Poerava14

Tere: I’m sending prayers up for your job search. Dinner for 20….WoW!

Carey: I didn’t know coconut comes in powdered form. Will have to look for this. Thanks for that tip.

Chris in GA: Welcome to our friendly community. Tired of being sick and tired…oh, I so get that! Keep coming back here for support and inspiration.

KJ: I agree with you about the adulteration of the Thanksgiving story. Ever since I visited Plymouth, MA and heard the full story, I have not celebrated Thanksgiving. For the past 4 years, DH and I have treated it as a day for prayer, meditation and fasting. Yes, as in NO Food.

I’m not caught reading but will post this now. Have to get bundled up to walk to our condo annual homeowners meeting. Ugh.

Stay well, friends. We can do this.

Rori
Colorado Foothills where it’s snowy with windchill

November Goals with mid-month progress to goal:

Tabata training a minimum of 2 times per week - on target
Try a new ‘Skinny Taste’ recipe - on target
Eat mindfully - on target
Reduce household budget by $400 - complete
Be lighter (thanks Lisa for coining this goal) -haven't gained or lost...

Word for 2016: Optimism

santeeshimmy

Lenora, I so understand drought. We didn't get near as much rain this summer as we need. Usually we get the "monsoon rains" and this year it hardly rained at all. If we don't start getting rain or snow, it'll be a dusty winter. Ew

I had read the Independance Pass closed today for the season. That's good news for all of us in CO and North Central NM. Hopefully the jet stream will run right and bring us ALL some moisture!

But really CO can keep the 27degree night we are expecting tonight. Burr!

I did run around the yard and unhook hoses and put plants away and checked the tomatoes for the last bit of harvest before tonight's freeze. And then rode the bike and made cinnamon rolls. Breakfast for dinner.

My farmer called and said my turkey isn't gonna break thirteen lbs....gonna have to stretch the sides out this year. I think I'll add that lovely squash soup the the mix. We don't often have a soup course around here, so it might be fun to just run with it and act like we are rich for a day. Lord knows I have plenty of dishware to serve a coursed meal and DD's fiancé and I are both chefs. I can do soup, salad, fish maybe and the main meal. Everyone will flip out if there is no cornbread dressing. And of course a cake and prolly three pies. I think we can do it.

I know none of that sounds like I'm trying to lose weight....but right now, with all that's going on in the world I think I will take that day off food wise.
And my post about food just fell in under Rori talking about fasting and it looks ridiculously not what it was meant to look. For me, the day is about family, food and football. I don't think I've heard "the" history of the day. Way I see it, a bunch of hungry immigrants were fed and helped by the Americans that day. Not much has changed...

Katy, looking for her extra blanket in NM

IremiaRe

Hello, Marvelous Mamas!

Well – the week is nearly over, and tomorrow is my Work from Home - Jammie Day! I am glad about that. It also means that tomorrow night is my weekly Taco date with my Honey. Love me some tacos.

Next week is going to be... challenging. Not diet wise – at least I hope not – and not exercise wise – but work-wise. It’s the glorious week of Thanksgiving – and due to a change in the people that I “back-up” when they are out, I have TWO people that I will be covering for... *sigh* And of course – there is NO authorized Overtime... Thankfully only one that I have to do ALL her duties – but, having the additional work means I most likely will vanish off the face of the MFP Earth for the entirety of next week. Nobody panic, or anything. I assure you I will live, and I will resist the urge to eat three boxes of Thin Mints and an entire Turkey. I just won’t be checking in with you, my incredible friends. Or I will be lurking, at best.

So, nobody worry about me, next week, ok? I am telling you now, because of my notorious weekend disappearances – I have more DIY stuff planned for this weekend – so it is likely that I will not be seen around here, again, until Monday the 28th.

I will be thinking of you, Ladies – even if I am not actively participating in our little fellowship.

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Lisa – So glad you got some sleep!

Pip – Aw, you are so sweet!

Liz – Turkey and veggies are perfectly acceptable on almost anyone’s diet... just try and limit the gravy, stuffing and pie, and it should all be ok. ((Hugs!))

Cheri – Not even sure what Parathyroid Hormone is/means. I mean, I have heard of the Thyroid one... but not the other. And yes, the Fall in Texas is truly a fabulous time. It cools off enough to be pleasant – and you still get the gorgeous blue skies. It’s really the only season you can spend a lot of time outdoors – unless you happen to be an extremely hardy soul.

Katy – Another person who is nicer than me... LOL. I would just SAY – “Push the button, already.” Good luck with the quest for your Dream Job – and keep up the bike-riding... just think... “I will pedal for stuffing!” One feast day is acceptable in any life.

Janet – You’re GORGEOUS, Sweetie. I am pretty sure Lenora didn’t mean to imply otherwise.

Joyce – LOL – somebody has to be into your self-importance – it might as well be you. That’s how I feel about my own, anyway. “Only” 11 or 13... er... yeah. OK. More than 2 is too many, so far as I am concerned.

Sherry – Say it ain’t SO... Taco Bell toxicated you? Man, they have always been one of my favorite places – at least before I started trying to eat a little healthier. Guess now I have an even better excuse NOT to make a run for the border. And awesome that you are going to do Christmas activities – rather than stress our about decorating and cooking and gifting and, and, and... Enjoy the holidays! Great job on the Cigarette Free thing... and YAY for more nice neighbors!

Katla – Sorry about the stress – I know fixing things is what you like to do – but honestly – there are things you just can’t fix. And, Sugar, any workout will burn a lot of calories when you weigh 224... I use whatever MFP shows for calorie-burn – but, I did try to keep my heart rate up for the 20 minutes. My schedule has been a little tight lately – so I have only had 20 minutes to spare for cardio after I do my lifting. I am hoping to get a few longer cardio sessions back after Thanksgiving. I am really focusing on getting my lifting in – I know the strength training will help me at least as much as the cardio – if not more. Thanks for the heads up on the acid reflux medication... I alwo have some memory issues, so I will avoid that!

Carey – CUTE flying chicken! And I had my ears pierced with the gun – repeatedly. It was fine. I don’t think I could have stayed still for a needle and an ice cube... not a fan of needles.

Kim/CA – Hilarious about T-Mobile and Vermont. Sorry about the cancellation – but, you at least get to work on your own garden.

Gloria – If ear piercing makes one “loose” then I REALLY qualify... lol. I have 2 piercings on my left ear and 4 on my right. Funny, I don’t remember working my way thru the college basketball team, or anything... Hmmm. Perhaps they were wrong about the “loose” thing. And your printer is 7-8 years old? That’s downright geriatric in “Computer Years.” Sorry. The good news is – printers are overall not horribly expensive AND/OR – you actually can probably live without one. Unless you are printing a whole lot more stuff than I do.

Karen/VA -

Michele – I wish I were HALF as motivated to exercise at home, as you are. It just seems like, when I am at the house, I don’t want to do anything that strenuous... You are seriously rocking it! Too bad there is no room for Jess to store the holiday stuff.

Sharon – Not familiar with microblading...guess I will have to google it. Too funny – the “weirdos” at the tattoo convention. No ink reminds me... I about freaked out the first time I went into a Starbucks in Texas. Being from the West Coast – I know that a barista has a mandatory two tattoo minimum – and must, absolutely MUST have at least one piercing (male or female). There was NO WAY those clean cut poster children at the local Starbucks could be considered Baristas. I was almost afraid to order a coffee... Glad you lost a couple of mystery pounds. Just because it’s junk doesn’t mean it has to be super high in calories... I do hope you feel a lot better, soon. That will help you to make better food choices – I am sure.

NYKaren – that soup sounds fantastic.

Heather – Thank you! Edie and Max deserve equal billing with Bea – they are all three adorable! Have my fingers crossed for a productive viewing, tomorrow! Let's get that place SOLD.

Allie – Florida sounds wonderful... I hope you get to relax some. Buffet style dinners are excellent! Then nobody has to worry about eating anything they don’t like – or eating more, or less, than they want.

Tere – Good luck with the job! And I might have had a different response to my DH had he suggested that I should, after all, cook a bunch of food after it was arranged that everyone would share the burden. I might have suggested (very sweetly, of course) that he was going to get very hungry, since I was only bringing green beans, stuffing and devilled eggs. But, that’s just me. I expect you are a much nicer person than I am.

Chris/GA – Welcome! 80 lbs is totally “doable.” Just try not to rush it too much – make your changes small and painless – and you will be able to maintain your better habits for as long as needed to lose the weight – and to keep it off.

SueBDew – Nothing like a couple of rounds of golf and some vigorous plant moving to wear a girl out. Alas, I have NEVER in my life been too tired to eat. Get some rest, Sugar.

Margaret – I hate the cloud... It’s hacker heaven up there... so not going to use it. My DH found some program on line that stopped my computer from automatically loading windows ten – called stop ten or something like that. I loaded it on everything because I don’t WANT windows ten, and I have no intention of getting it. Have you noticed that every new Microsoft program has more pictures and less words? I like words... I knew where everything was when we had word-menus... or at least I could find it by using the words. I have NO idea what half of those little picture icons are supposed to be. *sigh*

KJ - I know, right? My folks made me wait til I was 15 – I would have been mad, too – had they let my bratty little sister come before SHE turned 15. LOL – what is it with people and blood? I suppose for your Sis it was the needle... but still, fainting? I don’t think I have ever fainted in my life... I can’t even imagine. Stone soup sounds like great fun!

Carol -

Rita – Glad you don’t have to drive Mom all over. No guilt required... Your Uncle is driving her – and that is as it should be. It’s not like you are her only relative. (Hugs!!) Hope the dog-walking was properly therapeutic.

Becca – I imagine you handle those interesting conversations pretty well... we will just continue to think that it takes him a long time under the hot water to get his eyes open. And I conversate with myself, too. Must be an Oregon thing. I picked it up there and brought it with me to Texas.

Kate/UK – love the vacation pics!

Barbie – My only expectation for Thanksgiving... I will spend some quality time with my DH. I hope you enjoy every moment with Brandy – and I have my fingers crossed for a lot more moments for both of you.

Lenora – Oh yes, Rice is always calorie dense – and fried rice is worse – but, I seldom eat any of that stuff. I only eat fried rice when I go to a particular restaurant that just does fried rice... it’s awesome stuff and well worth whatever calorie hit I have to take. Otherwise, it’s meat, veggies and a tiny bit of steamed rice for me. My lunch today (leftover Chinese) was only about 360 calories.

Charleen – You are so good to make quilts for the shelter. LOL – my condolences on receiving the Medicare Card... Hope you get back into top form, quickly. ((Hugs!))

Rori - Enjoy the reading!

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Well, my Sweet Sisters, I must away... the leftover curry is calling my name.

See you all after the holiday! Happy Thanksgiving to All!

Love and Blessings to each and every one of you.

Hugs for Everybody!

Re in TX

sherryminch

Ummm...for dinner I think some wild caught Alaskan cod, long grain brown rice and brussel sprouts...all done in the steamer.....yum!

News last night said Mt. Hood got it's first snow of the season...11" at Timberline Lodge (ski resort)....a lot of snowboarders playin' hookey from work yesterday...wonder what their bosses thought after seeing their interviews on the news where they looked right at the camera and stated they weren't going to work, lol! For those of you who don't know, Mt. Hood is about an hour and a half, kind of East/Southeast, of Portland. Wish I didn't have such a screwed up back and was in better shape, I would go "tubing" on the slopes! But that is best left in my younger years, now I'd be afraid of breaking something!

Did anyone see the video of the 9 year old boy catching his 11 month old brother who fell off the changing table when the mom turned away and took a step away from the table??? He managed to run over and put his arms out just in time! Whew!! Way to go kiddo! Good save!

Time to go start dinner....

Sherry in "chilly" Portland

GodMomKim

pipcd34

Re- I know, I can't help it

Will put in my stats tomorrow

Annr

Hello everyone (waves at the screen)

Well I was sooo tired after volunteering at the senior luncheon. I tip my hat off to any of you that did waitressing. We only had 7 tables so there was about 63 people. So three of us serving split pea soup, bread and butter, and the meal which was Swedish meatballs, noodles with a sauce and carrots. Dessert was cup up squares of poppy-seed muffins and made into a pan of bread pudding. Really good, I got a square in my meal I could take home. I told everyone that the meatball clicker person was actively doing a good job, and I also complimented the guy that was ladling the split pea soup in the kitchen, because he was making nice patterns down the sides of the small cups. So then I had to tell the person I gave the soup to, that he had to get the good soup on the sides, and that the guy in the kitchen had worked hard to get the drips just right. The guy smiled and said I will get that part first, and leaned his head to the side, licking the small bowl! I tried to sing, but there was just too much noise, people just chatting and such. Holidays there is a lot to chat about, and today wasn't my day to share my voice, no worries.

So when I got home I downed my meal, well most of it, and promptly took a nap. Drooled and everything!

Sherry in Chilly Portland I saw that video and all I could think of is that was a silly mom not using a Velcro strap. Hey news flash, babies at that age roll! Glad her brother was there at the right moment.

Once when my middle son was less than a year old, I was going downstairs to get a bottle made during the middle of the night. No husband, he was out to sea, (story of my life), and I miscounted the steps and was on the landing to where the stair turned before I realized it. Stepping wrong, baby came out of my arms and promptly rolled down the stairs. Thank goodness he rolled over and over in his blanket, but I was devastated! Kept him up for the rest of the night in case he had a concussion, that was what the doctor told me to do. Of course when he finally came to rest he was wide awake and there was a pause, as he looked at me with a, "Momma what the heck did you just do!" I swear the world stopped for a minute too, because after the pause, he let out a wail. By that time I had FULLY awakened.

Tonight's meal was steak, salad and some great brown bread from the community center. I do admit, I do cook steaks really well. Nice and brown seared on the outside, pink on the inside. Melt in your mouth. I cover the steaks with a seasoning of Parmesan cheese, Italian bread crumbs, salt and pepper. I saved the drippings from the other night when we had burgers, so I used that to brown them in, then baked them for a bit. I keep my men happy.

We rec'd our teenagers grades and I went into his room (after I awoke from my nap) and said with a stern voice, "I am disappointed in you son!" I told him that he makes it so hard to discipline him when he gets straight A's. Even in his Calculus, and College English Writing course he got A's! He did give me a startled look, which was what I was aiming for. He is such an amazing child, and he is ending his High School years on quite a high note. So proud of that kid....

My middle son when he was a Senior in High School, he wanted to do something non-traditional for his Nov Birthday. We looked into getting a tattoo, but he wasn't old enough to do that. He wanted to get a piercing, but with the piercing place in a smoke shop/ drug items shop, silk screening tee shirt shop, well they said he was not able to without an adult signing for him. That same day, he and I went down and he got his first checking account with a debit card which was kind of special. He had deposited all of his birthday money as well. Flash forward to him biking home from the bank and I continued on my walk. I was passing the smoke shop, piercing place so I went in and asked if I sign and stay with him, can he get a piercing? They had no problem with that, so I called middle son and he rode his bike down probably as fast as the speed of light... Now what he wanted was piercings called "snake bites" which are piercings on both sides of the lower lip area. So its a swift curved needle with the hoop on the end of it. Unfortunately as he was getting "skewered" he held his breath, so he promptly passed out. Now there is nothing as terrifying as seeing your son passed out, and twitching, but in a second he came to. Then the next one was done and it was done. The fact that he exerted a lot of energy riding his bike, not really eating a good lunch, and being nervous had everything to do with his fainting. I told the Moroccan owner, "Ok my 17 yr old has been to the bank today and opened his first account, fainted for the first time, got pierced for the first time, heck do you have hookers in the back and we can get that done too!!??" He smiled and just said, "Not today, come back next week". Holy Heck that was a stressful day for me, and for my son. He had his "snake bites" for his Senior Picture, and then lost one of the studs so thank goodness he was all healed by the time the Navy came and took him. If he hadn't lost them as early as he did, then the Navy probably wouldn't have taken him because he has an open wound. We had made the rule with him that it would be just something fun to do before the Navy that was all.

Ok long post, but I am CHATTY KATHY tonight!!
Becca
Oregon