WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2017

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,803 Member
    edited July 2017
    I've got skinnytaste.com Barbecoa Beef in the Instant Pot right now. :D 3 lbs of it! It was delicious last time I made it in my old pressure cooker. Freezes beautifully.
    The pigs cheeks have gone in the freezer for now.
    My next big cook up is Black Bean Soup with smoked gammon. Tomorrow. :D

    DH is still very under the weather. Not a happy chap at all. :'( I either have it to come, or it has skipped me. ;):* Yesterday I felt quite fluey, but it didn't develop.

    Lanette - Your new snack sounds a bit like my pm snack today - homemade Greek yoghurt with brown rice. Heaven! Both done in the Instant Pot! :D I am obsessed!

    Allie - Some kind of condo like that sounds perfect for you. I can't believe the prices in the US! Even in a small town it would be at least three or four times that over here. Our house prices in the south are beyond a joke. :'(

    Kate UK - Good luck and a speedy recovery! :flowerforyou:

    Much love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Alison: Will the condo association allow your pets? If so, it sounds ideal. Keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out in your favor. I followed the link and it looks like a great place to live. No more shoveling snow in winter! If this place is still on the market when you're ready it will be a great home. If not, something as good or even better will be out there waiting for you. Good luck. :heart:

    Barbie: I'm so happy to hear that Jake's spiritual advisors gave him direction that enabled him to see things more clearly. He is a lucky man to have you as his wife. Many women would lack your resilience and patience. (((HUGS))) On another topic, my mulch also came in 2 cubic foot bags. So far I've put three on my flowerbeds & will likely add one or two more to deepen the mulch and extend into a narrow strip between our hedge & lawn. You have a much larger yard than the little fringe we have around our townhouse. :flowerforyou:

    Joyce: In my experience, cats have a wide range of emotions. I haven't witnessed depression, but I have certainly seen irritation and I know they are territorial. :star:

    Margaret: Thank goodness you were able to get your GFI under control by turning off the circuit breaker. Replacing the one in front seems like a very wise choice. :flowerforyou:

    Michelle: My heart breaks for you regarding your son, Bryan. It also breaks for Jess who deserves the support of her brother. I have no advice, just (((HUGS))). :heart: :broken_heart::heart:

    Machka: I wasn't able to follow the link to your photos. I am happy that you had a good time. :smiley:

    Kate UK: (((HUGS))) I hope all goes well. :heart:

    Heather: Is smoked gammon the same thing as smoked ham? I love hearing about all your foods that are different than our usual choices. :star:


    Last night we didn't give our dog his tranquilizer and put him in his thunder coat early enough and he had a tough time. Today I plan to get him "suited up" much earlier.

    Happy Independence Day!

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn
  • megblair1
    megblair1 Posts: 1,226 Member
    Greetings to all and happy Fourth of July to those in the US!

    Lanette: the hail did not do much damage here, although we haven't checked any of our roofs...the waiting time is awful as you can imagine. We had some very tiny chunks taken out of the pergola. At first we didn't even know what they were. So you can see them if you look up and in the right spot, but probably not worth the insurance claim to get them replaced, not to mention the huge hassle. Lots of car and building windows broken out though!

    Barbie: happy for you! (((hugs)))

    Joyce: YES cats can be jealous and depressed. I've experienced both. I have 2 cats now, and the bigger one (Rex) comes and finds me every time I am petting Riley, even if Rex is sound asleep in another part of the house. He sits there and stares at Riley and me until Riley runs away!

    Allie: LOVE the condo!

    OK must run to a friend's for a barbeque. Stay safe everyone! Meg from Omaha
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Thanks to all of you who were thinking of me and sent me hugs and prayers
    Home now after procedure, they said it went well, removed 1 stone and debris. I was sedated and didn't fell a thing. Worst part was they keep you in recovery for 4 hours afterward, checking BP etc, not very comfortable and unable to concentrate to read or sleep as it was so busy. But done now. Now will wait for appointment for removal of the gall bladder. Also waiting for second cataract op, be glad when this year is over

    Kate UK <3
  • MartiB856
    MartiB856 Posts: 85 Member
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    pipcd34 Posts: 17,372 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,706 Member
    edited July 2017
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Remember that 200 km event I rode on June 24 ... they've posted some photos. These are not my photos, they are the event photos.

    My husband and I may be in the group at the beginning, it's hard to tell, but we do show up in the photo labelled AGS2211, and we're in several after that point ... wearing Australian jerseys on a Canadian event. :grin: Mine is blue on top and orange on the bottom, his is yellow.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/47095433@N05/sets/72157682427625572/


    Machka ... who was cycling in Canada! :grin:

    If you weren't able to access the 200 km photos I posted a link to earlier, go here and try the link to "Standy Stedman's 200 km photos (66 Images - flickr)"

    http://www.randonneurs.bc.ca/peace2parliament.html

    If that doesn't work, then I wonder if a person needs a Flickr account to access them.

    ________________________

    OK, it appears that the sharing is not turned on for that album, so I've downloaded Rowan's and my photos and have created another album ... but, of course, I've credited Sandy Stedman for taking the photos.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/albums/72157683099353773


  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,372 Member
    stats for the day:

    rowing machine - 10min, 50aw, 146mhr, 1584meters= 50c
    Apple Watch - 54c
    Plyometric exercises- 44.454min,, 5sets of 10each, burpees, squats, stationary running lunges, single leg toe touches, ceiling to fl single leg touches w8# weight, squats w/jump, push-ups, hamstring leglifts, reverse bicycles, leg lifts n spread, crunches, sit-ups w/8# weight,, all 4's elbow to knee, on bk, pelvic lifts w/8#weight, knees to chest, 146mhr =332c
    Apple Watch- 302c

    total cal 382
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,297 Member
    edited July 2017
    Dana I have a friend who is a master gardener I'm seeing her tomorrow I try to remember to ask her. I do know that instead of paying for some of your classes you are required to donate a certain number of hours per year. I know my friend works in a community garden. One of my cousins who is a master gardener donates hours to man a booth at the State Fair. I have also seen them at our compost sites to answer questions. The big ones right now is what to do about rabbits and Japanese Beetles?
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,713 Member
    Kate - glad you are home and your procedure went OK. Hope you are relatively pain-free until your gall bladder can be removed. Once that's done and your other eye...you'll be better than new by the end of the year. Any more trips planned in the near future?

    Dana - a friend offered me some kefir starter last week. I don't drink a lot of dairy other than milk in my coffee and the occasional glass, but will check into it more. I know some folks drink it and really love it. Do you make it/drink it?

    Regarding Master Gardeners, my advice would be to check with your county extension service. My county has training each month and it's a whole year process, while some other counties in WA State jam the training all into 2 weeks but there still are volunteer hour requirements throughout the year for continuing education, working plant clinics, program support (attending meetings, helping with misc. projects) and working in the demonstration garden. If someone has a disability/back problem, they aren't required to work in the demonstration garden, for example, and can work more plant clinics or help in the office to get their volunteer hours in our county . Not sure if other counties do the same.

    In the mid 80's, I read a book called What Was Good About Today by Carol Krukeberg. It’s actually a rather sad story (true) about a young girl stricken by cancer, and her mother’s working through the hospital process with her dying daughter. I don’t recall a lot of the details, but I recall they attempted to concentrate on “what was good about today” – at least that’s how I remember it. That thought – taking the time to focus on the good each day – has gotten me through a lot of low points in my life and was what I needed to hear. I don’t think it’s in print any more. It was published in 1984.

    I discovered this book before "gratitude journals" became popular.

    The book has been on my mind today. Here's what's been good about today so far:
    1. I woke up without a sinus headache, first time in a week - probably due to the fact that I didn't eat dairy (ice cream or glass of milk) late in the day. I am so grateful.
    2. Did my whole strength routine even though my left knee has been a little tender lately. Went slow and held, no worse for the wear.
    3. The row cover "curtain" I put up around my green beans last night worked in keeping the deer away (if it came by and looks like it did since the grape vine was nibbled on.)
    4. My wildflower garden is doing great and I see more little flower heads forming. And the milkweed is starting to bloom. We might be too far north for Monarch butterflies but if one flutters by, lunch is ready.
    Simple things. I am so blessed. <3

    Carry on ladies!
    Lanette
    Sunny and warm SW WA State

  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,671 Member
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    At my mom's. Fun hiking and kayaking. Sunday, my little guy and I took the ferry from Bremerton to Seattle. Ate at Ivar's and then rode the Great Wheel. My son didn't like it at all but still tried to smile, as you can see in the picture.

    Happy 4th to everyone.

    Felicia
    Willamette Valley, Oregon
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Luv all the pics!
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Love all the joy 4thictures whether it's of darling Mia or Pips dogs. Pip, I used to have an kdu pump like that. It was Moms and I never did anything with it so my sister took it and her hubby was able to make it a nice water fountain.

    I just read my description of Mr Mozart last night. It looks like I never went to school and learned how to write or spell!

    Had a bunch of lab work done yesterday for two different doctors. All was good except my blood sugar which was 112. But my hbA1c was 5.4 so I don't know what he will say. My lipid profile with chol and trig was absolutely wonderful.

    You all have a good day. Stay safe with the fireworks, hope all the animals are safe. Michelle's current foster is terrified of them. We had a woman wh had a firework thrown into her car, lost an eye. Oh, Michelle's foster was heart worm positive when she got him,. He is a lab/boxer mix so wants and needs to be a DOG but couldn't. He is now negative and has enjoyed all the benefits of running, playing and wrestling her boxer. The foster agency pays for al the treatment.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    LANETTE - thanks for good thoughts and yes we go to Rhodes in September

    Maybe I can use this year to lose a few more pounds and truly be a new woman, painfree, specs free and lighter

    PIP - love your doggies celebrating 4 July

    Kate UK <3
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,160 Member
    awww you guys~ thank you for all the love.. on the condo... yes if it is meant to be it shall be, I showed my dad the pictures on the computer, and drove him by the place, he never knew it was there..and he was pretty impressed too..I told him its not that I dont want to live with him, but never in my whole life have I had a place of my own.. I had an apartment for about 6-8 months but I had my kids there with me..
    But this would be mine alone.. it's scary and exciting at the same time.. and like you say and I say, If it is meant to be ,it shall be...
    Took Dad to the picnic, met a few of his church friends, he is the elder at the church he has been going there 45-50 yrs.. through 3 -4 pastors.. and only the Foran's where we went to the picnic are original members like him..
    So this is a weird week, worked monday, have off today, work tomorrow, have thursdays off normally and will work friday and saterday..
    I just got the tax bill for the car 565.00 and the light bill with the AC was 160.. think I will have to dive into my secret stash to pull off these 2 bills,I hate going to my cash, but will make up for it next paycheck and get it put back in savings...
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Like the new profile pic Rori and Allie
    Expecting little sleep tonite due to fireworks :s NYKAREN
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • KetoneKaren
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  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    awww you guys~ thank you for all the love.. on the condo... yes if it is meant to be it shall be, I showed my dad the pictures on the computer, and drove him by the place, he never knew it was there..and he was pretty impressed too..I told him its not that I dont want to live with him, but never in my whole life have I had a place of my own.. I had an apartment for about 6-8 months but I had my kids there with me..
    But this would be mine alone.. it's scary and exciting at the same time.. and like you say and I say, If it is meant to be ,it shall be...
    Took Dad to the picnic, met a few of his church friends, he is the elder at the church he has been going there 45-50 yrs.. through 3 -4 pastors.. and only the Foran's where we went to the picnic are original members like him..
    So this is a weird week, worked monday, have off today, work tomorrow, have thursdays off normally and will work friday and saterday..
    I just got the tax bill for the car 565.00 and the light bill with the AC was 160.. think I will have to dive into my secret stash to pull off these 2 bills,I hate going to my cash, but will make up for it next paycheck and get it put back in savings...

    I think your lawyer would advise you to use your joint charge card to pay those bills!
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Kate UK: Having my gallbladder removed was a huge blessing. I hope your wait is short. (((HUGS)))

    Margaret & Dana: I took Master Gardener classes years ago and plan to do so again next spring. We didn't pay any fees that I recall, but we were obliged to donate time to help and advise others. :smiley:

    Lanette: Have you tried lactaid to help combat the lactose intolerance? It is not perfect, but it does help me. I keep some in the car and on the kitchen table. You need to take the Lactaid before your first bite for best results. Taking it afterward is not so productive. The lactaid supplies the enzyme you need to digest lactose. :flowerforyou:

    Janetr: Katie Tindall is adorable. Thanks for sharing! :heart:

    Pip: Yogi & Floyd look great in their red, white, & blue bandanas. I love the photo of Bullwinkle, too. :bigsmile:

    Rori: I'm sorry that your DH can't do all of the things he used to be able to do. I know what that is like, too. Mine is physically challenged and I never expected that to be a blessing, but it is compared to some other problems. :broken_heart::heart:


    No time to read more. You are all a blessing in my life.

    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

  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Joyce – Cracker is so vocal and animated; it isn’t at all difficult to know what she wants; but, let ‘either’ of us leave the house and leave her with the other … she goes to the door several times and then comes back and ‘fusses’ at the other as if to say, ‘why did they leave, was it something I did, go get them’!!!! She really plays hard outside and in. Louis started something and I told him, ‘you’ve done it now; she will not let you just get away with it once’. Sure enough when she brings over her ‘dead squirrel’ she is ready for him to throw it. If he ignores here or puts the newspaper or magazine in front of his face and laughs, she just ‘jumps in his lap’. She knows what “Mama and Daddy” mean. And, ‘go get in your bed’. She thinks if only a small part of her is touching the bed, then she is ‘in it’.

    I was vacuuming the house yesterday and had my back to the kitchen and did not hear Louis and Cracker come in until she started barking like crazy! I screamed and jumped 2 feet off the floor, it scared me to death! She can’t stand anything that makes a lot of noise; she doesn’t think we should be near anything that does.

    Joyce and Michele – I’d invest in one of those laser pointers, too; but, the last 2 I bought did not work. So go ahead and buy the one up from the ‘cheapest’ one. I figured both the cat and Cracker would enjoy it. I know it is entertaining for sure. One of my friends had one for her cat. Hers was shaped like a small mouse; and, easy to hide, too.

    Margaret – We once had a 4-sided plug-in; and, I tried to take it out, because the plug plate wasn’t on it and I did not want it to catch the place on fire. Well, when I touched it, it was warm and the when I tried to unplug it, it was fused to the plug-in. We had to have an electrician come out and replace the entire plug-in. He had some other things around the house to do. Also, I got him to run down every plug and outlet and switch in the house as they were not noted on the panel. The electrician who originally put in the wiring when we bought the house ‘taught’ at the technical college. I would not let him ‘wire’ my doghouse. The electrician said that nothing on the panel was marked correctly; and, ½ of the kitchen was on part of the utility room (had the oven, refrigerator, washer, freezer and dryer all on one grouping of switches. He corrected that and was really surprised that we had not had a fire already; or that one of the appliance would not ‘flip it off’ as soon as we started another. We turned on every light in the house and he checked all the receptacles. It was like he just pulled wired and put them together. I was ‘so upset’ about it and it cost about $1000 to correct a job that we had been charged a little over that in the first place.

    Michele – When my Mimi made her sour cream pound cakes; she’d first wrap them in wax paper (like a present) then wrap them in aluminum foil the same way. They froze beautifully, no air pockets. The bread being frozen in its bag would mean it would have trapped air in the bag and that is what causes ‘freezer burn’. Ice crystals forming on whatever you have frozen.

    I’ve come to the conclusion (about grown children) is they are going to do ‘what they want to do and don’t ever think about the feelings of anyone else. Especially the young 20-somethings through the early 40-somethings. For them, ‘it is all about ME’. I will ask; then, mention something a 2nd time. After that – never mention it again. IF that makes them angry, so be it. I understand why Will isn’t ever going to ‘come home’ … because Louisiana IS home to him. He’s got a wife and child, a job, all his friends are there. But, when he does come home, he spends a day visiting with some of his old HS friends.

    One thing you have to watch when using pine straw [not hay] is when it gets wet, it packs down; and, it will grow some sort of ‘mold’ on it (right up next to the ground); but, they have been using pine straw as mulch in South Georgia ‘forever’. A few years ago, my GDs would rake it up and sell it by the trash bag full and made some pretty good money. Clean, no pine cones or sticks. Sometimes, the ones that are bundled up can have more to pick out than it is worth worrying about.

    It’s in Portland, Connecticut. My BF has her W/D in the closet in her kitchen. Plenty of space for a side-by-side set of them. Lots of cabinet space. Very well set up with every square inch designated for something.

    Pip – Bullwinkle looks like she has had too much to drink (and I don’t mean water).

    Allie – So long as there is not a ‘settlement agreement’ signed, then TomCat would be paying for ½ of the tax bill on the car and certainly ½ of the utility bill. Screw that #&%$(_**^! You should not have to go to any ‘stash’ or ‘savings’ to pay ‘joint bills’.

    I don’t know about the banking laws in Connecticut; but, in Georgia if you have a ‘joint’ account; to take the other ‘off’ of it, you BOTH have to be at the bank to do so. Setting one up isn’t that hard. But, at the same time, there really isn’t anything preventing one party on the account for emptying it either. Go figure! To me, joint means 50/50 at least. Louis and I both have ‘joint’ accounts but at 2 different banks; I don’t write on his, he doesn’t write on mine unless each of us know it. I have my DOS on one; but, I told him that ‘if’ his wife wanted him to be ‘on her account’ there, he’d have to come OFF mine first. I could see a lot of cursing and hair-pulling if I had money jerked out of my account to cover a check written out of hers. Ain’t gonna happen!

    During my time in art school in Atlanta; first I had 3 suitemates in a gated community; but, the landlord really did NOT want us there. We basically got ‘kicked out’. I had to live with Mimi for about 6 months until the commute got so bad that I was either ‘really early’ or ‘really late’ to class if I missed a 10-15 minute window. Then, moved into an efficiency with the ‘roommate from Hell-o Kitty. We were both art students and she ended up drawing a line (actually used red tape) down the center of the room and kitchen. One-half of the bath storage was mine, ½ the cabinets in the kitchen and 2 eyes on the stove … it was AWFUL!!!! Then I found an efficiency in a ‘old’ Spanish-style apartment building with a center courtyard. Live in a tiny efficiency and then one came open that had a much larger kitchen and a room that I could use as my studio and keep my easel set up all the time. It was an apartment full of much older people and I got the treatment. They were interested in what I was painting and drawing and they’d bring over food for me. Not that I really needed it, I worked in a deli part-time. But, it was nice to get ‘home cooking’ as a change.

    Have a HAPPY 4th, hope all you with fur babies don’t have them all upset tonight.

    Lenora
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,372 Member
    Grit- the sun was in hew eyes. But I was thinking that too, she looks a lil wasted
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