WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    skuehn48 wrote: »
    Machka - Thanks ever so much for the information. I think I will pass on the offer just now.

    No problem. :)

    And IMO, unless there is a specific reason you want to use it (like me with my course, or if you wanted to get full coverage of the cycling events in Europe, or something along those lines), I wouldn't bother.

  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    edited September 2017
    Please pray for my Godson's /nephew's first baby, (boy) Rowan. His mother had gestation diabetes and he isn't doing well. He can't keep his temperature up and his blood sugar regulated.

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    Barbie- your house looks fantastic!

    DJ- tough decision!

    <3

    Mary from Arizona
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    jmkmomm wrote: »
    Ok, the main thing I wanted to talk about. Don't know if I am over reacting or not. My daughter, Christina, works for a man who owns a mine in W Virginia. They live in Lexington, ky. He wants to be able to provide each of his miners a truck since they drive about 4 hours every time they go to work. Oh, he is renting a house where the mine is and they love there for 4 days then go home for the weekend. I dot know why he doesn't look for trucks in the lExington area. So by searching the Internet, they found a truck in the Miami Fl area. So she is flying there tonight, will have the truck checked out by a Ford dealership and have a thorough title search to make sure the truck wasn't involved in a flood. If they purchase it, she will drive it back. Ok, will that mechanic be honest, will the title search really tell the truth. Are the infrastructure of the interstates through Florida be OK for her to drive this unknown truck that has 300,000 miles on it and get safely back to her home. I don't even know if a deisel truck is driven the same way any other truck it. Or am I just being a Mom? My husband is feeding me a lot of these questions also. He doesn't think any woman should be driving an interstate at night anyway. I just tell him his fears are antiquated.

    OK! Joyce, Indiana

    The title search should tell the truth.
    The mechanic may or may not be honest, but hopefully if the mechanic has a reputable business he/she will be.
    300,000 miles should be OK if the truck has been deemed to be in good condition ... but personally, I wouldn't look a truck with that kind of mileage.
    A diesel truck is driven the same as any other ... the only thing is, it needs to be filled with diesel not petrol, and it should never run dry. If she gets down to 1/4 tank, she should be thinking about refilling it.
    And I've done a lot of driving and cycling on highways in the middle of nowhere. If something feels uncomfortable ... call someone or keep moving.

    M in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    Lagopus wrote: »
    I've got an online course running now (scientific writing for PhD candidates) and my students have just submitted a whole bunch of texts I need to comment on, honestly, but diplomatically - and helpfully, so they learn something. The students' own thesis advisors usually don't give them that kind of criticism; they just rewrite the students' papers themselves. I understand them, because helpful criticism takes a lot of time and effort!

    I'd better get cracking.

    /Penny, being helpfully critical at the North Pole

    If I get to the point where I go for a PhD ... maybe I should run things past you. :grin:

    I would like to get a PhD, but time and money are the barriers to accomplishing that. I'd like to get my Master's all in one go too, but ... time and money. If I could afford to take a year off, I could have my Master's in a year. As it is, it will be many, many years.

    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    mepeiffer wrote: »
    Hoping that I can start to focus and to really lose weight not just yoyo. I have a lot going on in my life right now with teaching three days a week and that is after my regular job of a web support specialist during the day. Trying to eat more because I seem to not eat during the day and then eat it all in the evening and then I comfort eat because I like the crunch and it is comforting. Thank you all for your support.

    Now that job combination sounds interesting to me! :)

    What do you teach?



    Machka in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    jmkmomm wrote: »
    Well Christina's boss didn't like the truck so she needs to fly back but funny thing is that she can't find the cheapest flight until Thursday! So she gets a nice hotel room right on the beach until then. Poor thing. Now I can't see how a boss can put the cost of two nights in a hotel along with meals and say a cheaper flight in two days is the better bargain. But that is what she is doing. He is bidding on a truck auction in Tennessee tomorrow so she might have to fly to Tennessee and pick that one up. All this time he is in Texas doing a consulting job. He has a strange job. Maybe he needs Lisa to work for him.

    Tax write off.

  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    fanncy0626 wrote: »
    Please pray for my Godson's /nephew's first baby, (boy) Rowan. His mother had gestation diabetes and he isn't doing well. He can't keep his temperature up and his blood sugar regulated.

    izqn5o9eldwn.jpg

    Barbie- your house looks fantastic!

    DJ- tough decision!

    <3

    Mary from Arizona

    Sending healing thoughts!!!
    Becca
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    wildhorsewendy wrote: »
    Thank you JANET for the Emmy. I would just like to say that today was an exceptional day in the apiary. It is always a good day when you do not get stung. It was the hottest day we've had all spring and I was dressed in three layers to ensure I would not get stung, so I sweated like a racehorse. (Sweat trickling down your body when you are wearing a bee suit gives you the horrible sensation of bees crawling on you.) I felt like all the stars lined up for me today, and God's face was shining on me as well as the sun shining on me. I set up four hives to make my little princesses. I was able to locate all four resident queens, which is not all that easy, looking for one slightly larger insect in a swarm of 50,000 or so. (Which one of these doesn't belong? Which one of these is not the same?-I was playing Sesame Street) I was also able to find a good frame of eggs of exactly the right age and in golden wax rather than old dark wax, which makes it so much easier to see them and pick good ones. However, there are not very many drones around so I'm not sure if the bees are ready to make queens. They need drones to mate them. The weather has been shocking here for months, torrential relentless rain...the wettest winter/spring we've ever had. The bees are just not able to get out of their hives. Anyway, I am go glad that I chose to go for my long run yesterday, in the rain, so I could spend this wonderful rare sunny day working with the bees. <3 Wendy

    One particularly rainy spring in Manitoba, I was out cycling and noticed a field full of little tents.

    So I asked about it at the next shop I came to.

    They were bee tents. That's when I learned that bees don't fly in rain, and since it had been so rainy, if they were going to have any hope of a crop, they dotted the hives about the field and covered them with these small tents so that the bees would be encouraged to go outside and at least pollinate the flowers immediately around the hive. The tents were open enough so that if the weather cleared, the bees might drift further afield as well.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    wildhorsewendy wrote: »
    Love those cute goats!

    Penny at least you got a carrot. I can't seem to get them to grow at all in my garden. I googled and I think it has to do with copper or cobalt deficient soil. (Can't remember which C element was lacking.) I have to buy huge expensive bags of mineral supplements for our horses because our soil here is so deficient in things. Today, I am hooking up the horse float to go and pick up 30 or 40 bales of hay to see the horses through until the grass really boosts. Bucking bales of hay is a great work out! If I didn't have horses to feed, groom, exercise, clean up after daily, I would be hugely fat.

    My dogs also help me burn calories, because they love their daily long walks and runs.I took all four dogs out yesterday afternoon after I made queens, for a long walk at the quarry. Had to keep Jock and Honey on leads as they will chase the wild goats and not come back when called. This morning, I am taking Major, our new pup, in to get his second shot and a microchip. They are legally required to be chipped and registered here in NZ.Then I plan to take him for a long walk. Hopefully we will get some more sunshine today. It was so wonderful to soak up a few rays yesterday.

    I love hearing about everybody's different lives. Our paths lead in so many directions. My animals keep me motivated to exericise. I also have an acre of garden and any spare moment I have, I've got weeding, pruning and planting calling my name. I work two jobs at the moment, my travel agency accounts job, and my seasonal queen making job. The bee job is quite physical, with picking up heavy boxes full of bees, moving nucs around, and holding up heavy frames to search for queens/eggs. In addition to that, I challenge myself and give myself a goal by entering a half-marathon in November, so I am running three times a week in preparation for that. I am also a member of a gym that I work out with my daughter there.

    I do not have time to watch tv. I often do two things at once as I am an avid reader, so I listen to audio books while I walk, run, work in the paddock, drive into town (we live 20 mins out of town), and work in my garden, or do the dishes. I get up at 5am every morning and go to bed by 9pm. I am naturally a morning person and turn into a pumpkin at nine. My house is dusty.

    There. Now you know everything. Nearly. >:)

    <3 Wendy

    You are busy! :)

  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,257 Member
    Mary Prayers for Rowan!
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    grandmallie wrote: »
    evening ladies~
    well I got a call from legal assistant and no money from Toms attorney so they were going to file a motion for contempt of court, but as soon as we got off the phone someone for his lawyers office showed up with a check for 10,000 so that should get me through until the end..
    my bedroom is looking naked, I am going to take some melatonin and relax, my head is spinning with all I have to do tomorrow.. so I have to take a deep breath and take it an hour at a time... I want to get so much done tomorrow, but have all day Saterday too.... sooooo breath Al breath lol..
    Becca~ your soup looks yummy ...the girls at work were having some fun at my expense today because I am moving into a 55 place they were coming up with all the old jokes , and we had a girl laughing so hard she was crying.. believe me I was laughing right along with them... they love to tease..

    This "over 55" lady thinks you have found THE ideal place. Its beautiful, secure, you have a gym at your disposal anytime without concern for the weather outside to get there, activities and friends when you want to socialize, privacy when you want it in a beautiful condo and lovely patio. Hey, wait do they have another empty one???

    I'm so happy for you and I know you are going thru a horrible time right now but it will be over eventually and you will be so much more content and happy. Biggest (((hugs))) ever, we are all so proud of you. You have carried yourself with grace thru a horrible time in your life but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

    Janetr OKC
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,091 Member
    Been awake since 11 pm grrr.hope I can get back to sleep,I'm fighting either a UTI or a bladder infection just what I need. NOT.
  • wildhorsewendy
    wildhorsewendy Posts: 563 Member
    Janet Nope I don't see any imperfection.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,606 Member
    edited September 2017
    janetr7476 wrote: »
    Michele - wrote " I swear, some of the cherries that I got Jess last time I was here were still here and a few were getting moldy. So I threw them out, had some for my dessert tonight and I'll take the rest home with me. The grapes I left also were not eaten so I'll finish them up. Really! She says she wants to lose weight by the wedding. Well, you need to eat fruits and veges, not always McD's. I realize that sometimes it may not be possible, but she should really keep something in her pocketbook so she isn't starving hungry. I think I might mention that to her"

    IMO coming from a person who has been WAY over weight all my life, you can't cajole, shame, push or pull someone else into wanting to eat healthy and/or lose weight. Until the person has a desire for a healthy life style, it's not going to change.

    Janetr OKC

    +1

    Also, speaking as someone whose husband is an orchardist, and who is flooded with fruit when it comes ripe ... things like cherries can only be eaten in moderation. I can only handle maybe 10 cherries a day at most.

    Machka in OZ

  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Janet, there is OT a single imperfection in that ornament. Anyone would feel so blessed to receive it from you. How ong did it take you to learn how to do something like that?

    Allie, so glad you got that check. Makes you breath a little easier. Sure wish there wa some one with you everyday helping you to pack and move.

    Barbie, love the finished product. The different door by e garage,mis that a breezeway? Love the door though.

    Mary, you know this group is good for praying sending God thoughts to our babies here. You will just have to share him with us and he will become one of ours just like Mia and Jaquim. That's what Grandmas do.

    Choir practice was kind of good today. As I have said, I am one of 4 altos, two 1st altos and 2 2nd altos. Well the other 2nd alto is still sick and the other 1st alto has two kids and her other had a recital tonight. Dad took one kid to choir, Mom took the other for recital. So it was just the two of us. There were many songs that required the two parts where a lot of songs just hav one alto part so all the altos sing it, the man who died Sunday really loved one of the songs and it is a hard one to learn because of a weird rhythm so we will do extra work to sing it for John. His funeral is tomorrow and I will go.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    edited September 2017
    Joyce - Thank you. I've been doing them for years and years, since my Mom and I bought "kits" and put together. I just started that one this morning. You no longer find the kits (you can on line and they are very expensive) so I started to just buy beads, sequins, any pretty fancy that catches my eye and ribbon and make my own. A lot of those I have posted lately are my rendition of pictures posted on-line in Pinterest, etc. I just look at the pictures and then try to make mine look like the picture. They usually do not look very much like the picture when I'm done lol

    Wendy, thank you.

    Janetr OKC
  • wildhorsewendy
    wildhorsewendy Posts: 563 Member
    I love old kitchens too. I live in a 90 year old house with high ceilings and stained glass windows and old native timber. I don't own a dishwasher. I've never bought a new fridge. LOL. Horses, dogs and cats are what I spend my money on. My garden is huge with lots of trees, hedges and flowers...and WEEDS. Sometimes it's a blessing, sometimes a curse. We have our own walnuts, lemons, apples, peaches, some veggies, eggs and honey. Here is a bit of my garden: mzdn94ba8ost.jpg That's my Welsh gelding "Cream Soda" who I am giving to my grandkids. And here is my old kitchen. Did I mention I am among the crazy cat ladies of the world? ddb0ztglsnaa.jpg
    <3 Wendy
    PS. Sending up prayers for baby Rowan.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,091 Member
    The money is for attorney fees not me as I ran through my retainer already..but I know it will get me through to the end of divorce.
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,257 Member
    Allie here's to a new beginning. Hope you catch the bladder infection early. You are in a major transition and your body is letting you know it needs extra care during this time. It is ironic in times when you least afford t get sick it happens. Here is to trying to get the best sleep you can, healthiest diet, and outdoor exercise if you can during this stressful time. I know it is hard to get those things at this time. The more you can the easier the transition will be. This is also a good time to say NO to anything extra being asked of you just time them you are settling into your new life and need time to do that.

    :heart:

  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    :) Morning
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Mary ~ Prayers for baby Rowan! <3

    Rye ~ I love your knotty pine cabinets.

    Wendy ~ The photo of you, your horse, and your garden looks like a fairy land.

    Barbie ~ You did very well choosing the colors for your house. Question: Is that half a door in the dark wood?

    Lisa ~ All that driving would make me crazy.

    The plumber came and will be back today to fix a part on the dishwasher. It will cost less than $200 so I am happy about that.

    I wanted to put porcelain tile in the kitchen but DH says that if the Pom pees on it, we will never get the odor out. Do any of you have any input on this?

    Carol in GA having a better day!

  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,257 Member
    Allie meant tell instead of time. Must have time on my mind. LOL

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