WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2017

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

Heather – You talk about so many ‘different’ foods than I am used to eating. Does the tandoori have curry in it? Isn’t curry a spice that are in a lot of Indian food? Sounds interesting; but, not sure I would make it; but, I did copy it just in case I want to do something totally off the wall for us.

Lanette – I think if I tried to put any sort of clothes on Cracker, she’d make sure that my husband would think I had gone off the deep end. Guess I should have started that when I first got her. I had wanted to get her clipped since she has a ‘broken’ coat; but, Louis told me to let it grow so she won’t be cold when she goes outside.

Allie – Do you like it better? I hope so, having them facing one another brings your eyes toward them and then accentuates the bed under it.

I could not find the library books I got the other day; but, Louis looked in the car and then told me he had already read one of them. RATS! I have been very lazy about reading. I have one that I borrowed from Tami, and I’ve got to make sure I finish it before the guys go out there in December. I doubt they will come for Thanksgiving, for 2 reasons. One, my DYS is still mad at DOS’s wife because of how she treated ‘his’ wife by texting her several times and getting angry because she did not get an immediate text back. So, I guess that means I am getting ‘snubbed’ because they aren’t going to be coming. Second, her shared custody make getting a long weekend in almost impossible. Her ‘ex’ went this way so he would not have to pay her as much C/S that had been ordered. I don’t know him, don’t care to; but, it makes us hard to have a ‘family’ Thanksgiving. Will has not been here for Thanksgiving since he and Tami got married. I understand; but it also makes me sad because I only get to see him once a year.

Why is your Dad so argumentative about you driving to Virginia? And why would you have to get an opinion from the DMV?

I have a couple of things that I have NOT been able to put my hands on since we moved out here.
A bummer

I smashed my middle finger with a hammer this morning. I wanted to cry. It has been growing really strange, sort of off to the side of where it normally goes and looks like the bed of the nail has been lifted a little bit. I’ve noticed the same on two other nails. I’ve always had ridges in them from the cuticle to the end. I’ve been pretty rough on my ‘digits’ this past month. Move a cabinet that I got from my Mother and Louis needs to do something to the bottom. I did hammer the bottom back up in place; but, when I put some linens that I don’t use that much in it, it dropped out again. He needs to use a tiny drill bit to start the hole because it is mahogany and very hard.
Washed all my kitchen cabinets and even the top of the refrigerator … I need to remember to dust it off whenever I am dusting the rest of the house. He need to fix that and take off the top to the tool box I use as a coffee table out on the porch and glue it and clamp it. I keep getting the ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’ answer from him. IF the dishwasher is not working come Thanksgiving, the ‘guys are going to wash, dry, and put up all of them. Another day of nothing but ‘football’ and he is actually ‘reading’. Got to go over to see my 10-year-old all dressed up to go to her first school dance. This should be interesting!

Need to change out of my 'work clothes' into a pair of shorts and a T-shirt.

Lenora

janetr7476

Lanette wrote "Some of my favorite reads are the Father Tim - Mitford series by Jan Karon set in the mythical town of Mitford, NC. Don't know how accurate the description of the valley and the townspeople are, but I've wanted to move there for a long tiime."

I love, love these books. I'm happily transported to a slower more peaceful way of life

Janetr okc

coastalgosgal

Husband is running a 101.5 fever today. I'm on guard mode.
Becca

Katla49

Lanette: We created the reflective vest so we could go for walks in the neighborhood after dark & hiking in the woods in daylight and protect our dog from injury. We worried about him becoming a target for hunters or being run over by a car whose driver couldn't see him. Some years ago a friend's Siberian Husky was shot and killed by a neighbor who claimed he thought it was a wolf, and I've read similar stories from friends on facebook. Those two things are really what motivated us to get a reflective vest on our dog. I know that hunters often have such vests for their gun dogs when they go out shooting. I've seen them online for horses, too, but have never seen one on a horse in person. I have seen photos of cows with the word "cow" painted on their sides in reflective paint. Many hunters are responsible and careful, but there also seems to be some gun happy idiots who fire at anything that moves in the bushes. :noway:

Rita: It is always good to see you post. You seem to be having a good time. :flowerforyou:

Wendy: My husband is an insulin dependent diabetic. (He also has MS.) His body stopped producing insulin back when he was in college, and he nearly died back then. He wound up with memory loss and couldn't remember his wife. They divorced. I met him after that. As I understand it, people with type two diabetes still produce insulin, but it is either not effective or there is not enough. There are pills that some take. A tiny proportion of type two diabetics are able to manage solely by their food choices. I've seen testimonials that weight loss has solved the issue for a few type two diabetics who are highly disciplined about what they eat and maintain their weight at an optimum level.


I went out to the stable to ride with a friend today. Arrow was not at his best, but he behaved better than yesterday & the day before yesterday. I am certainly learning a lot that I didn't know, and I'm humbled that his owner wants me to work with him. Any ancients that remember Hogan's Heroes will remember Sargent Shultz's often spoken words, "I know nothing." I feel like that every time I go to the stable to work with Arrow, but I'm keeping on with it anyway.


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

pipcd34

stat for the day:

treadmill jog- 1137.07min, 55-5.8sp mostly, some spurts of 6.4-8.0sp, 137ahr, 157mhr, 10.28min mi, 13.1mi (1/2 marathon) = 1323c
applet watch- 1398c

total cal 1323

SophieRosieMom

janetr7476 wrote: »

Lanette wrote "Some of my favorite reads are the Father Tim - Mitford series by Jan Karon set in the mythical town of Mitford, NC. Don't know how accurate the description of the valley and the townspeople are, but I've wanted to move there for a long tiime."

I love, love these books. I'm happily transported to a slower more peaceful way of life

Janetr okc

Janetr - I reread these every couple years, yes they get me through long dark winters. The Mitford books and the Alexander McCall Smith's Ladies Detective Agency books. Love traditionally built Precious Ramotswe.

Lanette
SW WA State

wildhorsewendy

Katla be proud of yourself for persevering through your horse problems. I truly believe that God uses horses to teach things to us humans so I am always learning from fresh situations that arise. My Horses, My Teachers. (That is actually the title of a wonderful book written by Alois Podhajsky who saved the Lippazzanner horses during the War.) Anyway, I thought I would send you this link to my very favourite horse training site where I learned so much that I have been able to take horses straight from the wild and tame them down into sweet riding horses. (While learning a huge lot about myself, life and horses in the process!) The site is: http://www.kbrhorse.net/pag/train.html Wendy

grandmallie

evening ladies~
I am growing more accustom to my place and to my new neighbors.. my friend Bev came down an we polished off a bottle of white wine..and now I am sneezing to beat the band...I do admit I have a slight buzz, but will be going to sleep in a bit.. I know this is the right spot for me and I am happy to be here...

pipcd34

Karla- when I was growing up on the form, we had Dobermans mainly. Later, I had a friend of a friend that had a golden. This dog needs with Sarge. This such a good well mannered dog, so obedient. I kept that dog food in my mind. On the fourth husband KIRBY, We decided we should get a puppy. Coming from California, we will not used to seeing squirrels so first pup was rocky. Out of all the pups we looked at he was the one that ignored us and he's the one that we got. I did all the training, he became a therapy dog, got his CGC cert. visited hospital patients, schools, old folks homes. 4 yrs later, a guy said her dog had pups but was not purebred, i called kirby, he said okay, so then came bullwinkle. They wee an awesome pair. She learned from him. Four years later it was a day b4 Father's Day so then came Floyd. Kirby's fathers name. Those were the 3 amigos. Rocky miss his 11th bday by a little we had him put down at home a day earlier than planned after he had a seizure, the other 2 kids were there. We skipped a year then came yogi, our first non golden. Goldens are awesome but high maintenance cuz of their long hair and constant brushing s and prone to hot spots and allergies. That's why I opted for a lab, shorter hair. Still shed as much but no matter. Wanted a white English lab (cuz kirby is white, then later a chocolate lab cuz I'm Hispanic) but no luck. Pups are so expensive now. Found yogi who was had an American lab for a mom and English for the dad. He has the face of an English that I love but is all personality of an American, wired for sound!

Now that we are closer to retirement and b moving into the airstream, we will b dwindling down to a 1 dog family. The next dog will be named booboo. Y? Cuz yogi was named yogi. Probably won't pay for purebreds anymore, I already had my dream dog and the was rocky

Machka9

GRITSandSLUTS wrote: »

Heather – You talk about so many ‘different’ foods than I am used to eating. Does the tandoori have curry in it? Isn’t curry a spice that are in a lot of Indian food? Sounds interesting; but, not sure I would make it; but, I did copy it just in case I want to do something totally off the wall for us.

Yes, curry is a spice used in a lot of Indian food ... it's delicious!

Here in Australia pumpkin is a savoury food, not a sweet food, so I will often eat pumpkin soup with curry to spice it up a bit.

Here in Australia, we also eat quite a bit of Indian food. Saag paneer or palak paneer is my favourite. But I like the dhal curries too.


M in Oz

csofled

suebdew

Finally finished with my outside work. Today I fertilized all the flower beds then I scrubbed both sides of the screens on our patio. Next I scrubbed the patio floor. Everything is done so it can get cold now lol.
Unfortunately, I got poison ivy while planting down by the river. I am VERY allergic to it so it has broaden out all over my body.
Congrats on your job Rye. You did good to keep going on the application process.
Lisa-remember to take deep breaths as you go through the he next few weeks.
Machka- when we were in Syndny my DH ordered a hamburger and it was Hugh. It had beets, fried egg and all kinds of stuff on it. He just had to have one to try to see if he could eat it all.
Suebdew in TX.

wildhorsewendy

https://www.facebook.com/ikickassvines/videos/339441959834001/ This video is called When you ate healthy for one day and still weigh the same.

barbiecat

Pip, thanks for sharing the backstory of your darling dogs. We have had three purebred dogs (Shilo, the Golden Retriever, and Brandy and Sasha, the Standard Poodles). After Brandy died, we decided that we were more a family of second chances and we sought a dog that needed a second chance and that's how we found Bessie who has become a delightful and loving part of our family.

Katla, I love hearing about your adventures with Arrow. What a great combination of physical and mental challenges.

Barbie

janetr7476

I don't know if y'all have seen any of these already or not, I know some of them are new cuz I just finished them




Janetr OKC

janetr7476

wildhorsewendy wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/ikickassvines/videos/339441959834001/ This video is called When you ate healthy for one day and still weigh the same.

HA HA HA!! So totally me, I love it

Thanks for sharing.

Janetr OKC

pipcd34

exermom

Did an hour DVD with bands and weights. The plan for tomorrow is to do an Accellerated Body Sculpting DVD. I think this is mainly pilates

I don't know how to handle having company and they like high fat foods and eating later in the day. In a sense, I'm glad that Steve is gone. I'm just not into having rib eye for dinner and then lunch the next day. I was at the Green Room Thurs night and he and Vince went to 5 Guys for dinner. I know that he usually wakes up later so has a late lunch so he has dinner late. I am not crazy about eating late. Now I feel so much better since I can get back to healthy eating. How do others deal with this. Don't say something like "I tell people I only eat what's on my menu", that's not me.

Rori and Lisa - how do the Girl Scouts feel about the Boy Scouts allowing girls the join? Do you think they'll ever merge?

Rori - Santa Barbara looks wonderful! So glad you're having such a great time. Did you cut your hair? You look real nice in that picture.

Lisa - mountain property??? We're right at the foothills of the mountains so maybe, just maybe, you'll be in this area eventually. Oh, that would be so great! Well, we'll just give it time. I never knew about the Peterson's hernia! Thanks for informing me. Congrats on selling the trailer. Oh, I hope the warehouse sells. That'll be so much simpler for you.

KJ - horray, no more helmet for Joaquin!!!

Rye - big congrats on the job

Lanette - we're not far from Blowing Rock. What's up?

Lenora - so sorry about your finger

Becca - here's hoping only for the best for your hubby. Please keep us informed.

suebdew - I use this stuff called 'ivy block'. You buy it at the local pharmacy. You put it on before you go out, then wash it off when you are finished. It doesn't let the p.i. oil get on you, it blocks it from getting to you. Wonder if something like that will help you? You can ask the pharmacist if you'd still get a reaction.

Michele in NC

exermom

Just found out that the priest who married us passed away two days ago. He was such a special person.

And today is our anniversary.

Michele in NC

jmkmomm

Pip, I love the picture of your dogs where they are progressively laying down. Like they can't decide whether to be up or down and they are progressively going to sleep. Love the story of all your dogs. How I the world will you be a one dog family????

Kelly, hooray for no helmet. Can't wait to see a picture without it. He is so stinking cute with it. He could be a model! I didn't k ow the Girl Scouts had an equivalent to the Eagle Acout ranking. Yes, the article on the news was about a girl who had a brother that was an Eagle Schojt and she was so proud of him and wanted to be one also. I have never been part of the scouts, nor my girls, but I have always thought of eithe the boy or Girl Scouts as a time when they could discuss th Meg's among themselves that they wouldn't talk about with the opposite sex. And camp would be difficult with girls. I know the extreme camps my father in law took his Boy Scouts on. He had inner city kids his assistant were the only Dads these kids knew. I know times have changed and girls are encouraged to do all the rugged things the boys did. I know in this forum we like to talk about things we wouldn't talk about within a group of friends that had guys in it. That is how I have seen the scouts. I a, sure it will go thorough a growing phase as they learn how to allow the opposite sex within their groups.

I told Charlie one time that his Dad was a lot like my Dad. Mine a preacher and his a Boy Scout leader. They are a lot in common. I was so proud of my Dad and being with him in his role. But it was the opposite with Charlie. He resented the time that his Dad spent with the other kids. For that reason he hated being a Boy Scout. Our church had a program similar to scouts, I dot. K ow if they have it now or not.

Have a bit of diarrhea tonight. Hope it goes away befor church tomorrow. I took some medicine in addition to the routine medicine my doctor has me on to stop me up.

Take care everyone. Hope everyone has a good day tomorrow. Well for some of you I think you are already in our tomorrow!

Night night, Joyce, Indiana