WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2017

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  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,313 Member
    Barbie - Love the costume but love the Poodles more!!
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    ithinkican05 wrote: »
    Thanks Mary.....I tried finding the group to join no luck...what is it listed as?

    This group is

    Women ages 50+ for October

    Click the star at the top to bookmark! You already joined just by being here!

    <3

    Mary from Arizona
  • ithinkican05
    ithinkican05 Posts: 5 Member
    Thank you soooooo much!
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,040 Member
    <3
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    I am try g to phsych myself out to go out to Christopher Banks and look at some new clothes. But it is 40 degrees out ere. I know it will get colder and 40 will seem warm. Charlie is gone for the afternoon. I just don't want to bundle up!

    Mary,is it time to start your own forum here on kettle bells. Of course if you did that it would be open to men and women and all ages. But you are our resident expert.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
    lhscapil wrote: »
    Hooray for the weekend!

    First, I am really enjoying the baby pictures – Olivia looking so happy and healthy, Hannah Joy (perfect name!) and Sharon, that fabulous face painting on kids of all ages!! Jheri is very talented!

    Pip – your new wheels look great. Nice ride for the pups – and what a cute photo of the kids blonde/black/blonde. How do you get them to pose like that? Thanks for the info about carb-loading!



    OK, there are many more comments I want to make but better get moving here.

    Woke up with a little headache – pup got me up at midnight to go outside and hard to go back to bed and get comfy after that, plus I know I overloaded on that dratted HALLOWEEN CANDY!

    Have a good Saturday, will check in later.

    Lanette
    Sunny SW WA State where there’s a chance of snow next weekend….


    Jmkmomm- that yard is at our lot that we have listed for sale.

    They were laying down like that on their own, so I took the pic!
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    edited October 2017
    Joyce - I completely understand about you not wanting to go out at 40°. My DH and I have been watching the weather forecast for Minnesota where we live and they are going to be getting snow every day but two days in the next two weeks! We're loving Arizona! I'm sure glad that some of the ladies are wanting to do the kettle bell workout. If they stick with it they will be amazed at the difference it makes to their body and amount of calories they'll need to eat just to maintain. Not to mention the change in bone density! If you get too cold drop me a line and come for a visit!

    <3

    Mary from Arizona
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,086 Member
    Evening Ladies~
    I am here with Tal and Homer ... Tal staying overnight as is Homer .. will be nice to have a furry and a granddaughter.. it is supposed to be yucky tomorrow night.. so Homer is resting on couch Taliah is in her bed watching T.V. and I am sitting in the living room in my recliner....
    Lenora I am renting with an option to buy only 200.00 of the 1000.00 of rent is going towards the purchase.. If Tom says he is going to boy me out of both homes that is 100,000 right there but I will be taking out a small mortgage for tax purposes.. and yes I will buy this condo.. It is one floor, it is just the right size and enough room for Taliah to visit and the pups.. thats all that counts...
    Talis going trick or treating here from 1-3 tomorrow so I think she will make out well..
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    auntiebk – I will have to look for the NuGo Spicy (chili) Dark Chocolate and the Sea Salt protein bars. Need to check how much protein and fat and sodium they have to make sure I get at least what I am getting from the ones I get at my MD’s office. I tried going a month between my visits and caved and went back after 2 weeks and a visit to my PscyheMD's office when his scales showed I weighed 167lbs. Thankfully, I actually weighed 162.5lb on the ‘special scales’ at my MD’s office – which are calibrated every week vs. every month or longer. I had actually lost 2lbs rather than gaining 4.5lbs. I’ve always weighed heavier on his scales, probably because I wear some of my better clothes (heavier); even though I do take off my shoes. I know she told me that I needed to check these 3 things to make sure the protein was a certain % or more; and the fat and sodium were less than a certain % - but, if I don’t write things down, they go ‘in one ear and out the other’ at various times. Some things stick with me and other things I can’t even remember 3 pages into a book. Especially when a 3rd of 4th person is in the conversation.

    How do they do ‘audiobooks’? How - what they are doing - is talked about and do they have different people reading the ‘script’? Are they on a disc or what? I’d like to have something that I could read with, don’t have a Kindle or anything; but, our library appears to have a large audio library. HOWEVER, a ‘dishwasher’ better be on our ‘common yearly present to one another’ … I am a little tired of washing dishes by hand.

    Machka in Oz – Oh, so you made one of those “shirts” that’s meant to be ‘tacky’? Like Tacky Christmas Sweaters? I had a Christmas sweatshirt that read: “SMILE if you’ve been naughty”. I had a lot of fun wearing that – lots of ‘naughty’ people. I wish I still had it. I might try to paint one to wear this year – around. Just to get ‘smiles’.

    Terry – Woo Hoo, girl, you go!

    Lanette – We live out in the country on land that was subdivided from farming land. Although 2/3rd of our property is wooded (some in planted pines that we’ve thinned twice in the 17 years we’ve lived out here. I doubt there’ll be another thinning in our lifetime unless we decide to clear-cut and replant. I know a clear cut will not be done in Louis’ lifetime (saying that only because he is close to 10 years older) … but, I could always ‘go’ first.

    Allie – Electricians are very expensive – and around here – you better have enough work to be done to warrant needing to pay ‘mileage’ from Albany and back. The man who did the original wiring must have been drinking when he did it. He did not even put stickers in the box correctly; so that is one thing the electricians did when I had them come out and put in a few more outlets and hardwire our ‘spa’ which required its own box – that is in the studio; and, if we added any ‘outdoor’ things like a water feature, it would go to that box. If the kids ever decide that the pool needs a new liner and/or pump (which is something it needs but it hasn't gone out already; but, they want a saltwater pump) it is possible that we’ll consider moving it here. Not sure; but, Trey is constantly bitching about how much his electricity bill goes up in hot weather and cleaning it and keeping it up when they only get in it a couple of times during the summer. That is their choice. I got in it every day that it was warm enough to do so. Sumter Electric can see it from where they read their meter. I think we could put it down the trail going to the food plots and they would not see it and might have a lower reading on the meter. They do a ‘drive-by reading’ of the meters. In fact, I’ve never seen them do anything but ride down the drive way to get to where they can read Trey’s meter. No tire trucks as if they are riding right by ours; but, then again, I could be wrong. Our next door neighbor live down a hill from us; and, they have permission from us to ride up our fire break if the hill is too muddy to get up and down it. The people on the other side of the bridge have a real mess, either way ... they are 1/2 way up a 40° angle. But, they can get to the highway by driving around the field to get there.

    Heather – I love the country and out here the lots are a minimum of 25-30 acres. We own 2 almost identical in size (with the exception of 3 acres that Trey and Jenn’s place is one) out of one. When we are both gone – or maybe paid off, they will be divided and put into the sons’ names and be divided back to the original 45+ acres. Trey will get the tract that his place is on; and, Will will get this tract and the house. They will be deeded only to each son, so that unless they decide to put their wives on it after that, they can make that decision. This house will belong to Will and he isn’t about to allow Trey and Jenn live in it. He says he’d burn it down first. Not that they do not get along, because they do; but, Will has absolutely ‘no use’ for Jenn. Partly, because of how she has ‘acted’ around Tami. Louis took the lump sum I got from the SSA going back to the point of the date I became ‘disabled’ and the ‘date’ the order went through and put a balloon down-payment on the land and built the house. We sold our house the night we listed it in Albany and had about 2 or 3 weeks to move out. Which was ‘fine’ with us; but, we moved in with Trey and Jenn and after a few months of that, Louis had the studio built and we moved all our unpacked boxes in it along with our bed and the needed amenities. I only went to their house to take a shower, wash my hair, and watch a little TV. After I could not remember which one of the three remotes to the TV did what; Louis bought a small one and had the DirecTV come out and install a dish. By the time they unloaded the big HD satellite dish, they had upgraded 3 or 4 times and I told them that they would HAVE to take down all the other smaller dishes. We looked like a television station.

    Mary – I also copied the instructions for the kettlebell exercises … my belly is what I need to work on most. Walking is good exercise; but, ‘if’ it is ‘helping’ me lose the belly – it will be a long time doing so. I bought a 10lb kettlebell and I am ‘glad’ that I did; otherwise, I might have given up on it. Ten pounds to start off with is plenty enough.

    Ithinkican05 – The name of it is WOMEN 50+ FOR [INSERT MONTH] 2017 …; and, I think to find it you might have to go down the list and find it under the thread about ‘encouragement/support/ or something to that effect. When you find it, you need to click on the outline of the star at the upper right-hand corner of the posting mark and it will turn yellow; after that just go to the ‘community’ and hit the gray star between the gray bell and gray gear; it will drop down a list of all the sites you have ‘bookmarked’ … the most recent month should be at the top. Barbiecat posts a link to the next month on the last day of the month. You might see a highlighted ### in the current month and the past month. Normally I go to the past month and read those last few posts, then hit the link (if I have to go back up a few posts) and hit the ‘new month’s link’ and then I am at the beginning. MFP sometimes takes you back to your last post (or the one just after your last posts – OR – it might just take you to the top of the last page that has been posted to. I usually write down the page # I posted last just to make sure I don’t miss any postings. One thing to remember is ‘you cannot go back a page’ UNLESS you save/post you responses. When you do that you can go back and read posts. A lot of us open up a word processing program and minimalize both programs and put them side-by-side. When I do that I hit “Ctrl +” so that the posts are small enough that I don’t have to scroll over and back to read them and can also see the avatar of the person that has posted. Then when I get finished … I ‘cut’ what I have responded to in the WWP and ‘paste’ it to the MFP, go back to the WWP and ‘delete’ what I have typed. Until I ‘know’ that MFP will be able to take the post; I keep the WWP page open so that if I need to ‘paste’ it BACK to it, it will be there. I’ve only had a few times that this has occurred and it is usually when it is at the bottom of the page. We have women from all around the world on this site.

    We ‘try’ not to get into discussions about ‘politics’ and/or ‘religion’; but, occasionally, we will ‘slip up’ because something might sort of ‘affect’ others; but, we try to keep that in a “personal message – PM” to a ‘friend’. You have to ‘make friends with a person’ in order to be able to send them a “PM”. Please remember that a PM is just that – a private message – and unless or until you have that person’s permission to post it on the site for others to read. It can cause a lot of ‘hurt’ or ‘pissed off’ feelings.

    Joyce – Nah, Mary needs to stay here. I think she has other sites she goes to; but, she belongs to us for encouragement and because she is ‘our friend’.

    Georgia is ‘kicking’ some royal @$$; but, they just did a really ‘stupid’ throw – right into the hands of a Florida player … someone did not get the ‘dance’ right.

    I had put in some extra spaces, because I had something I wanted to share, now I cannot remember it. Unless it was something about what kind of exercise I am going to do today – to work off the 3 pieces of pizza I had this evening. Tomorrow we’re going over to visit with the kids and eat chili. It is supposed to cool off and Trey makes wonderful venison chili.

    Oh, I remember – ‘do I walk on the treadmill or do I do some heavy cleaning’? MMMmmmm, still not sure; but, won’t start anything until the GA/FL game is over.

    And another thing; I have NO idea how or why AFLAC can/does advertise on television when they don’t sell policies to individuals. They don’t say this; but, an AFLAC agent told me they only sell company policies. DAMN!!!!! Like going to the grocery store the other day and they had big bags of individual Smartfood Popcorn on the same end cap they had FRITO LAYS chips at BOGO; but, when I got to the cashier, she ‘supposedly’ sent the guy to go back and check the end cap. I had asked one of the grocery clerks back there if all he chips on the end cap were BOGO and his remark is ‘if it is on the endcap … that is supposed to be the price’. The bag clerk, went to the snacks aisle to check. I don’t particularly ‘like’ this ‘particular’ check-out clerk and I should have made a bigger stink about it; but, I made her ‘take it off’ and that pissed her off even more. She has an “I’ve got my @$$ on my shoulders today” look and attitude.

    One of the Pharmacy PA’s also has that same sort of attitude; and, you never know how Zep is going to be when you get your medication. IF I am getting Rx, I can check out there; but, if I don’t get any Rx, I can’t. I’ve come close, a couple of times, asking her what claw got stuck up her butt today’. I know one of the girls working back there left and I saw her working at the bank. She said that working with Zep had become so unpleasant she just ‘had’ to leave. They would not let her work on any other floor making the same amount she was making working in the pharmacy. I just hope that K-Mart here does not close up since it is owned by Sears, who has closed up here.

    Restaurants open up 3 – 5 new ones a month and that many also ‘close’ up. The ‘only’ sit-down restaurant (other than fast food joints) here in Dawson is the Mexican Restaurant. We go there about once a month, otherwise our ‘date nights’ we go to Albany to eat. We don’t go to movies because they are way too expensive+ and going ‘downtown’ for anything really isn’t safe. They have been trying to revitalize Albany for as long as we lived there (the first time).

    Guess I will go to Facebook and see if I am successful at finding any of the classmates in the range of years that are going to be invited to the reunion next year.

    Raining, a good rain (little heavy) now; but, we need the rain … I doubt it will be the heavy run-off type of rain … the ground is so thirsty … it needs to soak in. Started off sounding like a nice steady soaking rain, 5 minutes later – the bottom falls out. Oh well, feast or famine.

    Lenora
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    edited October 2017
    Karen: DH says the cod liver oil didn't taste bad. Like Penny, he bought lemon flavored. I asked him about the feel of oil in his mouth. He said he didn't particularly like the feel of the oil so he would have coffee, tea or water as a chaser to wash the oily feel down. :ohwell:

    ceemyheartm: I eat a relatively low carb diet, but not no carb. This results in a higher fat balance. I shoot for roughly one third each of fat, protein, and carb. I feel good this way & my doctor is happy with my blood counts whenever that comes up, which is seldom. I suspect you will figure out what feels best for you as you go along. :star:

    Terry: We chose a light blue. The color name is minor blue. I hope we'll like it. Painting has started. We've spent days getting furniture away from walls, getting everything out of the closet and are currently sleeping in our guest room. :ohwell:

    Heather: The photo of the four of you is a treasure to keep. Your "genial hosts" look wonderful, too. :heart:

    Allie: Good news for Chester! Yay!!! :bigsmile:

    Becca: Your writing is easy to read. Nice job! :smiley:

    Barbie & Lanette: I feel the same way about losing something. :grumble:


    Kim from N California: It is so good to see your post!!! I have missed you. :heart:


    Regarding Halloween--I live in Halloweentown. It is a month long celebration around here with a parade, original actors, props from the sets, and this year a tribute to Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. It is doing a great job getting customers into our local shops and businesses. Today is Saturday, there is a beautiful sunny day, and the park is filled with people having a good time. Local shops are getting a good amount of business. Yay!!! DH & I split an elephant ear.

    Here at home we're getting our bedroom painted. It is blue with white woodwork, and a much more intense shade of blue than before. So far it seems like we made a good choice. We'll see how we like it when it has dried and we have our stuff back in place.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,251 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
    edited October 2017
    stat for the day -

    forced slower jog-
    still a bit sick-
    another 5lb of sweat lost- it'll come back, just water, so not too excited

    slow jog on treadmill- 1hr, 53min, 36sec, 5.0sp-5.2sp mostly, 131ahr, 150mhr, 11.39min mi, 10mi = 1035c
    Apple Watch- 1184c

    total cal 1035
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,191 Member
    :)Lenore , audio books are books read by professionals. They use slightly different voices for the different characters in dialogue. I download audio books to my phone to listen to them while I walk. They can also be downloaded to a computer or tablet. You can purchase or rent audio books but I think free is better

    <3 Barbie
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,246 Member
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  • mepeiffer
    mepeiffer Posts: 105 Member
    <3 Started my Advocare cleanse today! 211 <3
  • wildhorsewendy
    wildhorsewendy Posts: 563 Member
    Hi Sisters, I had an awesome morning, galloping my darling Mani down at the beach. Now it is raining, so I am glad I went early, at low tide.

    Lenora I do my audiobooks two different ways. The Audible.com costs money but the library is free (or the cost of annual fee for a library card if your library charges a fee like ours does.) I joined up to Audible.com through my Amazon account. I use my Amazon password and my account which has my credit card details loaded. I love Amazon. It's so easy to get whatever I want sent to me, waaaay over here across the ocean. Once you are joined up ( I think it costs around $15 a month, you get a 'credit' every month and you can use it to download any book that is available on Audible. You just do a search of whatever subject or author or title you want and click "Buy Now for One credit". The book is then sent to your "library" You open your library and click download on your new book. Then you can open it with Itunes. You can also have it sent to your phone, as well as your computer. I connect my ipod nana to my computer and copy the books onto my little ipod, or I connect my phone and click download on my audible app. Then I listen to my books constantly, while I'm working out, doing housework, driving, working in the paddocks or running.

    I just found out recently how to get audible books free from the library and I don't know if the USA system is different to the NZ one. But all I did was get a password set up on my library card- I just asked for help at my library to do this- and then I go into my library website, search for books (both audio and kindle) and download whatever takes my fancy onto my computer and phone. I can borrow them for three weeks and then extend if needed. I had to download an app on my computer and on my phone called Overdrive. This all sounds a lot more complicated than it is. LOL. Just ask some young employee at the library to set it up for you.

    Here is the link to audible: https://www.audible.com/ You can take a look at it and browse it for books without setting up an account just to get the feel of it and what books are available. I have found it to be a very well run site and whenever I encounter a problem, their helpline is super quick and nice to fix it up.

    TERRY I am excited for you! I hope you are already planning what to do to celebrate when you drop into the 100's. I am BIG on rewarding myself for any progress at all. Not a food celebration but something else that you really really like!


    MARY I did my second day of the five week challenge. I had to modify it as I don't have a safe pull up arrangement and I did my presses with a lighter dumbbell because my kettleball is too heavy for me to do one arm presses, but I just substituted deadlifts and dumbbell presses and did plank crossovers and worked out for 30 minutes this morning. I already feel like I should get a heavier kettleball for the swings and squats, but I am just adding in a few more reps instead. Don't want to be too gung ho and injure myself. LOL
    <3 Wendy
  • langman22
    langman22 Posts: 786 Member
    Was a nice day today. Got up late, went to breakfast with DH then to the bookstore. When we came home
    DH painted some more on the porch and I mowed (hopefully for today last time this year. Supposed to rain all day tomorrow.

    Going to meet my DD breakfast tomorrow. She has spent the last two nights with her boyfriend. Was nice having the house to ourselves. After breakfast we are going to look for our kettlebells.

    Have loved all the pics.

    DJ, don’t feel you need to explain to me. Just want you to enjoy your own home.

    Rye, love the cat! Made me lol

    Terry
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Regarding audible.com: When I was commuting I bought books frequently. My round trip commute was close to two hours every day. I let my Audible active status pass, but every book I bought still belongs to me and I can listen again if I wish. It appears they've joined "the amazon family." My library to go account also has audio books available for the price of a library card. :heart: (also managed by amazon.)

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Olivia looks so cute. Looks like she has enough to keep her busy. Is she crawling?

    Love the cat on the screen. The creator of Garfield is from right down the road. I guess we will never see our cats do that since both of them are front declawed. It's funny, when I am playing with their feet, it is MOzarts back feet that she doesn't want touchd, or her back hips. She isn't aggressive, just moves them away. Oh it is funny to watch the two when Melody is being the Mom and giving him a stare down. Then she will just walk away. Job done.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • Poerava14
    Poerava14 Posts: 1,091 Member
    Well, my world has been totally rocked today. Got a new 2 in 1 laptop after my 7 year old laptop gasped its last megabyte. :)<3:) If you all don't hear from me for a few days its because I have fallen into a rabbit hole of exploring all the amazing features of his HP Spectre. My old laptop served me well, but this new baby may replace not just that hunk of junk, but my trusty Kindle Fire as well. The Kindle has been a total workhorse for the 5 years that I have used it daily in the gym. I have audiobooks (Wendy is right about Audible), music, podcasts, library access, and fun apps on it. Feeling so grateful for this wonderful world of technology. Afterall, without it, I wouldn't have met all of you.

    My brother had a procedure yesterday that is nicknamed "gastric glue". Basically, they seal up the main abdominal artery and put a little cap on it. This prevents the kind of internal bleeding common to cirrhosis (sp) patients. He feels great, but still in hospital for observation. He was referred to this program, and it does include counseling. Whether he will follow through only time will tell.

    Terry: Yay!!!! Can't wait to welcome you to onderland.

    Stay well friends. We can do this.

    Rori
    Colorado Foothills
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Hey friends!
    I'm watched the "Dark Shadows" movies.....oooh I loved that series every 4 pm and watched it with my eyes covered, after school!! Haha!

    Made my tilapia fish fillets, and rice mixture for lunch and I put too much spinach in it! Two handfuls made it taste medicine-y!! So now I know, my limit!

    Today my daily numbers are calories 1298, fats 39 grams, and protein 61 grams. My water is consumed, and its only 4 pm!

    Well my dinner was acceptable. Zucchini, stewed tomatoes, and whole wheat pasta!
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Rori: I hope you enjoy your new computer for a long time to come. It sounds like you're starting off with a happy experience. :smiley

    Becca: WTG! You seem to have had a great day. :bigsmile:


    The painter was here on and off all day. He is not finished and will be back on Monday. He is also a pastor as well as a painter. Tomorrow he will likely be spending the day with his congregation.

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

    "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." - William James
  • dreamwriter
    dreamwriter Posts: 610 Member
    Starting you off with a photo of me as Ursula05gecj9371l6.jpg

    NYKaren - Do what you need to do for you.

    Terry - You're almost to Onederland! How exciting!

    Karen in Virginia - Olivia is so precious. I love her little head band.

    Busy at work with training, Saturday, special event. Pot luck went well although I should never be allowed near one. Will power? I seem to have misplaced mine.

    Went to American Made. We met friends there. Seems strange not to spend time before or after the movie with them.

    I am grateful that my darling girl got up early to help me be Ursula. Some of the kids did recognize who I was supposed to be. One shared with me that the Little Mermaid was a really, really old movie. One little boy asked if he could touch me as it would feel different because I was a really Ursula not like a cartoon one. Kids are so funny.

    Vinyl planks/tiles are down in kitchen. I like it. Kitchen was out of commission because of flooring being laid. We were supposed to go for something to eat before movie. (that didn't happen). We were supposed to go after movie but Larry felt the need to get home to Chico. The upshot was it was close to 10 p.m. and that is much too late for me to eat with my reflux. Thankful for popcorn at the theatre.

    -Sharon in Lethbridge
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,693 Member
    DJ - I too am worried about you. <3 We want you to have a happy life. It sounds to me as if you might be at the point where you could access some professional advice. Just for information at this point, but it would be good to know your options. These situations with a loved one are very tricky I know. I have every sympathy. <3<3<3 It just sounds as if your needs are coming last at the moment and you sound depressed, not your sparkling self. Love you.

    Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Karen in VA - Awesome to see Olivia thriving! She looks like a happy little one.

    Michele in NC - Thinking about you and the wedding... can't wait to hear the story of this one! I genuinely hope it all goes off without a hitch.

    Rori     - Glad they've found something that can make your brother feel better, and hope he can reach out for the help he needs. On the laptop, seven years is a venerable age in laptop-land... upgrades or not. Hope you laid your old workhorse down with the respect it deserved! :smiley: Somehow, Corey and I are going to end up hauling four laptops with us when we move. All kept for good reason, I might add. Just not sure when that happened...

    Sharon - love the Ursula makeup!

    DJ - the Halloween with the special needs kids sounds awesome.

    The Open House/Sale finished up yesterday, and was a mixed success. Did get rid of the biggest piece of furniture, the one Corey least wanted to try to horse into the panel trailer--the recliner loveseat. Fridge and last bookshelf picked up today - the two 100-pound propane tanks will be picked up on Monday. Still a bunch of nitnoid stuff left - the household items and clothes will go in bags and will take them down to El Buen Vecino, the local version of the Salvation Army. The rest will go in a dumpster, and good riddance. Why do we clutter up our lives so much? The funny part of it is, my daughter, since the Army moves her, moved EVERYthing. She wants to have a garage sale after we get there, while I'm there to help her. At the moment, it sounds horrible. I'm sure I'll come around by springtime.

    While we were waiting around yesterday, Corey and I loaded the camper shell on the pickup, and when I say loaded, there's not a spare inch of space in it. Then he used the drill and some long screws and screwed it down tight. If someone really wants your stuff, they can get it, but they'll have to work for it. With all the stuff we're taking with us, we're going to have to find a storage place in Fayetteville. Shouldn't be tough in a military town with a university.

    The plan is to live with our daughter for six months - until her husband comes back from deployment - and then decide what's next. Should be interesting. I say this with some trepidation, but then, I pretty much worry about everything. I do feel like Corey and I are bucking the trend of children moving back in with their parents. Who knows? Maybe we'll start a new trend!

    Back to five hours a night of sleep - and since I was asleep by 8:30 last night, you know the rest. I have to try to get my sleep schedule in better shape before I get on the road...

    Lisa in West Texas for four more days...
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3

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