WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2017

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,594 Member
    BTW - a bit of an amusing thing. The pastor at the church I went to on Christmas Eve guessed I was Irish based on my accent.

    When people guess where I'm from based on my accent, Irish is the top guess with Canadian coming in second.
    Evidently, Canadian mixed with Australia = Irish!! :grin:

    I've been told I have quite a strong lilt ... I can't hear it at all, but who knows.

    So, if you're reading my words here, imagine them with an Irish lilt ... and a bit of Canadian and Australian thrown in, and that's probably about right. :lol:


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,594 Member
    Merry Christmas!
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,696 Member
    NYKAREN - Fabulous photo! You look very pleased with your day so far! :D:p
    Thanks for posting!

    Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,249 Member
    merry Christmas Eve peeps
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK <3<3
  • ryenday
    ryenday Posts: 1,540 Member
    Barbara curd is finicky to make but not hard. I used Chef John food wishes recipe/method this time. I just used key limes instead of lemons. The difficulty is FINDING key limes in the first place ( I have a source, lol) then juicing close to 50 of the tiny suckers to get enough fresh lime juice in the second place.

    But yummmm, once or twice a year? Totally worth it!
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,518 Member
    Did Leslie Sansone's Burn Body Fat DVD. The PLAN for tomorrow is to do Tone Trouble Zones DVD (a part), hold my plank, then do an Elle Glam Total Toning DVD

    Heather - so glad your friend is home. Cute shirt! You look amazing!

    We'll be leaving in a few to pick Jess up from the airport (she's coming back from TN).

    Merry Christmas to everyone who is celebrating!

    Barbara - every year they send some barbecue from Corky's to us. Just glad that this year I could send them some pierogi. I've always been concerned about the refirgeration for the cheese, but with this heavy-duty styrofoam container and the freeze things, I think it just might make it.

    One thing about Windows 10. The last time we were down at the condo, suddenly Vince got a text saying that we were almost at the limit for our data usage. Neither of us did anything different than what we did before. Seems that what happens is when Windows 10 does its automatic updates, that used up our usage. So we had to buy more time since we needed to pay bills. But you can get around that by telling you laptop not to update if it is using a hotspot.

    Lisa - I'm so sorry you feel that North Carolina isn't for you. But you are right, you should have what is good for you. It's good that you're staying with your daughter, she'll need you especially now.

    Went to Krispy Kreme to get donuts for tomorrow. I surprised myself. Last year I got 3 cream-filled-types, this year I only got 2 of the glazed, and one would have done it for me. Maybe next year I won't want any. I hope, I hope

    Picked Jess up. She asked if she could use my laptop as she has a phone interview with a vet school in the Caribbean. Down there the vet school is much cheaper. And, really, when you go to a vet you don't see their diploma (unlike at the MD's), so you really don't know where they went to school. Oh, she could take out student loans and go to school in the states. But then she'd be paying them back for years and years. She'll probably have to take out some loans for this school, but not as many. I do hope she continues her interest in being a vet. She's talked about it a lot but this is the first I've seen her really trying to get in. Oh, she's gotten brochures of other schools, but she hasn't done anything to try to get in.

    After Krispy Kreme I did buy gas. I didn't realize how low I was. We took my car to drop Jess off at the airport and today to pick her up. We need to go into Hickory tonight for midnight mass. I don't think Jess is going to go with us. She's going to pick Colby up at the airport. Well, I know that she isn't blowing us off for some reason.

    NYKaren - if you go to Philly, safe travels

    Jess is out Christmas shopping right now. Honestly! Bet when Denise gets here she'll have to wrap. You would think they'd think of these things and just get them done. Set the table for tonight. We are so going to use these certain placemats. They must have taken me at least 12 years to make. I have so much trouble making something in the round (crochet)

    Margaret - Jess was saying (I don't know how true this is) that at Denise's bridal shower Maria was saying how Vince called and forbid Denise from seeing Pete, but look how they're in love. Right. We never even knew her phone number. But like I said, I don't know how true that is.

    Michele in NC
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,087 Member
    Well here we are Alfie and I settling in for a nap...he had a busy afternoon visiting...going to Christmas Eve Mass and pageant and then to DD for dinner...then home to my boy....
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    :)<3
  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 863 Member
    Happy Christmas Eve day, ladies! Thanks for the suggestions for the cold symptoms. I actually felt pretty good last night, but took a cold capsule, just in case. Didn't sleep worth a darn, so I'm kind of dragging it at work today.... Drinking hot water with lemon right now, had some of that yesterday too, maybe it helped. Good thing we are off early (2 p.m.) but I need to get some housecleaning done. Not too much, but there are a few things, like washing the kitchen floor and I really should fold some laundry! I also want to prep veggies for dinner and the stuffing, little things like that. Fortunately all my shopping is done. Would not want to have to venture into a mall or store today! It will be madness!
    Lisa, so glad that you are staying with your daughter for a year, what precious time with those grandkids! and such a relief for her, knowing that if (when?) she has to leave at least her kids will be in good hands.
    Heather, I love your santa shirt and your brothers costume is quite awesome!
    Talking of accents, my older son was in Virginia several years ago, he was fortunate enough to attend Little League umpire training in Williamsport. When the security officer was checking his passport, she said "I just knew y'all were from Canada, I could tell by your ax-cent". He was only 18, but had the good sense to just smile and not say, "My accent???? I don't have an accent!" Ah, fun times....
    Looking forward to the end of the work day today, it's so quiet! I work in a storage facility and most people who needed to get stuff out or put stuff in don't do it the day before Christmas!. And we don't need to be here for that anyway, it's all security gated etc and tenants can use their security code to get into the lot and building, but we are here in case someone wants to pay their rent or something like that. Yesterday we had a few people in, but today...... I think I just saw a tumbleweed blow by! lol
    Michele, I would love to see the placemats! I crochet too, I did a table cloth, took me about 20 years and just last year I realized it wasn't quite square as my tension had changed over the years. So, I took part of it apart and now am in the process of "fixing" it. It does seem to be working, so perhaps I'll actually use it at some point!
    Not quite sure what I was thinking when I did start making it, I was young, I'll have to just use that as the reason! lol
    Hope everyone has a great day! And anybody who is travelling, or thinking of travelling, please go with great care! Or stay home if the roads are yucky! Friends and family would rather see you when the weather is better than not at all.
    Evelyn, Vancouver Island
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Son messaged me that they have snow! Nice for them, because they are California transplants, so have never lived in a place with snow. But we have to drive there on Tuesday, so I hope its melted by then!

    Slept in this morning! Had cereal at 11am.... I'm such a slug! Packing up everything so we don't eat them out of house and home this week. Invading their apartment until Saturday early morning. We will be out and about Wednesday, then Thursday well stay at home and have turkey dinner. Friday hopefully go into the city to walk around, maybe just drive to OMSI then take the tram in to the city, so we don't have to worry about parking.

    Our car is so small! Food for a great meal, sons seabag, our bags, our BODIES, it a logistical nightmare!
    Becca
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,249 Member
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  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 863 Member
    Michelle, those are lovely! Yeah, it took me two years of waffling back and forth before finally deciding that I needed to redo part of the tablecloth. It's all done in small motifs that are crpcheted together as you go, so it wasn't too difficult to take the main offenders out and fix the rest. Just takes time. And I have a kit, well, my mom had a kit, have no idea now what it was for, pattern is long gone. I tried doing something with the yarn, ran out, found out that particular type of yarn was discontinued years ago. So I just carried on, found something the same weight, it was white so that was no big deal. There were 6 balls of yarn, I used 3 of them, used the other stuff in the middle and finished off with the last 3 balls of the original stuff. It looks pretty good actually!
    Evelyn

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