WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2018

trisH_7183

We had early Mother’s Day meal at Olive Garden,along with DD & SIL.Had the soup,salad & breadsticks. All was very good. Had a nice visit.
Loving my new windchime,so calming.
DD asked if neighbor mentioned hearing it. They never mentioned their howling dog,so don’t think they will
mind the windchime.

Beautiful weather today.Had some errands while DD mowed grass. Tomorrow will be making breakfast,watching golf & just enjoying sitting on the porch.

My solar windchime. Tricia Oh

pipcd34

The 'old lady

coastalgosgal

Missing my dear momma this weekend.

klanders30

grandmallie

Evening Ladies
So nice to be home and in my own bed....got a call from my neighbor friend who is gasp 6 months younger than me lol...she invited me and another friend to dinner and how lovely it was to relax with wine and conversation...
I went and picked up Alfie after I got out of work and Tom had gotten a mother's day card from all the boys for me which I thought was sweet...
Tomorrow oh lots to do and clean this mess of a place..after galavanted the last few weeks my place has been neglected...well ta.ta for now...Happy Mother's day to all my dear friends weather your children are furry or otherwise XOXO.

suebdew

Poerava14

langman22

Well, didn’t get the lawn mower. Guess there aren’t many place around here that sells them. We’re going to stop on the way home from work next week to see ghecub cadets they have at HomeDepot. Did find a nice tile that may work for the bathroom. Brought a sample home. Looked pretty good. Just want to see if DH can order it at work and get a discount. Also, going to look at Home Depot for that too. We don’t want to spend a large amount of money if we plan to sell in about 3years.

When we got home I got back in the car with DD to go clothes shopping. Spent more than I wanted to but had no choice. I have no summer clothes that fit anymore. Luckily I can wear very casual clothes at work so don’t need both work and home clothes.

Going to do a craft with DD tomorrow for us to celebrate Mother’s Day. If it turns out I’ll post a picture.

Eating didn’t go well today but tomorrow’s a good day to have a good day, right?

Well I’m beat as I was on the go all day. Every time I wanted to try on pants I had to take the dang boot off. So I’m in bed and ready to grab my book.

Take care my friends, Terry in VT

exermom

Did Gunnar Peterson’s Accelerated Core Training DVD. He’s a pretty good instructor, does lots of different things. Things that I’ve never done before (and you know that’s saying something). The plan for tomorrow is to ride the recumbant bike.

Made beet chocolate muffins. This one gal gave us beets so I made these for her. Then made ginger cupcakes for a gal at the Y who likes ginger. I don’t think I’ll use the cream cheese icing that they suggest since cream cheese icing should be refrigerated, maybe I’ll just make some buttercream icing instead. Also made icing for the muffins and iced them. Everything done for the week.

Went to Food Lion, I thought they might carry an item I was looking for but they didn’t. Went to WalMart and they don’t either so I had to make it myself. Have to go back to Food Lion to get some ground beef, didn’t realize that I’d need it for these pizza bites I’m making for Rummikub Tuesday. Update: Got the filling all made. Need to put them together Tuesday and then bake them. I’m hesitant to prepare them ahead of time 1) because that’ll take up a lot of room in the refrigerator and 2) I’m afraid they may get soggy.

Mary – thanks so much for the link. Very interesting and informative. I had a suspicion that it had something to do with how long it takes for your body to digest something. I know it’s always been recommended that you have just applesauce since that’s easily digested. Now I know not to put the protein powder in it (at least at night)

Ginger – happy anniversary

One thing I thought of regarding this new shingles vaccine. It’s just that – new. We don’t know the long-term effects of it.

Okie – you’ll be there before you know it!

Ohgeeque – welcome!

Lisa – so glad to hear about your son no longer being suicidal. That must be a real load off your mind. Wish a graph of my weight looked like yours. My graph is almost a straight line

Anyone who needs to make a cake – I got this recipe from Weight Watchers. It’s really quite good and not bad on the calories. You take one box of angel food cake mix, add a 20oz can of crushed pineapple (juice and all). Mix and bake as you would for an angel food cake. Sometimes angel food cake can be so “plain” but the pineapple jazzes it up a bit

Went to a ballgame tonight with the Newcomers. This is a farm team for the Texas Rangers (Hickory Crawdads) For this weekend they called themselves the Hickory Crawmoms. I know that they only have hamburgers, hot dogs, coleslaw, barbecue, beans so I bring my own sandwich and dessert, which is what I’ve done the past few years.

The plan is that I want to go out early in the day tomorrow (like I’m talking maybe 10:00) and start to pile the mulch where we want it. I won’t spread it out just yet. Vince actually said “I thought we were going to do the mulch tomorrow”. See, the heat doesn’t bother me that much but it really bothers him and it’s supposed to be really hot tomorrow. So if he doesn’t help, that’s OK, I’m not expecting it

Michele in NC

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csofled

ryenday

Our niece graduated from college today. Her BS is in environmental ecology and I could not be more proud. Here she is with us this afternoon. A truly lovely and smart and talented young woman.

Rye

barbiecat

MIchele, How much mulch did you get? Did you pick it up in your own truck or have it delivered?

pipcd34

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skuehn48

cityjaneLondon

Happy Mother's Day to all my friends! Ours was quite a while ago.

Feeling more chirpy this morning, but the test will be on the elliptical.

Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx

Lagopus

It's official! My weight loss for the past week is 0.9 kg (2 lb). Must design myself that cross-stitch sampler that says "When I log, I lose". The challenge now will be to keep at it.

Hubby arrives home from Nepal in a couple hours and we have invited his traveling companions over for dinner tonight. (This would be our friends the pastor and the editor of the local paper.) I'm serving a modern Swedish classic with an unappetizing name: permafrost lump.

Every self-respecting Swedish family that lives in a rural area north of Stockholm lays up a store of moose meat in the fall. This recipe uses a cut everyone saves for a special occasion, the same one you would use for roast beef. (I'm using moose, but it works equally well on beef and venison.)

• To make a permafrost lump, you take the meat straight from the freezer and put it in the oven at 165°F (75°C), sticking in a meat thermometer as soon as the roast has thawed enough. Once that's done you can forget about it.
• Meanwhile, you boil up a brine of water (1 quart), salt (3/4 cup), sugar (1 tablespoon) plus crushed juniper berries, black pepper, chili, a bay leaf or two - whatever inspiration tells you to put in - and let that cool.
• After about 8 hours, when the thermometer reaches 150°F (65°C) you put the hot meat into the cold brine, let it soak for 4-6 hours, then take it out, dry it off and refrigerate.
• The meat is served in thin slices, cold or reheated, with or without some kind of sauce, and usually with potatoes au gratin.

I'll be serving mine with red currant jelly, oven-roasted root veggies and broccoli.

I'm also baking my sourdough bread, which is world-famous in (parts of) Longyearbyen Not eating too much of that will be my biggest challenge. This is a no-knead bread that knocks the socks off anything you can buy at the local grocery store.

After spending the night in our warmest room, the sourdough starter is bubbly and happy::

I raise the dough in two little baskets for smaller, prettier loaves. Oven-ready:

Baked and ready to eat:

/Penny, preparing to resist temptation at the

grandmallie

Morning dear friends
Happy Mother's day to all of you..still cloudy and maybe showers this afternoon...just relaxing and will do cleaning today...

margaretturk

Happy Woman's Day! :flowerforyou: My Kindergarten Friend changed it so it includes all woman whether their are mother's or not. What a great idea to give all woman the acknowledgment they deserve!

Penny I'll have to ask my relative in Gavle if they do this. Gavle is two hours north of Stockholm.

Lagopus

Ask about "tjälknöl". He/She may not recognize my translation :laugh:

Gävle is halfway between Stockholm (where I used to live) and the place where my husband's family had an old farm with forest (and hunting rights). Six hours' drive and still only about halfway north in Sweden.

/Penny