WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2018

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,687 Member
    Hi all,
    Going to 'laminate' the croissant dough today. :bigsmile:
    I also have a yearning for fresh flowers. I've chucked out my Christmas foliage display, but I don't think I can buy anything much on a Sunday from our local shops. I might wander out to see.

    I haven’t weighed myself yet, but I hope I have maintained. I've kept within the guidelines as I've still been exercising.

    I used to make bread, and still will, for fun, from time to time, but Brighton seems to be the bakery capital of England! Every other shop is bursting with gorgeous artisan loaves! Every kind of deliciousness. It must be hell for coeliacs. :o

    Looking forward to a new series of 'Les Miserables' tonight on tv. No music. It's been adapted by the very best tv writer, who is now 80! I have high hopes and I normally don't like costume dramas, only his.
    By the way, in case any of the Brits missed it over Christmas, the Torvill and Dean biog was excellent. I normally hate that sort of thing, but this one was good and worth catching up on.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,583 Member
    I'm starting to write the story of my husband's injury. He wanted me to do that, so he could read it and I wanted to do it too ... but it's hard.

    I've got all the updates I gave family in emails etc. to work with, but they just bring such a rush of pain.

    So I've more or less completed the first couple days.

    I was unrealistically hoping to knock this off in a matter of a week or so, figuring I had most of the words already from those emails etc., but I think it's going to take longer than that, and at this point, I can only work on it for about 30 minutes at a time.

    But it's a start.


    @grandmallie ... sorry about the tooth. I've got to decide what I want to do with mine. Do I want a root canal? Or do I want to remove the bad one all together and get an implant to replace the one they removed last year. Both expensive options. Meanwhile, it hurts. And no hot food or drink for me!

    @cityjaneLondon ... one thing I really like about Australia ... fresh flowers all year round. We've got rose bushes full of blooms! :)


    Now I've got to go lie down ... the 12 km run and 18 km ride have tired me out.

    M in Oz
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Morning, afternoon and evening, all...

    It's been a lovely, quiet weekend, all things considered. Three more days off, and back to work. Excited to be jumping into the New Year, my onboarding days will be Little Rock the 7th and 8th of January, and will have vision and dental in February through work, need to see both the eye doctor and the dentist, so those appointments will be made soon. Need to get an appointment for my hubby for regular doctor and eye doctor as well.

    Have accomplished little of what I planned to do over this holiday, but there are a few days yet. I did, however, work through our budget for the next couple years (I truly love Excel spreadsheets). IF we get our spending ramped back down properly, which we should as the major expenses to get in the house are done for a while, we can get enough into savings to be comfortable, and then start throwing extra payments at the house beginning in August and pay it off by the end of 2020. The amortization calculator says, if we actually accomplish it, we would save $50,000 in interest alone. The benefits of buying a house that needed so much work--though our initial costs were high to get the house fit to move in, the mortgage wasn't high, so small amounts paid off make a big difference. Just by paying $43 extra a month that we're paying already, if we left it at that, we'd cut seven YEARS off the loan and save more than $14,000 in interest.

    If we keep it together, we can get the house paid off a year before my retirement age, which is, right now, three years and four months away. Ah-MAY-zing. Doesn't even seem possible...

    And I just realized where my son gets his interminably annoying planning and over-planning trait... :smiley: Funny, when he doesn't actually carry any of my genes. Which is probably good, as he's 6'3" tall now, and would have probably been a lot shorter had he been mine. :wink: Just shows that, even when you get them at 15 years old, you mark their lives.

    Off to accomplish something. Not sure what, but I'll find something. Oh, and took another two pounds off the top of what I'd gained for Christmas.

    Love y'all! :)

    Lisa in Arkansas
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    BARB,sorry I don’t know how long your cold has lasted,but ppl don’t realize the energy they steal.Mine is going on 2 wks & I feel ok,but have bad coughing still.Guess it just lasts till it leaves. Take care of your self.

    ALLIE,sorry you have a toothache.I’m such a scardy cat when it comes to dentists....for any reason at all.DH only eats hull less popcorn after having problems with shells cutting his gum.

    My chosen word is self-compassion.For many reasons, DD’s losing her DH to cancer,the sadness etc.......just life being rough.So many things keep happening.I am not super woman,just an older lady that needs to let others do their own thing,while I live my own life in ways that have served me well. As DH says & believes,why worry,most never happens & what does isn’t my worry! So being easier on myself helps. I hope!

    Working on not eating anything after supper.It gives me more hours of no food till brfast,have a few questions I go thru & it usually works.Should have done it a long time ago,...better late than never.

    Now that I bent your ear ,going to wish all a Healthy Happy New Year & get this day started. Trish






  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,249 Member
    edited December 2018
    Allie and M your stories is why I had that crown done. I did not want it to turn into needing a root canal. I know the tooth was alive. I could still feel it during the procedure. I did tell him but did not get more novacane. It would have added another twenty minutes to the procedure. As it was I got there at 10:00 and did not leave until 1:30. My dentist creates the crown as you wait. It was a long day but it is done and I do not need to go back. The cost of the crown was bad enough.

    Allie do you have a water pik. The use of that might help to dislodge the popcorn kernel. They also make those soft picks to get between your teeth.

    Hope it resolves without a trip to the dentist. Do you have procedures done at your office and get any discounts because you work there?

    LanetteThank you for your comment. My mom had macular degeneration so if I can take any precautions to avoid this conditions I will. I just leave my computer and cell phone in night time mode most of the time. On my phone it does have the capability to set a time for it to go off. Even so I do need to get in the habit of taking more eye breaks where I look away from the computer.

    If you are interested in changing the light on cell phone and computer go to settings to find how to turn the blue light feature off. Somewhere it will say night mode on or off. On my phone it actually said blue light.

    It also reminds me I should be better where my glasses that filter out the blue light from lights during the evening hours.

    Exposure to blue light at night can throw off your sleep.

    :heart: Margaret


  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Good morning all! Happy Sunday! Well, I am glad I lost a couple pounds last week, because they found me this week! lol All good, not going to sweat it. It will all come off. Today, I have ham and bean soup in the crock pot, I have put together my one pound veggie bags for the week, and yogurt is going in my pressure cooker. On my to do list today is putting together my January/February daycare calendar and crafts, taking the Christmas deco down, and hanging the curtain in the kitchen. I will end my day with watching the last four episodes of House that I recorded, so that I can get rid of the tv in the living room. (Step one in my plan of getting rid of cable).
    I looked over our budget (Tim has an excel spreadsheet and has extended our budget out to June); we have cut enough "fat"
    and debt from our budget that we only have a $700/month deficit. SO...rather than me needing to make $1,600 extra per month just to keep us afloat. I only need to make $700/month. That means, if I can get more kids in on the weekends and evenings I should be able to do this AND get some money saved and pay down more debt. I can do this, I can do this, I can do this. My word for 2019= FOCUS
    Allie - lol I was going to ask if maybe you had eaten some popcorn or something really salty. For me, it is always a popcorn kernel or too much salt that makes my teeth/gums ache. Definitely do some saltwater swishes. Baking soda in warm water will work as well. Maybe floss or brush gently to locate and remove the kernel. Do you have a waterpik? In regards to your resume: Remember to add skills that you have picked up in life. Because the majority of my resume would be my childcare, I include skills I have picked up in my volunteer work. Leadership skills, organizational skills, any tech or computer skills, skills you have learned in dealing with settling affairs after divorce and death. You have a LOT to pull from, my friend.
    Lisa- Yea! I am so excited for you being able to pay down your mortgage! This is one of my goals for the next couple of years!
    Rita- I am stunned to see snow in New Mexico! I love that building that you shared. If that garage door were replaced by a barn door, it would look just like something out of a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western!
    Mary- You and your family look fantastic!
    Machka- I loved the article regarding Christmas around the world. I think I am going to focus next December's crafts and activities on that theme. I have read a few books on Christmas around the world, but they do get old and traditions change; so I saved your article. Thank you!
    Love and hugs to everyone else <3 ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,687 Member
    Nice one KJ!!! I have read Born to Run and after that I watched some videos of the runners.

    I went out to the supermarket looking for flowers, but the only ones I liked were too expensive. The cheaper ones were a bit tired. It can wait. I have artificial snowdrops etc I can get out on Jan 1st. :D

    Still haven't done the croissants, but we attacked the pictures that gave been languishing in DH's study, to see if there was anything we wanted to hang. We hung a couple of railway posters in the hall, so now there are three out there. They look great. Then DH took a Klimt for his study and a lovely etching. Other pictures are destined for the charity shop. Some are pending decisions and have gone in the eaves, which is where they will probably stay! ;):* I wanted to sell the old pair of prints, but failed. A couple will be re framed and go up somewhere, so they are out on the hall table so they don't get forgotten. I have an old British Rail map of the Southern Region,which is an original that would have been screwed to the wall of the old compartment. Original frame which I want to keep. It is broken in one corner, so I need to take it to a proper framer to get it restored.
    So, a good job well done. :D
    Poor DH's study is still a mess and we still have loads of books to sort out. The TV isn't working, so we need to get the guy back who put up the new aerial. Grrrrrrrrrr! He said he might get over this week. I didn't want to nag DH about checking that the connection was working, but I should have done. It should have been done while the guy was here. But it's his study. :/

    Off to laminate the croissants.

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,082 Member
    hello dear friends~
    fed DFIL Tom was there and Buddy was happy to see him, as I walked away to get something I heard his dad ask Tom if he was married lol.. hey who knows maybe for him 3rd time is the charm....
    I stopped at Walgreens and picked up a cordless water flosser, figured even though it was 45.00 it will help my teeth in the long run, the tooth that is giving me issues I think is a root canal tooth with a crown on it.. there is to much of a gap between that tooth and the one next to it and food is getting impacted in there, plus the popcorn didn't help, I have flossed the devil out of it,swished with warm salt water and brushed gently im letting the flosser charge now..
    as of right now I have no dental insurance so any work I get done is written off, with new owner who knows.. that is the only benefit we get is the ones that do have insurance, get what isn't paid by insurance written off...
    I didn't sleep to well last night so I might lay down for a nap and then go take Alfie to visit down at nursing home, how they love it so...
    then working on resume
  • ydailey
    ydailey Posts: 516 Member
    Happy Bacon Day!

    If you're not into that, then happy National Bicarbonate of Soda day!

    Michelle - Yum, posole sounds great! We're having the right weather for it today. I have green chile stew on my list to make soon, right after I use up the leftover turkey in a pot of gumbo. Good green chile is harder to find here than it was when we lived in New Mexico, but I can usually get it frozen if I shop around.

    Kim - Your brother sounds like such a sad, angry, scared person. I'm sorry he messed up your plans with your nephew.

    Rita - Bottomless Lakes is a really neat state park. Thanks for the pictures - it looks lovely with a blanket of snow! I miss it the white stuff SO much since we moved back home. I loved the Valley of Fires recreation area as well, and also City of Rocks - two parks with weird, wonderful landscapes.

    Felicia - Ouch! So sorry about the toe. It's amazing the ways our bodies can find to hurt themselves.

    Rebecca - That soup sounds amazing. Share the recipe? (Or did you... I had to skip over a lot of posts after being out so long.)

    Trish - You're right about colds stealing energy. My husband and I took turns with some kind of awful sinus infection right before Christmas, and now the cedar trees are pollinating so allergies have kicked in for pretty much everyone in the Texas Hill Country. I feel like my tail is dragging all the time.

    Kelly - We lived in New Mexico for twelve years. We always had snow by Halloween, regular deposits of one to two feet all winter, and sometimes going as late as April or May for the last snow of the year.


    I had a lovely, lazy week off from work and now I'm preparing to return. To help with my motivation, I'm trying a 14-day free trial of the Noom app on my phone. Today is day two and they've already given me one thing to ponder about my resistance to exercising, and that is that I've formed a habit of not exercising. Now I have to break it and develop my workouts into a habit again. I'm not sure I'll continue with them after the free trial ends, but we'll see. I definitely need all the help I can get to find some motivation.

    Philip and I are getting ready to take our new travel trailer to the beach in a couple of weeks, and I can't wait. We also decided yesterday to start planning now for a trip to Pagosa Springs, Colorado next year. We used to go every Valentine's Day for a week of cross-country skiing, but we moved to back to Texas and then my friend who always went with us died and her husband moved to California. Between finances and the longer drive we haven't done it in years. I'm very excited about that trip, so maybe it will motivate me to get back on the ski machine!

    Now I have to venture out into the rain to run some errands. Would be so pleasant to stay snug and warm indoors but I need to get things done before I get back to work tomorrow, and I'm going to look for that frozen green chile while I'm out near larger grocery stores.

    -Yvonne in TX
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,240 Member
    KJLaMore wrote: »
    Heather- This popped up in my facebook memories. Something that I found and posted last year on this date; about the Tarahumara/Raramuri runners:A Mighty Girl
    Page Liked · December 30, 2017 ·

    A Mighty Girl 2017 Highlight: 22-year-old María Lorena Ramírez from Mexico's Tarahumara indigenous community won this year's Ultra Trail Cerro Rojo Ultramarathon -- wearing sandals made from tire rubber! The Tarahumara word for themselves, Rarámuri, means "runners on foot" and the community is famous for its running ability. Ramírez defeated 500 other runners from 12 countries to win the women's 50k race in seven hours and three minutes despite having no professional training or gear. Race organizer Orlando Jiménez said, “She didn’t bring any gel, nor energy sweets, walking stick, glasses or those very expensive running shoes that everyone wears to run in the mountains. Just a bottle of water, her hat and a kerchief.”

    While never having trained for an ultramarathon, Ramírez leads a very active lifestyle; walking 6 to 9 miles daily for her job tending goats and cattle. Her win earned her an award of 6,000 pesos ($320), and she plans to run again in the future and show others what's possible even with just the basics. As a Puebla community website stated after her victory: Ramírez ran "without a hydration vest, without running shoes, without Lycra and compression socks, without any of those gadgets used by the runners of today" -- and achieved the impossible!

    For a fascinating book about the Tarahumara and running, check out “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” at http://amzn.to/2rBFU4X

    For an excellent book about 22 pioneering women runners, we highly recommend “First Ladies of Running: 22 Inspiring Profiles of the Rebels, Rule Breakers, and Visionaries Who Changed the Sport Forever,” at http://amzn.to/1Vbcljj

    For several Mighty Girl stories that celebrate the joy of running, we recommend "The Quickest Kid in Clarksville" for ages 4 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-quickest-kid-in-clarksville) and “The Running Dream” for ages 12 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-running-dream).

    And, for a fantastic t-shirt that speaks to the fact that strength has nothing to do with gender, check out the “I'm not strong for a girl. I'm just strong.” t-shirt for both kids and adults at https://www.amightygirl.com/strong-t-shirt
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    I saw this on FB, that was awesome
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,944 Member
    Machka - I can imagine that writing your husband's stories will stir up a lot of the emotions from the first few weeks/months of his injury. I think 30 minutes would be long enough to take myself back there.

    Rebecca - I enjoyed looking at the moon cycle. I love your minimalist style as well. I have gotten rid of so much over the years but don't think I could ever get it down that low. Too many things that are pure sentiment in my house.

    Terri - I have been into the junk too much this week as well. Today all of the leftover sweets and cookies are going into the freezer or packaged up and taken to the local fire department. Weather wise right now tells me it will be the freezer.

    Mary - I broke my toe in the early Fall, it is rather painful! Hope it heals fast for you.

    Lisa - I admire your planning, I have done things like that as well, but since hubby has no interest in it or in helping to reduce costs I have given up.

    Margaret - Blue light truly affected my sleep for a while, I didn't realize what it was that was bothering me for the first while but then realized that it was a new alarm clock I had purchased that had a blue display instead of red. It seemed to light the whole room. My humidifier also has a blue nightlight built in, that can't be turned off. I have it in an area that doesn't affect me though.

    Today is the first time in about 3 weeks that I have been able to get onto the computer to read the posts and comment. I find it so very tedious doing it on my phone or ipad. I was given a Cricut for Christmas and am learning how to use the program that goes with it on my ipad so that I am not dependent on the computer, but I think I would like to have a new laptop in the house. If we get one, I will take hubby's current one and give him the new one. This might be a next year thing though, a daughter's wedding this summer and me being unemployed will curb all extra purchases right now.

    It was nice to pop in and say a couple words rather than just reading everything, tomorrow is my doctor's appointment I am wondering since I am also feeling so run down even after sleeping for 12 hours a night and the pain in my chest if I might have walking pneumonia. My Grandmother had it one time and I remember there were no symptoms really. I guess the doctor will be better at diagnosing than me.

    Tracey in a snowy, windy Edmonton
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Lanette: I hope the water situation is resolved quickly. I also hope the laptop battery arrives quickly. A year ago my son updated mine and it has been a champion for me ever since then. :heart:

    I can’t really tell you much about DD’s farm because I haven’t seen it yet. There are 17 acres, including 9 acres of pond. They are considering raising fish in the pond as a commercial endeavor. There are two houses, the main house & a smaller “cabin.” There is also an outbuilding that was full of stuff. Interior plumbing fixtures in the main house are avocado. The best feature is that my daughter and her husband are happy there. They’ve called it the Pickle Farm, so I guess the former owners grew cucumbers at some point. They bought the property from the “children” who are elderly compared to us. :wink:

    Bonnie & Lanette: I have no trouble imagining the Schnauzers running the show. Their first two commands—Achtung! Macht Schnell!! :wink: (Attention! Make it quick.)

    Michelle: Where do you live in WA? I have sourdough starter and could share if you are close enough. DH thinks it could be mailed. I wonder if that is true. We sent DS home with sourdough starter, and he wore it inside his shirt during the flights. :flowerforyou:

    Kim: I am always happy when I see your posts. :star: I’m sorry your brother is such a pill. :ohwell:

    Rita in Roswell: I always connect Roswell with extra-terrestrials in my mind. Have you seen ET yet? :wink:

    Allie: Sorry to hear about your toothache. :sad:

    Felicia: I’m so sorry to hear about your toe. I can’t imagine breaking a toe in down dog, but I can imagine dislocating one. I hope you get the problems solved quickly. :heart:

    Rebecca: I love the lunar calendar! Wow! :star:

    Mary: Great pictures! :bigsmile:

    Machka: I would go for the root canal if I was in your situation. Good luck with your decision. :flowerforyou:

    Lisa: You are amazing!!! I am always impressed by your planning and organization. :star:

    Pip: Love the photo of you and Rocky. :star;


    We still have our Christmas decorations up and the lights are making me happy. I’m planning to take the decorations off of our living trees and start their transition back to the outdoors on New Year’s Day. Our weather has been quite mild, and if that holds up, it should make the transition relatively easy for the living trees. The fakes can stay up a bit longer.


    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,313 Member
    edited December 2018
    Yvonne - I often buy a bunch of hatch chili’s when Randall’s or HEB has them (Anaheim’s, poblanos and jalapeños too). Hub will blister them for me with a paraburner. I sweat and peel them and then use some to make green Chile pork verde and just freeze the rest to use later.

    Our allergies are kicking in as well. Luckily (or not) mine are mostly burning eyes.

    Okie in the TX Hill Country
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,687 Member
    Phew! Rolling the dough was HARD work. We had to roll it out and fold it three times with 20 minute rests in the freezer. Now it is back in the fridge for tonight. Tomorrow is the big day. What I like is that it is a joint project. <3 We did laugh a lot!

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,082 Member
    back from nursing home and all the dog people enjoyed Alfie , he is so good with them, honestly..
    wore him out too.. im in for the rest of the day.. so going to get comfortable and relax.. work on resume... and either listen to music or have the t.v. on
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,188 Member
    :)Trish, Yest, this cold is really sapping my energy. I dutifully get up in the morning and walk the dogs (about two hours total). This morning I took my shower, talked to Jake for about 30 minutes, then went back to bed where i slept for 90 minutes. Now I'm up to fix lunch and will probably go back to bed shortly after. If it weren't for the dogs, I might have spent all day in bed.
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,082 Member
    well Resume is done and printed, here is hoping it wont be needed,but it is there if it is, sort of back up..
    I tried putting the tv on and all Alfie has done is gone bonkers and bark like a maniac.... so off went the tv. until I go to bed..
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Finish up chores that needed to be done before tomorrow. Went to church and SS then watched the Cowboys. They win give you a heart attach. I need to spend some time on my goals for the next few weeks.
    SueBDew in TX
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,513 Member
    Did Denise Austin’s Hot Body Yoga DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to hold my plank then take the extremepump class.

    Jess just left to go to VA. I knew that she wouldn’t want to spend NYE here. She took Shadow. I understand that she wants to be with Shadow, and I hope she brings her back here. I suspect Colby wants to have as many ties to Jess as possible, but I really think Shadow liked it here. There was (almost) always someone here. She was getting better with our cats. OK, not perfect. Jess has seen the conflict between her and our cats and I know that’s bothering her. She said that she didn’t want us to take Shadow to FL, so I told her that if she doesn’t want us to take Shadow, we can have Cheryl come in every other day and fill her feeder, make sure she has water, etc. Since Shadow doesn’t need medication, we can have Cheryl come only every other day. It’s just weird, I miss that little girl. I know that at the end of the day, it’s her cat. No matter how I feel or we think that something is the right way, it’s her cat, she has the final say. Not me.

    Felicia – have a great time in Cancun. How long will you be gone?

    Rebecca – don’t you just wish that things that are important to you would also be important to your kids? Like I know that the rocking chair I have reminds me so much of my father. Yet, it hurts in a way to know that it doesn’t mean anything to the kids and when I’m gone they’ll just get rid of it.

    Allie – I keep a waterpik in my bathroom and use it whenever I have popcorn. Another thing I use is a flosser (I just have this “thing” about putting my hand in my mouth to use the floss, but ever since katla mentioned it to me, I haven’t had a problem using it at all)

    M – this recipe for the pavlova called for some white vinegar. I tasted some of the meringue before I baked it and the meringue isn’t sweet, but it’s not like you can taste vinegar. Just something different. I’m sure that when I add the whipped cream and fruit to it, it’ll be much better. I got some strawberries, but as I was looking at them, I think I should probably get some other fruit. The strawberries don’t look fully ripe (well, they’re out of season)

    Allie and M – I almost never get novacaine. The last time I did (which was probably about 10 years ago) was when I had a root canal. All the times I got a crown, never took it, even when they were grinding down the tooth. I just have a high threshold for pain.

    Went to WalMart, got potatoes for tomorrow, tea bags that I needed, changed the bacon bits bag and got a new bag (the old one was cut open) but had to go to another WalMart to get the ham. We’re supposed to go to friend’s house today and maybe on the way back I should get some Sprite for Ken. Vince will finish it. I’ll take the one bottle of wine to them along with some extra cookies that I don’t need (what I mean by that is that my waist doesn’t need them)

    Tracey – Vince was asking me about a Cricut. See, I’ve never used one. I know one lady who used it to make cards. Can you give me a better explanation of what it’s used for?

    M – just took the pavlova out of the oven. It’s lightly browned but cracked somewhat on top. Guess that’s OK, it’ll still taste the same. And my stomach doesn’t know if it’s cracked or not….lol

    Michele in NC
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,583 Member
    exermom wrote: »
    Did Denise Austin’s Hot Body Yoga DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to hold my plank then take the extremepump class.

    Jess just left to go to VA. I knew that she wouldn’t want to spend NYE here. She took Shadow. I understand that she wants to be with Shadow, and I hope she brings her back here. I suspect Colby wants to have as many ties to Jess as possible, but I really think Shadow liked it here. There was (almost) always someone here. She was getting better with our cats. OK, not perfect. Jess has seen the conflict between her and our cats and I know that’s bothering her. She said that she didn’t want us to take Shadow to FL, so I told her that if she doesn’t want us to take Shadow, we can have Cheryl come in every other day and fill her feeder, make sure she has water, etc. Since Shadow doesn’t need medication, we can have Cheryl come only every other day. It’s just weird, I miss that little girl. I know that at the end of the day, it’s her cat. No matter how I feel or we think that something is the right way, it’s her cat, she has the final say. Not me.

    Felicia – have a great time in Cancun. How long will you be gone?

    Rebecca – don’t you just wish that things that are important to you would also be important to your kids? Like I know that the rocking chair I have reminds me so much of my father. Yet, it hurts in a way to know that it doesn’t mean anything to the kids and when I’m gone they’ll just get rid of it.

    Allie – I keep a waterpik in my bathroom and use it whenever I have popcorn. Another thing I use is a flosser (I just have this “thing” about putting my hand in my mouth to use the floss, but ever since katla mentioned it to me, I haven’t had a problem using it at all)

    M – this recipe for the pavlova called for some white vinegar. I tasted some of the meringue before I baked it and the meringue isn’t sweet, but it’s not like you can taste vinegar. Just something different. I’m sure that when I add the whipped cream and fruit to it, it’ll be much better. I got some strawberries, but as I was looking at them, I think I should probably get some other fruit. The strawberries don’t look fully ripe (well, they’re out of season)

    Allie and M – I almost never get novacaine. The last time I did (which was probably about 10 years ago) was when I had a root canal. All the times I got a crown, never took it, even when they were grinding down the tooth. I just have a high threshold for pain.

    Went to WalMart, got potatoes for tomorrow, tea bags that I needed, changed the bacon bits bag and got a new bag (the old one was cut open) but had to go to another WalMart to get the ham. We’re supposed to go to friend’s house today and maybe on the way back I should get some Sprite for Ken. Vince will finish it. I’ll take the one bottle of wine to them along with some extra cookies that I don’t need (what I mean by that is that my waist doesn’t need them)

    Tracey – Vince was asking me about a Cricut. See, I’ve never used one. I know one lady who used it to make cards. Can you give me a better explanation of what it’s used for?

    M – just took the pavlova out of the oven. It’s lightly browned but cracked somewhat on top. Guess that’s OK, it’ll still taste the same. And my stomach doesn’t know if it’s cracked or not….lol

    Michele in NC

    It's supposed to be cracked .... that means it is done.
  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,249 Member
    M the tooth I just got a crown on was cracked. The root was alive and because of how it was cracked I had a crown and not a root canal.
  • gzteach
    gzteach Posts: 6 Member
    Whew! I just finished catching up on posts! You are all so busy.
    Allie, I hope your meeting goes well.
    I’m jealous of all the beautiful decorations.
    I don’t have everyone’s names straight yet, but I’m working on it. I’ll probably do a lot of reading for a while to be sure I get everyone straight in my head.
    I have one more week before I go back to school so I’m trying to get some sewing done. Still have one more Christmas family gathering also, but I’m ready for it so I can just enjoy. The grandkids will be there again. 😊
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,037 Member
    :)
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
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    Suki reflecting and feeling thankful.👍
    💗Rebecca

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