WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR JANUARY 2019
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Karen - I see it does not contain barley, sorry, my mistake. They just are more careful with the oats in the gluten free version. The sheep's pluck, if it exists, would be the casing that the mince mixture is stuffed in to. You don't eat the casing, just scoop out the mince. It tastes like a peppery , slightly textured mince. They must use different textures of oats. Not slimming though. You can use it as stuffing for all kinds of things, including samosas!
I would eat it more often, despite the calories, but it's more fun to save it for Burn's Night.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Karen - I see it does not contain barley, sorry, my mistake. They just are more careful with the oats in the gluten free version. The sheep's pluck, if it exists, would be the casing that the mince mixture is stuffed in to. You don't eat the casing, just scoop out the mince. It tastes like a peppery , slightly textured mince. They must use different textures of oats. Not slimming though. You can use it as stuffing for all kinds of things, including samosas!
I would eat it more often, despite the calories, but it's more fun to save it for Burn's Night.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
My husband doesn't mind haggis, and so when we were in Scotland, and he ordered some, I tried it.
It wasn't as bad as I imagined. Yes, much like peppery, slightly textured mince.
Still I probably wouldn't go out of my way for it.
M in Oz3 -
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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Morning, all...
So sorry I'm replying little of late to everyone, I do read everything, but am always skimming through on my way to something else these days. Plus, didn't post much as it was all whining on my part. I never mind reading anyone else's woes on here, but was really getting tired of my own...
But, both health issues pretty much resolved at the same time. For the crescendo, hit the spoiler button, but once again, far too much information for the squeamish.I do NOT recommend having elimination issues at the same time that you are sneezing and coughing violently. I was operating quite gingerly for a couple of the worst days--effectively, snot coming out both ends of you is no fun! However, as of yesterday morning, I can now sneeze without running to the bathroom, "just in case," and can fart without fear. Small things like this can make you very happy.
And, tomorrow, I see the civilian orthopedist for the initial appointment for the correct knee. Fingers crossed that things move swiftly afterward.
One more trip today, an hour north for a United Way luncheon, and then no trips slated in the near future... would be nice to work at home even for a week!
Love y'all,
Lisa in AR7 -
Oh, to be small enough to sit in my cup of coffee and be warm and caffeinated... a girl can dream. Tired today, but sending hugs to all! No big boys tonight; which means I may or may not be in bed by 7:30 or so. KJ5
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Ok so this is my last post concerning haggis. It apparently is no longer made of minced sheep lung, liver, and heart (the sheep 'pluck') mixed with oats and spices and stuffed into a sheep stomach casing. Yuck.
LisaSo glad you are no longer worried about sharting.
Kelly So glad for you to be able to enjoy a rare opportunity to get into bed early.
Karen in rainy Virginia3 -
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Things are a bit tense down here in Tasmania ... bushfires.6
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Morning ladies
I was up with the birds even though I didn't sleep well.. went over to Lowes Home Improvement and picked up the new toilet.then since I had time I went to Walmart and picked up a few clothes on clearance..that are 2 sizes down,know I will be there by spring..and they are cute..3 -
Yesterday it rained non-stop on top of 18 inches of snow. We could hear our sump pump running constantly last night (but too tired to check it). This morning I have water in the basement (not related to the sump running but seepage through some of he walls.... which, I guess is why the sump ran ... overload of water around the house. Fortunately, I have gotten smarter over the years and 95% of our things are either in plastic bins or on pallets. Only minimal damage this morning, but still damp things to clean up. This morning it is back to snowing and we're watching another snow storm heading this way ... ahhh winter ....
Machka ... you will appreciate this ... spent nearly three hours yesterday speaking with nurses/people involved in my son's move about his medical needs. These people rarely see people like my son and they automatically made assumptions based on his physical disabilities. While my son had a grand time setting them straight ... it just saddened me. For 32 years I've fought stereotypes in regards to my son and it would appear we have not progressed in our thinking at all.
Beth near Buffalo who also has no interest in haggis
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Machka ... you will appreciate this ... spent nearly three hours yesterday speaking with nurses/people involved in my son's move about his medical needs. These people rarely see people like my son and they automatically made assumptions based on his physical disabilities. While my son had a grand time setting them straight ... it just saddened me. For 32 years I've fought stereotypes in regards to my son and it would appear we have not progressed in our thinking at all.
Beth near Buffalo who also has no interest in haggis
Yes ... I know.
I thought we had made progress with one of the people dealing with my husband's case, then I hadn't heard from her for a while which was great. But this week she resurfaced, and was talking about things from back in October.
In my husband's case, I see progress on a month by month basis now. I don't notice it daily, and don't usually notice it weekly, but if I look at things from one month to the next, there's improvement.
Between October and now, we've had at least 3 months. In that time he's gone from having full-time 24-hour care to no care during the day while I'm at work. He had done a massive amount of gardening on his own. He has cycled distances up to 40 km and has jogged a 5 km event. His vocabulary has progressed. His outlook on things has improved ... I could go on. He's not back to "normal" but a lot has happened in the past 3 months.
And there I was on the phone with this girl almost audibly rolling my eyes as she made suggestions applicable to my 'October' husband rather than my 'January' husband.
Even then she was off the mark because she has a go-to bag of tricks. "This is what I usually do" she tells me ... and then lists the 3 or 4 things she does when she has to deal with someone injured in a workplace incident. The person with the sprained ankle, strained back, broken arm, severe brain injury ... same little bag of tricks for all. One size fits all. I guess it's just easier for her that way.
M in Oz7 -
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Beth feel your pain. We have an issue with a gutter that if the down spout comes loose we get water in out basement. I finally put waterproof tape to keep it secure and still watch if it if we get torrential rains. Like your things are either high or in plastic bins. Still it is a pain. (((Hugs))). We also have dehumidifier for the summer. In the winter the furnace takes care of it.
We are about to have a number of days in arctic temps.
Still feeling tried and now some cold symptoms.
Just still taking it easy. Margaret 3 -
Felicia: DH is also a celiac. We are always on the lookout for ingredients that are on his forbidden list. He’s found good gluten-free beer. The brand name is Omission and there are two versions, Pale Ale and Lager. He likes both. I am not an alcohol drinker anymore. I do better without it. :ohwell:
Tracey in Edmonton: We have had the paramedics come to our place a few times in the past when DH was having trouble. They took him to the hospital when he broke his arm, and also came to the house and treated an insulin reaction caused by low blood sugar. They’re wonderful. Three cheers for your daughter's fiance! He is in a valuable profession
Heather: Sending good wishes for your DH. I hope he feels better soon.
Rori: You type very well one handed. I hope your splint comes off and the trigger thumb has healed. :flowerforyou:
Rebecca: Your DH has a terrific sense of humor. :laugh:
Machka: I love the Theodore Roosevelt quotation. Sorry to hear about the bush fires. We had smoke from wildfires when Eastern Oregon, Canada, Montana were on fire a couple of years ago, but not so much from the recent California fires. It is great to hear that your DH is doing so well. I’m sorry that his former care giver is so far out of touch with his reality. I’m guessing she can’t begin to imagine how far he has progressed. :noway:
Sending warm thoughts to all who are in the arctic weather patterns. I hope you can stay warm and safe.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
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Hi lovelies
Grandson got through his mid-year benchmark tests with good marks: 93% in English, 90% in Civics, 92% in Math.
Yea!
Karen in Virginia
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Well, I was all set up to go to my dance class and do as much as I could when ...........my back went out!
The house was feeling cold (frost) so I was feeling the radiators, which were cool. Swearing at the boiler. Worrying that I'd have to call out an engineer. I reset the thermostat and the boiler came on. Bending down to check the hot water was coming through I twinged my back and then could hardly move. Grrrrrrrrrr! :sad: I had everything in my bag to go out of the door! So.... I couldn't go.
Took Ibuprofen. Moving very gingerly now. I'm sure it's just a muscle spasm because of the cold and I was tense, but it is so annoying on top of the virus and poor DH still suffering. He is so weak still. I think I can detect a marginal improvement, but it's going to take him a while to get over this. He is normally such a fit man.
The good news is, as I was confined to the couch, I managed to do some of the change of addresses I've been putting off. Then, as I was just going back into the website to check everything was OK , it shut me out for too many tries. It was their link I used. Grrrrrrrrrr! They had put a period after the user name in their link, I realised afterwards. I'm locked out until tomorrow. Why do they make these things so b....y difficult. I would much rather have paper sent out to me so I can file it. This way I have to use my old, steam laptop, which is very temperamental and hates printing. :sad: I used to have such an easy system. They just want to save money by making us do the work. And use our ink.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx7 -
Rebecca - I love that you can laugh at your goofball, I know too many that would be nasty about something like cutting in the middle.
Michele - I like the yogurt pops idea, I will have to remember that for my Grands this summer.
Lisa - Happy to read you are doing better. I too have been reading all the posts but having a hard time making comments to all. My goal is to limit social media a bit and I’m missing it.
Machka and Beth - your talk about not progressing was one of the topics at the symposium on Tuesday. A police Sargent gave a talk about getting first responders back to work after critical incidents. He said that they started their program in 2009 when a Rookie police officer was injured and had fatally shot the suspect. WCB and occupational therapists were helping but they only had so much they could do. In this instance the Rookie was scared of his weapon but was being cleared to return to work. He spoke to his superior and EPS stepped in and created a peer support system to help these situations. It has grown immensely over the last 9 years but one thing he repeated over and over is that people need to look for other ways to help and not just follow the old ways.
Katla - I am quite proud of my future son in law as well. I don’t know how they do what they do. I could never work in the healthcare industry, my heart would be broken. It’s good that they are finally taking closer looks at what some of these careers do to their mental health and bringing it out into the light.
I have been busy playing with my Cricut, I have been making birthday party decorations for Michaela’s party on Saturday. I’ve used I think all of the functions I can do with it. So it has been a learning experience and the 3 year old will love everything without judging. I need to do some cleaning today and apply for some more jobs. I wish the job hunt wasn’t so difficult.
Tracey in Edmonton3 -
I have learned to take my husband's sense of humor with a grain of salt, humility, and a heap of gratitude. Its his sense of humor that has kept him with me💟👍🙏.
💗Rebecca
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His pre-surgery happy hat should've been first!
💗Rebecca5 -
Love your DH , Rebecca!
I know some of you love my crazy food/drinks. So I'm carrying on.
I've just finished mashing the tatties and neeps for tomorrow. We will have a small helping tonight. (Potatoes and turnip/swede) Lots of butter, I'm afraid.
We are having a big portion of brussel sprouts as well, with salmon .
Tomorrow for Burn's Night it is traditional to drink whisky, but my son is AF. So we have jumped the gun and had a CAOL ILA whisky tonight. It's from the island of Islay, (pronounced Eye-lah) where I went on my own for a holiday when my first marriage was breaking up. I toured a different distillery. There are six on the small island. The Caol Ila is light in colour, but distinctively smokey and peaty in flavour - one of my favourites. I think tomorrow we will have one after he has gone home.
In previous years we have had a whisky tasting, but not this year.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx5 -
Rebecca, I am just giggling away at your picture of the cornbread! My daughter does the same thing to everything in a pan, from where that came, I’ve no idea, but I always know who’s gotten into it!3
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Whew! Caught up. Probably missed a bunch due to skimming.
Beth, I’m with you on the haggis.
Hugs to all with work issues, sick DHs, sick yourself, and/or struggling with this whole weight thing.
Rebecca, your DH cornbread story takes the cake (dying laughing at my own joke).
Love you all,
K
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well im home it is pouring rain and windy and I am soaked.. im home from grocery shipping and bought only good stuff.. doing well with it all.. so I have been wearing 2-3x at least in pants, and usually blouses and sweaters too..
so on a whim I bought like I said the 16-18 size, one is a bit more structured so it doesnt fit over the belly yet, but it will the other 2 shirts fit perfectly... makes me a happy camper.
I have laundry in the wash and am on my second cup of tea.. today and I might just take a bit of a nap and then clean out the fridge4 -
Awe Heather, he's a keeper!💗😋 I wanted to state how proud I am of you supporting your son in being AF. Some families wouldn't bother, oh its his deal, if he can't handle being around it, then he doesn't have to attend, mindset. To make allowances and adjustments is what families do. 💗cityjaneLondon wrote: »Love your DH , Rebecca!
I know some of you love my crazy food/drinks. So I'm carrying on.
I've just finished mashing the tatties and neeps for tomorrow. We will have a small helping tonight. (Potatoes and turnip/swede) Lots of butter, I'm afraid. We are having a big portion of brussel sprouts as well, with salmon .
Tomorrow for Burn's Night it is traditional to drink whisky, but my son is AF. So we have jumped the gun and had a CAOL ILA whisky tonight. It's from the island of Islay, (pronounced Eye-lah) where I went on my own for a holiday when my first marriage was breaking up. I toured a different distillery. There are six on the small island. The Caol Ila is light in colour, but distinctively smokey and peaty in flavour - one of my favourites. I think tomorrow we will have one after he has gone home.
In previous years we have had a whisky tasting, but not this year.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
Rebecca4 -
PurpleSparkles85 wrote: »Rebecca, I am just giggling away at your picture of the cornbread! My daughter does the same thing to everything in a pan, from where that came, I’ve no idea, but I always know who’s gotten into it!
I have seen a post online, and I am thinking that is where my dear husband got the idea from. He most certainly wasn't brought up to😋!! A couple days prior he had a hunk of my chocolate cake, BEFORE dinner! He's like a child, but with a raunchy sailor disposition!!
💗Rebecca
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