WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR DECEMBER 2019

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  • LuciBThinner
    LuciBThinner Posts: 207 Member
    Rebecca Love the sign! And I’m ready to remove the scale until next year.

    Kim I can’t imagine all those cookies!! I’m grateful I don’t have to bake any since I am not eating any this year. It’s hard to stay away from sugar!!

    FrankiesGirl Pretty tree!

    Michele Your yard sounds incredible. We haven’t put anything outside. We talked about a garland around the deck, but that’s not even happened so far. The quilt is so very precious! I hope everything works out okay so that the kids come to you.

    Lisa Your quiet Christmas sounds lovely! I love sitting in front of the fire together! Your quilt sounds beautiful! I’m sure your niece will love it!

    Heather We have been receiving deliveries from Amazon, also. I don’t plan them that well, so they arrive in splatters. DH comes in and says what did we get today? I also order from Walmart which works about the same. I use them to deliver so I don’t have to carry it all in from the car. I need to send a gift to the delivery man!! I also love what you said about Christmas and memories. I keep hoping to have better memories every year instead of dwelling on the past – but it is difficult at times.

    Suebdew Nessa looks so beautiful!

    Allie I hope you hear good news about the job soon! What a great holiday gift that would be!

    <3 Luci in WNC
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,371 Member
    stats for the day:


    no gym workout today, went to work early
    wahoo strap didn't record some of the time

    bike ride hm 2 gym, windy- 7.33min, 12.6amph, 144mhr, 1.58mi= didn't record apple watch- 68c bike ride gym 2 dome- 5.21min, 16.5amph, 146mhr, 1.47mi= didn't record apple watch- 51c bike ride puy 2 sumn station- 16.50min, 10.9amph, 148mhr, 3.05mi= didn't record, est 150c apple watch- 102c jog sta 2 wrk- 5.52min, 8min mi, 145mhr, .73mi= didn't record apple watch- 66c jog wrk 2 sta- 4.31min, 9.51min mi, 148mhr, .45mi= 83c apple watch- 73c bike ride dome 2 hm- 18.43min, 8.6amph, 2.67mi= 210c apple watch- 137c

    total cal 628
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • Roseabc123
    Roseabc123 Posts: 13 Member
    Hello to everyone. I am mostly set for Christmas. I have been to 2 Christmas socials and ate very little at both of them. I have my shopping done and most of my wrapping. Next on the list is to think about food...but that can wait a week or so!
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,623 Member
    Yesterday's “todo”s (reschedule MD appt, make KJ's adult fudge, rum balls, light the tree, chiro appt, make cheese ball) done yesterday. Today Joe took Shadow, Tumble and me to House Rock and the dog park. Meant missing the first half hour of T'ai Chi, but since I've been nagging him to do something with me, felt I had to take the opportunity. Took Shadow in drenching rain to dog group, introduced her to the 4 faithful people and Tuco the wonder dog. She was a little hesitant and shy of both at first, but followed Tuco ok and was reasonable on the leash. It was drenching, blustery and cold so we all gave it up in less than 10 minutes. Got so chilled I started sneezing and pooped out on Advent services. Tomorrow will grind almonds for almond crescents, prep veggies, grill chicken breasts, make spiced maple pecans for Friday's sweet potato dish, comb Tumble, do another load of laundry and sneak a few ornaments onto the tree when Shadow is outside with Joe.

    KJ thank you THANK you thank YOU for your adult fudge recipe. Have been trying to make fudge for at least 60 years and yours made the absolute best ever, and not just for the booze. Perfect texture, not too hard, not too gooey, melt in your mouth YUM. It was a huge hit at the chick flick night. BTW Kurt Russel has aged very well, and was appreciated by one and all.
    RvRita ((hugs)) for coping with your bearish DH. Brava for maintaining!
    Amber your DH “Me Caveman” cracked me up. So that's why Joe buys pinto beans and rice in 50 lb sacks! I'm a bit of a food hoarder too, pantry is crammed but it's all stuff we use. Freezer purge is going better and fridge is right where it should be. Do NOT look at the candy stash in my office, OK?
    Sue in WA “1000 pound horse” walked over you? OWWW.
    SuziQ thanks for the link! Will try that method with my next fresh pineapple. :heart: your attitude about your journey and could not agree more about gratitude for this safe place and the wonderful women who make it so.
    Yvonne, :heart: the DDC and Merry 394.266. While library collection search engines are certainly faster, I miss the wonderful old card indexes in their oaken cabinets.
    Michele “... and not a single one broke...” Oh, nooooo! :laugh:
    Welcome rumbaimom, walkswithart.
    LuciB thanks for the Shark recommendation.
    Rebecca “when what to my wondering eyes should appear...” you got me snorting my water again! :laugh: Then... “planning” hahaha.
    Kim “106 dozen” cookies not as many as you usually do??? OmiGosh! Who gets all those cookies?
    Frankiesgirl21 lovely tree.
    Michele, that litter box cake does NOT sound appetizing to me :noway: :sick: :laugh:
    Machka your fixed length text file format error rejections remind me of the shopping carts of computer printout “dump”ed because I keypunched a comma in the wrong place. :(P “...so maybe I'll put on some Christmas music”. Great idea!
    Lisa your “deep in the heart” quilt design sounds perfect. Can't wait to see it ;)
    Margaret 'Decorating is fun for me because it makes me think about all the people who had touched my life “ Ditto. Mama used to make 2 different kinds of cookies, almond crescents and holiday nut balls. I make at least 2 sometimes 3 kinds of fudge, 2 flavors of rum balls and usually some English Toffee and/or spicy trail mix in addition to those cookies. This year I'll skip the trail mix, the holiday nut balls, and maybe the toffee, but not the almond crescents, for the Mama memories.
    Heather you look so happy in those pics. ;}
    Beth great news about your labs and glucose levels. So happy for you!
    Tina in CA safe travels!
    Suebdew “[Riley] lights up our life, keeps us active and brings us so much joy” Yes! So glad Joe changed his mind and we now have Shadow to keep us all (including Tumble) active and joyous.
    Kay are you OK?

    Gratitude day #27 small daily used thing: my electric toothbrush. Gives a structured time for balance practice (thanks Kate in UK) while cleaning all those teeth I want to keep. ;)

    Lighter, lovelies!
    f8qt1s098sxm.gifBarbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
    Word for 2019: "GOOD" good attitude, good food, good times, good choices, good enough, feel good, GOOD! Word for December: get up and go outside EVERY day!
    daily: steps=3015 yesterday, 5880 so far today. vits=8.5 log=11 CI<CO=9 CI<250<CO=2 Tumble 5/10=6 mfp=11 AF=8 outside=5
    wkly: BBBorTC=5/6 rx=2 dance=1 pack walk=1.1
    mnthly: board mtg= grant= dog group email lilst= sew= play=
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
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  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Day 28 - December 12
    Hm, I have not been up that long so not much has happened. Up to this point in the day I am grateful my body is "regular" which really isn't a small thing. ;)
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Greetings one and all.

    Allie - So sorry to hear about Chester. You really have had a go of it. We are all sending positive thoughts you hear something soon about the job. Big hug to you.
    Michelle - I hear you. But Christmas is less than two weeks away and I was thinking by relaxing a little on the issue you will feel better and be able to concentrate on all of the good things and traditions you enjoy. And, sometimes in the letting go we are actually showing more love. Reading through your story has made me appreciate my mom's life lessons. My childhood was not an easy one, but through it all she made sure I was comfortable in my own skin. She understood I needed to grow and flex on my own and create my own path and traditions. The hardest thing to do is to let go for any of us. And, thinking about how stubborn I can be, if someone puts the heat on too high to choose what they want/desire, the more I go in the opposite direction. So maybe with less pressure and/or acceptance the outcome you desire may happen.
    Heather - I enjoyed seeing the pictures of you and your cousins. I agree it is wonderful to fact check our memories!
    Barbara - What a schedule! Maybe I should not be in such a rush to retire. :smiley:
    KJ - Would love to have a copy of the adult fudge recipe! I usually make two to three batches during this time of year and the recipes are cheaters with Fluff and/or condensed milk.
    Lisa - Your Christmas sounds lovely. Charlie and I would spend our Christmases together with a once-in-a-blue-moon drive up north to see the families. And, honestly, I loved the quite ones more than the stressed be here, be there ones.

    Well ladies I have to cut it short as I am trying to get in to work by 7. We are going through user acceptance and data validation tasks which have all of us totally stressed out - especially since we are also moving like mad to get deals closed up so we can have another big year. On a very bright side we are going to be receiving our holiday bonuses tomorrow. And, we are also building bikes for Children in Distress. The money, no matter how much (we never know), is always appreciated. Give me a penny more and I am happy!

    The scale has stalled. Which is entirely due to me. I have been enjoying tastes of my favorite things. I am actually very happy because I can enjoy the season. I am not ignoring the scale because its daily reminder is the way I remind myself not to over-indulge.

    Hugs to all.
    SuziQ - S FL
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,701 Member
    auntiebk wrote: »
    Michele, that litter box cake does NOT sound appetizing to me :noway: :sick: :laugh:
    Machka your fixed length text file format error rejections remind me of the shopping carts of computer printout “dump”ed because I keypunched a comma in the wrong place. :(P “...so maybe I'll put on some Christmas music”. Great idea!
    Barbara

    Because I eat more on sight and texture than taste, I would have a very tough time with a cake like that!!

    And yep, it's the same sort of thing. One of my files recently was rejected because I needed two commas at the end to designate two blank fields. I had checked previous submissions and thought mine looked the same, but missed those two commas. I get a big red dot beside the file that says "Fail" when something like that happens. :neutral: Fortunately I don't take it to heart, I just start searching the file for missing commas, etc.

    M in Oz

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,371 Member
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  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,164 Member
    On page 28. Will catch up later. 💕💖💕
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,701 Member
    edited December 2019
    Long, long day today!!

    I left home at about 8:30 am to catch the bus to work ... and came home about 10 pm.

    I had a full day of work, trying to get these submissions done. As usual, the process is crawling along.

    And then my husband and I went to the AGM of the local Brain Injury association. In a quick and painless meeting, among other things, I've been elected as a Committee Member on the board. I'm a General Member, not an Office Bearer.

    After the meeting there was mingling and Christmas goodies, then my husband and I grabbed a quick dinner at Zambreros.

    Now, one of the difficulties of not driving is that buses are infrequent in the evenings. We got to the bus stop at 8:15 pm, but didn't get home till 10 pm.

    Tired now!


    Tomorrow ... I just don't know how it's going to go. Dr appointment in the morning to get measles vax, shingles vax and have punch biopsy on mole. I didn't react to the first measles vax so I hope I don't react to the second. But the rest ... who knows.


    Machka in Oz

  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Suzi Q- This is the fudge that I (or my son) makes every year. We aren't Jack Daniels fans; so we use Grand Traverse Cherry Whiskey. Gives the fudge a wonderful chocolate covered cherry flavor (with a punch!). The person who wrote this recipe online forgot to add the chocolate to the list of ingredients. So...you will want to make sure you have a 12oz bag of chocolate chips. We use dark chocolate to go with the cherry, but the semi sweet works just as well. It does use marshmallows; so it isn't a true fudge. But it helps it set us so nice and keeps a really smooth texture. Not grainy at all.
    Warning: Not conducive to any weight loss plan. lol https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/dessert-candy/jack-daniels-fudge.html
  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    Kelly ~ Here is the recipe with the chocolate!
    https://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/1759705033/jack-daniels-fudge/
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,371 Member
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  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    KJLaMore wrote: »
    Suzi Q- This is the fudge that I (or my son) makes every year. We aren't Jack Daniels fans; so we use Grand Traverse Cherry Whiskey. Gives the fudge a wonderful chocolate covered cherry flavor (with a punch!). The person who wrote this recipe online forgot to add the chocolate to the list of ingredients. So...you will want to make sure you have a 12oz bag of chocolate chips. We use dark chocolate to go with the cherry, but the semi sweet works just as well. It does use marshmallows; so it isn't a true fudge. But it helps it set us so nice and keeps a really smooth texture. Not grainy at all.
    Warning: Not conducive to any weight loss plan. lol https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/dessert-candy/jack-daniels-fudge.html

    Thank you KJ! I am laughing.....5 cups of sugar and the recipe states it serves 10! Oh, my. I do love fudge, but like sharing it more. Maybe instead of the cookies I plan to bake (my weakness) I will make fudge this year!
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    My favorite fudge recipe for this time of year. I do not make the peanut butter version. I layer the other two. I make the chocolate version, allow to cool, and then layer the white chocolate version on top. I do not microwave - I cook on the stove top. And, skip the food coloring. It's really pretty with the green pistachios and the red cranberries and looks "special" since it's layered. :smile:

    https://www.womansday.com/food-recipes/food-drinks/recipes/a10905/microwave-fudge-sampler-122215/

    For the "left over" ingredients (yes, I alter most recipes) I just make a small batch of regular chocolate fudge. KJ this year I may add cherries. I love that combo!
  • LisaInAR
    LisaInAR Posts: 2,020 Member
    Allie, I'm so sorry you have to say goodbye to Chester. You've had one heck of a couple years, my dear friend. Thinking of you today.
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,712 Member
    Happy Thursday ladies!

    BarbaraAHMOD - I love your long posts, your comments have led me to go back and scan for missed posts more than once. :D

    Have you made any decisions on WIndows 10? This morning, this laptop, after going through a large Windows update, started acting twitchy. Didn't get a blue screen but refused to boot until it did a lengthy utility. Sigh. Now that it's working I hastily did backup of my budget file, but I don't trust it.

    Maybe getting a cheap Dell on sale with Windows 10 and downloading Open Office might be a decision I'll have to make sooner than later. I'll start shopping for them when I'm in town tomorrow.

    Will do a defrag and see if that makes it happy in the meantime.

    Beth - your success with 19:5 is very, very inspiring. Thank you for sharing! Doing the happy dance for you. :D

    It's been a great year for many of you who have adopted a Keto or modified fasting plan.... a few years ago, these types of plans were unheard-of. Thank you so much for sharing!

    SuziQ - if WW hadn't changed their website several years ago after Oprah bought in (not blaming her, I know it was time for them to get smart-phone friendly) I'd probably still be there. I was at maintenance and able to use the site for free as long as I weighed in with them every month or two. But their switchover wasn't very functional on my PC despite their promises they were working on it, and now there very few meeting sites in our area for weigh-ins. Overall I like MFP lots better, and this group is tops!

    Allie - (((HUGS))) Chester will be missed a lot!! But as you said, Tom & Elena won't have to worry about him anymore when they head south for a bit.

    Starting to read “On the Brink of Everything”. Interesting essays. Taking time to digest them. On the brink doesn’t have to connote something negative. It can be on the brink of a breakthrough. A new way of thinking. I can choose.

    In reading how so many of you handle the stress of Christmas and family far away with diplomacy and patience, I realized what I can give myself this Christmas:

    Forgiveness. Freedom to not judge and not be resentful. Freedom to find that silver lining and be grateful for everything, not just when things go my way or people act like I think they should. (That's a hard one as I look at DH, lol) I try to keep this foremost in my mind all the time, but at Christmas it seems more necessary. ;)

    Barbie, glad your new walking shoes arrived. Happy feet, lol.

    It's getting light out, and the rain isn't here yet. Time to pull on my shoes and get going.

    Make it a fabulous Thursday! <3

    Lanette
    SW WA State




  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
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  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
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    Since being on MFP my food hoarding has improved a lot! Went from 2 fridges full to a partially full one. Cabinets no longer are full along with the pantry. Less in the garage than before used to be cases y cases out there. Look into a Food hoarder who’s still working on it:

    Amber Tx
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