WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2021
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My pan of heaven...4 -
Looks very YUMMY Rebecca!!
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This morning we had "ice fog" in my neck of Ohio! It was 11(F) when I got up. This is from my front porch looking out over my front yard to the north.
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At my 1st dentist app in California. Kirby took yogi out for the morning walk. After I’m done here, will go to attire, go home n out stuff away then go walk and meet up with kirby0
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Well ladies,im home.. and boy am i wiped out..very very week so will lay low and just walk up and down the hall a few times to get myself up and moving...but first a nap I have 194 messages to check11
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Allie, so glad you are home!!! Yay!!!
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Here is a squirrel who takes a sunbath every day on my deck:
Karen in Virginia
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Rebecca - Congratulations on the dinner! Food is soooooo wonderful for lifting the spirits. Today I had a fantabulous sea bass dinner on a bed of lentils cooked in spicy chicken juice saved from my chicken thighs. With poached fennel. Orgasmic.
Kate UK - It’s on Netflix. It's the main reason I got my son to share his subscription as I'd heard such good reviews. It's in the International section. It's a French comedy series about fashion agents in Paris. I'm totally addicted.
Luckily I can watch it on my tablet while on my machines.
There might be some Spanish things on there. I haven't looked.
Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
Allie - Huge, huge, careful hugs to you! :flowerforyou:
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
Pip: Our previous dentist closed his business due to health problems. The new one is wonderful. I’m glad that DH found her. I hope you are as happy with your new dentist we are with ours.
(((Allie))): It is so good to see you here!!!! Three cheers!
Karen in VA: Your squirrel is a cutie.
All but one Christmas decoration is now safely put away in the garage attic and we have less clutter in the garage. YAY!! The one Christmas decoration still in the garage is a lighted white wire Angel. It is about 4 feet tall, and the upper light string no longer works. We’re trying to decide whether to rewire it, or to send it to recycle land. It will depend on DH’s energy level. He has the skill but may not want to pursue rewiring.
Katla in NW Oregon
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Happy Thursday from snowy and icy Nebraska. I knew we could get some rain and snow last night, but was surprised this morning when I got up and had several inches of snow and there is ice under it. So slow moving and lots of accidents. Keeping our ER busy. Glad I am inside at my desk for the day.
Tomorrow we have a funeral out of town for DDIL's aunt. Hoping the roads are better. Then going into Lincoln to meet with the social worker for my friend that I am POA for. Then they have a new christain book store Mardel that opened a couple weeks a go I want to go to. I have been to one in Kansas and loved it. Then I am off the weekend and other than church and DGD's 13th birthday party Sunday afternoon will stay home.
Sue WA--Thanks for sharing the moon pictures. They are beautiful.
Tracey--What is iron pie markers? I love grilled cheese sandwhiches.
Allie--Great news that you are home. Now do not overdo and take care of yourself first.
Well all caught up and time to finish up to go home. DH got me a tablet for Christmas so hoping I can use it for MFP on the days I am off. I log my food on my phone, but can't do the reading as print is to small.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE where it is 30 and windy.
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Allie - great to hear from you!
Kylia - happy belated birthday!
Hope everyone else is having a fine sunny day!
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bananasandoranges wrote: »Heather: There are adults who would put us on their calendar but this task is not too difficult and we have done it many times over the years. I want to put things away so that the most important things are easy for me to find next Christmas season. There are no available teenagers in this neighborhood. We will be able to get it done.
At some point, however, it is not a bad idea to start outsourcing. We can clean the house and mow the lawn, but we get someone else to do it from time to time.
If you want it done quickly, sometimes the best way is to get someone outside the immediate family to do it.
M in Oz
On my recumbant this morning I read some new canned ted.com talks about budgeting. one thing she said was that people often regret spending money on eating out, but not money spent on saving time (giving the example of hiring someone to help with cleaning).
I can understand that ... I rarely eat out because I don't think it's worth it, but I've never regretted having someone mow our lawn or do cleaning, etc.
One of the things I liked about the apartment I lived in for many years in Winnipeg was the fact that everything outside was taken care of for me. While the building caretaker was mowing the lawn, shovelling snow or raking leaves, I was out cycling, attending classes, travelling, sleeping, etc.
M in Oz
I don't mind eating out in normal times. homes are so small here, it's a way to make up for that. but in the large scheme of things...I don't tend to eat out expensive. actually I like to get an occasional meal for 15 euros or so. I don't like 70 dollar meals at all! my sister is more up for a 3 dollar meal!
I'm having second thoughts about my daily espresso. 1 euro per day at least. not spent= 350 per year-- I nice weekend by the sea...I skipped it today. actually what I liked was long hang out in café, no longer possible today... I kind of still like cleaning somewhat, but I have mixed feelings about that. one thing I don't regret AT ALL is help with paperwork. I used to have a home with 1800 sq meter yard and big barns- an old stone farmhouse, very much maintenance. I really don't mind the ZERO yard work and no maintenance other than inside of being in a 2 room apartment. I wouldn't mind 3 or 4 rooms and a big patio, and a small yard in a sunny place with a nice view; but that would really suffice for me in terms of space-maintance.
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hi I read all but soooo tired, I need to kick in.
I only did a few minutes of T but got everything else done;
but still a moment every day is progress.
not enough but developing a habit as I finish stuff this week.1 -
@cityjaneLondon glad you like call my agent. I'm watching it for the 2nd time!0
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Allie - so glad you're home!0
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Rain pouring down. Watching TV. Death In Paradise in a minute. The rain makes a lovely noise on our extension roof Velux window, so we always know when it's raining! Cosy feeling.
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Allie - So glad you are home.
Theresa - I love those ice fog mornings.
Vicki - This is the iron pie maker. You put it right in the campfire and turn like you would for hotdogs or whatever. It makes the absolute best grilled cheese. Apparently, some avid campers use this for omelettes, pancakes, actual pies. I just tried grilled cheese.
https://www.amazon.ca/Texsport-Pre-Seasoned-Square-Sandwich-Cooker/dp/B003ZZC1FE/ref=asc_df_B003ZZC1FE/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=293036632477&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=385277050468007881&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001423&hvtargid=pla-315473104476&psc=1
Julie - Your comment about 70 euro meals reminds me of when we were first married. I grew up eating in actual nice sit down restaurants with my parents and grandparents, there was no fast food type places anywhere near us. When we were first married we lived in Toronto so I was in heaven with all of the quick, easy cheap fast food places and they were my favourite. Anyhow, shortly after we were married Rodger wanted to go out for supper, I replied with "Where? Wendy's, McDonalds... " He said, "Tracey, I meant a real restaurant where we sit down, have a drink and get waited on". I responded with "Ok, but what will I eat?" I still prefer the fast food places to the sit down places. Now it's because I'm cheap though.
Tracey in Edmonton3 -
Allie - Glad you are finally at home. Hope this surgery was a success.
Katla - Glad you finally got those Christmas things put away, I know that was bugging you. Will you get a chance to get out to see Arrow soon?
This guy visited us a couple of weeks ago. The white ropes are the east end of our backyard pasture. He was about 23-30 feet from the back edge of our patio.
Food is going well today. Butter chicken for dinner tonight cooked by DD. Exercising inside due to rain.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA
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Allie- glad you are home- rest up and take it slow so you don't have to go back into the hospital..
Husband and I went up Napa to do our bi-weekly grocery shopping- We go to the same stores every time- Grocery Outlets(both of them) and Lucky's(both of them. Lucky's we only check two departments, fresh meat and produce at both stores. The Grocery Outlets we check the whole store. I plan on what will be for dinner for the week with what deals we find(instead of going with a grocery list)-
Tonight will be baked salmon, green salad and rice or potato(everyone gets to pick)
One night will be Italian turkey sausage(Jenni-O for only .99!!) with onions, celery, potatoes and a little jalapeno
One night will be grilled chicken breast- have two packs- for either a big salad topped with chicken or just to have with veggies and pasta(maybe an Alfredo sauce.
One night will be grilled ham and cheese (cheese was on sale for $5 for 2lb bag)
Got everything put away, had a cup of tea so while husband is napping, I am going to go work on pruning more of the roses and raspberry plants- most of the raspberries are done with the cuttings put in the ground to hopefully get some to start for my mom. I found some raspberries still coming on- not as sweet as summer time but crazy to have them still coming on the first of Feb. I cut them off and put them in a vase- they look nice. Plus, really needed to get them pruned.
Need to get off my butt and get working in the front before it gets too cold or dark.
Debbie
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Heather, we are foodies aren't we? A good fish meal! Tomorrow is using up my blackberries in syrup, and I will put on homemade pancakes, sprinkled with walnuts and maybe some cream. The next day is 2 pieces of fried fish in a small taco sized tortilla, with some homemade cold slaw. I might make a shrimp cocktail as well.
I have a friend that is drinking meal replacement shakes and has lost 12 lbs. But what fun is that for your taste buds?? Sadly once she eats food it will come back on. The body is a fickle thing.
Hugs
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ALLIE glad your home
Thanks Heather I might give it a go have to be on my iPad as not DH cup of tea. We watch a lot of international films and series on Netflix and ALL4
Kate UK ❤️0 -
cityjaneLondon wrote: »Rain pouring down. Watching TV. Death In Paradise in a minute. The rain makes a lovely noise on our extension roof Velux window, so we always know when it's raining! Cosy feeling.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
"Death In Paradise", we love that series. 👍. The detective is so out of place in his suit tromping thru the hit climate! But he's so cunning, but bumblesome at the same time!
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Sue in WAOk what am I looking at? A lynx? A cat with a thyroid problem? I bobcat? I am stumped!😁😋😳😂
Rebecca
Clueless on Whidbey
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »Machka - That is a thing I miss about renting too. They just took care of things. Have you looked at Marie Kondo's way of folding things? That might work for you big drawers. I personally don't have the patience for it, but I would use the big drawers for my pajamas. I have a lot of them because that's what my girls tend to buy me every year for Christmas.
The Marie Kondo way is how I'm going to handle everything else, but she doesn't seem to talk about huge deep drawers ... or I haven't found it so far.
My pyjamas might go into one, but I'll have a lot of room left over, I think.Snowflake1968 wrote: »It is snowing today, my car is covered in the hour since I've been at work. It feels like a soup kind of day. Maybe that's what I'll make for supper soup and grilled cheese. I had the best grilled cheese this summer when camping, my daughter had iron pie makers in her trailer and we used them for grilled cheese. They were so good we ate them for supper two nights in a row. I have not been able to stop thinking about them and grilled cheese at home just hasn't been as enjoyable.
I should get on with my work day.
Tracey in Edmonton
In Australia, when you talk about grilled cheese, they mean heat a slice of bread with a slice of cheese on top in the oven griller. Most ovens come with a griller above the main oven part.
Australian's don't seem to be familiar with real grilled cheese! When my husband was in hospital, I ended up eating a lot of grilled cheese ... it's a comfort food.Snowflake1968 wrote: »A
Julie - Your comment about 70 euro meals reminds me of when we were first married. I grew up eating in actual nice sit down restaurants with my parents and grandparents, there was no fast food type places anywhere near us. When we were first married we lived in Toronto so I was in heaven with all of the quick, easy cheap fast food places and they were my favourite. Anyhow, shortly after we were married Rodger wanted to go out for supper, I replied with "Where? Wendy's, McDonalds... " He said, "Tracey, I meant a real restaurant where we sit down, have a drink and get waited on". I responded with "Ok, but what will I eat?" I still prefer the fast food places to the sit down places. Now it's because I'm cheap though.
Tracey in Edmonton
In my first marriage we always ate at fast food places but in this marriage, we don't. I think the last time I went to a fast food burger place might have been in 2018 and only because it was one of the few cafes open near the rehab hospital where my husband was.
One of the reasons we don't go to fast food places is because there aren't many around. When we travel to northern Tasmania, we'd have to drive some distance to locate a McDonalds!
The closest we get to fast food is Subway, Zambreros, bakeries or maybe Indian take-away.
M in Oz
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Stats for the day-
Walk to dentist, then back to store and then home, back to dentist then home, 4 separate walks,
9.28min, 13.36min, 8.42min, 8.27min. Total 2.29mi= 270c
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Hello all...
This food talk is making me hungry and dinner is a few hours away!
I haven't been to a fast food place in a while. I only go when I am visiting family and with the kids. Sometimes I take the kids, but don't eat. I used to love Jack In The Box grilled sourdough burgers, but they don't have them anymore and I had to give them up about 20 years ago because they started giving me the worst stomach aches. The closest I get to FF now is a food truck and that isn't often. If I go out, I want to sit down, be served, and have someone else clean up after me.
Yes, grilled cheese is my go-to comfort food. Best with tomato soup for dipping. Mac & cheese is second, but I still haven't figured out how to make that well.
Allie-Good to know you're home and on the mend.
TV shows - I wish my mister would watch sitcoms from time to time. Most of the shows he watches are detective shows, doctor shows, dramas...and I hate watching "heavy" things before bed. I always stay awake trying to figure out the mysteries or why that person did this or that. So, he ends up watching TV and I retreat to another room and read or chat with my niece or work. We started watching Agents of Shield together, but they drag a storyline on and on and on and I get bored. None of the characters can be trusted either...so I mostly lost interest.
I'm writing down your recommendations as I see them and will suggest them to him.
Rebecca-Lovely photos. You look so happy. I love Athena's wheels too. Low maintenance.
Kelly - I want to be in your daycare.
We have had a busy backyard lately. This week we caught 3 raccoons hanging out in the yard together for 30 minutes. I think one of them peed in the fountain. Also rats running around the fountain, and something we have not yet seen in the yard stopped by two nights ago...a coyote. A pretty big one too. Of course the neighborhood cats have been using our yard as a thoroughfare lately. I don't mind. I think they are keeping the rats at bay. I just worry the raccoons or coyotes will find the cats sleeping somewhere and there will be a big fight; likely not a good outcome for the cats.
Dinner tonight - Chicken in a mustard mascarpone marsala sauce. Not low fat, but gets 5 star reviews.
Back to work. Thanks for the break!
Tina in CA
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Worked today so no formal exercise. The plan for tomorrow is to do a spinning downloadable. I need to try this new program before we go to FL, so I want to do the spinning tomorrow
Barbara – how I wish the gym I go to had aqua Zumba. Actually, I really wish they had any type of aqua classes. But I also know that she’s renting space so it would be real hard to put in a pool. That and the added insurance…. But when she built an addition, I wish she’d put in a pool instead. Many docs recommend aqua classes for back rehab, but she doesn’t agree that it’s worth it. She’s one of these people who “it’s my way”. Well, this is her gym, not a chain
Rebecca – you can come cook for me any time at all
Mrs_Hoffer – reminds me of when we lived in the Poconos
After work stopped at Kohl’s. I got 4 kitchen towels (nice and thick), used my $5 off coupon, and wound up paying 60 cents. After work I got Vince milk which was free. Prices I can live with. Then to Aldi. This lovely lady behind me was going to pay for my groceries. Yes, it was only about $60, but I insisted on paying, there are a lot of others who need the money more than I do. Now that I think of it, what I should have done was pay for my groceries and had her put $$ on a gift card which I would then use to purchase something (even crackers) for the soup kitchen. Only I didn’t think. Stopped at Habitat for Humanity and got two more DVD's, not sure how good they are. Then home. Made sponge and am going to try sourdough waffles tomorrow.
Allie – (((HUGS TO YOU MY FRIEND))))
The only Christmas decorations that need to be put away are the trees
Finished the 1000 pc jigsaw puzzle for my girlfriend. So many times I thought certainly there were pieces missing, but none were. I’ll post a pic as soon as I put the “glue” on it.
Now to watch a little TV
Michele NC
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pruned for 1 1/2 hrs. Still a lot more to do but at least it is a start and the weather is perfect for it (note to myself, next time don't do it with my hair down- pruning roses with super long curly hair- NOT a good combination.)
Husband and son LOVE fast food. I think they would(and sometimes do) pick that over home cooked meals. I am trying to cook a lot more and things they like but they still want Taco Bell or Burger King or.......
Debbie
Napa Valley,CA
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This morning started off so beautifully. We had freezing fog and the ice crystals all over the trees this morning as the sun came up shining was so beautiful. As I drove to the barn I kept telling myself I should pull over and take a few photos of the trees, but I didn't, I sort of regret not stopping to smell the roses as it were. But the morning was cold but spectacular. I drove the 1.5 hours to the barn feeling thankful for the sunshine, the pretty fantasyland of ice crystals, and it was fairly warm. I absolutely enjoyed the time at the barn with my daughter and her trainer, Missy. Charming is making such good progress and seems to be very talented, jut a little small for his age. We really need for him to grow. Came home, had lunch, and headed to the grocery. Such a big job, we stock up when we go to the grocery it is an ordeal. So, spent two hours or so there. Came home and rode my bike. Poor Bumble is sad because he did not get much mom time today. About 6pm the snow started coming down hard and fast again. We are supposed to just rock back and forth between snow and rain all night and tomorrow. I was hoping for rain so the snow already on the ground would melt, but this is turning pretty nasty pretty fast. Have a feeling schools will be closed for the third day this week.
So, for C:
I am going with colt, cart, cycle. I get 323 calories for grooming, walking all over the grocery, and riding my bike.
I currently have heating pad on my shoulder, it is honestly giving me fits. I will NOT have rotator cuff surgery, I just refuse, but I may need to make a dr appt to see if there is some relief he can offer to get me back to the normal level of pain, this has gotten a little intense.
TV conversation: I started watching Firefly Lane on Netflix last night. I really like it. That book was on my list of books to read, but I just never got around to it. So, glad to see it on tv. Very interested in how it is going.
What's for dinner conversation: tonight we had Taco salad. It is our standard after grocery shopping dinner. We get a small chili from Wendy's, put together a few tostitos, some mexican cheese, shredded lettuce, sour cream and have a very filling dinner. Putting it together ourselves saves a lot of calories compared to just ordering the Wendy's taco salad itself.
I really kind of just want to curl up with my heating pad and my book in bed, but too early.
from super snowy Ohio
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