WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2021
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Allie: I am so sorry for the loss of your friend to Covid.0
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Lisa - yes it is my husband and I that burn and paint wood ornaments. We have cut all of our own wood slices. Hubby cuts, I sand he burns, I colour, felt and loop. We cut them at 1/4 inch thick.
We bake ours in the oven at 200 for anywhere from 4-6 hours to get all the moisture out, this is where you’ll hopefully get all the cracks that are going to happen before you do the work.
Allie and Heather- my paternal grandmother had 7 children and had a terrible time adjusting to cook for herself when the time came. She ended up being malnourished. My maternal grandmother had just one child and had a much easier transition.
I had a very exciting surprise yesterday. As most of you know I am originally from New Brunswick and live in Alberta. While scrolling FB yesterday my friend shared her son’s post that he had room on a trailer coming to Alberta on May 21st. I contacted her to see if he still had room and he did, so I’m getting my parents kitchen table!!!!! I am so incredibly excited. This table came to my parents when I was 12, it was my Great Grandmother’s. It has 8 leafs. I don’t think it’s leaves when talking about tables, you may correct me if I’m wrong. I also have the dishes my Great Grandmother used on it. I told my Mom today I was getting it. She was quite happy for me.
I had a deck visit with my Grandchildren yesterday. My Grandson looks so much older with his glasses.
Tracey in Edmonton8 -
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In the context of a table leaf, what is the correct plural term, "table leafs" or "table leaves"? Per Merriam-Webster's online dictionary either is a correct plural for the word leaf. There is no differentiation between the usages. The usage of the word for part of a table is that it is suggestive of a leaf. Hence, it follows the same usage.2
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Thanks Barbie.0
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Machka ... I heard on today's news that Australia plans to ban international travel until mid 2022!
Beth near Buffalo
Yep!
Works for us! I doubt we'll even be able to leave Tasmania, because of my husband's accident and WC situation, until then.
Somehow it feels better knowing that no one can leave the country.
Machka in Oz1 -
Back to work today. Catching up with emails etc.
I'm also catching up with stairs. I'm in a stair climbing challenge and lost a week because I was home all last week. Now I've got to climb more to catch up!!
M in Oz2 -
Allie ... so sorry for your loss...0
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Just making sure that 5K is reasonably easy for me to cover.
M in Oz1 -
This is an early night and I sm grateful. Rest is imperative.😴1
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Well it is 3 am and I am awake and have ot slept well all night.. didnt go to sleep.until.after 10 pm and woke up.3 times so far..
Have the consult at 8:30 !at the sleep center and want to get up and take a shower and get gas before I go.. after I get out,will pick up Homer and bring him back here..2 -
Good Monday,
Plants are in the ground. Gutters and roof top cleaned out/off. Went to Costco. Took a 2 hour nap. Apparently, I needed naps this weekend Never made it to the grocery. Not fretting about that though. Will go next week when we get back. Feel like I was unproductive, but I reckon that is okay occasionally.
Family resemblance is definitely strong in my family, I agree! I was happy to see that my youngest daughter and family went to baseball tournament with oldest daughter and her family this weekend. It is good for them!
I reckon since I am now caught up here again and it is early morning, I should do some work stuffs.
Will check in later.
Kylia in Ohio where I don't think it is raining yet.2 -
grandmallie wrote: »Afternoon / evening ladies
Told you about my friend who had covid.. he passed this afternoon
So sorry for your loss, Allie (((hugs)))
I hope that your visit to the sleep clinic gives you the answers you need.
Love all the kiddy pics and others, especially gardens and landscapes. It's so interesting to see where others live.
Kylia: - I am of the same mind with my belongings. I'm gradually getting rid of a lot of those things which I no longer enjoy. Hubby and I had a conversation about it a couple of days ago, and he agrees. He's already started on his old magazines.
Pip: - Condolences for your dog walking friend.
Debbie: - I hope your sister sees some sense.
Heather: - I always liked cooking. I am fascinated by the alchemy of taking a handful of ingredients and creating something attractive to all the senses.
I empathise with your difficulties in organising a meet up with your gks. We are trying to organise a family get together with my daughters and grandsons, but the weather is not cooperating.
I wrote a post last night but seem to have lost it.
Last week I had a bit of a tummy upset which erupted on Friday afternoon. Needless to say, I felt fragile over the weekend, but mostly back to normal this morning. Will try and get caught up with your posts today. PS: feeling much better today.
Welcome to our new gals. Looking forward to getting to know you.
💕💖💕 to those who need them.
☘️ Terri
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I am whinny today.....I don't want to go to work I should be thankful for my job, but just don't want to go today.....
Thank you for letting me whine.4 -
"Get to do"s and "chose well"sChose well: BP, dogs to powerline, church
Bonus: prepped deli plate for fellowship, church council, chopped 1 more tarpload of brush
Get to do: take BP, dogs to powerline, USE those torture bands/do that BB&B video, board meeting minutes, follow up with Dr re: Joe’s annual charges not covered 100%, watch for refund from Interpath for Joe’s labs paid on Feb statement call S, fire district: ongoing: input 2019 call sheets into NFIRS, work with chief on equipment letter, substance abuse policy, NFIRS mutual aid and other missing details, call Credit union re: credit card, ask for boots donator contact info, appreciation letter or certificate to boots donator, index mutual aid files; watch STAS Day 20, declutter sideboard, practice new dances (Do Your Thing, Pure Movies to Wine, Beer, Whiskey, I ain’t never gonna love nobody but Cornell Crawford (Alley cat), A Little Less Broken, One Margarita, I’m so used to being broke, All Night, Nothing but You, Blame it on my beating heart, Homesick); finish mulching flowerbed, invest another 10 minutes in prepping living trust, Freddie’s for complete series TDAP <$48, get Shingrix vaccine, find and configure a screen time popup, figure out where to plant the last of the naked lady bulbs, and soon as it warms up above 50 and dries out below 60% humidity I’ll tape and spray paint those rusted areas of Aunt Elsie’s stove. Reconcile Joe’s EOB’s Thrivent shows only 2263.48 so far, next BGBS ask Terry about GB’s FD firetruck tax levy – contacts, media, advocate???, Reward: inventory seeds, plan this spring’s garden, wishlist replenishments (Milena F1 orange peppers).
Meaningful May:
17: Show your gratitude to people who are helping make things better: need to think about this one.
At church council I was the only one masked. Our pianist/music leader told me that she personally knew that every person present at the council meeting had been fully vaccinated. I was happy to remove my mask. It will be different at line dancing Tuesday. I personally know that 3 of the gals have not and will not be vaccinated, so I will be one of the only two that keep our masks on. [sigh]
Katla Yoga AND Thai restaurant opening? Hooray!
Julie it is the same here, must follow up every test to make sure received. Frequently staff says “It’s not in the computer” because labs, hospitals, providers all have different systems that are not exchanging data well. Sometimes one office has to fax hard copy to another, who then scans it in. Then the MA, PA or MD really has to LOOK at the results. Pfaugh.
Pip ((hugs)) true reminder, all we have is NOW.
Terri welcome back to the land of the living, glad you’re finally feeling better, thanks for the virtual hug
Welcome @margaret_bodine ! cooking for 1 is challenging. I need to start every meal with a vegetable, freeze at least half of what entrée I make for both portion control and boredom/repetition avoidance, weigh and log every bite, lick and sip. Good luck!
Heather, I had to google “J’ai la peche”, Brava!. Moi, j’ai la patate
Welcome @LisaKinVA and congratulations on no markers for inflammation in four weeks. That is a great accomplishment!
Beth what you said about toffee
Margaret congrats on your mini choir. It does feel great to be back to church and singing
Allie ((hugs)) so sorry for your loss and the grim reminder that this pandemic isn’t over yet. Hope the consult leads to a sleep test and some answers soon.
Tracey your GS looks so serious!
Kylia “…Plants are in the ground. Gutters and roof top cleaned out/off. Went to Costco….” wish I were as “unproductive” as you!
I really wanted red wine today but it was sunny and warm so I opted for real beer and ended up going way over on calories with pizza, salty and sweet snacks. Had I had the 2 glasses of red wine, chicken rigatoni and salad that I’d planned it would have been much better. Ah well.
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMODMay: leaner/stronger/kinder than April.2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
daily: sit with Joe:16 , weigh/wii: 16/1/14; steps>6362=3168 vits=15, log=16, CI<CO=14, CI<250<CO=13, Tumble=10, Shadow=10, mfp=16, outside=15, up hill=13 , clean 10=8.5
wkly: BB&B,T’ai Chi or SWSY x3= rX x4=3 dance=2, packwalk x2=2,
wt=1/31:141.3 2/28:142.4 3/31:145.3 4/30:141.5 5/2:139.1!, 5/9:141.8, 5/16:, 5/23:, 5/30:.
mnthly: board mtg=1, grant=, 21 plan=, waist=42.5
bonus: AF=13 play=1 sew=
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Did Power Yoga DVD and then walked. Work tomorrow so no formal exercise.
Kylia – ever year I string popcorn to put on our Christmas tree. Yes, you read right. But….if I do it now I can do it on my deck before the pool is ready (warm enough) to use. And pieces that break off are blown away by the wind and the birds eat them. This way, I don’t have to clean up. Am I lazy or what….lol?
Katla – how great for you that that restaurant only changed its name. Wonder why they did that?
Streaming services: Vince has this “thing” against them so we don’t have any. Doesn’t bother me a whole lot since I don’t watch a lot of TV. I record a few shows and it usually takes me a few months to get caught up.
KJ – that was very nice of you to go to that woman’s house.
Cool today but I’m wearing shorts.
Michele NC0 -
Gearing up for clearing out/winnowing my old books. Aaarrrrgggghhhh!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
I'm like an ant on a hot rock - can't settle to anything. The kids and grandkids will be here about noon or one p.m. (four to five hours from now) and I keep doing another round of the house trying to toddler-proof at least some areas. Much of that will simply be a shut door--and I'm pretty sure he's able to open doors by now, too.
I think I'll leave the house here in a little - if I stay here, I'll be even more whack-a-doodle by the time they get here.
Welcome to those who are new to us, we're glad you're here! Drop into the conversation anywhere, you'll be welcome.
Love,
Lisa in AR2 -
Lisa- have a great time with your daughter and the littles..
I am sitting in the waiting room for the consultation for a sleep study..
Then to pick up Homer and wait on grocery delivery1 -
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The clearout went extremely well. I had steeled myself to chuck nearly all of it into the tip. 100s of them. Although they are wonderful paperbacks, the print is tiny and I know we will never read them again. I've kept school prizes, my old religious books, and books I loved as a child. Plus a couple I think the kids might read. It was lovely to rediscover all the foreign language versions of the children's books I wrote. Max might be amused by the Spanish version of Well I Never! CARAMBA! I will try and read the German versions of the two Herbert books.
I also weeded out some good quality crime and historical thrillers that I've just posted on Freecycle.
I expect they will go quite quickly. We buy the hardbacks as presents to each other.
Then DH rang a clearance company who are coming on Wednesday morning to give an estimate. If they are not too expensive they can take it away immediately. We have about a quarter of a garage full of junk.
Feels so good!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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Barbara: I am delighted that things are moving in a better direction. We even got to eat inside a restaurant. We needed to bring along a photocopy of our vaccination record cards. We sat indoors with no social distance worries as everyone in the restaurant had to show a photo of their vaccination cards. Ours are on our iphones. Masks were not required for those who had proof of vaccination. :bigsmile:
Michele: I didn’t ask about the Thai Restaurant’s name change, but I suspect it had to do with their previous lease. They were unable to open their doors for a very long time due to the pandemic and the business closed. I suspect they negotiated a new lease with the landlord and changed the restaurant name in the process. Just guessing on my part. :ohwell:
Heather: I have shelves of old books—including Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons complete series. I happily read books that I love again & again. I only throw out or donate books that I don’t enjoy. I read many electronic books through the public library at no cost.
YOGA TODAY!!! This will be my second class since lockdown. Our Friday yoga class was fully masked. I am planning to go to Yoga this morning. I wonder whether the photo of my vaccination card will be sufficient. I'll take a mask with me in case the photo will not be sufficient there. I’ll find out later this morning.
Katla in overcast NW Oregon1 -
These are some of the fun stuff I picked up Saturday- look forward to trying my new packs and really look forward to going back. This store is at least as big as a Costco if not bigger- So much amazing stuff (and great prices- the Russian ones were just .59, the others were a dollar or close to it. I really want to check out the German section and what ever else I missed.
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Annie==Sending lots of hugs and prayers. It's hard when our parents get older and have to depend on others than each other.
Allie--Did they explain why they cut your refund? Sorry to hear about your friend. Sending hugs and prayers.
Lisa--sounds like your farmer's market is working out well for you. I know I enjoy stopping at them and getting things.
Flea--Glad you were not hurt any worse in your fall. I understand what you mean about one thing hurts and to make it feel better something else hurts. My knees are really hurting and having trouble walking much as I hit them on the way down. My bursing looks so much worse than it is.
Debbie--It is family that can and do hurt us the most. I pray your sister can put your mom first and do the right thing. Sending hugs and prayers
Kylia--I also have been stressing a lot about cleaning and getting rid of things. I have made up my mine to do one closet or cupboard at a time maybe once or twice a month. At least I have a plan(just came up with this Saturday middle of the night, when it was all I could think about).
Pip--Sorry to hear about your dog walking friend. Sending hugs and prayers.
Tracey--So exciting about getting your table. When will it be arriving?
I had a very relaxing weekend. Went to see our neice and new baby. He was born almost 2 months early, but home and doing well. So tiny. Went to church yesterday and then cleaned some at home and got things ready for the work week. I have Monday-Friday 10-11 hours each day. Have a department meeting today at 5pm. Should not last long as not a lot to talk about, but higher ups says we have to have them.
Enjoy your day. Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND NE4 -
Katla -
It hurt me to get rid of the books but I feel lighter now. I hated consigning them to the dump. 100s of beloved books but in reality they are only paper. We read almost everything now on our Kindles and couldn't possibly read the tiny print of the paperbacks. If I need anything it is immediately available online.
I love a decluttered space. I feel freeer. DH is visibly happier to have them out of his space. Over the last few years we have got rid of thousands of books. I feel little need for old novels now. I am thinking of my heirs. I did salvage an old bible that belonged to my ex's dad as a child with a lovely old address in it. A house called "Enderley ". Reminds me of Manderley in 'Rebecca'. I will give it to my son. I hope he appreciates it.
Had fabulous peppers stuffed with chilli tonight with amontillado sherry to celebrate ridding ourselves of stuff.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx4 -
I got my estimated taxes mailed in, and flea and tick stuff on the dog. Feeling a little off today. Spending too much time lazing around with my phone. Now that I'm vaccinated, I should find a place to volunteer. Someplace without too many people! Otherwise I just sit around and wait for the next meal.
Annie in Delaware1 -
Went to the gym with husband this morning, and didn't whine. Put on disco music on Pandora, with ear buds in, and walked a 3.4 pace with a 1.0 incline. Did 2 miles. 263 calories burned. I do it in a fasted state. Feeling lean! Today's feast is 4 street taco tortillas, some spaghetti sauce, olive bruschetta, black olives, diced tomatoes and mozzarella shredded cheese. Little mini pizzas👍. Was going to add shredded fresh spinach, but only so much stuff can fit on those suckers.
Rebecca1
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