WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2021

Katla49

DD is in Portland. A good longtime friend picked her up at the airport. She spent the night and will arrive here later today. ❤️

cityjaneLondon

Michele - (((HUGS))) It must be very baffling as to why Denise is acting like this.

After long discussions and changes of plans AT LAST my son has booked tickets for the 20/20 cricket match between Hampshire and Sussex on Saturday night! :drinker: DH and Max are going with him. DH supports Hampshire. He may have to keep quiet!
I am looking forward to a quiet night in. Bliss!

Glorious weather here. We got our geraniums planted in the tub. Looking cheerful through the window.

Much love to all who are stressed and tired

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

dlfk202000

Michele- I am so sorry that your visit was so bad- sounds like more of maid/nanny service without pay or appreciation.

Did good on tracking the past two days. Getting back on intermittent fasting has been a struggle but doing it. Trying to stay busy so I don't think about it.
Worked in the garden a bit yesterday morning- had to replace the netting over my raised bed that has my cucumbers and catnip- to keep the cats out and the critter who ate my cucumber plants two years ago(ate the stem off right at ground level when the plants were full grown and producing- I was so mad- lost half my plants)
The feral cats LOVE the catnip and try and sneak in and roll all over it. The catnip is what I planted last year- first time- didn't know it would come back/keep growing a second year- harvested a big bunch to put in my new herb dryer racks(the thing is HUGE- 8' tall and 3' across!!! I need to make a bunch of new cat toys for my cats and to share.
My friend texted- she wanted to go walk- YEAH- walked for almost 90 min. Felt great. Wish we could go more often. I need to get back walking by myself.

Sticking to my 1200 cal the past two days since I started tracking again.

I am off tomorrow- trying to figure out what husband and I can do- told him I wanted to do something different, besides shopping(the man LOVES to shop). I told him I would like to go to the park and walk for a little bit- he wants to go.......yep- shopping. He had mentioned going out to lunch at the coast but too far to drive after him working all night. One day, when he is not working all night and I am off, then we will go to the coast.

Heading out to finish dead heading my roses- got most of them done- just a few that are really hard to get to and are the thorniest ones are left. Going to finish my coffee first(already had two cups of tea and have tomato juice set out next- trying to drink more low cal drinks to fill me up so I eat less.

Have a great Wed. everyone

Debbie
Napa Valley, CA


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got the roses done and then picked my first small batch of raspberries- the plants have really spread so hoping the produce enough to make a small batch of jam plus enough to eat fresh. LOVE going out in the front yard in the morning and eating my breakfast/snack right there(later in the season I will enjoy cucumbers and tomatoes in the back yard)

grandmallie

Michelle- IMHO ,I think that was very rude of Denise to act that way and Pete only a little bit better.. I have been in your shoes with my older granddaughters Toms step daughter ,had 2 kids and we loved them dearly we would go pick them up,she would send clothes that were to small so that we would go out and buy more ,I would make dinners and deliver them to them and they were an hour away..Jillian left them with there dad and she went off galvanting.. we dont really communicate with her anymore,and the girls are 19 and 21 and live down in florida now,after they moved from Connecticut. Because they used and abused everyone here,she called and said we are moving to Wisconsin tomorrow, so we drove up and kept the girls overnight so they could pack.. we went out quite a few times to visit,thats a heck of a long drive lol.
At least my kids behave properly ,and I raised them right..I would be appalled if they were as rude as some of the disrespectful teens now adays. They think they are entitled and want everything handed to them..Ugh sorry for the rant.. ill go crawl back under my rock lol

Katla49

Michele: I have sympathy. I love my daughter and she loves me, but there are sometimes communication goof ups. I can visualize her on the the other end of the telephone call, rolling her eyes and sighing. I don't give her any eye rolls but maybe I should try it. Sighing, too. :grumble: :ohwell:

JustJenn68

Peach1948

Michele
It occurred to me that perhaps Denise feels inadequate when it comes to knowing what to do about dinners and plans, etc. She may feel like she cannot come up to your standards about entertaining so she doesn't try. I am so happy you got to see PJ during most of your visit and hope you will have happy memories of him. Hope you took some pics to keep.

Carol in GA

Vickil57

Katla--So happy to hear your daughter has landed and that your visit is going as planned. I can feel your excitment and so happy for you.

Anyone remember when Michele is to be back? I pray her visit is going well and she gets lots of grandma time with PJ. Just saw Michele's post. Sounds like an interesting visit, but glad you did get time with PJ. Pictures??

Not a lot going on around here today. I am working 6a-6p shift so plan to go home after work and get to bed early. I work 7a-5p the next 2 days and looking forward to the weekend.

Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND NE

exermom

Anne DE - You go girl!

Tina CA – depression in Denise wouldn’t surprise me one tiny bit. She does have a lot on her plate with work and PJ and then when Pete is away having to do it all herself. She just doesn’t know how to or maybe wants to take advantage of help. Perhaps she feels like she should do it all so she doesn’t want to ask for help.

Oh, I forgot to mention, Pete thanked us one time when we emptied the dishwasher. I don’t know if he even realized that I ran it another time. I do know that if I overeat, it’s almost as if she’s “won”.

Carol GA – maybe Denise does feel somewhat inadequate, but that still doesn’t excuse common courtesy. She doesn’t have to plan, but at least say “thank you” when I make the dinner.

Ceramics tonight. Not sure, but I may finish one of the dwarfs and just have the last one to do and then Snow White. Maybe..just maybe..I can start to get some of the bisque out of the back bedroom. Someday......

Michele NC

pipcd34

Yogi’s adventures today with the parents

pipcd34

pipcd34

skuehn48

margaretturk

Had my first strawberry from my garden this season. YUM! Everyday watering watering watering to help garden through these 90 degree days. Tomatoes love it. Next week we will be in the upper 80's . Not much rain in site. We had a year like this the year we moved into our home. We did not have AC then. It was a long summer.Hopefully we will not have a repeat.

bwcetc

Pip ... love the photos you've shared. Yogi in the hollowed out tree! Love it! That is one happy dog!

Michele ... your disappointment just leaps from the page here. I'm so sorry. Not certain where I saw this but sharing again as I find it's very true.

Now this is not much of an NSV when it comes down to it, but I'm gonna claim it. I was trying a new recipe for chocolate chip cookies that was supposed to produce "soft and chewy" cookies. I followed the directions precisely and the first pan out of the oven was just plain raw even after extending the instructions baking time by nearly 5 minutes. I threw them in the trash. Now I love raw cookie dough and I easily could have eaten those, but I didn't. The remaining pans were ok, but have been bagged up and put away for when my guys get home tomorrow. I'm feeling virtuous!

Allie ... we spent a lot of time in Brentwood when our son was living in Nashville. Hotels are not cheap down there and the one we found that was cheaper ... let's just say it wasn't a good decision ...

This weekend I'm going to be traveling to be with my parents (92 and 90) as we are finally going to begin the purge of their possessions. A neighborhood garage sale is coming up and they have decided to empty the basement. I'll go this weekend and help them start sorting and then my brother and his family are visiting in a couple weeks to do the heavy lifting up the stairs.

At the same time, I'm going through our basement purging things for our church's garage sale. Also going through some of my son's things to donate. I've already donated all of his clothing to a mission, but he has so many, many books. Books were his comfort "food." Every shelf and surface he had was covered in books. Most of them are outside of my interest (and, to be honest, my intellectual abilities) so I'll donate those. Some he had asked me to read previously, so I will keep those and work through them. Unlike some of you, I am no good with foreign languages, so the foreign language books I'll donate. I have discovered that we have ... ahem ... several borrowed books to return.

Beth near Buffalo

Katla49

Our daughter is here! We had a good lunch at a local Thai restaurant. Now she is getting a pedicure. We’re both going to be in our nieces wedding tomorrow. I’m looking forward to it and am especially pleased that our has daughter arrived. She & I will go to the wedding together. 🌹

skuehn48

Gorgeous day here, sunny and in the 60s. I have been working on our gazebo area weeding and trimming. The little holly tree is looking sick and losing leaves. It has been an unusually warm, dry spring. I wonder if it needs more water. I have 3 more petunias to plant in pots. One will go in the last pot out by the gazebo but the 2 starlight petunias will go in the pots in front of the cabin. I am waiting for our tenant to go to work before I do those. He is a nurse who works nights in the ED and sleeps during the day.

Michelle - Sorry your visit did not go as well as you wished but at least you got to spend time with PJ.

Katla- You seem really excited about DDs visit. Hope you have happy times.

Pip - looks like a fun trip.

Everyone take care Sue in WA

GodMomKim

TerriRichardson112

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Whidislander

Michele NC, Denise is very rude to you and Vince! You have my permission to use my situation. I mean I haven't seen my middle son, Daughter in law or Athena since Sept 2019. With youngest active duty son its been since Nov 2018. Yes COVID made it not smart to travel down to see middle son, and logistically impossible to see youngest son. I would give my right arm to be able to visit. What I am saying (rather poorly), is that Denise has opportunities, and she is wasting them away with bad manners, and insensitivity. You are there visiting. You shouldn't have to guess things, and what, they make a pizza and go upstairs with it?? I just don't understand. I have empathy with your frustrations! Hugs friend!
Rebecca
Whidbey
Washington