WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2024

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We heard from Edie yesterday that she took her exams on Monday, and had an interview, to get into the school that Max goes to. She thought she had done well, and seemed happy, but won't know for a while.
We keep out of the political stuff, but of course we are supportive to her. Her parents are hoping she gets a scholarship towards the fees, and I think, though I don't know, that the other grandparents are helping out. Edie is hoping for a 'all-rounder' scholarship. This morning she was up at 5.30 to go swimming.

We have organised for her to come over one afternoon on the 7/8th. Can't wait!

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Machka9

LisaInArkansas wrote: »

Warning: Squirrel (Distraction) Ahead:

In that vein, my craft/art/sewing room has gone back to being "Lisa's office." (OK, both of them are "my office" or "your office" when we speak to each other, but still...) When we moved here, it was labeled as a dining room, which we don't need, as we have a table in the kitchen. But English language room naming is so weird when you think about it.

A bedroom has a bed in it, a bathroom sometimes has a bathtub, sometimes not, but a toilet always has a toilet. But then there's a kitchen. Why not a "stove room?" Or a "sink room?" Then there are dining and living rooms, which have verbs instead of "table room" or "couch room." Which if we followed that train of thought would mean we'd have sleeping rooms, cooking rooms, pooping rooms, and so on. And then there's a "mud room," which doesn't fit any of it.

Living rooms, on the other hand, used to be "parlors" which comes from the French parlour to speak, which was generated from the monasteries, which had the one speaking room where monks who'd taken a vow of silence had leave to speak when absolutely necessary. So a parlour was a speaking room. Now it's a watching room or a reading room. We won't even talk about porches (from the Latin for passage), or verandas (from Hindi for railing) for the posh. And the word closet originally came from the Latin for "small," which opens up a whole 'nother can of worms. Such an odd language.

Thus endeth today's squirrel.

Later,
Love y'all,
Lisa

In Australia, the "living room" is called a "lounge room".

Bathroom is where you bathe, shower, or wash your hands etc.

Toilet is where you go to the toilet. I think in the majority of houses these rooms are separate, but in modern houses, like our new one, the toilets are in the bathrooms. The toilet is also called a WC (water closet) or loo or occasionally dunny.

Our garden is our yard. We have a front garden (an area with horrible grass-like stuff which I will be removing) and back garden (also an area with horrible grass-like stuff and a bunch of other odd plants growing about, which we are converting into a fruit and veg area)

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Wizard of Oz and Wicked

I have a DVD of Wizard of Oz and have watched it many times. Among my favourite movies. I think it's one of my father's favourite movies too. Whenever I think about it, I start singing, "If I were King of the Forest!"

I saw Wicked as a play here in Tasmania a few years ago. It was great!!

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Christmas

As usual, we're keeping it low key.

We won't likely get gifts for each other. After all, we're trying to declutter and get rid of stuff in our new place.

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Snowflake1968 wrote: »

Machka - I used to hold things in too long and then explode, thankfully I haven’t gotten to that point in a few years. I probably still hold it in too long but I’m better at letting it out.

Barbie - I don’t think we can fix anyone but ourselves. I don’t know why I thought DH would follow through on the ornaments this year. He hasn’t wanted to do them the last couple years. I thought that since it was his idea this year to do markets he would have I guess.

Tracey in Edmonton

That's how I would start the conversation with him.

"On or about Tuesday 5 October, whilst we were eating dinner, you suggested that we should do the markets. That statement led me to believe that you were going to help me with the ornaments we would offer for sale at the market. I realise now that I should have asked more questions then, so I'll try to remedy the situation by asking now. Do you really want to do the markets this year? Do you want to help me with the ornaments? Don't worry ... if you don't want to do the markets and don't want to help with the ornaments, that's OK. We don't have to do any of it. In fact, the Christmas season might be more relaxing without. But if you do want to do the markets, what is your plan?"

It's almost funny ... sometimes my husband insists he wants to do something but I have a feeling he doesn't really want to and one way to tell is that when I ask him directly, he'll say, "We'll do it because you want to" and he'll stick to that through me asking the question in several different ways. Finally I'll say, "Stop trying to make me happy! Tell me what YOU want!" And there we are having a minor argument about each trying to make the other happy.



Machka in Oz

Machka9

And one I use now and then when I am expected to know what someone else is thinking ...

Machka9