WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2014
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Hello ladies,
I've missed a few days. This has been a busy week. Hubby has scheduled another trip for us, I think he has a goal to drive through all 50 states on his bucket list. We are going to Savannah, Georgia in October. I welcome any comments if you have visited Savannah. We will be staying at a hotel on the river. From everything I've read and looked at online I think it will be a wonderful trip.
I'm still doing well at maintaining although I have not been as careful as I was when I was losing weight. My knee still feels sore so I stopped doing walking lunges. Today is treadmill and I will do about 45 minutes. Did 25 minutes of yoga already.
Welcome everyone new. Hugs to all.
Cindy in OK0 -
Cynthia – good to find some smaller summer clothes – wonder if there are still shorts on clearance racks?
Alison – I have wondered this for a while but not asked, and maybe you have told us, and I am just forgetful - but you work some non-traditional shifts, what do you do?
DeeDee – Kitchen looks great, and all the other changes sound wonderful too!
Becky – welcome !
Katla – good luck finding a plumber – mine is coming Monday – my main sewer line from the house is impacted – probably ½ or more blocked so I can use the house plumbing if I am careful but no laundry and it has been like that for a week, but Monday was their first appointment.
Happy Saturday everyone,
Levi and I walked this morning and now some sewing - it is supposed to be "cooler" today just 100 instead of 104 - sorry but if it is over 90 it is too hot. period - and it is 8:30am and already 80....at 3:30 pm Levi and I have another doggie training class - last week it was only 85 out and it was killer hot at the warehouse the training is in... I don't know how we will make it today - these are reactive dogs and everyone is reactive when they are over heated... just not good!
Oh well off to work.
Kim from Hot Hot N. California0 -
Welcome,Gina
A lot of people trying to eat healthier cook on the wk ends.You can use zip lock bags to freeze portions.If frozen flat,just stack them. I have to write contents on frozen foods,all looks alike to me::grumble: Try www.skinnytaste.com. She has some great recipes for casseroles,using slo cooker .....all with calories/nutrition info.
Working a 12 hr shift is a Looong hard day. Hope to see you again. Pat in OhThank you everyone for the welcome! Kind of new to this but it felt so nice to be acknowledged already. Patty I hope have fun tomorrow and enjoy your DGKids. Cynthia, hope your doggie feels much better. It is so worrisome when they are not feeling good. Hope you have a good weekend. Katla, have fun at the Maritime festival and Tina Happy belated anniversary. Working 12 hours today and took a break to check in. Again thank you everyone and I will look forward to checking in to read your post. As for myself I am still trying to find a good combination of go to meals during the week when I don't have much time to think about food planning. "Between goals and achievement are discipline and consistency"0 -
Read every thing yesterday and took notes. After that was done to tired to respond to all. Went for a nap. Then forgot to come back. they joys of getting old forget is now my middle name.
Well wii gave me back the .2 I had lost yesterday playing with .2 one day I see 200 next I see 200.2. One of these days I'll see 199 and keep going down.
Seems to me I'm doing more and feeling pretty good. Still get winded when I'm washing floors on my knees but at my weight it's to be expected. Just not the same out of breath as before they put the stent in.
So for all you ladies with weight problem don't let the doctors blame shortness of breath on your weight problem insist that they check your heart. I went to long.
But so glad they could patch the flat I had.
See you all lighter.
Linda in Northern Ontario0 -
DeeDee ... kitchen is stunning! Thank you for sharing the pics!
Welcome to Becky and Gina!
The scale was up 4 pound this am??? Since yesterday ...I don't think so ... lots of water today, that's for sure!
Logging lunch and then time to get some chores done!
Beth0 -
Caught up on reading all the posts.... Happy weekend to everyone!
Beth, the .18 cents is likely a transposition of numbers since it is divisible by 9, so look for something like a .35 vs. .53 / .79 vs a .97, etc, to find your checkbook difference. (I look and look for every last discrepancy, too.)
Gail, metro ATL0 -
Wow, wow and more wow.:bigsmile:
The gardens at Great Dixter are INCREDIBLE! No wonder Christopher Lioyd is credited as one of the greatest garden designers in the world. Oh my word, the vivid, clashing colours, the huge, crowded banks of flowers, the bees, the butterflies, the tropical plants, the meadows and the fabulous yew hedges are just stunning.
I have posted a photo of the main door to the mediaeval part of the house, 1460, where there is a great hall and other rooms. Inside I am afraid I got bowl envy as "Christo" had commissioned many pots by his friend Alan Caiger Smith. Wanted to take them all home with me.
So it was a very good day with my eyes almost blinded by the riot of colour! :laugh: (Must buy a deep mauve phlox next year. ) Much better than struggling to the beach with all the thousands.:noway:
So we are out tonight at the restaurant. We might leave a little early so we can have a look at the site of the Battle of Hastings first. I have been many, many years ago, but not recently. I have decided to drive home because that will limit my drinking and I don't need the calories. It's not far and now we know where we are.:laugh: The satnav is essential in these little country lanes.:happy:
I really am in holiday mood and we have only been here 24 hours. Leaving tomorrow morning. It feels like we have had a real holiday.
Love to all. I have read, but I'm feeling too lazy and laid back to reply.:embarassed:
I will enjoy wearing a skirt tonight and leaving off my arm sleeve.:happy: I will take trainers with me for the drive home, but wear wedges to the restaurant. Go me!
Love to all - congrats to the losers! Linda, I am waiting for that 199!
Heather in the middle of a field in deepest Sussex, UK0 -
Wow! Everyone here is losing weight!
I am the opposite - I am trying to gain 21lbs as I have become too thin on a raw vegan diet. I now eat raw eggs, raw milk, raw cream chicken and fresh salmon, sardines. Also like avocado smoothies and green juices.
On average, I consume 2,500 calories daily. I do not eat out, but today bought 2 large all butter croissants. Total calls for 2 = 520!
OopS! normally don't eat processed food or red meat, but occasionally will eat raw lambs liver for iron.
Have a history of bad eczema flare ups and am just recovering from 8 weeks of sunburn peel...Trying to load up on healthy protein like kefir to tone my skin and reverse ageing. have done it 3 times in last 12 years. I feel like I know a lot of things about my body now and very rarely see a GP.
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hidee ho ladies,
Kim- I work as a dental assistant/receptionist/floater/do all the cr-p work.
a year and a half ago they decided (and Obamacare)to cut my hrs to 30 so they wouldn't have to offer me health insurance..
I am on my DH anyway.. so the weeks that I don't work Saterday I have longer hours during the week, and when I do work Saterday's then I go in later a few of those days, we are off on Thursdays.
Well the big Maple is down in our backyard.. and holy cow does it open it up, you never appreciate a shade tree until its gone..
had to do it though as the top was hanging on by a thread...
I have made my father's day, I am taking him down to his brother's house for a family picnic,I am hoping my DB and DSIL and her mom will go too.
I have guilt feelings though,because I am going to a breakfast tomorrow and then going to a picnic in the afternoon ,leaving the Ol boy to hang out on his own.. he is more than welcome to come but,hanging around with an in laws family really isn't his bag
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Cindy,Savannah is a great place to visit. Rich in history,beautiful wide streets & the downtown area is wonderful.Pretty homes on the squares..Read up about it on line.
DD loves going to Charleston,SC. There is much to be seen,lots of history & you can see plantations,gardens etc.Weather should be perfect in Oct. A lovely trip to look forward to.
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Hello ladies,
I've missed a few days. This has been a busy week. Hubby has scheduled another trip for us, I think he has a goal to drive through all 50 states on his bucket list. We are going to Savannah, Georgia in October. I welcome any comments if you have visited Savannah. We will be staying at a hotel on the river. From everything I've read and looked at online I think it will be a wonderful trip.
I'm still doing well at maintaining although I have not been as careful as I was when I was losing weight. My knee still feels sore so I stopped doing walking lunges. Today is treadmill and I will do about 45 minutes. Did 25 minutes of yoga already.
Welcome everyone new. Hugs to all.
Cindy in OK0 -
Hi ladies. THis will be just a short post; we are having company later and I have tons to do! I skimmed the posts and see some new faces...welcome! It's really humid here today with storms in the forecast. DH developed 11 rolls of films and years of digital prints yesterday; the people laughed at him when the bill came to $325! OMG now to the scrapbooking! OK I must run; have a great day today and we'll see you tomorrow. Meg from steamy Omaha0
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HI!Ladies,
This house hunt has me physically and mentally drained.Today,I`m doing laundry and making some cards for special birthday kids.This helps me destress.
Welcome new ladies.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
HUGS
jane0 -
I just watered all my geraniums (2 balconies), repotted 2 orchids, did 4 loads of laundry and put banana bread in the oven. I feel like Alison or Michele. :bigsmile:
Cynthia :flowerforyou:0 -
Hi, agian.
Bored..........trying not to do much; head and ears ache, temp going up; when it goes over 101 I'll take some tylenol, not happy---no,no,no,... in fact..... grumpy! DD and DH don't want me cooking so they went out to McDonalds.....I said bring me a quarter pounder with cheese.......not hungry but had not had any food all day........they even screwed that up, difficult as it is to believe.. Cranky and mad at everyone here. They have cleared out, gone to the library. I hate being sick, just hate it. Last time was Christmas, in fact, I was sick the last two Christmases in a row. Stomping my feet........
Cindy...........Savannah in Oct...........perfect!!! They still do the "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" tour, I think..........was a very popular book a while back (80"s???). When we lived in Charleston I was always going to stop off there on the way to Jacksonville but never did. Gorgeous historic district!!!!!!!
Linda...................Fingers crossed for 199 for you.
Heather.........Looked up your Great Dixter and found their site and spent ages there.........OMG, those grounds, also did the house tour on video and looked at the site maps. I see a lot of plants I recognize............love Queen Anne's lace--it was all over the roadways when I was young, poppies just like my aunt had in our yard (of course they remind me of the Flanders Fields poem, then I get misty), that blue wave hydrangea--gorgeous.....words really can't do it justice. Also found a BBC show to go back to sometime. Thank you.
My neighbor's DD has called me to blantantly solicit money to send her parents on a vacation (from the east coast US to both Hawaii and Alaska with a stop to see friends in Ca.) for their 40th wedding anniversary...........is this really how it's done these days? Her reasons, as far as I can tell, are that they deserve this trip because they went where the military sent them (didn't we all?), they raised two kids, helped others out (cough, cough--mainly aforementioned kids), miss friends in Ca., and a couple relatives have died recently. No, I don't think so............that's just called life; she didn't seem at all pleased. Told her I would be sending a nice card and message. Is that mean of me? These two (the parents) are currently away for the weekend as I write this, having a weekend in the country alone to celebrate their 40th anniversary, financed by themselves..........which I also pointed out to the DD. This is the one I just attended a baby shower tea for...........maybe it's the pregnancy hormones....... I think she was running out of time and family wasn't coughing up enough so she widened the circle.............honestly, I got the feeling this girl thinks that if she talks long enough she can sell ice to Eskimos.
Off to make another mug of tea.....
yanniejannie0 -
Feel better yanniejannie:flowerforyou:
hugs
jane0 -
Oh, YannieJannie ... you are having a no-good, rotten day ... feel better soon!0
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YanniJannie- I hope it all goes away soon soon soon..
Well the guys just left an hour ago from cutting the tree's ,they did an awesome job and clean up, coming back monday to pick up a small truck load of the junk they couldnt fit today...
well I had a nice early dinner, lemon pepper pasta with roasted asparagus and a sprinkle of parmesan.. and I walked it off did my usual race walk this afternoon, now I know when I do it ,I do it in early morning.. I am sweating like a pig:huh:
well at least I got 12,000+ steps in ,and now we will go out to see DFIL he is having dinner now so we will wait,I have to stop at the store and pick up some fresh fruit which I will be taking over to the breakfast tomorrow morning..
I am debating on weather to eat something here before I go.. or see what is offered.. Jacqui's DH owns a restaurant so lord knows what we will have,but it is all people from the gym so I know it wont be pastries and heavy stuff0 -
Alison - have a nice meal and celebration!
Yanniejannie - that neighbour has no shame ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Wow! So glad you enjoyed the garden and house. I think it was the best I've ever seen. Everything was twice the normal size ..........and the insect life! ! ! ! Never seen so many huge butterflies!
Our meal tonight was fine. I had crab risotto and a nut crusted cod with green veg in a herb and cream sauce. I also had one of their mini desserts.:embarassed: Put me over target by 900 cals with wine. (I didn't drive in the end) So altogether I'm over by 700 on my TDEE for the weekend, so a couple of days of strict logging should see me straight again.:happy: It was definitely worth it.
My Monday guest has cancelled as he feels he has to stay with his aged mother so wont be tempted to over eat again.
The advantage of being at target is that you can have the occasional over day as long as you make up for it afterwards.:bigsmile: I am determined not to let it run away with me.:noway:
I enjoyed my new body tonight in a skirt :noway: with dyed brown legs,:laugh: and a sleeveless tight top with my lymphodema arm dyed to match the other one.:laugh: I so rarely go bare armed as I hate my saggy skin, but it looked OK. Wedge shoes, which I rarely wear. Two years ago any of this would have been impossible. I was hiding in my clothes and hated my body. I just hope I have the strength to keep it up.:drinker:
Night night, I am so tired now.:yawn:
Heather in darkest Sussex, in the middle of nowhere. Gorgeous.
UK0 -
That's what is called having a lot of nerve! Where is it written that you take a trip anytime for anything if you can't afford it!
Wonder if it was the parent's idea? Dad called such ppl nervy nellies :bigsmile:0 -
Yanniejannie proud of you for saying no.:bigsmile: Love that sell ice to Eskimos:laugh: . I feel the same way about Flander's field. When my friend lived in Belgium we did a day trip to to that area. The museum there would turn the hardest heart against war. Hope you feel better soon.:flowerforyou:
Speaking of trips Heather that garden sounds to live for. As you can tell by my posts gardens and gardening are at the top of my favorite things to do.
MNMargaret 0 -
Thanks so much, ladies! Think it will be an early night for me.
G'nite all,
yanniejannie0 -
:drinker: Allison, DH and I walked around our property to see if any trees need to be cut before the fall and winter season. He wants to do so much himself, but I think I convinced him to hire professionals again. We have done it before and it so much safer. I don't want to lose him trying to top a tree and frankly don't know what makes him think he is good at it. He is very talented at all kinds of other things. Cutting a tree once it is felled comes to mind for example. Men.
:happy: Yanniejannie...I have no idea how some people think their ideas can just take roots and support their own lack of planning. Weird, is what I say. I agree with a card and well wishes.
:flowerforyou: Cynthia...you should be applauded for what you did. I have not baked in years. I bet ya I am still pretty darned good at baking if I were to try again (grin). I feel pretty smug about deadheading flowers today :bigsmile:
Jane...the one who is house hunting. I sure hope you will have success. Stress is a normal reaction. I am well familiar with that. Heather, I love riots of colours!!! You go girl on being in the holiday mood!
With respect to balancing check books. Most of you will know that I am an accountant by profession, so things MUST balance by nature. The last 18 months however, I have subscribed to a website which tells me, warns me, alerts me and updates me. I have not balanced my personal check book since. Online services have been my sidekick now for a while. Not spending half the time figuring out whether I made a mistake or the bank did. Which, of course, mostly meant I was to one who made the error. Duh. In addition, I get alerted if anything is amiss. I like that feature.
:flowerforyou: Sylvia - airline seats that fit beautifully? How wonderful a NSV is that. Congratulations.
I had made a routine mammogram appointment for late yesterday afternoon at 5:45 PM. I never do late afternoon mammogram appointments and don't know what I was thinking. I am exhausted at the end of the day and I am sticky and swollen. First thing in the morning and then onto work, yes. But I am grateful that it was routine. Let's face it, if it were not, I'd be complaining about a whole different thing.
Laundry has been on the line since lunch time and the sun and wind have surely dried it fully by now. Time to get it down and make the bed. Did lots of housecleaning today. Tomorrow DD is coming over with the 2 little ones. DS is coming to borrow my car, so they can look at a van for their growing family. All par for the course.
Steak on the BBQ and veggies are planned for dinner tonight. Renny
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:flowerforyou: I got up this morning filled with great expectations and plans for my day at home alone…..Jake had plans to attend an all day meditation retreat. He left the house at 7:30 while I was still walking the dogs and at 9:30 he called to say that he had back spasms from sitting, the room was hot and stuffy and he couldn’t breathe, and he thought he was coming down with a cold so he was coming home. I wanted to cry with disappointment until I thought about my friend Judy who cares for her 94 year old mom and her wheelchair bound husband and never has the house to herself and then I stopped feeling sorry for myself and went back to counting my blessings. Jake took a nap with the dogs for about two hours and then put things on TV that I liked so I could finish my computer work, do my weight training and ride the exercise bike. He fixed his own food so I could eat whatever I wanted. :smooched: :smooched: I’m sending hugs to all of you who have real problems and wishing you well.
:glasses: :flowerforyou: I called my cousin again…….I’ve been calling every day
she can’t call out so she’s dependent on people calling her----she hates the food, thinks the exercises are a waste of time, says there’s no one to talk to, and doesn’t know whether she’d be better off staying or going home. I tell her about what I’m doing and listen to her lamentations. I talk to her on my cell phone with the Bluetooth so I can go outside and walk while I talk Barbie from beautiful NW Washington
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: 27,000 steps today
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Good night all!!
Had some good news to share.I`m gonna be a grandma again!!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
My 2nd son and his wife are due in Feb.Leah is gonna be a big sister.She`s going around the house saying big sister,big sister.
Im so happy 2 new babies next year.:drinker: :drinker:
HUGS
jane0 -
Did an hour of Jari Love's Extremely Ripped DVD. Tomorrow the plan is to do a belly dance DVD for about an hour
Went to the farmer's market. Didn't get much (that's good, there isn't much room in my freezer anyway). Just got some blueberries (which I can freeze) and a couple of heirloom tomatoes
Beth - .18 -- could there be a transposition of numbers (or maybe two?)
Kim - for your fudge, do you use granulated sugar or confectioner's sugar? One time I used granulated and I thought it came out sort-of "grainy" The next time I used confectioners and that seemed to work better. Thanks for the recipe, I'll have to give it a try. Vince won't eat it with the mint, but just chocolate is fine for him
Cynthia T60 - yea for the smaller size in pants, tops and dresses. You go girl!
DeeDee - all your renovations sound so gorgeous. Yea for the no new cancers. Are you going to boss the guys today? Is it possible that your headaches are caused by sinuses? Your kitchen is looking fantastic
Margaret - I don't know if the keylime coleus would grow down here. I'm going to have to check that out when I'm ready to start planting plants
Becky - welcome! You've come to a great place for motivation, that's for sure
Well, Bryan found the time to call us. I did make the mistake and say that between Lexi's surgery and Vince's surgery, I've been pretty busy. I thought I might get a "I had that coming" but no go. Now I'm sorry I said it. Vince found the credit card and we'll send it I do want to send other pieces of mail for him in case there's anything that's important. He said he'd call this weekend. Unless Vince sends him an email telling him that we mailed the card, I predict he'll call just to find out if and when we mailed it. If Vince sends him an email, he won't call.
yanniejannie - hope you're feeling better real fast. I don't think you're at all out of line in refusing to help fund that 40th anniversary get away. I don't expect my kids to fund anything for us, and I certainly wouldn't expect them to ask friends to help fund it!
Went to a laser light show tonight with the Newcomers. Had a piece of, I don't know what to call it, it was a small piece of bread with onions, mushrooms, and feta cheese on it. Had orange and red tomatoes and raw carrots, had a few of the lasagna cupcakes I brought (mainly had them at home) and this dish someone made of tomatoes with basil and some sort of cheese. Skipped the desserts (all they had was cakes and brownies, I probably would have had some if there had been some fresh fruit), just water to drink
Tomorrow we're supposed to meet a friend that worked with Vince for lunch. Her husband plays on a softball league and they have games in Boone. We met her last year, too. I made some banana muffins to take to her.
ActiveYouth - welcome. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a drink and have one of those croissants. I think we know more about our bodies than any GP. I commend you on your great eating.
We did some work outside today, finished putting the rocks around the outside of the fence and then filling it in. I did empty three of the cat litter containers we had filled with sand and put them in my neighbor's recycling bin. Wish they picked up the recyclables every week instead of every other week. Didn't get to go in the pool today (boo)
Renny - do you cut down your trees if they need it, or are you referring to just pruning them? If you cut them down, how do you get rid of the stump?
jane - big congrats!!
Michele in NC0 -
Ok, gang. I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself. Mrs Cranky Pants, that's me. You can skip to the next post now.
Hubby plans these trips, but only part way. So everything was wonderful till this morning. He decided we were going to Olympic National Park. Ok, that much is great. Then he decided to hike the Hurricane Ridge trail, which is 1.6 miles one way. Ok, that much sounded fine. Till you realize the stinking trail goes up the side of a very tall mountain! I thought I would die! Of course, it's not hubby's fault that I ate a full pound of cherries just before we started out, and that they give me gas, and that gas expands at higher altitudes, and would NOT come out, so I was miserably bloated and sick at my stomach. Still, I made it to the top. (Yay!) Then we started down and he announced that we were running late to catch the ferry. So, we had to hustle down the mountain, which is a lot harder than it sounds. My feet were killing me and I was sunburned. It took us 2 1/2 hours to make do a trail that the ranger said takes about 1 1/2 hours. Then we got to the ferry and sat in the car waiting for about two hours. Grrrrr!
The ferry ride to Canada was comfortable, so that was nice. Then we got off the ferry and drove into Canada. We were confused about where to go, because we had to shut off the cell phones at the border to avoid those huge international roaming charges, so we couldn't use the navigator, so he was driving on narrow city streets into the blinding sunset, with double decker busses on both sides, and I was trying to read the map. We don't know how to convert mph to kilometers. Let's just say it was frustrating and there were a few wrong turns taken.
And we didn't know quite where the hotel was because he didn't print it out, thinking I could pull up the confirmation email, but I can't do that without a cell phone! So we finally found the hotel about 8:30 at night. It was dirty, smelly, the bed is hard and the a/c unit is deafening. We had no lunch, dinner was late, and the ONLY thing nearby was McDonalds. I hate McDonalds! There is nothing on the menu I can really eat, so I wound up with a tiny grilled chicken snack wrap and water. Hubby was complaining about the price of everything the whole time.
So I ask what the plan is for tomorrow, and he says, he has no plan. That's as far as he got, but at some point tomorrow we have to figure out how to get the Ferry BACK into Washington. I said, why did we even come here, just to turn around and leave again?! He said just to come to Canada!
And to top it all off, tomorrow is my birthday! And apparently he doesn't even remember! Wah!
Ok, end of pity party. I hope nobody read thru all this, but it made me feel better to write it all down.
I'm going to take my night meds and put in my ear plugs and go to dreamland. I hope you are all having a great day.0 -
Sylvia :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Sorry things are not going so well - maybe someone in the area can come up with something interesting to see tomorrow!
Heather- it sounds so wonderful!!! Christopher Lloyd’s gardens (I’ve only seen pictures) always take my breath away! -- crab risotto and nut crusted cod – drool – I did a pecan crusted salmon once that I loved, I need to go dig that recipe out. I bet you looked fab!
Alison – thanks! And I am sure you will figure out what you can eat with the least amount of “non-desirables”
Michele - I use granulated sugar - if you boil for 5 min. it all dissolves... my favorite is to use dark chocolate - but it is a flexible recipe that can be done with white chocolate chips, butterscotch...or chocolate with orange extract.... I love recipes that I can change up easily...
Yannie Jannie - So sad for you:frown: --- hope you feel better very soon!!!
As for the neighbor’s dd soliciting money – yes that is how they seem to be doing it… I got an invite to a wedding with a card in it suggesting a $50 cash gift to support the honeymoon. They got an RSVP NO and a nice card.
I have been recently hearing “deserve” a lot out of folks mouths…. I deserve ______ drives me crazy! This comment won’t reflect the fact that I am a “typical” left leaning Californian – but we all deserve to be treated justly and politely, and some other stuff – but we do not deserve a vacation, a fancy car, restaurant meals, tickets to sporting events…. Grrr these are some of the more recent comments that I have heard…. All of the extras should be earned !
I work really hard, and would love a vacation, some fancy meals, and maybe tickets to a play – but that is not in the cards yet… although there is savings started for all of that --- but “deserve” *ell no, earned *ell yes!!
Vent over,
Kim from hot N. California0 -
Yanniejannie hope you feel better soon. Stan and I are both on pensions and refuse to give family money now,
Today is LAST day of the week with NO exercise except walking the dog. I have been cleaning house, sorting files (BIG bag of papers to burn) sorted wardrobes and drawers. Got rid of stuff, good clothes to charity shop rest to throw out. NEEDED doing and feel better for it now.
Back to training Monday again now sorted myself out. Weight is UP but that is OK. Back to Jeannette's and Jillian's recipes again.
Shopping day Tuesday and taking car in for service Thursday, they have booked another car so we can drive the 30Km home again instead of staying in town for 5 hours.
Sunday is my scheduled rest day. Stan makes Sunday Brunch, we drive along coast and walk the dog, then home by a circuitous route to cook roast dinner..0 -
Good morning everyone!
Kim: there was almost nothing in clearance; they already had the new stuff. It’s no drama; if Kohl’s doesn’t have anything I’ll be OK with the shorts I have. I’ll just put a belt on and they’ll look a bit baggy. Dog training: they’re not making the dogs train in a hot building, are they?
Linda: so glad you’re feeling better. :flowerforyou:
DeeDee: congrats on the good skin results!
Alison: “holy cow”: my mom says that all the time! :happy:
Jane: still thinking of you and the house hunting. Congratulations on the new grandchild coming! :flowerforyou:
Yanniejannie: cooled down now? :flowerforyou:
Renny: unfortunately I ate too much banana bread, but whatever. I haven’t baked for months, for exactly this reason. Agree with you on the mammogram.
Sylvia: oh dear, what an adventure! Sure hope there’s a surprise birthday present coming! Happy birthday! :flowerforyou:
I’m actually not that shocked about the asking for money thing, if I’m honest. It’s not elegant, but I know a lot of situations in which that’s done: a golden anniversary or whatever. Then it’s like a group present, arranged by someone close to the birthday person or anniversary couple. But it sounds like it wasn’t really done well, and people shouldn’t ask you directly. It would be better to have a standard letter or card and leave you free to say yes or no, which apparently wasn’t the case. And it definitely shouldn’t be presented as a solution to the kids’ lack of money.
We had a huge rain and thunderstorm afternoon yesterday. We were inside at the time, at the outdoor café (so it turned into an inside café!), but the bikes and the dog’s bike trailer were outside, and the bike trailer got soaked. Took the cushion out and washed it; it’s hanging outside now. The trailer itself will just have to dry in the garage.
Today a neighbor is coming over to take a look at the plants that will need watering while we're away. Otherwise we're just puttering around doing preparatory stuff for vacation.
Hope everyone has a good day!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:0 -
morning ladies,
had my warm lemon water,walked around the block 4 times got 23 minutes of race walking in and took a shower and having a cup of tea..
DH is already out sanding the bay window out front, had a quick bowl of cereal and he is off
ended up cooking here last night and going to see my DFIL, ,he was totally out in left field last night and it sorta upset the DH to see his dad like that.. it is very hard in those places usually early morning and later at night there mind just goes kerplunk..
he was telling Tom to check on his mom ,she hasnt been feeling well, the poor woman has been gone 5 yrs now.
.he did scoff down a mini lemon meringue pie , and he had his cookies next to his bed,, he wanted to go to bed, so we took him down and put him to bed fully clothed, did tell the nurse so they wouldnt panic looking for him.
going to breakfast in a little bit at my friend Jacqui's house, I am excited and a little bit scared.. I know the people going but out of the gym atmosphere it will be interesting..
like I said yesterday I am taking my dad down to his brothers for a picnic,and I am hoping the rain hold off. I dont think any of my cousins will be there,my uncles girlfriend is my age my uncle will be 81 this year they met in florida after my aunt passed away and we think she is just out for the money... she is nice enough and all .. but!
so today is a busy day.. will check in tonight.
Sylvia- sorry you had to rush and go through all that:frown: .0
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