WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2014

Heather


You just reminded me to read the book. I only saw, enjoyed and now own the movie. You should definitely try to get in contact with her again. It always helps to know somebody who has been published successfully. She might be helpful.

Anne

Michele

I think you have to cook mushrooms first before freezing.


Heather

I am headed to the library to get some books of your friend Deborah Moggach. She wrote the screen play for Pride and Prejudice, wow!

I am looking forward to read her books.


Anne

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I have all my notes in front of me, hopefully I will remember what the notes mean since we are on a new thread now and I would have to open up a new tab and pull up that page.

Sue, another alto!!! yeah!!!! I think the alto is a beautiful voice. The soprano just would not be the same without us.

Heather, I haven't done anything to my memoir for a long time. But reading about your book has made me think about it. I am famous about starting something, get all enthused and then just drop it.

Carol, I remember when my first child went off to college. I thought I was very prepared. All my friends had warned me that I would just bawl on the way home from dropping her off. So I expected that. Christina was very enthused about making sure her car was packed to the gills and would look like it was college bound. Her and her sister drove in her car and we traveled in a seperate car. they even stopped at the college sign outside of town to get a picture. Anyway, after we got her dorm room all set up and said our goodbyes my husband and I walked out to the car and left. I didn't cry one bit. I thought maybe something was wrong with me. I loved this child dearly, we were best of friends. But we went back to see her the next weekend, yeah i know I'm bad. Her laundry was done, she had wonderful friends. Plus she had a boyfriend and had his class ring on her finger. I did cry when we left that time. My baby girl had grown up and functioning well without me. She has always been like a friend to me. she even asked me to be her matron of honor at her wedding. I refused. I was the Mom and Mom only. About being a single woman now. Your son is off to college, this is the perfect time to rediscover yourself.

Anne, I loved that movie!!!! Interesting that Heather knew the writer.

Vicki, last year was the first year I had all my Christmas shopping done way way early. i did most of it online and it was wonderful. Plus I had a lot fo packing boxes!

Mimi, I belong to a web forum for people with MS and several of them are on a Paleo type diet. I used to take care of my oldest grand daughter for several days. But once the second one was born that changed. She is a pistol!!!! There is no way I can take care of her for several days. There are times when they are here that we will take care of them for several hours while DD and SIL go to a movie or something. But not several days like we did for the older one. We tried it once and that was to much! I love both of them but she is hyper. I just hope her second grade teacher knows how to channel this like her first grade teacher did. She is done with her work so quick in class that her teacher knew how to keep her stimulate her while the rest of the class was still working.

Well I am now in first place in my game. I am glad it is a once in a lifetime thing for me to do. The lady that was in first all month suddenly stopped playing. She is a face book friend of mine and I messaged her to see if she is OK. She had a stomach bug and couldn't play. This wasn't the way I wanted to win. I wanted to have competition all month.

Joyce, Indiana

Woke to a wonderful sunny Saturday. Washed our bed-sheets and dog's doona covers and I am cleaning house.
Did 35 minutes Jeannette's cardio kickboxing and a 2 mile doggy walk later.
Making home-made pizza for lunch using Jamie Oliver's pizza mix base .
We are totally electric here in rural Tassie. Electric water pump for garden and toilet. We do have a wood fire in winter which is very cosy. So no chance of gas ever coming to this area. We have a septic tank, working well, a rain-water tank and a bore for garden.
Going to do some more weeding and seasol flower beds.
Sorry I don't chat more. I limit my computer times, I do read however
Lesley in Tasmania

I am trying to keep up, dear ladies.
Meg, my heart and worry is with you. I have no solutions to offer, other than please do not poke out your eyes.

I saw my grandbabies this week. Not long enough of course, but they have no choice but to endure my hugs and kisses.

it's late and it is past my bedtime.
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Renny

Good morning from sunny Hampshire!:flowerforyou:

Anne - I was a successful writer, only in children's books. I also had a play on BBC radio and short stories and poems published. I also had a small theatre company and wrote and directed my own experimental plays. For some reason my novels got stuck. I had agents who believed in me and famous commissioning editors who were keen to publish me, but I alwsys came unstuck at the last hurdle. Once it was only a financial problem at a prestigious publishing house that pipped me at the post. Of course I got very discouraged at so many near misses. :brokenheart: It was the cause of much of my depression.
I think, with the wisdom of hindsight, that the books were very reflective of the disturbed state of my mind at the time. They were also very exposing and I am not sure I had the inner resources to push them. For whatever reason their time has passed and they are very much historical documents thst I would like to see in print so they don't die with me. Amazon kindle can do that for me and you can also print on demand for family and friends to have on their shelves .:blushing:
I was friends with Debbie for quite a while and close in the way that mums with young children can be. I knew her all through changes of husband, boyfriends and while her mother went to jail for helping at an old lady's suicide. Her best book is Tulip Fever, about Holland in the 17th century and she decorated her beautiful house in the old Dutch style, just like a film set. I also love Close To Home, which so accurately represents the life of young mothers in North London in the 70s.
Her daughter Lottie Moggach, who I knew as a screaming, unruly toddler, published her first novel last yesr to great acclaim.

Going to catch up with admin today and read the newspaper.

Lots of love, Heather UK

GO SYLVIA! ! ! ! ! :drinker: :flowerforyou: :drinker:

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