Senior Golden Sneakers -May 2011

Oh I SEE! You thought I was brewing tea in a crocpot :laugh: No in actual fact it was a rather yummy lamb curry! Over here, in polite company, we have lunch and dinner. BUT! I'm from the North , and we have dinner at lunchtime and our evening meal we call tea!( In VERY polite company there is afternoon tea, with cucumber sandwiches) Don't you just love the differences?

Caliecat Healing thoughts for Jeri. You both must be relieved his trt is coming to a close. It used to make me so sad (and mad) when my patients used to ignore medical advice, especially smoking.

Buzz A French door fridge? I suppose it must be one door on top of another like we have? Everyone aspires to a big American jobbie here, but our kitchens are in the main too small.

Sandy, enjoy your time away. Try and get some rest. Even caring for a loved one will take it out of you physically and mentally, you need some "me" time.

Dee congratulations on your weightloss.

Marylin congratulations on the new job.

Shirley I that!

Deb I hope you are right about the rain, we have none forecast till monday and the ground is parched. The farmers are moaning! No change there then! I had to put fleece over the potatoes last night, the car top was frosted over this morning.

I'm back on the "new" computer my son brought up when he came before Easter. We have his cast-offs when he upgrades. It lasted 2 days until it wouldn't switch on! Well OH took it to bits yesterday to see if he could rescue it. (it had happened to Iain which was why he upgraded) and he found ? Drumroll! A great wodge of dust stopping the on/off button! Now I'll have to get used to the new format!
Oh and since I gave up going to my slimming club, I've lost 3lbs!!!! And I'm saving £'s too!

Take care Honeybunches! Judi xx

Hello everyone ~ I'm home for the afternoon so thought it an ideal time for a quick catch up. I'm waiting for my neighbour to get off work early so we can inspect our bee hives to make sure they are not thinking of leaving home in a big black swarm in the near future!!:noway: One of the hives in my garden already has over 20 lbs of honey sitting in it so we could be in for a busy autumn extracting if they continue to build up such stores. Our bee buddy popped round for a chat yesterday and although he didn't look in the hives, thinks we are doing the right things so I'm happy with that.

Deb ~ It's still windy here but I don't mind as it clears any clouds away that start to form on the moor. We decided not to walk across our usual piece of moorland yesterday because when I phoned one of my friends who lives close by to see what was happening up there she said it was raining, very windy and only 7 degrees so we headed for the lake instead. It would have been 100 times worse on the moors!! We'll be swimming at the local sports centre tomorrow so at least that's indoors!

Buzz ~ Your new fridge/freezer sounds exciting and as you say, you'll no doubt find all sorts of hidden treats at the back of the old one. Nothing too fattening though!! I struggled to eat 900 calories last night because I got to a point where I just didn't want any more and couldn't force myself. I don't think I was too near starvation mode somehow!!:laugh:
I'm sure everyone over there must be delighted at the news from Pakistan and it will hopefully allow closure for so many families of 9/11 victims as well as all the other atrocities.

Marilyn ~ Well done getting that new job, especially when things are so difficult in employment these days, whatever side of the Atlantic you live in.

Marie ~ I'm jealous that you have tomato plants large enough to snap although that's not good news. Your season is way ahead of mine. A few shop bought plants are doing quite well in my greenhouse but my Roma tomatoes that I raised from seeds first suffered from the heat so I lost most and the remainder just sit and look at me as if to say we don't want to grow any bigger. They're about 4" high!! I've placed their pots next to the larger plants to give them an idea of what they are supposed to look like. Hopefully they'll be encouraged!:laugh: Great news that Jerry only has 3 more days of treatment. He must be so relieved to have got towards the end. We'll all be praying that the results are the best you could wish for.

Phoebe ~ I'm with you on the creamy pasta but when I delved into my fridge for an accompaniment I realised I should have kept the philadelphia cheese that I finished at lunchtime to mix in so the pesto was the 2nd best option. Thoroughly enjoyed it but won't go near the scales as pasta does tend to bloat me.

Time to get organised for the inspection. Happy days for everyone just getting up and eveyone else enjoy the remainder of this Wednesday.

Jackie:flowerforyou:

Jacki said:

Hello everyone ~ I'm home for the afternoon so thought it an ideal time for a quick catch up. I'm waiting for my neighbour to get off work early so we can inspect our bee hives to make sure they are not thinking of leaving home in a big black swarm in the near future!!:noway: One of the hives in my garden already has over 20 lbs of honey sitting in it so we could be in for a busy autumn extracting if they continue to build up such stores. Our bee buddy popped round for a chat yesterday and although he didn't look in the hives, thinks we are doing the right things so I'm happy with that.

I am so jealous. Honey is one of my favorite things. I buy it from the bulk containers at our natural foods store and always chose the blackberry honey. I mix a half teaspoon (30 calories) in my Greek Yogurt for a sweet treat, or put it on my oatmeal. Since we have acres of wild black berries al around us, if we had a hive I'm sure the honey would taste the same. Back in Wisconsin some friends kept hives. They were surrounded with farms where they grew clover so their honey had a different taste than this. It was good but I'll take the black berry honey any day.

I slept until after 10:00 this morning - went to bed at 11;30 so must have really needed the respite.

Yesterday I came home from running errands to find a little pink dogwood tree in a pot on our front steps. It was an early Mother's Day gift from two of my kids and my son-in-law. I dug a hole in the back yard and planted it where I'll be able to see it from kitchen or living room windows next spring when it blooms.

Just think sneakers, if we could link our hosepipes together, we could drain the flood waters in the USA, and send them to our friends in UK! Lol, it sounds much simpler than blowing up levees. Thats always the way, someone needs it somewhere, and someone else has too much elsewhere. So sorry for your dry weather.
Jackie, why would the bees plan to leave, and how can you tell by inspecting? That sounds like a lot of honey, happy bees too. How far away from your home is the place on the moors where it is so cold? Is it colder because of a higher elevation? I'm. Asking lots of questions, feel free to ignore me!
Judi, the french fridge sounds like the return of an oldie. I remember my aunts fridge with a bottom freezer. That was back in the 60's.
connie, you have some thoughtful children, dil too. They give you something that will last, and you. Already love. How have you been affected by the floods? I hope not at all, so sad in a no win situation. We read one farmer lost all of his farmland when the levee was blown. I noticed no one was resentful about it, just saddened. That is what good people do, the greater good and all.
Judi, 3 lbs in wonderful, and I'm sure it feels even better! Congrats and good going. Too bad typing doesnt burn calories, id be small! Lol- not likely!
Marie, what are you up to today? I hope your trader joes is nearby. The bananas were much cheaper there. I looked for reduced sodium cottage cheese, but they didnt have it. I also hoped to find salt substitutes, but they didnt carry any.
Who was it that tried the verrry dark chocolate, Deb? They had a container of small 'dots' of dark chocolate called nibs. It is purse sized, and satisfy a choc. Craving. I keep forgetting that I have it!
i found a pay to weigh scale in one of our regular stops for fuel. In western Arizona. Ive never used one, and I dont know about the accuracy. I wont log any weight except from my scale at home, but it will be nice to have a place to check my weight. I have no idea if they work well. However, if they keep showing my weight dropping, I like them well enough! Lol
Sandy, hope you are worry free and on your way!
Elli, I think the GPS units have made a big difference in navigation issues. Even though I dont always agree with the route they choose!
Buzz, are you trying to cook all those 'mystery foods' from your old freezer? Lol, Mystery Soup!

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: the dogs and I just had a great time at the dog park.....all the little birds fly around and keep the dogs occupied chasing after them.....Jake fixed a great pizza for lunch and I had to burn a lot of calories to make up for it :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:bigsmile: my mom had a frig with the freezer with a separate drawer on the bottom clear into the 1990's. She thought it was the greatest:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I have one with the side by side doors and a dispenser for water and ice :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: it's super warm today (about 60) but we're due for more rain again tomorrow and through the weekend.:brokenheart:

By golly I don't think I been on here all day. Been on the home pae but noy here.

Gigi sound like you had a wonderful time in chicao, Glad you had such a good time.

Phoebe. When will you guys head home?

We got our grocery shopping done this afternoon. Alice is due out Sunday for Mother day. I guess We will go out to eat. Last time we went out and had that fried blacberry fried pie and icecream I don't think we will do that again.

Gayla are you back yet? Haven't seen you nowhere?

Judy What is the time difference there? If it is 700 AM here what time is it in NZ I am trying to figure out when you go to bed.. I am fixing to head there pretty soon.See all of you tomorrow.

Marie asked,

Judy What is the time difference there? If it is 700 AM here what time is it in NZ I am trying to figure out when you go to bed.. I am fixing to head there pretty soon.See all of you tomorrow.

I'm not Judy but I can answer your question. From where you are, Marie, it is a 17-hour time difference. - with New Zealand being 17 hours ahead of you.

There is a web site called Travel Math - www.travelmath.com, and on their menu bar there is a little clock marked time. On the next page you can select time difference from the drop down menu and then put in any two locations and it will tell you the time difference. OR - you can simply ask Google for "time difference between Texas and New Zealand, and Google will figure it out for you.

Good answers, Connie! Saw your stone path photos, you have been busy and sleep should come quickly!
it is a sunny day here, hope we get to head over to Salinas CA when we finish here. This should be our last trip and then we will go home for a week or so. Dh has his annual drag races, and he has five people going with him, they will have a ball! So will I, although not at the same place. I have always wanted to go the the aquarium by myself. That way, I can watch what I want for as long as I want. The jellyfish put me into a trance!

Hope you are all able to plan a great weekend, with or without Mothers Day celebrations.

Hello ladies,
Just a quickie home from work and the body is not feeling well, time for bed. Hope all is well here, catch all you maybe tomorrow night or on the weekend.

Marilyn