WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2015

carol - I am so sorry to hear about your DGN's dad! We will be praying for him and Makaela and your family.



Mary from Minnesota

CAROL: so sorry, what a terrible thing to happen with a child watching. Prayers for you n family. My father died in my arms, I was very young but seems like yesterday. Gayle Minneapolis

Alison – My aunt, who has passed now, her family ran a B&B in Yarmouth Port for 2 generations. I love that area.

Pip – Check!

Carol – sending good thoughts!!!

Anne – welcome

Heather – have a grand time!

I’ve been cooking today – I am in a book club and this month’s book had a recipe for a “gingerbread” cake, so I made it today for tomorrow evening’s meeting. It is not like any gingerbread I have had. It is a light yellow cake with no Molasses, grated fresh ginger, orange rind, and freshly ground cinnamon, cloves, pepper - it is cooling and will need a glaze in the morning. It will be interesting to taste.
The cake took about 3 hours… (hands on hips) it better be good!


November Goals -
Attend yoga each wednesday evening
Walk everyday –would like to see 160 miles
continue counseling and hold my weight where it is as I deal with my current set of emotional issues
weekly fun things
W1 – football – we won! Working on craft show crafts
W2-
W3-
W4
Kim from N. California

I'm so sorry, Carol... thinking of your grand niece, and her daddy...

Carol NC so sorry about your niece and her Dad. Keep us updated on how he is doing. Such a tragedy. I hate it when kids loose that kind of innocence that early.

Lenora, so glad Cracker is going to be OK. But how about Will. Is he OK.

Michele, the fabric I used to cross stitch on my sister's tree skirt and many other things. One year I made 10 sweatshirts! Anyway it is waste canvas. You can find it at Jo Annes also. Some how I couldn't get the link to copy so here is another link to DMC itself http://www.createandcraft.com/pp/dmc-waste-canvas-14-count-12-x-18ins-112440?utm_source=bing-pads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bing-PL

Good day at church today. Our pianist was out today, her husband has Alzheimers and even though many times he is quite functional, sometimes he is not. So our organist had to play piano. So she just picked up a piece of music and played it for the offeratory, not having practiced it much. She played Mary did you know? I can't believe how some people are so talented and can do that with so much proficiency. I love the Christmas music. I found out today that our church is not having a Christmas eve service. They will be having something special on the 23rd. I told my pastor I liked the services that are held ending at midnight so my sister and I, Southern Baptist preacher's kids, may be going to a Methodist church! LOL, I'm sure it will be just as meaningful. He said they have a full orchestra and everything. So that will be nice. It has been a long standing habit that we go together and as we sing Silent Night at the very end of the service, we are holding hands and the tears are just flowing.

Miriam, I was going to ask you how your foot was doing but you beat me. And where in the world did you pick up that beautiful table and chairs???? I take it is 'used'. Antique maybe??? I love those chairs.

Not much to say tonight, maybe my Pandora is to relaxing tonight.

Joyce, Indiana

Carol Poor little mite! (((Hugs))) and (((prayers)))

Lenora So sorry to hear about wee Cracker. Thankful that she wasn't badly injured.

Pip You must have been a Girl Scout! Stay safe out there! Good idea about the backpack.

Barrie lmao at that vision of you on the chair! Reminds me of the time I grabbed the laundry basket to chase a mouse round the kitchen, and when I managed to actually trap it, the wee blighter escaped through one of the holes in the basket. My daughters and I were helpless with laughter at that one.

Becca We've been on nudist beaches in France, but the climate in N Ireland doesn't lend itself to nudity, even at the best of times. You would die of hypothermia

DJ It's a bit early for me to put up our tree, although I do like to see them appearing all round me. There were loads to see on our way home from visiting DD#1 yesterday evening. I like to play Christmas songs and have a glass of bubbly. We used to decorate our tree on Christmas Eve and keep it up for the 12 Days of Christmas. It was one of our family traditions when my grandchildren came to stay. I made decorations with my own children every year when they were small. Some of those still go on the tree.

Joyce I love going to the Midnight Carol Service on Christmas Eve. Our church has proper candle sconces on the columns and the atmosphere is so up-lifting. DD#1 often goes with me.

Allison Glad you made it back home in one piece. Hopefully, your absence will have made Tom more appreciative of your presence. How long will you be in Florida? What a lovely treat to look forward to!

I have a rare 'free' morning today so am not rushing to get up. DH has brought me tea in bed and gone off to his yoga class. It's a definite Duvet Day, although I do have to collect all my papers together to give to DD#2 this evening when she comes to dinner, so that she can do my tax return. She's a chartered accountant.

On Sat, I did a PP presentation for my art history group on Tues afternoon and emailed it off, not realising I had done the wrong artist. Had to sit up last night and do the right one, so this duvet day seems very seductive. But, on the other hand, I need my breakfast, so will shake a leg and brave the elements.

Healing thoughts and prayers to those who need them!

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Irish Terri

Prayers for Carol's family. What an awful thing to have happened.

I am going to my aunt's funeral today. Evidently, she had terminal cancer and no one knew. My mom is the last one living out of all the aunts and uncles in the family I grew up in. Hoping the traffic on I-75 won't be terrible.

Carol - GA - Peach

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No time

mollywhippet wrote: »

Ok I think you are all sick of my mouse drama, but I have to tell you what happened last night. We were getting into bed when we heard Molly out in the great room. She was barking wildly and there was a lot of skittering sounds like she was chasing something across the wood floor. I was terrified (no surprise) so hubby crept down the hall to check and said she was definitely hunting something around the dining room table. Then there was sort of a boom, like she knocked over a chair or something, and everything went quiet. He went back out and found her curled up on the sofa. So, we thought she must have given up on the mouse, or had killed it.

This morning I came carefully out of the bedroom, looking on the floor, hoping I would not find her "kill" from the night before, but I did find it. My grandson's green balloon was dead in the middle of the floor.

Thanks for providing my first laugh of the day!

Cheri NE Ohio

nccarolb wrote: »

Ladies, I've received some bad news this evening. My 8-year-old grandniece was watching as her dad drove a dirt bike into a tree--no helmet and a broken limb at face level. As of an hour or so ago, he was still in surgery but the doctors are saying his chances are very slim. Although I am concerned about Alex, I am terrified of the emotional damage this will cause for Makaela. Please send prayers and good vibes for this broken young man and all of his family, especially Makaela.

Carol in NC

Prayers for your family.

Cheri NE Ohio

Thanks for the prayers and good wishes, everyone. My mother called with an update around 10 p.m. and said that the doctors couldn't really do anything except put a drain in his head to help with the swelling of the brain. He is still in critical condition and, if he survives, will have a really long road of facial reconstruction surgeries. I will probably call my niece and see if I can talk to Makaela tonight. I plan just to tell her than I'm sorry that her daddy got hurt and that I love her and wish I was there to hug her. I can't do much else from here.

Sylvia - I'm so glad your "kill" was just a balloon. I actually had a mouse crawl up my body (on top of the covers) while I was in bed and six months pregnant. I flung the covers back and heard the thump when the mouse hit the wall on the other side of the room. My then husband was mad as fire because I woke him up! He was even madder when I made him get up and go look for the creature. I spent a lot of time standing on the couch wielding a broom that night because, evidently, I was the only one who could see the two little gray vermin running through my house. I had to laugh at myself for being the stereotype of jumping up on the couch and screeching Eeeeek!

I'm off to get some work done. I hope that everyone has a great day.

Carol in soggy NC

Sending hugs and prayers to all. I seem to have wonderful happy and very sad memories running together in my mind colliding. This just makes me stop dead in my tracks till I can cope again. Frozen till the dread feelings pass. Ha ha. But,I'm going to pray that I have the strength to stay focused and keep moving forward with my to do list. This time of year is certainly like no other for me. I stocked the fridge with salad fixing and yogart, have fish and veggies for dinner so I can stay on track with my food plan.

It's almost unbelievable to me that tomorrow is December 1st! This year just flew by. December will be gone in a blink....Seeing my girl pals on Saturday for holiday home tours. Made my hair appt for December 11, DS will be home from college on the 12th, boat parade of lights on the 13th, and DH holiday party is the 20th.

Best get showered and dressed for work. I feel tired already. Lol. Goal for this week is to get out of town boxes together and shipped. My gift shopping left is for family that lives local so that can wait till next week. Man I better write this down and organize it! Ho Ho Ho here we go!

Rosie in So Cal

Sylvia, thanks for the chuckle to start my day!

morning peeps -

made it to work, no fall and a car didn't hit me :0)

terririchard = nope, wasn't a girl scout :0)

Good morning from snowy wet Nebraska. We have a lot of ice and now it is snowing. I am working 6-10 today. DH got home last evening about 1130 and said the only real bad roads he ran into was about 60 miles from home. Rest of the time just rain. I am just glad he is home. I got started on Christmas cards last evening and hoping to get them done in the next couple days. Chistmas cards are one of my favorite things this time of year. Hearing from people that we only hear from once a year.

Weigh in this morning and I am up 1.4 pounds and not going to let it upset me. With Thanksgiving in there I think I did well. Now back on track. One Day at a Time.

Heather--Hope all goes well with your trip. I am looking forward to hearing all about it, makes me feel like I am a part of it.

Janetr--Glad to hear you made it home safe and only have broken branches to deal with.

Mindz--Glad to see you back. Sounds like you handled all the last minute changes very well.

pip--Does sound like you are ready to ride. And very prepared.

Carol--How sad. Sending lots of prayers and hugs.

Carol GA--Sorry to hear about your aunt.

Sylvia--Thats funny. Thanks for starting my day with a smile.

Mia--I enjoyed your mouse story also.

Rosie--HUGS!! Just take it One Day, One Thing at a Time.

I need to vent. DH went in on Nov 20 to have his eye exam. It was time and a couple days earlier he started having problems with sun and on coming cars at night. It was like the light was shooting at him. The doctor told him it was more then likely his catacts. So they order new glasses and our co-pay was $422. Then when he gets home that night it is so bad he decides to try an older pair, and guess what no problems. So he takes the glasses back and tells them there has to be a problem with them and they were replaced in Aug so still under warrity. They said they would check them out and let him know. Then the following Monday they call and tell him the anti-glare stuff was breaking up. They would let him know how much they would discount the new ones. Now he paid the co-pay when he had his appointment. Wednesday they call him and tell him they will just replace the old ones. Ok why did we pay for the new ones if you are just going to replace the old ones. Why would he want or need a pair of the old ones. This morning I call and they tell me that is all they can do. So I just told them we will be finding a new eye doctor. Thanks for listening.

Well about time for my short shift to end. Going to go home and get busy. Have a good day ladies and know that I keep you all in my prayers.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE