WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2016

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Lisa - I have a little 2 cup max coffee maker that uses pods instead of cups. My hack was finding (on line) 'The Duck' which is an insert that allows you to use regular ground coffee instead of pods/cups. Save tons of money and I can get a bit exotic with my morning brew. I've been stuck on Raspberry Chocolate coffee from our local grocery store for some time now. Maybe there is a 'Duck' for your coffee machine out there somewhere.

My dear neighbor's birthday is Halloween (tomorrow). I have decided that he has heard and been given every Halloween themed birthday thing made by now. So I will surprise him and his wife with a batch of his favorite home made ice cream to go with the delicious home made birthday cake I am sure Ruth will make him. No tricks just treats for him tomorrow.

Charleen in Colorado (Cool, cloudy and dreary today. Makes me want to go back to bed.)

DYS just rang me. Tomorrow we are going on Halloween duty with him. :noway: He asked me if we had any masks. Good job I hadn't thrown them away yesterday! I have rooted out a couple for DH and me and a gold one you hold up. These were all hand made by me and used in my theatrical productions. DGS is going as The Grim Reaper and DGD is going as Queen of the Spiders. He says we will be out for 45 minutes. Then I will go for fish and chips. Scared I will be STARVING ! (I am hypoglycemic ). Resolve to take care of myself so I can help the kids enjoy themselves. Will pack two Quest bars.

DYS couldn't remember which dog was whose, but remembered Johnny the best. I hope I've remembered it correctly. DOS was a bit older, of course, so will have a better memory. DYS thought it was a good idea to send Johnny to DOS.

Looking forward to tomorrow, but expecting to be KNACKERED. (British English) :laugh:

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

stat for the day:
jog- 48.05min, 9.37ap, 6.1-6.7sp, 0-4.0incl, 163mhr, 5mi = 531cal

last run b4 the big one

Carol how fun!

I should feel very lucky and blessed that Charlie have never been in that penny pinching state. I am sure that when Charlie was growing up that he must have felt it in his family. But if my parents were poor us kids never knew it because of the amount of love. Plus our churches always kept us in venison, half a gog or beef, one member owned a skating rink so we had free recreation. And Mom and Dad always made life fun for us. They always had a large garden or helped with the work for a church member so that we could use it. When I graduated from nursing school the government had this wonderful grant policy that if you worked at certain hospitals, your payment is cut in half that year. And the whole 3 years which included room, board and all meals cost $700/year. But by the time the 3 years of 1/2 payment went by they changed it that I could do it for another 3 years. As an RN, I made good money. Back in 1972 when I started, my started hourly wage was $3.95! When I stopped it was $20/hour. Charlie only had a high school degree and many times he was totally upset when as a HS graduate his position didn't pay the level he thought was equal to his intelligence and job importance. Yes, a pharmacy tech was very important but the hospital put all technicians at a certain pay level. But we have always had the policy of no credit card policy. We own our house and both cars.

Was able to go to Sunday School and church and sang in the choir but I sure hurt the whole time. I have my appointment Tuesday,

Joyce, Indiana

Heather – Nice thing about Windows 10 is that I can ‘look something up’ without having to go out of the program I am in; and, can also open up 4 different sites at one time. Usually, I can guess what a word means by how it is used in a sentence; but, like to ‘make sure of it’.

Joyce – My Dad was an attorney; Mother a HS English/Lit/Grammar teacher; she did not make a whole lot of money; and Daddy sometimes would ‘barter’ for his services. One day, he walked up to the ‘evidence table’ and took a shotgun off it; the Judge asked ‘what he was doing’? His reply was ‘getting paid’. Can’t do that now-a-days. Guess that was sort of a ‘perk’ of living in a small town; having the ‘Chief Judge’ living in the same town and being a ‘friend’, even if several counties were in his jurisdiction. We always felt ‘rich’ in love. We always had what we ‘needed’; but, not always what we ‘wanted’. Other than I got a Dale Evans cowgirl outfit for my 3rd Christmas and a red wooden rocking horse. I thought I had ‘died and gone to Heaven’ . I rocked that horse so hard that its nose and tail would almost hit the ground. My Mother gave it or loaned it out and never got it back. So when my oldest son was little we bought a rocking horse. He loved it as much as I had loved mine. DYS did not care one bit about it. Too busy getting into things. I later saw the same type of red wooden rocking horse at a Junior League Auction, not in good shape and they had a $300 price tag on it. So, I never got a red wooden rocking horse since. I don’t remember any of our granddaughters wanting a ‘rocking horse’ … they wanted the ‘real’ thing.

Lenora

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Good Evening Ladies,

KJ, your kids are so cute in their costumes. Thanks for sharing with us.

Penny, that sounds like a great idea about one of those Samsung phones. I keep hearing a lot about them too. If you do get one, just don’t bring it when you come to the US. LOL

Barbie, I love the pic of you in your pumpkin suit with Brandy and Sasha looking up at you.

Charleen, I hope your little tree makes it.

KarenVA, it sounds like a marvelous time with the grands. Good for all of you!!

Heather, people make assumptions about others all the time. I’m sure many thought you “had it made” to be able to write and not “work” outside the home. You paid your dues for sure. I hope the stuffed dog comes out good and helps your DS.

Tere, wow you have been through a lot in the past year! It sounds like you have come through the worst of the storm and we are here to cheer you into good health. Plan what you eat and just take one day at a time. Congrats on your marriage and I wish you many years of happiness.

Rita, love your friends that take you for a walk. How nice for all 4 of you.

Lisa, I agree that we can usually find places in our lives to save money if we just analyze things. Good for you.

CarolGA, great picture.

Barbie, you are so right about saving money. My two favorite stores have been having huge sales so I just don’t even go in so I won’t buy something. I really don’t need anything.
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I went with DH to the Sunday breakfast place that he likes so much. I’ve turned down invitations for the past two weeks. Since I ate what I shouldn’t, I went to the gym and worked some of it ff. It was such a beautiful day that I wanted to do something outside but that didn’t happen.
Sending love and good thoughts to all of you and I hope you all have a Happy and Healthy Day!

Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

tomorrow, i go to the new office and use my new bike locker. we'll see how smooth it goes. work for 2 more days then we're off to california

My family and I have been messaging each other tonight about Christmas. It is going to be so different for me this year. It is already stressful. I don't know why I am so stressed over everything lately. For the last two years we have rented a hall for our dinner and then come back here for gift exchange which in my mind IS Christmas. It is the reading of the Christmas story, even though it is read on a phone, singing carols. women doing their 'secret Santa stocking stuffer' thing and then finally opening of gifts with Michelle and my grand daughters being elves. As the other kids get older they will take that job over. So this year it will all be at this hal. It is not somewhere that is ever decorated for Christmas plus it will be done December 31st. So, what do we do for a tree. There will be 8 children 5 and under plus my two 10 and 15. Bedlam, holy bedlam. 4 of these children are shy, the other are, well let's just say they haven't been brought up like the others. Christmas tree. I can't see not having a tree. But I don't want to buy a tree and decorating it over and several hours later taking it all down. I think we are going to have my two DGD draw a tree on a big piece, like big wall size, paper and having the kids taping ribbon, etc as decorations. Adults can help draw their hands on it, just stuff like that. But I want a tree to put presents under. Is it just because we are traditional??? Plus at the eye level that kids are going to be doing their drawing or decorating, it won't leave any room for gifts and stockings. Games to keep the kids busy. I am putting to much thinking on me because we always have ti at my house and there is room to play but not a big hall for them to run wild like the 4 kids who live like that.

Knowing me, I will lay awake at night thinking about this and trying to 'solve' it. I know exercise would help to de-stress me. Do I do it???? No. Maybe I just need to go look at pictures at Bea!!!! LOL

Joyce, Indiana