WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2018

The nails are ready

Hello all: Nice day here today. It was cool and cloudy this morning so I got some yardwork done, currently have water going in the front pasture. Everything is so very dusty. Too much sugar today, not sure what is up with that. Maybe because I started the day with a breakfast bar and milk so I started out with sweet. I need to get some overnight oatmeal made. Dinner will be roasted talapia so that should help.

Rori - Lovely remodel and awesome use of space.

Lisa - Sending healing angels your way.

Pip - Love the nails. So nice they match your bike.

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Wow Mary! Could anyone have taken them? I never thought of THAT as a reason to lose weight!! :laugh:

Rori - You have been a model of patience for your remodel. I hope you enjoy it to the full, especially as you will be cycling away in your kitchen. Great idea! As well as my morning cycle I do a session alternate days with running in the afternoon. I always watch some tv on my tablet.

Yoga today. I did put out my running clothes last night, but was too groggy this morning and went back to sleep. It's not really light enough now at the time I went out in July and a bit later is too busy with cars and DH wants to start his day. I will run after lunch if it's not too hot. If it is, I will cycle. (stationary)

Had veggie curry last night and I have enough left over for my lunch. Butternut squash, garbanzos, spinach and cauliflower.

One good thing about not moving earlier in the year is that we have been able to enjoy our fruit crop. Gooseberries, blackcurrants, plums, apples, blackberries from the lane and we should be able to use the pears soon. Those that are in the freezer we should be able to eat up.

The mortgage valuer is coming on Thursday for our buyers. A part of me worries that they will try to reduce the price, but I'm trying not to worry.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Good morning all! Happy Tuesday!
Rori- The remodel is beautiful!
PIp- Love your nails! You are going to ROCK this race!
Mary- LOL! Sorry you got locked out; but I am giggling because that is something that would happen to me except there is no WAY I could wiggle into a 12x18" opening! You are amazing! Did you ever figure out what happened to your keys?
Machka- Nice run! Thanks for the info on Labour Day in different areas! It never occurred to me that the school schedule would be different based on where you live. Makes sense, though. School times have historically always went with the farm schedules. Kids, as a rule, went to school when they weren't needed to help on their family farm. So...because your seasons differ from ours, stands to reason that your school year would follow that! Very cool!
Heather- I am already beginning to miss the sunrise early in the morning! I have always been a morning walker/runner so I have a headlamp that I wear when I go out in the mornings. The only down side to those early walks/runs are the spider webs that are constructed nightly between the trees that the bike path runs through. Extra calorie burn as I flail about trying to get them off me!

I am so happy to be done with the "party every day" season! lol It is fun while I am doing it; but man! It takes a lot out of me! It is officially back to school time! For the next two weeks we will be playing/learning and reviewing things the kids already know. In two weeks I will assess where they are and then we will go into our "school" mode, where we have a letter, number, shape, color for each week. We will be working on kindergarten readiness, basic life skills, and social skills all through play. We will have about two party days a month, now. Much more manageable.
I heard from one of my returning families (girls not here in the summer due to mom being a teacher). The three year old has regressed with the potty training over the summer. She is back in diapers. So...I will need to retrain her. I think that is partly due to her baby sister becoming more mobile and getting lots of attention and also to the family's very busy schedule, and the parents putting her in a diaper during those "vacation weeks" because it is easier. Bummer to see all of that potty training work down the drain! Oh well, my three year old boy who started with me in June is not potty trained yet; so maybe he will potty train with this little girl. Here's hoping!
The cupboards are hung in the kitchen and the closets are painted, re-shelved, etc. I just need to put the trim up in the bigger closet (that now is like a little alcove for the daycare kid's things) and I also need to find a bench seat. I am currently using my piano bench, which works; but is not ideal!

I better fly! Kids arriving soon! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)