WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2018

Rye - good luck with getting out of the jury pool early! I bet you are on the money about not getting motion sickness due to your lack of vision in one eye. Good luck on your project! I think your lack of biocular (binocular?) vision has caused you to be blessed in other ways.

Penny - that's a mighty little stoat! Neat photos! I have to remind myself to stop hogging the conversation sometimes. Not everyone finds obscure topics as fascinating as I do, lol. I need a tattoo on the palm of my hand that says "talk less listen more".

Machka - thank you for the "windyty" link. I put it on my PC last year, it must still be in development as some of the overlays weren't working for my region. And this summer every day was registering as HOT it seems (not the software's fault) and I got tired of being reminded, lol.

Good for you taking time off from school. Great opportunity for you and your husband to enjoy the summer and not be burdened with lessons in addition to your work schedule. And hoping your jaw/tooth ache gets cleared up soon. Did you say you had a doc appointment coming up?

Kylia - welcome home - I think your vacation cabin and location was just perfect, that's the type of vacation that would appeal to me. Hope your desk isn't too buried when you return to work.

Kim - that urban garden sounds fascinating. Do they have any pests such as bunnies and deer they'll need to control and if so, how do they manage that? So glad to hear your embroidery business is roaring!

Kate - sorry to hear about your neighbor and friend. You are such a dear to have been there for your friend. You are an inspiration to me.

Barbie - I love your post today. This is such a great group - there is something and someone here for everyone. New folks, hang in there and keep reading and jump in or don't. You'll get to know us. The discussion on here runs from lots of diet information (I don't mean going on a diet, I mean eating for health), exercise, sexual and physical abuse, situations in our lives that impact how we feel. I wonder how many of us would have had struggles with weight if we'd have had a group like this when we were younger?

Also, new folks, we try real hard to not discuss politics and religion. There are plenty of other places on the internet to vent about those topics.

Where's our Wendy? Busy making queen bees?

It's rainy and chilly this morning but I'm going to gear up for my walk and then my workout. Being consistent is the secret as many of you have stated. We don't have to fall in love with the movement and exercise, get it done and go on with our day. And we'll meet the rest of that day with more energy!

We are in between rain squalls right now. And we opened a gate and shooed out the twin fawns from our back yard yesterday. They really needed to move on, having eaten just about everything there was to munch on as far as landscape plants and part of the garden! So hoping I see them happy in someone else's back yard.

Have a good day ladies!

Lanette
Rainy & cool SW WA State

Yes, Katla, the stoat is a weasel. We've got several of that family here on the island. We've seen otters and minks and stoats and their even smaller cousin the least weasel. Female least weasels are only 4 inches long, though males can be twice that. Stoats change to their white fur jackets in the winter and call themselves ermines. :laugh: I strongly suspect that the ermine in da Vinci's portrait of a Lady with an Ermine is actually a ferret because it's HUGE.

Fun fact about stoats: they sometimes kill more than they can eat, but if they do, they stash the excess and save it for later "to avoid obesity, as overweight stoats tend to be at a disadvantage when pursuing prey into their burrows". How's that for a role model, ladies?

A friend of ours tells a story about least weasels. He was doing some research on voles, trapping them to study population dynamics and whatnot. A least weasel had been caught in one of the traps. When he opened it up, the weasel shot straight into his right sleeve, ran up his arm, across his back, down his left sleeve and out at the cuff before he could even blink. They're quick little critters!

Lanette - I was wondering about Wendy, too. Her daughter was expecting, but it wasn't quite time yet, was it?

I also found it a struggle getting out to do my run today, but I gritted my teeth and got the job done. I have a 150 km target for September, which helped me get my ar§e in gear. I put in 5 km so at least I didn't lose any ground.

Best of luck with your blood work Allie. :flowerforyou:

/Penny

Barbie ~ Can you share your husband's pork roast recipe? It sounds yummy!

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Barbie ~ Thanks! I'll probably try it in the Instant Pot or just in the oven. I gave away my slow cooker.

Heather -

Congratulations Grandma Margaret! I envy you your zinnias. I love zinnias but haven't been able to grow them this far north. I guess it's the price I pay for my fantabulous raspberries.

/Penny

Good afternoon Ladies -

Hubs and I have spent the day doing little projects around the house. He fired up the charcoal grill for lunch. I snuck a couple of chicken breasts on the grill along with our tuna steaks we were having for lunch. I froze 12 portions of char-grilled chicken breast for another day. If the weather is nice he has been grilling tuna steaks, broccolini and asparagus for lunch on Sundays. It is a delicious meal that we both enjoy. I can't eat tuna at a restaurant because they don't want to cook it any way except seared. I know that is the preferred way to cook tuna, but I can't stand the texture. I need it well done. Hubs will do that for me. I butterfly my piece of tuna and he cooks it 4X as long as his.

Have a great evening!

Okie in the TX Hill Country

no workout today per kirby