WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2018

Happy Saturday morning, afternoon, evening, all...

Second night in the mountain house last night, and the new occupants are all settling in. It was Egg's first night out of the bedroom we're using for storage. She's doing SOOO much better than she did on the last move, but a) she's older, and b) there's no German shepherd here, or grandkids, to freak her completely out, as they did in North Carolina. It did, however, remind me why we don't let her in our bedroom at night. I'm a light sleeper, at best, and every time she walks over me, I wake up. And if I have a hand outside the cover, it is actively head-butted and solicited for some petting, which definitely wakes me up. And when I wake up, Corey wakes, although the cat's activities don't wake him at all. NOT a good night's sleep for any of us, in the end.

But, on the good side, she did come out of the storage room voluntarily last evening, if slowly and tentatively, and she and our son's cat, Mrr, didn't actively tie up during the evening. There were high-pitched kitty growls here and there, but overall, pretty peaceful. Mrr stays in our son's room and goes in and out a window all night long, so Egg had the run of the house last night. It's a start.

Also good news, because the grass slowed down enough that the mowing crews didn't have any work scheduled, Cor's off today, yay! Which means he and Johnny can head down and pick up the large furniture once they're both up and around. I'll take my little truck down too, and pack up the remaining bits and pieces that need to come this way, but will leave the heavy lifting to the guys.

Heather, only ten days for you! AND you can finally start making plans for your heavenly Hove. I know I've mentioned that I lived in England for nearly six years all told, the first three near Lakenheath, in Suffolk, and the second three years, between Reading and Newbury. The first three years, explored the east coast, Great Yarmouth and the like, and up into Yorkshire and Scotland. The second three years, London, Brighton, Dover, Cornwall and Wales. Even stayed in a B&B on the Isle of Ipswich once, and water-skied the Solent once. Well, I absorbed a LOT of seawater, and stayed up on the skis for a few moments anyway. I absolutely loved Brighton, such warm energy there. You bring back some amazing memories... perhaps someday I can bring my second and final husband back with me. I left for the last time in 1992, more than 26 years ago now.

And, lastly, because this is, after all, a health and fitness site, my weight is back down within a half-pound of my lowest this year, which makes me happy. There hasn't been much time to eat, honestly.

But, since no one respects vacation any more, swapped e-mails with the event committee last night, and because life is never simple, they want to physically sign all the letters that are going out for nominations for awardees, and that must be out by November 1. That means I need to get the letters created, then print them and put them together so they can sign, stuff and mail them, and then Fed-ex them to Midland from El Paso while I'm there next Wednesday and Thursday. Sure... no problem!

It's a weird life, but someone has to live it, I guess.

Onward and upward, swapping my second cup of coffee for a cup of tea, in Heather's honor, this morning. Try not to think about the fact that I use powdered creamer in my tea as well as my coffee. Living in Britain taught me to put milk in tea, but I never have it around anymore, so powdered creamer it is...

Love y'all,
Lisa in AR, home at last

The relationship between Brighton and Hove. The South Downs is just behind the city.
My grandparents moved to Saltdean for a while after they retired, so we visited often.

Michele How was that movie?

Karen – it was a play at our local theater. I think having it in the courthouse really made it that much more powerful. The actors were really good. Thanks for asking. I ushered for it last week but this time we sat further in the front which gives you a different perspective.

Michele in NC

Rye

fanncy0626 wrote: »

Rye- you are a fantastic artist! What a beautiful kittie!

Rye - absolutely! You are SO talented! What a great idea sending it to your sis ;-)

Ladies, regarding Wendy - I started a search for her yesterday. For some reason - maybe she mentioned at one time - I thought she was on the north big Island of New Zealand, MAYBE. I think she was from the SW side around Wanganui - and I could be wrong! Know she and her DH had a travel biz they sold. Is his name John? And she hauls her horses to the beach. And has hives of bees producing Manuka honey. I'm considering sending inquiries to agencies with contacts down in that region - but I don't want them, or her, to think we are stalking. LOL. Hopefully she'll respond in a few days if she knows she's on our wavelength.

I wanted to comment that I found she signed up with us in September of last year.... it was interesting reading our posts from a year ago and seeing what all we were up to.

Also, I picked up a couple little pizzas at the grocery store today with "alternative" crusts. One brand is called "Realgood Pizza- Three Cheese" with 4 gms of carbs, 25 gms of protein per serving-it's a small personal size pie, 1/2 is a serving. The crust is made with chicken breast and parmesan cheese which should be interesting. They are spendy but Safeway had buy one, get one free so I hope it's edible.

The other one is called "Cauliflower Pizza-Your Favorite Vegetable" I picked up at Wally World. 37 gm carbs, 12 gm protein, 3 gm fiber per serving which is 1/2 pizza - and it's what I would call a medium size store pizza.

I know several of you have made cauliflower crusts, so I'm anxious to see what they are like before I try it myself. I normally have a huge salad for dinner and was running out of ideas what protein to have with it. I'm getting filled up on chicken breast and canned salmon.

Lanette
SW WA State