WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2020

Here's the towel topper I made for the lady at the soup kitchen

Michele NC

I layered zuchini, red onions, three meatballs and sauce, and cheese. It was so good with campenelli noodles. I then had a small bowl of cereal an hour later. I closed my window at 3:00 pm. I was able to write 4 letters so about 16 pages total. It helped that my pen pals asked a lot of questions.👍
I cooked up three cube steaks, for the guys. Husband organized fries and onion rings. I used bacon grease to fry them in, just a spoonful. At the end I finished cooking them in a tablespoon of butter. Made them creamy saucy with lots of spices!

I kind of wanted some toast, but I am standing firm and not.💖
💖Rebecca

Debbie - I love your Christmas decorating. I like going all out too, but don’t have a lot of outdoor decorations.

Barbara - I would just be grateful that someone else did the dishes as well. I think this younger generation is better at having partnerships in housekeeping duties than we did.

Heather - we have been doing that alternative extra Christmas for 11 years now. We are this year as well by our daughter is hosting in her new house. Her husband has to work Christmas Day, but has invited his Mother to come here.

Okie - I had to laugh at your tree slab table. I sympathize. My husband has been going to make a headboard for us for 5 years now. I don’t think it will happen this year either.

Kylia - I would have declined that baby shower invitation too. I wouldn’t even imagine having one right now. Fall is peeking here too, it seems we’ve only had summer for two weeks because of all of the rain we’ve had this summer.

Machka - happy Anniversary to your parents.

Lanette - I mentioned to the Director of Care and Social Worker that I was concerned about her memory lapses. They have a better relationship with her than I do and it seems to me she thinks people without a Masters degree just don’t know anything. They each have one so she may take their concerns seriously. If she is sick I’m truly sorry for all of the nasty thoughts I’ve had. I don’t want to see anyone suffer.

Lisa and Machka - Love the adult meme and comments. I wish I was a kid again sometimes.

Heather - isn’t it nice how we can change and adapt throughout our lives.

Margaret - I agree that so much more needs to be done for mental health. I hope the next generation does much better than us.

Beth - I am so sorry you are going through all of this. I love the picture, I saved that one to share earlier today.

Rita - I would be running so far in the other direction!

Rebecca - I love your son’s LEGO you’ve shared. My Brother was big into It growing up and his son was as well. As I said my Grandson is more into the people. He builds buildings or whatever as needs for his people’s story to be told. I think he is going to be a director or something. From the time he started playing he has always played with little figures and tells a story. Now he tries to make little movies. He will be 9 in exactly one month, I will be 52, he was a birthday present for me.

Heather - I’m so happy you had a wonderful visit. We didn’t let our Grands hug or kiss us until about June. They are staying home though, no activities and if they go to a store they wear a mask. I talked to the RN’s at work and they agreed that mental health is as important as physical health and as long as they didn’t come around if they were unwell I would not be risking anything.
Yours lost tv privileges for sneaking biscuits. When ours were here last night Michaela (4)was telling us how Jonah is grounded and how that came to be, she ended up talking so much that it came out she had actually done the same thing and as this was news to their mother she ended up grounded herself. It was funny she had actually ratted on him and he didn’t tell on her, just took his grounding.

Pip - love the chair.

Michele - I used to have some of those towels and really miss them. I see them from time to time here at craft sales, but the towels are all “old ladyish” to me so I don’t grab them. I love the one you did.

Beth - so glad you have your son home. It will give you piece of mind. The cloth masks aren’t allowed here I medical facilities, I saw an article where they tested 14 different types and the paper surgical masks were the best. It makes no sense that they allowed some with cloth ones though.

Thankfully tomorrow is Friday and then I am off until next Thursday. I don’t know how much I’ll be able to keep up over the next few days as the Grands will be with us. On Saturday I am picking them up in the morning, we are going to spend the night with our youngest daughter and her husband. We have grand plans for a float on a lake, s’mores around the campfire and Uncle Buddy (Brodey) built a surprise tire swing today. We are keeping them until Tuesday while their parents go get a breather alone before school goes back in and stress starts all over.

I took next Wednesday to recuperate after having them for 3 days. 😂

Tracey in Edmonton