WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2020

Oh I am just having so much fun creating my friendship books. I never realized how much calming joy I get out of cutting up magazines, and gluing stuff! It just puts me in a happy place. Today was a bacon, tomato, turkey and cheese with lettuce and red onion wrap. It was heavenly. :-)
Do what makes ya happy, and be happy with with ya do.
Rebecca
(glad ya all liked the googly eyes of Athena....oh to wake up to her eyes every morning:-)
Rebecca

Correction- 1146 cal burned, not 1413.

Machka- Thanks for the concern. I've had the grain bag for at least a decade. When heating it, there is never a time I leave it without supervision. There are only cotton fabrics as a part of the bag, There is an inner bag for the grain, and an outer textured cotton cover that moderates heat. The grain is buckwheat and is inside the inner cotton bag. The outer fabric is also cotton, but is its a heavier cloth with an excellent waffled texture. I heat it in a microwave & never heat the bag without my active supervision. I make sure to let it cool enough to be safe before I use it. In actual use, it is usually at the foot of my bed. It is useful to get warm on a cold night and is also useful to sooth aching muscles after an active day.

Katla

Did Jillilan Michaels Killer Arms and Back DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a workout on the stair stepper.

After work exercised, went to the Salvation Army because I haven’t been there in a while, then to Hobby Lobby to get yarn for some of the towels and while I was there they have buttons on sale 50% off so I HAD to get some since I know that I’ll need them.

Soup kitchen tomorrow then I have to go to WalMart to get some prescriptions.

Heather – I hope you’re feeling better fast

Really rained this morning and very high winds. Lucky me got to go out and get the carts (I still can’t bring myself to call them “buggies” like they do here in the South. I don’t know if I ever will be). They were blowing all around. They did let me go home early, tho. Two other gals came in and there were VERY FEW customers. At one point there was a power outage for about 3 seconds, but enough for the need for the backup generator.

Barbara – usually my fudge is softer and not as firm as you get in the store.

Rebecca – loved the large up-close pic of Athena

Gdreeves – welcome. Like Carol said, this place will absolutely continue thanks to the tireless work of our Barbie

Rita – I didn’t watch the Halloween baking championship because I thought it was just baking, I didn’t realize that it also had recipes. Will have to check it out

Sharon – have fun on your date

Want to roast chickpeas to have Saturday.

Katla – If t-or-t’ers don’t come to the house, I plan to return what I can and give the rest to the soup kitchen. That is, if Vince doesn’t want it. In the past he has, but I’ve kept the bowl of candy in his office. Out of sight, out of mind

Heather – when my kids were little, I would freeze all of the chocolate candy (no Skittles or Starburst, etc) and then give them one or two pieces for lunch each day. Halloween candy usually lasted me until Easter, then I’d do that same thing

Allie – I get lots of friend requests from guys and I just decline them all.

Fae – well, you better get moving restrawing!!!! Once you get it restrawed, be careful flying!

Made a towel topper and then worked some more on the jigsaw puzzle. I tell you, I have to set a timer or else I’d be there for hours. Also, I find that if I work for an hour or so, I get more done. Many times the pieces are right in front of you. If you look at it too often, you don’t see them

Lanette – I’m going to put “Diet Myth” on my list of books to be read. Looks interesting.

Tracey – Great Puzzle. I can’t wait until I finish mine

Off to do a bit of reading then beddy-bye.

Michele NC

Good morning all. Had my phone physio session, asked me about my general health etc. He had me do some checks on movement of wrist. Reassured me that I was doing the right things especially my knitting. Encouraged me to push a little more as I think I was worried about doing more damage. All in all positive chat. Because of our high rate of Covid he could not arrange face to face session but assured me that if I had any problems I should ring.

BARBARA I loved West Wing and only last night was thinking of going back to the beginning and bingeing. Only trouble DH isn’t into it and because of CV he is always here. I will have to watch on my iPad in the bedroom. We have been watching a lot of Scandinavia Noir just watched season 1 of Alex we both stayed up until 2am Might watch season 2 over the weekend.

One advantage of Foreign stuff is subtitles because his deafness is getting worse the TV has to blast out. Looking to get a headset which will let him control volume while I can still hear normally so not headphones which would cut sound completely.
He can’t get on with his NHS hearing aids and won’t consider better ones, they are expensive but if it were me I wouldn’t hesitate. That’s men for you (you gotta love ‘em) or not, good job I do.

Welcome anyone new

Kate UK ❤️

I woke up a bit down with a headache, but after a full cold moonlight patio Fae She bikini discipline complete with grueling Fae Sas workout completed indoors, I feel like taking a roll call and kicking some kitten. There was some serious calorie incineration transpiring. For some strange reason, I am feeling unusually hormonal. Some old hunk is sleeping peacefully somewhere this morning that wouldn't be if he was here and married to me.

Katla I also make my own buckwheat heat bags and use all cotton. I make the holding bag with heavy T-shirt cotton and next layer I use an old clean cotton towel, then make a colored cotton cover. The one I am using now has been covered three times in 20 years. I put 1:30 minute on it for my eyes and 1:45 for neck, shoulder, face, and hands. Mine still generates a moist heat after all these years. I never had the same result from rice as buckwheat.

Barbara Has the hot rag compress ever been recommended for Joe? I use it first thing in the AM. I fold a facecloth into thirds and run it under hot faucet water and gently ring it and hold it on my eyes for 30 seconds. I do this 3 times and it cleans out gunk from sleeping and gives them relief. I also do the 10 minutes heat pad treatment later, but if Joe would just do the hot face rag it would give him a lot of relief. I got Zek to start doing it after he got an eye infection from using his fingers to brush the sleepy out of his eyes. That man was super stubborn.

I remember our conversation over that issue. Bear in mind he was a retired Paramedic and Marine drill Sargent. "So you handle your thing using the toilet and then you rub the sleepy out of your eyes, what are you Zek, a billy goat? Either use the hot rag every morning or I am calling your daughter." He absolutely hated his daughter coming and taking charge. He could never stand up to her after her mother (his wife) died and she would say, "Ok dad, so here is the way things are going to happen......" And they did.

Michele Thanks for the reminder about careful flying. I forgot I am grounded. I was never fond of that skinny handle all up and in my personal business anyway. I think I will toss the broom once and for all.

Sharon & Barbara Thanks to you two I can no longer pray wearing only a bra without feeling guilty of vanity.

Fae

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