WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2021

Michele- I am so sorry that your visit was so bad- sounds like more of maid/nanny service without pay or appreciation.

Did good on tracking the past two days. Getting back on intermittent fasting has been a struggle but doing it. Trying to stay busy so I don't think about it.
Worked in the garden a bit yesterday morning- had to replace the netting over my raised bed that has my cucumbers and catnip- to keep the cats out and the critter who ate my cucumber plants two years ago(ate the stem off right at ground level when the plants were full grown and producing- I was so mad- lost half my plants)
The feral cats LOVE the catnip and try and sneak in and roll all over it. The catnip is what I planted last year- first time- didn't know it would come back/keep growing a second year- harvested a big bunch to put in my new herb dryer racks(the thing is HUGE- 8' tall and 3' across!!! I need to make a bunch of new cat toys for my cats and to share.
My friend texted- she wanted to go walk- YEAH- walked for almost 90 min. Felt great. Wish we could go more often. I need to get back walking by myself.

Sticking to my 1200 cal the past two days since I started tracking again.

I am off tomorrow- trying to figure out what husband and I can do- told him I wanted to do something different, besides shopping(the man LOVES to shop). I told him I would like to go to the park and walk for a little bit- he wants to go.......yep- shopping. He had mentioned going out to lunch at the coast but too far to drive after him working all night. One day, when he is not working all night and I am off, then we will go to the coast.

Heading out to finish dead heading my roses- got most of them done- just a few that are really hard to get to and are the thorniest ones are left. Going to finish my coffee first(already had two cups of tea and have tomato juice set out next- trying to drink more low cal drinks to fill me up so I eat less.

Have a great Wed. everyone

Debbie
Napa Valley, CA


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got the roses done and then picked my first small batch of raspberries- the plants have really spread so hoping the produce enough to make a small batch of jam plus enough to eat fresh. LOVE going out in the front yard in the morning and eating my breakfast/snack right there(later in the season I will enjoy cucumbers and tomatoes in the back yard)

Pip ... love the photos you've shared. Yogi in the hollowed out tree! Love it! That is one happy dog!

Michele ... your disappointment just leaps from the page here. I'm so sorry. Not certain where I saw this but sharing again as I find it's very true.
Now this is not much of an NSV when it comes down to it, but I'm gonna claim it. I was trying a new recipe for chocolate chip cookies that was supposed to produce "soft and chewy" cookies. I followed the directions precisely and the first pan out of the oven was just plain raw even after extending the instructions baking time by nearly 5 minutes. I threw them in the trash. Now I love raw cookie dough and I easily could have eaten those, but I didn't. The remaining pans were ok, but have been bagged up and put away for when my guys get home tomorrow. I'm feeling virtuous!

Allie ... we spent a lot of time in Brentwood when our son was living in Nashville. Hotels are not cheap down there and the one we found that was cheaper ... let's just say it wasn't a good decision ...

This weekend I'm going to be traveling to be with my parents (92 and 90) as we are finally going to begin the purge of their possessions. A neighborhood garage sale is coming up and they have decided to empty the basement. I'll go this weekend and help them start sorting and then my brother and his family are visiting in a couple weeks to do the heavy lifting up the stairs.

At the same time, I'm going through our basement purging things for our church's garage sale. Also going through some of my son's things to donate. I've already donated all of his clothing to a mission, but he has so many, many books. Books were his comfort "food." Every shelf and surface he had was covered in books. Most of them are outside of my interest (and, to be honest, my intellectual abilities) so I'll donate those. Some he had asked me to read previously, so I will keep those and work through them. Unlike some of you, I am no good with foreign languages, so the foreign language books I'll donate. I have discovered that we have ... ahem ... several borrowed books to return.

Beth near Buffalo

Gorgeous day here, sunny and in the 60s. I have been working on our gazebo area weeding and trimming. The little holly tree is looking sick and losing leaves. It has been an unusually warm, dry spring. I wonder if it needs more water. I have 3 more petunias to plant in pots. One will go in the last pot out by the gazebo but the 2 starlight petunias will go in the pots in front of the cabin. I am waiting for our tenant to go to work before I do those. He is a nurse who works nights in the ED and sleeps during the day.

Michelle - Sorry your visit did not go as well as you wished but at least you got to spend time with PJ.

Katla- You seem really excited about DDs visit. Hope you have happy times.

Pip - looks like a fun trip.

Everyone take care Sue in WA