WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2021

Hi Gals,
Barbara – coastie- Looking at the list of things to accomplish makes me wonder if you broke them down into little bite sized pieces and committed 10 minutes at a time (all ideas other gals are doing) would help you feel less overwhelmed and might make it easier to make some of the decisions that are hard right now…

Busy day ahead, I have a load of embroidery to do, and have been hired to make cookies and coffee cake for an upcoming week of teacher training a friend of mine is doing. The training is in a couple of weeks, but I am getting everything I can made ahead of time, just less stress on me to be prepared, and I can work around a hot spell we are supposed to have – I hate to bake on a hot day, with no air conditioning it just makes the house hotter.

Smiles, Kim in Northern California

PS Rebecca - such great news!!!!

Getting my stationery done this weekend. Its just washi tape and a sticker on ruled paper, but I have fun. Its time that I just listen to music on Pandora with my headphones. I have been listening recently to BTS, a Korean pop band, or Leo Moracchioli, a Norwegian singer that turns popular songs into heavy metal songs. He's brilliant!

Bought some tri colored peppers the other day. So sweet and crunchy raw, but I cut one up and mixed with with a couple of spoonfuls of Lee's red beans and rice. Also in the pan was some kielbasa sausage, and a 1/4 of a huge yellow onion. It was glorious! That was my meal yesterday.

Today is breakfast of some sort. I am craving a soft fried egg, all creamy yolks, with some bacon and hearty grain toast. I just have to wait for a bit to have it. I have been devouring all my books I downloaded, just ebooks checked out from our local library and Amazon puts them into my Kindle account. Its crazy easy, and I return them with a click. Easy peasy!

On the first of the month I will check out train schedules and such for my middle of August trip to see eldest sister, then middle son's. Maybe a week at both places! Lee said the house will be so nice and quiet! We will both take a well deserved break from each other. Not that we're having problems mind you! Not figuring out dinner will be nice. Son and husband will eat simpler, and will miss my cooking! More tv dinners! I have to tell him no cast iron cooking though. He doesn't know what simmer means and is always cooking stuff on high. Like a poor can of soup gets literally boiled for a minute! He says whether it is low for 5 min, or high for 1 min, it still gets hot. Gaaaw!

Have a nice weekend ladies! Cheering my cup to ya's!
Rebecca
Whidbey island
Washington

Hello ladies! I’m a bit lazy today. I did my morning walk though and a meditation session. I also sprayed my ant/mice/snake repellent around the campsite. My mix works so do it once a week. Makes everything smell good here. It’s clove and peppermint oils mixed with water and a solvent like alcohol so the oil mixes with the water. Simple but works for me! No ants around my site, no rodents inside or seen, and no snakes seen around my campsite. Been in the same spot for 3 years and have no pest problems si ce I do this. Reduces number of flies around too!

Here are pictures of the Wetlands Trail I walk in the morning. Half boardwalk half not.

RvRita

Rebecca ... so glad your son did not get in trouble for not wearing a mask!

Used vehicles ... I read that prices of both new and used vehicles are through the roof right now and will be until the "chip" shortage sorts itself out ... some say by the 3rd quarter of 2022. Delaying a purchase if possible is probably a good idea.

It was a busy week. Celebrated my mom's 90th birthday. We gave her a bouquet that included 9 roses (one for each decade); took her out to lunch at a swanky restaurant; made a cheesecake for dessert back at the house (with a new recipe that gave me fits when it went soupy before going into the oven); prepared a zucchini casserole that she requested for later that evening; and gave her socks with non-binding tops because she's having a lot of ankle swelling. An odd mix of things, but she seemed happy with it all. Sadly, my son either had a touch a food poisoning or is becoming sensitive to shellfish ... he was sick the whole way home (a 3 hour drive).

Went to lunch today with a friend of my older son. Their relationship was on and off, but, in what turned out to be the last hours of his life, he told me he cared deeply for her. Today at lunch she gave my husband and I a lovely memorial plaque that included one of his favorite Bible verses. She wanted to reminisce about him and, while it was not easy, I'm glad we met with her.

Afterwards we went to the cemetery. My son's headstone is not yet placed and probably won't be until late fall early winter. I'm going to look for some type of lawn ornament on a stake that I can mark his gravesite with. I see others have done so. His spot looks untended somehow.

Plan to harvest my mint and basil and see if anything new will come up. The Japanese beetles went to town on the basil. May or may not plant more basil. Don't need anymore mint.

Barbara ... I completely understand. I just seem to be spinning in circles as well. So much to do and when I finally have time to do something, well ... as you can see ... I get on the computer. My motivation is low.

Beth near Buffalo

Hi! My name is Nikki & live in Las Vegas. I’m new to this sharing but here it goes. I’m 54 and 5’2”. On May 21 went to the dr had high blood pressure & weighed 205. Heaviest I have ever been. Tried the exercise bike & couldn’t get passed a minute. My knees & back were killing me. Dr suggested this app & sent me to physical therapy. As of today down to 192 & can go 10 minutes on the bike! Noticed my size 16 shorts were feeling loose & put on a size 14 that I haven’t gotten into in years! I hope to continue this progress!