WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2021

Accountability:
Lisa your metaphor and nothing like a pb sandwich to stick it all together
Karen prayers for your brother. ((hugs))
Pip con VERY gratulations on your jingle bell run!
Betsy for your friend. The videos of KY on TV are heartrending.
Evelyn “…waffling between rain and pouring rain…” my window too. ;} A little ”dusting” is forecast for our neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, unusual event here.
Kay an inch from your waist! Now THAT is a VICTORY!!!
Michele good luck with the dry ice.

Poor dogs, no trips down the drive to the power line for two days in a row. Tomorrow I’ll pull my (big girl) rain pants up and just do it. Re-watched part of magic hand and played that game with the dogs. Had to tie up Tumble’s bangs so she could see the treats as they dropped from between my fingers. Messy but seems to catch their attention

Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW

Good morning. Just catching up.with comments 😂

KJLaMore wrote: »

A quick announcement! Baby Javier was born Wednesday, Dec 8. 7pounds 14 oz and 20 inches long! Everyone doing well!

Awww… Javier is gorgeous

DrKatie: 😍 The perfectly fitting shirt.
Kate: I fully understand the apprehension about travelling. When we went up to the city on Monday 8 Dec for my grandson's graduation I was quite apprehensive and anxious, but it wasn't quite the trial that I was expecting.
Evie: I always find the dynamic between the siblings extremely interesting. Also the changes over the years are quite surprising. Enjoy your works party.
Heather: I hope that you had a good sleep after your exciting adventure visiting your brother-in-law. Enjoy your visit with the grandchildren.
Machka: Bravo on the PYRR for you both. You earned that nap.
Lisa: I drink plain water with meals, herbal tea in the morning, decaf coffee during the day, tea after dinner, and an occasional nightcap of chai latte. It's good to know that you are feeling better. Fingers crossed that nothing interferes with your Christmas plans.
Sue: 😍Your co-op discount.
Allie: I love your positive attitude. Even with all you have been through, you look on the bright side.

DH is going walking with DYD and her dogs, so I have a little time to myself this morning to work on my cards. Most of them are hand delivered so there is no real rush for them, but I still have to get some of my posted ones finished, and written. I also have some crafting/painting I want to do as small personal gifts.

Love to y'all. Have a blessed Sunday.

☘️ Terri

Thanks for good wishes on my upcoming trip, sure I’ll be fine. Had Christmas meal at son’s new house yesterday. Good food, few drinks and lots of laughs. Greatgrands there to liven up proceedings 😀 We do this every year as we normally jet off to Spain about this time. Maybe next year 👍

Stay safe

Kate UK ❤️

This is Sunday Morning, December 12. Yesterday we had the lighted Christmas “ships” Parade visit our town. It was a treat that we haven’t seen since the pandemic hit the world. It was great to see a longtime event return to our part of the river. After the parade, the city provided a hot meal at the docks for those who participated in the lighted parade. I expect they will stay at the city docks until this evening and then parade up the Multnomah Channel to Portland.

Heather – I envy your proximity to your grandchildren. It is wonderful that you and Johnny are able to take care of them while mom and dad get their booster jabs.

Barbara- Our favorite cheese is Tillamook Red Cheddar Cheese. YUM! I envy your wood stove. A cast iron woodstove is the best, ever. Our previous home had a wonderful cast iron fireplace insert. This house has a natural gas fireplace. It is lovely to watch but doesn’t give the kind of heat that a wood stove provides. Re knitting - I knitted blankets for our baby grandsons and they were fun for me and cozy for our grandson in the past & his baby brother now. I am ready to jump into knitting some baby blankets that can be given to the mothers of brand-new babies. Barbie and Cheri both do this kind of giving and I am planning to get moving in that direction.

Lisa – I am so happy for you! You are healing yourself, a bit at a time. You deserve this happiness.

Allie – Happy for you and Alfie, and especially pleased for Tracy.

Karen in VA – I am so sorry to hear that your brother is suffering in the hospital with a serious foot infection. I hope they’re able to vanquish the infection.

Pip- Congratulations on your run. You are an amazing athlete.

Betsy in NW WA – I’m sorry to hear that a former coworker had her house flattened by a tornado. Scary for the community and a huge loss for your friend.

Evelyn – I am delighted to hear that your recliners will be delivered soon.

Allie- Your community seems to be full of people who like to give advice or criticize. Embarrassing a pregnant mom by comparing her to Santa is about as rude as I can imagine.

Barbie – Your dog walking is wonderful for you and Sasha.

I am just finishing my first cup of coffee. It seems to be a good start for the day.

Katla in NW Oregon

Good morning ladies!
Stayed up until 11 pm last night. A rare thing! Watched some old John Denver concerts, some Andy Williams Christmas specials. Just smiling and enjoying.
Woke up at 9:30am to Lee playing "Harper Valley PTA" (really loud) country song from his room next door, LOL! He does that most weekends, wake me up with songs. Listening to the original (1968), then the Dolly Pardons version in 1969. Then Lee found one that Loretta Lynn did on some variety show. She was giggling, coming in the wrong times. She was reading from cue cards. Nowadays country stars wouldn't be caught in that embarrassing situation, they would have practiced, and taped it. Back then it was more important to be seen, to promote yourself, even your human side, where you make mistakes and can laugh about it, no big deal.
Today was SUPPOSED to be pinto beans soup but I never took the ham hocks out so they're in the fridge for tomorrow. I will make chicken fried rice today instead. My meals these days have been quite labor intensive! On Friday it was fluffy tapioca, and yesterday was cube steak, cheesy scalloped potatoes and corn. I spoil my guys, but they always oogle and ahh over it, so that makes me happy.
Have a nice Sun, or Monday y'all!
Rebecca
Whidbey
WA

Isn't this tree magnificent? I would most likely have it out all year, putting different holidays on it. It just looks so elegant.

Stat for the day-

Housecleaning etc- 3hrs 7min 19sec, vacuum, dust, laundry fold and put away, wash/clean filters of vacuums= 865c

Barbie – I plan to start knitting again as soon as I can. I need to get to a yarn store so that I can get moving in the right direction. I will likely drive to JoAnn’s in Beaverton where I found the yarn for my most recent baby blanket. I knitted the blanket and shipped it to our daughter-in-law in Virginia. Our new grandson is now snug and warm in it.

I’m curious about your new challenge, knitting blankets for teenagers. How big are the blankets likely to be? I’ve thought of lap-robes for elderly in care homes. Still thinking. Walmart here has some yarn, but not anything I want to use for a blanket. This is not a full-sized Walmart. I like your comment about choosing yarn colors that you enjoy. Color makes a huge difference for me and choosing something I like to work with is important.


The Christmas Ships visited our part of the Columbia River for many years, then the pandemic came along, and everything seemed to change. We didn’t see the Christmas Ships group for a couple of years. Yesterday evening the group was here for the first time in a long while and gave us a wonderful show. Each boat is decorated with lights, and some also played music. DH & I enjoyed the parade. It was a delight. They’re resting here today and will head up the Multnomah Channel to Portland this evening.

Katla in NW OR

Recovering from clearing 20 inches of snow yesterday. At son's house the neighbors brother parked in front of my son's house and did not move it in time for the plows. He did get a ticket. He almost got towed. Still I do not have access for any parking spots in front of my home because the snow is too deep. In the past I went ahead and shovelled. This time I did ask that the brother shovel my spots. Their side is clear because the neighbor moved their cars. Fortuantely if he fails to do this we are going to have a warm up and I should be able to park again by the end of the week. I just want him to learn not to do it again. At least I asked and did not stew and refuse to clean up the mess his car left behind. In the meantime I have to park in front of other neighbors houses.

At our home a neighbor helped with their snowblower shovel out the first 10 inches. Our snow blower did not work. I keep forgetting to check it in the fall to make sure it is good to go.

I did finish up the sidewalks today and got a lovely surprise concert. Carolers came to sing to a shut in and they sang Polish Christmas carols it put me in the Christmas spirit.

I got plenty of exercise this week.

Rita I have story for your students how important it is to pay attention to your enviroment and to speak up if you see something is wrong. On Wednesday this week the church I go to caught fire. It was a six year old girl coming out of the school next door who noticed flames coming from the roof. Due to her observation and her father's quick action the fire did far less damage because it was caught quickly and no one was hurt in the fire. It had started in the roof by the library. We were able to have church today because it did not get to the sanctuary. They interviewed our pastor, and he was more concerned the effect this will have on the preschool that runs out of our building. Again because it was caught so quickly the impact will be far less. Even a child can save a life.

Did Jillian Michaels Burn Fat Boost Metabolism DVD. Work tomorrow. Bowling and at night ceramics

Barbara – I know I can get the dry ice at this one store about 10 miles away. The thing is that right after I get it, I need to ship the box of food. Maybe Tuesday.

Just tried to get a gift certificate to Ruby Tuesday for Denise and Pete. Do you know that physical cards are out of stock on the website but I know that I can get one at Publix. We need to stop there anyway after ceramics tomorrow night. I just need to be sure that it can be used at any RT, not just here in NC

Made the sausage cheese balls for this week and some chocolate chip cookies to send to Jess, for this week and also for our Christmas Eve.

Speaking of Christmas Eve, Vince texted Denise that he would think they’d come in her car since it’s OK, she doesn’t have to pay for a hotel, she doesn’t have to pay for her meals. He hasn’t heard back from her (no surprise there). I ordered a gift card for one place there and it will be mailed to me and then I’ll buy the RT gift certificate. That and the things I have that I won’t ship but will probably take up with us the next time we go should be enough. Should by some miracle she come down here, I can give them to her. Or else I'll just mail the gc's and the other things I'll take up there when we go next, hopefully in June. I'll have Amazon deliver toys to PJ and if they're late, they're late.

Allie – have a good time update; seems you did, I’m so happy for you

Went to WalMart this morning mainly because I needed gas and the gas station wasn’t open. However, they didn’t have some of the things I needed so I went to the other WalMart. But first I stopped at Big Lots, haven’t been there in a long, long time. Really, they didn’t have much at all. The got my gas and just the shrimp at walMart.

Heather – I'm sorry to hear about your ex-bf

Margaret – that’s awful about your church. It reminded me of when our church burned to the ground when I was little. I remember my mother’s funeral was held in the auditorium of the school because the fire had occurred only a few months prior. But they did rebuild exactly the way the church was before the fire.

Put the popcorn on three of the trees, Vince has garland on three others, still need to put the popcorn on the last 3. Will get to that another day.

Michele NC