WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2021
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I woke up this morning and came down stairs looking for coffee. It has finished brewing and I will take a carafe upstairs to DH momentarily. When I came down I had the enjoyment of watching the lights on our Christmas tree fading from one group of colors to the next.
I finished decorating the tree last night. At this point I have no plans for the day. Waking up and drinking coffee will get me started.
Katla in NW Oregon
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I just had a cup of green tea which will likely keep me awake tonight, but I can convince myself that it won't this time because it really is a small dose of caffeine, and because I want that energy boost. I don't even have anything active I need to do, just some reading, but I feel so sluggish when it's grey out. Ok, I will force myself to do that two minutes on the elliptical. That might enhance the caffeine benefits. With some rock and roll music!
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Ok I did two minutes! I think that's about right for me because I am huffing and I could feel it in my right knee but it's gone now that I've stopped.
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Rebecca
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Allie – You are not the only one who starts over with a knitting or crocheting project. I finished my recent baby blanket and gave it to our daughter in law for our youngest grandson. He is now a month & four days old.
Rebecca – The two-story artificial tree is magical. Our daughter in law has had that one for many years. This year she acquired two more artificial trees. Both were being given away by the previous owners. One tree went into the TV room and the other went into our grandson’s room. Congratulations on the new friendship with your neighbor!
Meg – Sorry to hear that a member of the band you hired to celebrate your 25th wedding anniversary passed away. On a happier note, congrats on your Amtrak trip. It sounds like wonderful fun.
(((Rori))) – I think of you often. Tears are valuable and a part of healing. The variety of activities you are participating in seem very good.
My doctor’s appointment last week went well. The knee is still a little bit grumpy, but the doctor encouraged me to return to my yoga classes. I plan to do just that as a personal New Year’s resolution. I’ll be looking for ways to get healthier and have fun.
Today is Saturday. The weather outside is chilly and damp. It makes being inside feel very cozy. Yesterday I spent much of the day decorating for Christmas. I had already brought our potted Alberta Spruce tree into the garage to acclimatize day before yesterday. Yesterday I brought the tree into the house and spent the evening putting ornaments on it. I am very pleased with how well it turned out. Today I plan to try out our Christmas Tree skirt to see if it is usable in the tree’s location. I’m not sure that it will work out as I imagined. If the tree skirt doesn't workout I will leave things as they are now.
Katla in NW Oregon
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Accountability:Chose well: BP, 10 min stroll w/Joe and dogs before nail trim
Bonus: got Joe set up and new pharmacy, picked up rx, made pecan fudge, spiced rum balls and (failed) English Toffee,
Just one thing:
Do good December.
18: Ask for help and let someone else discover the joy of giving. Joe and the Christmas lights and tree?
Stiffed the puppies today on play training and powerline, time crunch to nail trim appointment.
Probe failed on thermometer while making English toffee, but can’t blame candy failure on it, left the water out OOPS so the butter and sugar never completely cohered. Any suggestions, Debbie, KJ or others who make candy?
New thermometer ordered with two professional replacement probes and this is the 2nd time cheapo probes have failed. Kinda hope the replacement probes fit the other to thermometers as I like their design better for setting temp alarms.
Heather
your Buddha vision, and the Christmas Bingo card. This would have been fun to play at last week’s girls’ movie night, with some Americanization adjustments. Maybe next year 
Truth in that poem. Thank you.
Barbie “only joy and no disappointment” is due to your attitude as well as your choices. Bravissima. Thanks for sharing the morning lights.
Macha I almost choked snorting my cocoa when “. . .the Tree is done” appeared. Think I’ll do that tomorrow to surprise Joe. :laugh: 2 tonnes of gravel? :nowah: Will you feed your bees the leatherwood honey?
Karen Hallmark Christmas movie then falling back asleep sounds like just the rx! Had to goodle Dingo rings. Hmm…
Lisa back on the elliptical as well as back to smiling. YAY! “. . .mouth-breathing, itchy-faced, snotty little sniffler…” Boo!. :sick: ((hugs))
Annie what Lisa said about resetting and timing. 2 mins would be a good place to start and now would be the best time (says she who is 5000 steps below goal NOW.)
Pip just the Yogi pics He has such an expressive face.
Allie it always amazes me how the sound of a dog getting ready to puke can rouse me from a deep sleep to standing, picking up dog, carrying to bathroom floor before eyes focused and without glasses.
Katla sounds like you’re prepared to receive hard news about your 2009 computer. ((hugs))
Mary ((hugs)) Parkinson’s is such a hard dx.
Tracey so relieved to see your smiling face! Fingers X’d for the ultrasound. Can you set a time limit for listening to the needy friend? Like when she calls, say something like “I want to hear you but I have to leave the house at 3pm, Will that be enough time?” Really listening can be an exhausting gift to give, especially when the caller won’t take steps to help themselves. Boundaries are necessary for self-care. Read a book about effective listening, can’t remember the title or author, who recommended rephrasing what we hear in terms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It was really hard to do but could be effective if I could detach enough to keep my ego and emotional reactions out of the conversation.
Christmas cookie memories: making almond crescents and holiday nut balls with Mama. If I do nothing at Christmas I make a batch of each. It is important to me.
Lighter, lovelies!
https://us.v-cdn.net/5021879/uploads/editor/5a/f8qt1s098sxm.gif Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
The recipes I use are just simple ones-no temp checks-
The cracker toffee is just butter and brown sugar, bring to a boil for 3 min, pour over the laid out crackers , bake five minutes, sprinkle with choc. chips, spread while hot then sprinkle with chopped nuts- that is it.
It is called Cracker Crack- so simple but so good.
The caramel corn is basically the same start but it does have corn syrup and baking soda added after you take it off the heat(and before you pour over the popcorn- that one takes an hour to bake on low.
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Tracey & Michele ~ Your ceramics are so pretty and so well done!
Heather ~ Love the photo of the grands coming together to play and sing. Very talented little ones.
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Cold and cloudy this morning. We are waiting for the guys who are moving out the old mobile home to come by with a contract. They said they would be here Saturday morning but there are some language difficulties. English is not this guy's first language and it has been a very long time since I worked on my Spanish. But hopefully we get everything settled and the mobile will depart in January. He told me they will have to remove some branches from a tree and take out part of one of our fences which they will then replace. I was however not understanding which tree and which fence so hopefully he can show me.
Lisa - sorry you are not feeling well.
Tracy - looks as if you have been having fun.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA2 -
It is very gray and dark and rainy here. Fortunately the rain didn't start until after the dogs and I came home from our extra long walk. Jake and his friend were able to get enough firewood to fill the outdoor rack so we'll have enough for the winter. I have lots of indoor stuff to do that's fun so the rain won't affect me except for a short walk with the dogs mid afternoon. Barbie In NW WA 1 -
Anniesquats100 wrote: »Ok I did two minutes! I think that's about right for me because I am huffing and I could feel it in my right knee but it's gone now that I've stopped.
Annie in Delaware
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Barbara,
Here is one of the Yorkies with a Dingo Ring. That's all she will eat. Just the red stuff, then leaves the rest of the rawhide unless quite desperate.
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Stats for the day-
Walk w/family- 1hr 34min 24sec, 63elev, 81ahr, 106mhr, 3.35ap, 5.26mi= 526c
Strava app = 635c
Zwift home spin bike- 23.01min, 202elev, 107aw, 67arpm, 134ahr, 155mhr, 17.36amph, 6.66mi= 214c
Zwift app = 142c
761 total cal
bug day today, getting new stackable washer/dryer and induction stove. When they deliver the stuff, they will take the old stove for us. I bought a used fridge for my sis for Christmas. My brother will be coming over to pick up the washer that he wants and will take the fridge and take it to my sis for me. The buy that delivered the used fridge charged me 160 for the fridge and 20 for the delivery fee. He wanted the dryer so I got he delivery fee knocked off. I could have gotten more but I was good with that. Picks will come later.5 -
dlfk202000 wrote: »Accountability:Chose well: BP, 10 min stroll w/Joe and dogs before nail trim
Bonus: got Joe set up and new pharmacy, picked up rx, made pecan fudge, spiced rum balls and (failed) English Toffee,
Just one thing:
Do good December.
18: Ask for help and let someone else discover the joy of giving. Joe and the Christmas lights and tree?
Stiffed the puppies today on play training and powerline, time crunch to nail trim appointment.
Probe failed on thermometer while making English toffee, but can’t blame candy failure on it, left the water out OOPS so the butter and sugar never completely cohered. Any suggestions, Debbie, KJ or others who make candy?
New thermometer ordered with two professional replacement probes and this is the 2nd time cheapo probes have failed. Kinda hope the replacement probes fit the other to thermometers as I like their design better for setting temp alarms.
Heather your Buddha vision, and the Christmas Bingo card. This would have been fun to play at last week’s girls’ movie night, with some Americanization adjustments. Maybe next year Truth in that poem. Thank you.
Barbie “only joy and no disappointment” is due to your attitude as well as your choices. Bravissima. Thanks for sharing the morning lights.
Macha I almost choked snorting my cocoa when “. . .the Tree is done” appeared. Think I’ll do that tomorrow to surprise Joe. :laugh: 2 tonnes of gravel? :nowah: Will you feed your bees the leatherwood honey?
Karen Hallmark Christmas movie then falling back asleep sounds like just the rx! Had to goodle Dingo rings. Hmm…
Lisa back on the elliptical as well as back to smiling. YAY! “. . .mouth-breathing, itchy-faced, snotty little sniffler…” Boo!. :sick: ((hugs))
Annie what Lisa said about resetting and timing. 2 mins would be a good place to start and now would be the best time (says she who is 5000 steps below goal NOW.)
Pip just the Yogi pics He has such an expressive face.
Allie it always amazes me how the sound of a dog getting ready to puke can rouse me from a deep sleep to standing, picking up dog, carrying to bathroom floor before eyes focused and without glasses.
Katla sounds like you’re prepared to receive hard news about your 2009 computer. ((hugs))
Mary ((hugs)) Parkinson’s is such a hard dx.
Tracey so relieved to see your smiling face! Fingers X’d for the ultrasound. Can you set a time limit for listening to the needy friend? Like when she calls, say something like “I want to hear you but I have to leave the house at 3pm, Will that be enough time?” Really listening can be an exhausting gift to give, especially when the caller won’t take steps to help themselves. Boundaries are necessary for self-care. Read a book about effective listening, can’t remember the title or author, who recommended rephrasing what we hear in terms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It was really hard to do but could be effective if I could detach enough to keep my ego and emotional reactions out of the conversation.
Christmas cookie memories: making almond crescents and holiday nut balls with Mama. If I do nothing at Christmas I make a batch of each. It is important to me.
Lighter, lovelies!
https://us.v-cdn.net/5021879/uploads/editor/5a/f8qt1s098sxm.gif Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
The recipes I use are just simple ones-no temp checks-
The cracker toffee is just butter and brown sugar, bring to a boil for 3 min, pour over the laid out crackers , bake five minutes, sprinkle with choc. chips, spread while hot then sprinkle with chopped nuts- that is it.
It is called Cracker Crack- so simple but so good.
The caramel corn is basically the same start but it does have corn syrup and baking soda added after you take it off the heat(and before you pour over the popcorn- that one takes an hour to bake on low.
I made cracker toffee with a bag of cheap animal crackers my husband bought. He thought he was being thrifty, but he learned the official animal crackers in the small boxes taste way better. But they were a nice crunch in the toffee.💖👍
Rebecca1 -
No time to read today and it’s bedtime 😂
Back in the morning.
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Along the lines of Heather's Bingo, but for introverts.
M in Oz8 -
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Back home..
What a lovely afternoon i had with my friends.. young lady singing Carpenters songs in a small theater.. we all had masks and had to be vaccinated.. and a lovely dinner afterwards.. they treated me to the show which was lovely, and our friend Mary got us sister bracelets..
On the way home we drove home and looked at some of the Christmas lights..
Here is hoping i get a half way decent nights sleep tonight.4 -
Worked today. Yea!!! No work tomorrow! The plan is to do a workout on the bosu
Wrapped Vince’s christmas gifts
KJ – I have to tell you, Denise just called to say that she was just about to get the Magnablocks for PJ, she couldn’t believe we got them. She kept saying how the kids at her daycare love them. Thanks so much. I also got him a rug that you use cars on, it’s a town. Anyway, Pete was saying how he wanted to get PJ one, so I told him not to get it. Any other great suggestions?
Tracey – these are acrylics, right? How did you get the cheek color for Mrs. Clause?
We got this tin and I’m going to give it to the gal who runs the bowling. The idea is that you fill it with some goodie and pass it on to someone else. I made a feta cheese. I don’t know about anyone else, but after a while you get cookied-out. I realized that I haven’t had feta cheese in quite a while so maybe after the holidays I’ll make one for myself. Then I made the filling for these shrimp bites that I’ll take to the bowling party this Monday. It needs time to set and let the flavors meld. Then I started to make the chocolate dream dessert. I can freeze it and then finish it right before we serve it (or a few hours beforehand). I may finish making it tomorrow.
Went to church, had dinner, realized that I haven’t played mahjongg in a while so I think I’ll play some while the yogurt is making in the IP.
Michele NC
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So glad to see some pals I haven’t seen in awhile.
Meg- your trip sounds wonderful. We have a Shih Tzu pups who keeps us jumping. We love him dearly and believe he helped us during our COVID bout.
M in Oz. Talk about best laid plans. Last week I was taking two friends to lunch. Both recently lost loved ones. Then I realized that another friend was turning 90. So I invited her. It grew from there to eight. I made reservations, bought a cake, candles, Birthday plates and napkins. All was great but unfortunately the birthday girl didn’t show up! We decided to eat the cake and take her the cards and part of the cake. Haven’t heard a word from her.
Rori- You are in my thoughts. Both of my daughters moved from CO. One is in NH and the one you met is in AL.
Michele-sorry you won’t see PJ for Christmas. We heard tonight that our DGD who goes to school in NY had two of her roommates test positive. She has already had the virus and vaccinated so hope she is ok. We aren’t sure we should go to their house for Christmas.
Terri- I am so impressed with your weight loss. I am stuck.
Later
SueBDew in TX2 -
Delivery people were here, they didn’t drop off our stuff, Kirby is beside himself, seriously pissed. Will explain later1
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Thank you all for the words of wisdom on my friends. We chat via text or FB messenger. I couldn’t be on a phone and do everything I need to for all the hours we have chatted. I find it a little emotionally draining. Things seemed to go well with them today.
Michele - I’m happy that Denise is pleased with your purchases. It must make you feel good.
Yes these are acrylics. I can’t remember the colour of pink I used for the cheeks. I dry brushed it on. I’m so excited for my daughter to open it tomorrow.
I have a story to tell. My Grandson that turned 10 in Sept has been doubting there is a Santa Claus. Earlier this week he asked for handwriting samples from his parents as he was sure this would be the way to prove it was them.
I told a coworker about it, she has three girls aged 10-7-4, she said her middle one is doubting.
She texted me Thursday evening to tell me about a website where you can book a video chat with Santa. She did hers last evening and she sent me a picture of her enthralled girls and told me it was wonderful!
I advised my daughter, and she booked a chat for tonight with my Grands. The questionnaire the parents have to fill out are quite extensive including what they got from Santa last year, their middle names, friends, etc.
My Grandson has refused to say what he wanted from Santa, it was another test, he figured if there is a Santa he would know his secret wishes. Anyhow, they had their chat tonight. When I asked my daughter how the chat went this is the response I received.
“Good! Jonah fully believes in Santa again. He threw out our handwriting samples. Or so he says. I'm still going to get someone else to sign the tags lol”
We are picking them up tomorrow to take them to our youngest daughter’s with us and I can’t wait to ask them about it!
Tracey in Edmonton
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So sad in northern Tasmania.
A bizare jumping castle incident resulted in 4 children losing their lives, 4 children in critical condition, and 1 in serious condition.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-16/jumping-castle-incident-at-tas-school-hillcrest-primary/100706108
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-16/jumping-castle-hillcrest-primary-school-children-die/100704754
More sad news from Tasmania. This story may have reached the US. I saw that it was in some of the Canadian news.Jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania claims sixth victim
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-19/jumping-castle-tragedy-sees-devonport-community-grieving/100711932
M in Oz
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Tracey - I was so happy when my best (older) friend told me that there was no Father Christmas when I was 4 years old. It was as if a weight had lifted off my shoulders. I was also grateful and relieved that my parents did not try to argue me out of it. I kept the pretence going for my little brother. I won't be saying anything to my grandchildren this Christmas Eve, but will take the cues from them. I expect Max will know, and probably Edie, but they might be sworn to keep the secret for Bea. If asked, I will say it's none of my business! Don't want to upset DDIL.
Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx1 -
On second thought, I might get an official update from DDIL, so I know what to say if quizzed.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx2 -
Accountability:Chose well: BP, dog group, dogs to powerline.
Bonus: researched and ordered telescope for Joe, Grocery Outlet, Freddie’s for rx
Just one thing:
Do good December.
18: Ask for help and let someone else discover the joy of giving. Joe and the Christmas lights and tree?
“I don't want to be smart, I want to be emotional! But I love you and don't want you to die in a house fire.” So agreed to let Joe throw away all the vintage, incandescent, twinkle bright lights. He could tell that decision hurt my heart, so is putting them up in the garage which has a reliable circuit breaker, to see how they do. Gotta love that man!
Dragged my unwilling butt to dog group. Despite a few sprinkles was glad I did. Then stopped and Grocery Outlet “for just one more bag of chocolate chips” and found all the produce needed for the week. Other than an early morning trip to the post office Monday or Tuesday, and dog group, I can hunker down and not leave the house ‘til after the holiday.
Annie, rock ON!
Debbie your cracker crack and caramel corn sound yummy!
Karen Oh what a naughty little look! Better the red stuff from the dingo ring than the sandal
Machka the “sat quietly in the glow of holiday lights” square reminded me of my BFF. She used to overnight on my couch and loved to watch the Christmas tree lights randomly blink off and on. She told a story about her and her sister as little girls “kissing” each Christmas light goodbye when their mom took the tree down. Like Barbie and Katla, the lights give me great joy.
Oooh, twinkly lights strung above the garage windows and around the rafters! Coming home from dog group, driving into the garage, was like driving into a magical Christmasland. Thank you Joe!
Pouring down rain now, all the more cozy reason to stay in.
Lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
2021: choose to be leaner/stronger/kinder NOW
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