WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2021

Christmas Day Walk Views ...






Machka in Oz

Worked then went with Vince for his allergy shot. Stopped at the Salvation and got – wait for it – 2 more exercise DVD’s that I didn’t have. Then home to make a triple chocolate cheesecake for a friend. We’re going to see her nativity sets tomorrow so I want to take something with me. I totally forgot to get chocolate cookies that I can crush down so first I went to Food Lion who, believe it or not, doesn’t sell any kind of chocolate cookie, just chocolate chip, chocolate covered graham crackers, etc. So I had to go to WalMart where I was able to get chocolate animal crackers.

Then home and made the cheesecake. Called and made an appointment for my toe. I still can’t bend it. I’m supposed to go Thursday so I think I’ll try to get as much prep done at work as I can ahead of time so I can leave early.

Kat – welcome! Not everyone comments on a post you made, some for lack of time etc., but everyone reads them. Please don’t feel you have to comment on every post.

M – no, no one is allergic. Not having fowl on New Years is an old tradition. See, when a chicken (or turkey) scratches it scratches backwards and you don’t want to go backwards into the year. When a pig walks, it goes nose first and you want to go forward into the New Year. Oh, I know there are lots of other veggies than corn and carrots. But those are the only two that Vince will eat. Well, he’ll eat white (only white, not sweet) potatoes, celery, lettuce, only cold tomatoes (except on pizza). I think that about covers it. Now I like just about all veges and beans

Weather has been unseasonably warm here, but I can live with that. It’s in the 70’s. No jacket, short sleeves, just hope it’s like this when we take down the Christmas decorations

Rori – you are so right, this IS a great group of ladies. I honestly think this group is different from any other group in that we are all so respectful of our differences and so very helpful. I still think of Heather every time I put shirataki noodles in my soup and of katla every time I use the flosser.

Carol – how old is your granddaughter? That painting is amazing

Called the place to see if they got the order for my home sleep study. They did find it, so I will probably get the equipment to do it tomorrow or the next day. I know they’ll find that I have sleep apnea. The good thing is that Vince has gone thru this so if I have any questions, I can just ask him

katla – we’ve had salad for our “green” so many times, I just want to do something different. Which is why I’m thinking some sort of green dessert.

Sue in WA – yes, it was sad that gs couldn’t come down here. But to get my mind off it, I invited another couple over who were going to be alone so we were alone together. I didn’t start to cry until the next day, I was so busy

Now that the holidays are over, I’m hoping to be able to get back in the gym

Debbie and M – lovely pics

Michele NC

Good article!

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M in Oz

Hello, my chickens... 🐔🐔🐔

The washer is whooshing, and the sound is wrapping me in my happy place--listening to the domestic voices of my house... Egg is curled on my lap with her head hanging off the edge of the chair so she can inspect her world upside down, I think. Basically all I can see is a fuzzy cat torso. Her tail is twitching like mad, so I'm sure that soon, she will ooze herself off my legs and go looking for trouble.

Speaking of which - a question for all of those with cats, Egg has a weird habit (well, I think it's weird) of taking three or four pieces of dry food from her food dish and putting them into her water dish. I've never actually caught her doing it. Does anyone else's cat do this? The only way we've ever made her stop is to put her water dish in another room.

Corey's off to work, and he left the gate open for me so I can go to Walmart, so I better go do that. The earlier I go, the fewer people.

Love y'all,
Lisa in AR

Preface: I know very little about gardening. It has never been my thing ... it's much more my husband's thing. But recently I've taken up gardening because it seems to be getting away from husband and I'm doing what I can to establish some stuff to make things easier for both of us.

To that end, we've been putting in a gravel footpath so that it is easier to walk around our yard, so that stuff doesn't get tracked into the house all the time, and so that there is less to mow.

I'm also trying to put in flowerbed and bushes and things to attract the bees and, hopefully, reduce the number of weeds our garden has seemed to attract. I've never seen so many weeds in one garden!! I'm hoping that the flowers and things will be strong enough and plentiful enough to choke out the weeds.

However ...

The garden bed to the left in the photo should be full of flowers.

I planted over 300 bulbs in there, and maybe a third of them turned up for spring. Some of those just came up but didn't flower.

Then, as those were dying off, I planted heaps of various short flowering plants.

One type has come up and flowered. I think they're Phlox, but they could be Alyssum or Candytuft. Whichever they are, they're cute but don't look as hardy and fluffy as what I see in photos. I've also got Lobelia in there too but I'm pretty sure they haven't made an appearance yet.

Maybe I'm just impatient. Maybe they'll all start making an appearance in January.

If not, I'm not sure what has gone wrong. I'm very new to all this!




M in Oz