WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2022

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Barbie so sad to say goodbye to Bernie the cat. Wishing you comfort as you grieve.

Pip hope your cataract surgery goes well!

Popcorn is the best! I never heard of hulless. Thanks Debbie! Amazing that you can grow your own.

Just groceries and laundry today. And see what I need to get shots. But I got a new book from Amazon. I'm studying Sara Paretsky/V. I. Warshawski as inspiration for my writing. Such fun to read!

And I need to get back on the yoga kick. I was exercising daily for a while there but the last month I have fallen by the wayside. Now my jeans are tight and the scale is scaring me.

Annie in Delaware

Annie- here is a picture the last year he grew popcorn.

we grew it all the time when I was a kid then he stopped growing it, not sure why, they he found an old feed sack full in the barn. Tried it, still popped and the next spring he planted it. He LOVED sharing it with everyone but also loved having a big bowl full along with a Golden Delicious apple (or a bowl of ice cream)

Heather, Wow, fabulous patterns! I admire that skill! I have a love hate relationship with sewing machines. I'm not very good, though with persistence I can accomplish a modest project.

Rita, You probably already know this, but there are some semi-custom bite guards that are not terribly expensive over the counter until you get your custom one. Oral B is one brand - it's about $20.

Kim, I've been so indecisive about making the complaint, but with the encouragement of the LCSW therapist at Gary's doctor's office, it was actually a great relief to share some of the worry/burden about how Gary and the other men are being treated. Gary said one of the hired help barged into the bathroom last night when one of the residents was taking a shower and a lot of cursing and yelling ensued. I told him to put his headphones on and try to steer clear. Poor guy, I can't wait to get him out of there.

Thinking of Pip with cataract surgery and Barbie with Bernie today.

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I found some very cool pictures of movie stars like Lana Turner, James Cagney, Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, etc., in my mother's belongings - just on thin paper, but very vintage, and I think they would be desirable to some people. I was planning to take a few things to auction that I can't in good conscience sell, so I think I will make up some packets of these vintage prints to include, just for fun. I'll just take a couple of packets, and if they sell well, I'll make up a couple of more packets for future auctions. There are a lot of prints. This is pretty fun! I like sorting.

Karen in Virginia

Barbie - (((Barney)))).

Pip - Thinking about you and your cataract surgery, hope both go easily, with a speedy recovery.

Katla - Still here, in your pocket, my dear. Hope they're able to get your DH's move accomplished so you can see him more.

Annie - well done on the yoga and the walking video!

Heather - You're making me think about looking through my memories and photos, which I haven't done since I married Corey 13 years ago! I was divorced from my first husband in November 2008, and between that and when Corey and I married in mid-2009, I went through everything that reminded me of my previous marriage and mailed them to my ex or pitched them out. Decluttering things like furniture etc., isn't necessary because of the many moves and downsizes, but there are still lots of keepsake things that could probably be discarded or shredded. I'll keep that thought for the "think about this later" list.

Got cornbread in the oven for dinner, half plain, half Mexican (added RoTel tomatoes, drained, and shredded cheese with taco seasoning. Would have added corn, either canned or frozen, if I'd had any around.) The plain cornbread is for me, and the spicy is for Corey, who can decide if he wants chili or taco meat to go with it. I'll have pinto beans with mine, something I've been craving lately--childhood comfort food, I guess.

Note - cornbread is one of the few baked things that I've never mastered as a cook, but luckily, I found one of the best packaged mixes ever from Shawnee Mills, just requires milk and an egg. One of the few that doesn't put sugar in their mix. If you didn't know, in the South, sugar in cornbread is just as welcome as beans in chili. If there are beans in it, it's not chili. And if there's sugar in the cornbread, people think you've lost your ever-loving tiny mind.

And... an update on my daughter in spoiler:

Love y'all!
Lisa in AR

lisa - beautiful dress!
Heather - I love the patterns... I have not sewn any clothes for me in years. The last thing I made was for a work christmas party that was black tie, I made a full length dark green dress with a beaded jacket. I was still sewing beads on as we drove to the event.

My favorite pattern maker was Vogue, they were more involved but the directions were better and the items always came out as they were pictured. I wore a lot of designer clothes made at home in high school and college... I took 2 semesters of pattern making so had some items of my own creation in college.

kim in n california