WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2023

Terri and Heather - your workout routines are impressive. I need to get strict with myself again. I’m so exhausted after work I struggle.

Heather - Your family’s new view is breathtaking.

Kylia - you and your daughter look alike. Beautiful smiles.

Debbie - I hope that you and your husband are able to work things out if that’s what you want and he’s willing to make some changes in how he treats you.

Beth - “I want yo grow up to be like Heather”. I know exactly what you mean. There are quite a few ladies on here that I want to grow up to be.

Rita and - when it comes to FB drama, I think of it like a soap opera, something I can see and watch but not really have a say in how it turns out.
I have hidden a few from my feed for a time, but I have never blocked anyone.

Carol - I truly believe if more people were open with their struggles in anything, marriages, parenting, financially whatever it is. It helps both the person hearing it and the person telling it.

Rebecca -your sister’s class did a great job, they must have had a great teacher.

Carla - I’ve used it as a table more often than not since we’ve been married. Dad fixed the lid for me and reinforced it once because I had put too much in it, just enough it hadn’t closed tightly and one of my girls climbed on it. I have a coffee and end table set that Dad built for me. Unfortunately it’s too big for our living room. We have decided that we are going to cut them down so that we have the trim work and make shelves out of them.
I get joy out of having treasured items out to be used.

You have to tell me your trick to not spend money you don’t have. I need to make that a goal.

Lisa - great letter! I think more people need to do things like that with these big businesses.

Michele - I don’t know if you can do that technique with glazes or not. I really don’t like working with glazes so have only completed two projects.

Terri - one of the saddest days of the year for me is the day Christmas comes down.

Well I made it through the week! It was busy after being off and needing to get a lot completed for the new payroll year.

I recorded an ABC Special called Our Barbara. It was obviously made in preparation for her death, what a remarkable woman she was.
I don’t watch The View but I have it set up to record on Tuesday as it is going to be dedicated to her.

It’s amazing to me every single time that one of these women icons (I think that’s a good word) pass is that the trailblazing and fighting they did for women and how they were treated happened in my lifetime.

Tracey in Edmonton

Great letter, Lisa! We have had great success with similar letters to CEOs. DH enjoys writing them and they often bear fruit. We got our very expensive elliptical through such a letter, delivered the next day, by two guys in a Land-rover, and put together for us. Plus £1,000 off the price!
It's always worth a try!
We had a similar experience with our telecoms company.

As for the British food, I would move most of the bottom tier up to the top! Love offal! For our NYE treat DH cooked Lancashire Hotpot with kidneys and black pudding. Yummo! You all know I love haggis! Scotch egg and Pork pie are regular favourites. Very calorific! The least favourite for me is Yorkshire pudding. I rarely bother to eat it, if it's there. Very easy to make, Machka. The trick is that the fat must be piping hot when the batter goes in.

Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Rosemarie2972 wrote: »

Well I went for a walk at a park I usually don't go to. I thought it would be empty and maybe not so safe. I was wrong! There were mothers there with young children exercising. They were fun to take a glimpse at. I walked about a mile. Gorgeous weather. Crisp, clear. My legs are shaky and have never been this way in my life. I would have walked more except for time.

I then picked up the groceries and they were out of the steaks I was planning to cook for my son tomorrow night. I only have the caregiver until 1pm. I can't just go somewhere else. I either have to have another store deliver or I have to pay the caregiver to stay later. This has been going on 3 years. Before that he was disabled, but I was free to come and ago.

Best,
Rosemarie from Georgia

Well done on the walk!

When my husband had his accident 5 years ago, I started ordering groceries online and having them delivered. Much better! I don't have to spend my time in a grocery store.

M in Oz

Machka9 wrote: »

My river rock is in!
Now I need to edge it in the larger rocks.
Moved about 400 kg of rock today.



Machka in Oz

And then went cycling to kinda stretch things out.



Machka in Oz

TerriRichardson112 wrote: »

Machka: Yorkshire Pudding Recipe


https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/james-martins-yorkshire-puds/amp

That looks good!

Saturday

• Hauled rock
• Cycled
• Laundry, including hanging it outside and bringing it back in
• Tidied bathroom, sleeping room, shoe area
• Walked Rhody
• Ate Pizza
• Coloured

Machka in Oz

LisaInArkansas wrote: »

Machka, you moved 880 pounds of rock in an afternoon? That definitely counts as exercise.

Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa

Yes ...

We purchased 400 kg of rock (880 lbs) and just prior to doing the transaction, my husband and I shared the task of putting all that into our van (about 200 kg each).

Then we hauled it up a hill to where my dry stream is (about 200 kg each). I did a lot more trips up the hill than my husband did because I couldn't move as much at one time.

Then I laid, by hand, about 250-300 kg of rock ... picking up out of the bucket and tossing or setting it into place, moving the buckets of rocks along the 10 metres of the dry stream so I could get at them easier. The rest of the rock (the bigger ones) are waiting for me to move tomorrow.


I am now stiffening up a bit for some reason.


I'm glad you got to see your family again.


Machka in Oz