WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2024

LisaInArkansas wrote: »

Machka - I know you're aware of this, but the more you can do before you move in terms of painting and floors, the better! We bought this house in July of 2018 and didn't move in until October, so we could get things done, and I'm so glad we did. It's so much harder to fix or change things once you've moved in, or at least we've always found it so. Your views are just stunning, and I hope the new home is safer for Rowan. Falls are so scary. The interesting change for me that came with ownership is the ability to think in terms of the next season or the next year in the house, especially with the work outside. Watching the seasons turn over and over in the same place has brought great joy and a very different way of thinking. I found myself wanting a Bradford pear tree, but remembered that they only last about 15 years here, and felt that was too short a space of time... On comfort food, one of the things Corey taught me was to make grilled cheese with light mayonnaise instead of butter. It's soooo good that way, cuts out about a third of the calories, gets just as brown and crunchy and so much less oily.

Later, kidlins,
Love from Arkansas,
Lisa

We are planning to do just about all the work before officially moving in. There might be a bit we leave till later like the closet doors, for example.

The doors are "french doors" - they open out into the room which ends up using a lot of the room. You can't have a dresser or bookshelf next to the closet because the closet door wouldn't open properly. Although I can see some of the appeal - I think it is easier to get at everything in the closet with these "french doors", I'm not keen on them.

So we might change them out ... but we might do that down the road a bit.

Machka in Oz

Today’s gratitude: Power stayed on all night despite strong winds.
After doing PT before breakfast yesterday just couldn’t make myself move more. ;{
Beth bravo to your son for helping and foo on the staff. Grr.
Tracey his brother is the only one Joe speaks to, on the phone, perhaps once a month. The nephew is an adult. He may be hesitant as when his younger brother visited, Joe came out of the man cave, met the nephew’s bride, said “hi” and retreated back into the mancave. OR, the nephew may be rightly hesitant because of his criminal past. Even though these are NOT the nephews we fostered, Joe was so hurt by the experience he wants nothing to do with any of them. [sigh] I respect his wishes when it comes to him, but go my own way for me. Took the visiting nephew and his bride out to lunch. Keep in touch through FaceBook with the nephews we fostered. Not sure what all I’m willing to extend to this nephew. Almost makes me thankful for my small family and geographically distant cousins. “we were taught at the nursing home to let the residents fall. Apparently, it can cause more injury trying to catch them than not.” That is so very very very hard to believe!
Annie that “leave some food on the plate” would be a hard experiment for me. I do much better asking for a “to go” container and packing up half, like Lisa.
Machka so very very happy for you. the views. Would love to see pics of your current garden after all your plants/hardscape have been move to the new one.
Lisa “That kind of vagueness [sometime next week) is not my favorite aspect of any relationship. . .” Amen, sister amen! Here “sometime next week” could be between this morning (unlikely) and never (yeah really). What Machka said about the cost of compression socks, I wear Sockwells (~$30/pr). Prefer Sigvaris but @ $76.96/pr and only one color I like . . . Linda amen to the first world Roomba problems. Lately Maizey hasn’t been docking herself securely, running out of battery and dying. Still searching for that sweet spot for the dock. You’re new here so you haven’t heard the hundreds? Thousands? of times I’ve said how much I loathe vacuuming…. :devil:
‘nuff fun, time to feed the pooches, wii balance games and PT.
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
April: Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
Open heart and mind before mouth.
2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.

Today is: A good day for deep dish pizza and a caramel sundae!! 😋

Snowflake1968 wrote: »

Lisa - that is funny that we have been so long without seeing our friends.
My friends flight changed again this morning, I’m waiting to hear if there is another change. She should be arriving in Toronto for the layover soon.

I hope you get some rest today but not enough to cause insomnia again tonight.

My comfort food is any that takes me back to my grandmother’s. Corn soup, potato scallop, pancakes (when I can get them made like hers) and Doughnuts, but only hers.
I’m actually thinking of making a batch because Cheryle grew up with her doughnuts too.

Machka - Congratulations! What a view!

Beth - Those prices are insane! In NB the government used to take money from savings, my grandmother was worried about that so she put all of her money into an account with my brother and Mom’s names only. It was still her money for her use. The government just couldn’t touch it.
It’s a shame that all of your Dad’s savings are having to be spent that way.

Pip - I have no words.

Barbara - Do the brothers not speak to be able to work this out themselves? Or is the nephew old enough to call himself. I hate being put in the middle of those things, unfortunately I find myself there a lot.


Beth - we were taught at the nursing home to let the residents fall. Apparently, it can cause more injury trying to catch them than not. I’m glad I was never in the area when a resident fell, I don’t know that I couldn’t try to stop it.

They are talking about outlawing “for profit”nursing homes here in Canada. The differences in care that was brought to light during Covid really spoke volumes.

Rebecca - I am getting used to do dishes but I’m sure grumbling about it.

Michele - our local high school does hair and such too. It’s a great way for them to learn. I have never heard of a gift for a preschool graduation, but maybe a book about starting kindergarten would be a good gift.

Well after a few changes my friend’s flight is back to the original time of arrival. So almost midnight.
I am going to ceramics, I’ll come home, put the dishes away, watch a couple of shows, maybe have a bath and then it will be time to go get her. I live 5 minutes from the airport so I don’t have a long drive to get there.

Off to ceramics, I’ll probably check in later.
Tracey in Edmonton

There's definitely a system! Knives with wood handles I like to set out on a dish rag. Plastic containers next, setting them on the grate type shelving in the bay window kinda window. Then I put cutlery in the water, and wash plates and bowls. Those in your the drying rack. Last is pots and pans. Either on the drying rack or shelf. I have a space to put the utensils in the rack, but its a huge space, they kinda get
lost in there. That's my bit of an OCD system in a nutshell. When I made soup the other day I used a lot of things, so of course I had to wash dishes before I made dinner. Pain in the butt!😂
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa

Barbie ~ You and Jake are two cuties!