WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2024
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Thanks Machka! That's where I'm at right now.
Carol in GA
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If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting.1
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If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
I had a whole long post and this app signed me out. I saved it, I hit the button several times, but it didn’t save. Hope you feel better soon @Lanette, sorry I shared this virus with you! @Lisa, I’m hoping to have a room in a house next year that can be our craft/library/computer room. I love how you all organize and want to emulate you all when we are back in a house next year. @Makcha I love both those sayings. I had quoted you in the lost post.
I finished both gloves in 3 days because knitting hurts the arthritis in my left hand so can’t knit like I want to. I’m starting to crochet an afghan for one of my grandsons next. Knitting completes the 12 different crafts I had a goal for this year!
Dinner yesterday was shrimp with leftover jasmine rice and lots of shredded veggies (carrots, onion, celery) with orange for dessert. I had two servings! Banana and peach during the day so met my goal there.
RVRita in Roswell
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Today is There is a lot to celebrate today. Enjoy the day!
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I finished reading the book I bought for Edie. 'Good People' by the Instagram group, Upworthy, that I follow. Inspiring stories about people helping others. I cried twice.
Now I've got to wrap her HUGE triathlon rucksack!!!
My lamb and spinach curry was a triumph. With raita. Honestly, I've never had better, even in India.
Now to watch a programme about a Viking ship in Norway, one of my favourite countries. 😍
Love Heather UK xxxxxx3 -
I'm taking my pleated skirt back tomorrow. It doesn't make me feel fabulous and it's a tiny bit snug on the waist. M&S are open on Sundays and I have a return code.
Love Heather UK xxxxxx4 -
Stats for the day-
Walk w/family- 1hr 37min 9sec, 88elev, 3.12ap, 77ahr, 98mhr, 5.13mi= 463c
Strava app- 622c
Walk home to gym- 10.42min, 2.95ap, .53mi= 50c
Strava app= 64c
Treadmill jog- 52.50min, 5.6sp for 4miles, 6.2sp for .90mi, 8.0sp for last .10mi, 154spm, 134ahr, 166mhr, 10.34min mi, 5mi= 504c
Walk gym to store then home- 19.17min, .86mi= 92c
Strava app= 105c
Total cal 1109
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Rita - You'll get there, dear heart, it's almost in reach! This room is my dream, in all reality. It was the dream in years of rented apartments, military housing, rented houses, two company houses, a 5th-wheel trailer, a manufactured home and a travel trailer. I'm genuinely grateful to be able to build this space where I can live my life the way that I'm living it right now. I hope everyone gets this kind of time and space to play and dream and enjoy.
And... in the spoiler is the latest design and creation. It started out as a mockup, but ended up being a full build. That includes three shattered needles, serial jabs from pins, and scalded fingertips from the iron, It showed me a lot about what it's going to take to actually design and build a designer handbag for the first time in 10 years. Sooooo many mistakes, and still far too close to it to see anything but those, but Corey approved, and he doesn't tend to blow smoke or indulge in undeserved flattery.
Was up at midnight, worked on this all night (much was wielding the seam ripper and starting over. And over. And over! 🤪). While the hardware is new, the two different fabrics were thrift-store curtains, a few dollars at most.
Anyway, fell asleep at 9am, while Corey was off upcountry, and staggered alive once more at noon. That gave me the breath to finish the hardware and the finishing things. There are SO many things I will do differently on the next build, and it's already in the mulling it over stage.
For now, it's just trying to hold onto what worked right, jettison what didn't work and continue. The key is just remember which is which! And that's pretty much a life lesson if one that leapt up and smacked me in the face. 😂👀🐈⬛
Hope it is/was a grand Saturday, and that Sunday is lovely and peaceful for us all. Corey's in the kitchen building a lasagna, one of his specialties.
Later y'all,
Love,
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Kim – thanks for all your hard work. Wonder why he gave me azaleas since he knew that it was in full sunlight
Did take my car for the oil change. I like the fact that the place is almost next door to BK and you don’t need an appt. It was quite fast, too. They do state inspections, so I just may go there, too.
It’s Sat and went in the pool. Vince thinks this is the last weekend for the pool, but to me it may just be the last weekend to go IN the pool, I can still lay poolside. Not giving up my pool until I absolutely must.
Margaret – “always put off until tomorrow” – took a lesson from Vince, I see
Jess came here today (no Colby but she did bring Ganon). She said she wanted to use the pool, but she just slept. Oh well, she said she’d be here in a few weeks and I hope Colby comes with her. I do like him. Although, to be honest, no man is good enough for my little girl….lol
While in the pool the other day (that’s where I do my best thinking) I decided I definitely want to go with TruGreen. We do need to get the lawn looking decent and C is very good – WHEN he gets to it. He works on C time. To me, it’s just frustrating, there’s practically no communication. Like he needed to replace one plant which he did, only he didn’t tell me he did so I didn’t water it. By the time I realized that he’d planted it, it was starting to get hot and I think it got burned up because it didn’t get a good root system.
Got Vince to go thru things in the garage, one shelf at a time. We did throw some things out, which is what I was looking for. Oil for things we no longer have, etc.
Deb – happy anniversary. That neon green stain – is it grass?
Vince wants to mow the grass late in the day tomorrow, which is fine so I’ll get to go in the pool during the day. But first I’ll exercise then I think I’ll walk to Food Lion. They have chicken thighs on sale, and I may get some to put in the freezer
Mo – one of the kitties we got was abandoned by his mother, too
Barbara – cats, too, easily figure out who’s the softie and who isn’t. They know they can get away with a lot more with Vince than they can with me. Vince just says “no” whereas I’ll spray them when they get on a counter. Vince said he has a hard time walking because of his plantar faciatious (?sp). He did get inserts from Amazon and he said they seem to really help
Vince went out by the pool today and saw that something – not sure what – bore a hole literally about 2” in diameter in the one pergola. He said he was going to fill it in with this expanding stuff. I wouldn’t be surprised if I wound up being the person who does it
Carol – you know your body better than anyone else, good for you listening to it.
Made hamburgers and hot dogs today since we won’t be able to use the grill much more. I just had a veggie burger
Burger King has some sort of new app they’re using. It looks like it’s more of a scheduling thing. I’ll probably only use it to request a day off. Evidently, it’s supposed to go live on Sept. 30. We shall see….
Lisa – love how you organized all your fabric. And love that pocketbook. You are so talented
Going to go take my walk
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Lisa - beautiful bag!!!! from curtains!!! LOVE that, what does the inside look like? Any pockets?
Smiles Kim
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Deb – happy anniversary. That neon green stain – is it grass?
Going to go take my walk
Michele NC[/quote]
not grass, tomato plant.1 -
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Allie ... wanted to add my congratulations on the birth of Delia. And, of course, my condolences on Selina's passing.
Lisa ... beautiful purse!
Lanette ... sorry you're under the weather. I understand that multiple types of crud are making the rounds right now.
Busy week here. My husband decided to "prune" my flowering crabapple tree early in the week. Ended up cutting it down by the time he was done. Hired a stump grinder to come in and take care of the stump. Yesterday went and purchased another flowering crabapple tree. This one, however, is a Prairefire and will have magenta pink flowers in the spring. The old one was a white flowering tree.
Michele ... our pool was closed on Wednesday. I was ready.
Today my husband helped peel apples. This is not his forte by any stretch, but I am overwhelmed with things this week and we have so many apples. He volunteered. We cut enough for 4 pies and made two loaves of Apple Bread. Last night I made Skillet Apple Cider Chicken https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/apple-cider-chicken which, surprisingly, we enjoyed. Always looking for ways to use up apples. I have another tree getting ready to be picked in about two weeks!
My mom continues to do well at her new facility but has had a few "off" days with her dementia. Thursday she asked me when her daughter Beth was coming in. Well that would be me and she was looking at me. Friday, very upset, she told me that she has forgotten how to put on her nightgown at night. Then today I got a call from the facility that she was ok, but that they had an episode of her playing "opossum." Seems the aide went in her room to get her for lunch and couldn't rouse her. My mom was unresponsive to voice, touch, normal means of awakening a person. The nurse came in and found a pulse, but my mom would not awaken. They went so far as to do a sternum rub which is when my mom opened one eye and told them she was tired and they needed to leave her alone! Last I heard they took her to lunch despite her protests. I'll go visit tomorrow. I've been trying to back off with the every day visits.
Beth near Buffalo
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Beth- your mom being a scamp lol...
My poor brother is about at his wits end..he is trying his best to just go with the flow but Jean is just going off the rails.. drinking and spending recklessly. Her mom was hospitalized and then after she got home she took off to N.H. overnight. Sean thinks to hide something up at the lake house as he has to go up for court tuesday/ wendsday
And she came back down..
She bought herself a car.. He has helped her family for the last 20 yrs and she honestly is going off her rocker..and he doesn't have a pot to p--- in..
All I told him is to write things down and take pictures. She is being belligerent and mean and he is just trying to do what he can to keep the peace.
Went over to see the munchkins this afternoon.held Delia for a bit and Miles got jealous..and tried hitting her.. and Kyle yelled at him..told him he is just jealous of grandma holding the baby.. so I spent time with him for a bit.. he has been the king pin for almost the last 3 yrs so his nose was a little out of joint.
Im still sleeping with the windows open and hearing the crickets chirp.. love that.6 -
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Barbara - I keep suggesting he do when he’s having a flare up.
Mooch is doing a great job!
Lisa - the nursing home my mom is in has a quilting club, it might help you with some scraps if you called some of your local ones to see if they could use them.
I remember the Desidereta.
Mmmm now I want lasagna.
Heather - I bet the rucksack will be a huge hit.
Sorry the skirt didn’t make the cut.
Lanette - I hope the crud leaves very soon. It does seem to be going around again.
Rebecca - I hope you and the dog become fast friends.
Michele - Do you grill in the Winter? We do here occasionally on a mild day. Not -30 though.
Allie - sorry to hear your brother’s troubles. I hope Kyle doesn’t start treating Miles differently now.
I had a nice day with Lauryn and Michaela. We went shopping. I set a budget for myself and managed to only go $7 over. That was spent on the kids.
I bought two light sweaters and a pair of pants for work and a new mat for in front of my kitchen sink. Lauryn bought me valances for my birthday.
I’m so happy with the look, I may shorten them a little. I’m giving it a couple days before deciding.
Tomorrow is the crafters garage sale at the local scrapbook store. I am going to see if I can find a couple of stamps for sympathy cards.
Kaitlyn’s friend gave an update and posted on their GoFundMe again yesterday. They got a nice little boost. I hope that when I see her next week she will give me an idea on their plan.
Well I should head to bed.
Tracey in Edmonton
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Still getting more exercise this month than in August!
My husband and I have been chatting and getting ideas about what exactly we want to do with the garden. Although it's spring, the weather isn't great, but we can talk!
The backyard will be the orchard and veggie garden and the front will be a mainly native garden with a dry or wet stream. I may even incorporate a little bridge!
If possible, all the grass (mainly sea wheat-grass or similar) will be gone. No mowing. Or very limited mowing.
Machka in Oz5 -
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