WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2024

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Kylia ~ The blown glass pieces are beautiful and so is your tree! And, the help from the cats was cute!

Allie ~ Glad things seem to go well with the family!

Debbie ~ You have made me want to make oyster stew! It's been years since I had it.

Heather ~ Hope your family will make allowances for how much FUN you can endure on Christmas Day. Sounds like you will enjoy the beach swim.

CAROL in GEORGIA

it turned out really good, in my and mom's opinions.
This is a family tradition- grandma always made it on Christmas eve. Two years ago I left the canned oysters at home and I was so upset with myself- Decided to try canned smoked oysters. It was even better than grandmas.
I made a huge pot and ended up with only mom and I having any of it.
Plans changed constantly up there. Instead of just mom, sister and I, we added in a friend of mom's(my best friend's sister), mom's neighbor and his wife plus the man that has been staying there and helping mom- so instead of cooking for 3, I cooked for 7.Luckily my sister picked u appetizers. The one friend doesn't eat seafood and the whole meal I had planned was seafood- the soup, shrimp cocktails and baked salmon plus salad.
After dinner my favorite cousin came out with his wife and stayed until midnight- visits are always too short with them. Sister went to be in the one I usually sleep in because she had to be up at 3:30 to leave by 4:30. Woke me up when she was leaving(not on purpose) plus the cats were crazy during the night so not enough sleep for me.
This morning I got up and started cooking.
Again- thought I was cooking for 3(friend, mom and I) and ended up with 9. I cooked the whole thing by myself but had it planned out so wasn't really rushed. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. The couple that live in the motor home at the back of the property came up(mom had invited them) and they really were thankful- they have no family out here so was nice they weren't alone. Son and his girlfriend came up which was nice.

Home, got all the cat chores done. Messaged dh when I got home- I see he is online but he hasn't responded
Only response I have seen from him is when I posted pictures from lunch he just said "ok".
I know he is resentful that I cooked all that and he had to fend for himself. Couldn't even say- looks nice or anything

Sitting here, catching up here and having decaf tea and listening to one of the cats snore/moan.

Need to toss the load of laundry I started(full load of pee pads) into the dryer.

Debbie
Napa Valley,Ca

My "kiddos." Three mine. The one on the left is engaged to mine second from the right. If you can follow that. My youngest refuses to smile for pictures. Too cool, I guess.

We had a nice day today.

Flea
Willamette Valley OR

This afternoon I was able to video chat with eldest and middle son, and Athena loved her doll clothes.💖👍🏼 Then middle said his dinner was ready so I chatted with eldest sailor (in the scruffy beard) and younger post sailor son finally got on. I remembered to take a screenshot then, so wasn't able to get middle, and g'kids. Awe well, next time! It was a great couple of hours chat anyways! Did my heart good! I watched my eldest in Japan open his box. My simple mostly food related gifts were a hit.


All in all a very blessed day!
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa

Family time is so precious, especially now that the grands are scattered around the UK. It was quite rowdy, with 6 opinionated adults round the table. We are hoping for a dry day on Friday so that we can go for a walk along the lough shore (Belfast Lough) Younger grandson flies back to England on 30th. Granddaughter is staying for another week, so will hopefully see her another time or two before she returns to Oxford.

🤗🤗🤗 and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for those who need them.

🙋‍♀️ Miele failte to any newbies.

☘️ Terri

I had one of the most relaxing Christmas Days ever. I did warn my son that we might want to get away earlyish, and the only thing he was concerned about was all the cheese he had bought for the evening. So we took some away with us and had some for a late supper, with the biscuits that had been in my brother's hamper.


We also took away some Christmas pudding, brandy butter, turkey, and stuffing. We will have those last two in sandwiches for lunch, and the rest will get eaten tonight.
Boxing Day, in the UK, is a bank holiday, and people often relax, go for a walk, and eat up the leftovers from the Christmas dinner. We were going to have the Dover Sole we bought, but I've put that back until tomorrow, and we can eat up all the snacks bits today. We were so absolutely stuffed after lunch yesterday that we just had a small amount of cheese in the evening.
Everyone was thrilled with their presents, especially Max with his money, and it was a generally cheerful and happy day. It was nice to see Max so relaxed, and genuinely pleased to see us when we turned up on the beach. He seems to be negotiating puberty well so far.
After lunch, we watched the video of the girls in their summer West End Experience. They were just in the chorus, but it was great to see what they had been up to. DDIL is signing them for next summer, although Edie might decide she doesn't want to do it.
So, two days that went well, and Christmas Day itself was better than I expected.
We came home to watch TV, after my nap on the sofa, and thoroughly enjoyed the last and final episode of 'Gavin and Stacey', which is a Welsh/English comedy show. We have never, ever, watched it before, but decided to watch the much hyped finale, and it was really excellent. We also enjoyed 'Call the Midwife', with another episode tonight.
So, I'm now in a golden glow and just resting happily.

So sorry for Barbie's news. I'm sure she knows all our thoughts are with her. Xxxxxxxx

Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Today ... Boxing Day ... was hot and muggy and mainly overcast which added to the heavy muggy feel.

I did a climbing walk - up to the top of one of the nearby hills.



I also hacked away at that grass we've got in the front yard - good upper body workout. It's Kikuyu or something similar. I think it might be called St Augustine grass in the US. Horrible stuff. As soon as its stolons and/or rhizomes hit something solid like a fence or driveway, they pile up on each other and then start climbing ... and attempting to remove the obstacle. It's destroying our fences. It was burying our driveway as well, but we fought it back for now.
https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/weeds/kikuyu



And this is our back yard ... our orchard. A work in progress. There are also raspberries, blueberries and strawberries in other locations.



Machka in Oz