Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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I am going to post my creations in a local selling group on Facebook. If that goes well, I'll set up my own group. I have a really heavyweight piece that I can use for a shower curtain. But first I will need to scrub the shower, before I make a curtain which will shield the horrible sight from visitors.
Took the dog for a walk and shampooed the carpet.
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It’s sunny here today, but the winds have returned. An indoor day. I’m making spaghetti squash right now. Later on will start to make butternut squash / sweet potato soup.
Growing up in Indianapolis, we played in the snow, but I didn’t do ice skating. We did some roller skating. When I moved to Virginia and met DH, he taught me to ski. He wanted to find a sport we could do together. We did lots of skiing (Pennsylvania mostly) even went to a down hill racing camp on winter. Having kids of course, changed our skiing habits.
Increasing the page size on my iPad helps somewhat, but my sight is still blurry. By the late afternoon, it’s a mess. Late night driving is impossible, so I make DH drive at night.
Mcbaker - do you do many shows this time of year to sell your products?
Hope everyone is doing well today.
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Really enjoying today's posts this afternoon. Each one seems to have something I can see in my own existence here in Illinois. Maverick you were at the top of my page, and I saw myself completely. I too, knew chocolate was a no-no for dogs. Like you I had no idea dark turkey meat could be an issue or generally any meat for that matter. At this point our remaining dog, as have almost all the others, only gets people food that is accidentally dropped on the floor. As to bad reactions it is likely any our dogs could have experienced some dark turkey. It may be that quite sm. amts. don't do too much to dogs with a really hearty constitution. I also fear falling since I broke my arm. That was (far as I know), my one and only broken bone but it was a doozy since it occurred at almost the top of my arm with splintering to a degree where the bone broke. After three trauma surgeons had a look, the last one said (and no one else even mentioned it) that it had broken in a forward direction so I could skip the fancy surgery, as well as the hardware and let it heal in a sling. He said that the patients he had that had the fancier fixes with hardware didn't experience less pain or temperature sensitivity any less much than those who just kept a sling. I don't have pain, but sometimes I get achy in that arm with the weather and sometimes don't. Sometimes it will just ache a little for no reason I can discern. When it does, it is only something I 'notice' but not nearly enough to even bother with an aspirin.
betrayal, it was the skating in your entry. You reminded me of the times I ventured into ice skating. I was a real wash-out. I stayed on my feet, mind you, but somehow, I just couldn't seem to master smoothly skating across the pond. Since back then I was pretty cold out of doors, I likely didn't have my heart completely in it. Think I mentioned roller skating at our rink which I enjoyed. Most of the time I even played crack the whip never minding being on the end. That is the part of the "whip" that got the most action. I never lost my balance, and just took to it immediately like a duck to water.
MC, with you it was about the shower curtain. We have glass doors so that puts the kibosh pretty much on up-dating with a new shower curtain. I love my house, but the only thing that I'm not too fond us is the shower, the only one we have in the main bathroom. I know I could actually put a shower curtain there also if I really wanted too but I am pretty sure I would get a lot of flak about it if I did. For one thing (I've always wondered if it is old--fashioned to a degree) because you have to step up into the shower a little over half a foot, I find myself so often scraping my toes on the metal framework. It is sort of awkward and everyone mentions at some time doing the same thing. I hope soon that we may be able to change it out. You can buy the lower stoop shoer pan floors that you can all be walk right into. Also, the wall panels can come separate. The drawback, if any is that as it now stands -like a tub upright only much longer and little wider (it is a big bathroom) there are so real seams to maybe start to grow a bit of mold and no filling putty for those seams. Also, sometimes the seam filling if nothing else changes color.
Cardplayer it was just the playing in the snow. It was so white and pretty and fun, even if I seemed to feel colder than anyone I was with. Young people can withstand negative things like that better than their elders. As well we had the mind hill. It was not huge but big enough to sled down. We had so little traffic by the hill we could let the sled keep going till it stopped on its own. For many yrs. the only street cleaning we had was on our one main road through town. Since we had dirt sidewalks they were not disturbed much. I love living here in the heavily wooded area we do. While we at last have a snowplow, no salt is ever put on our lane so it remains looking almost good enough for a pretty picture. In town they do use salt. We have an underpass in town so the other side going up has seen many a car dangerously sliding backward. It is the first place the salt trucks go.
Hope this sends as it has taken awhile.
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No. This was my first show. I will have to contact my friend to see if there are others. Most of my stuff is summery but can be worn with warm stuff underneath. Actually, silk breaks the wind nicely.
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I enjoyed reading your posts about skating on frozen ponds and playing in the snow. And skiing as a pastime. The descriptions brought delightful pictures in my imagination. DH and I spent the first winter of our marriage in Vermont and worked at a ski lodge. I tried skiing but wasn't good at it and eventually took a tumble that dislocated a shoulder. The ski patrol came to rescue me and took me down the mountain in a toboggan. I was dressed in layers of warm clothing so it was painful bearing my arm and shoulder for the doctor at the ER to pop the joint together. Ouch!!! That was the end of my snow skiing. I have vivid memories of Vermont in the fall and winter.
We had a beautiful day with sunshine and highs in the 50's. We took Popeye's fried chicken to my sister's house where we celebrated her birthday and the birthday of her granddaughter Olivia, who is turning 13.
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Happy Birthday to your sis and her granddaughter. Hope they have mostly stress-free days and very few medical issues.
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Once again, in the 4th quarter the Bears managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The Bulls & Blackhawks are also sucking mightily, as are Northwestern's football and basketball teams. Even U of I fell yesterday. Except for flukes like the 1986 Super Bowl Bears and 2016 Cubs, to be a Chicago sports fan is to know that in the end you will get your heart broken (I stole that from Sen. Pat Moynihan's famous quote about being Irish).
Tomorrow a.m. I have my melanoma MO visit & labs--too much time to kill between that & PT, so I will go home for a quick bite & coffee before turning around to go back up to Evanston Hosp. Not looking forward to the labs--not so much because my veins are always a challenge, but because I suspect my GFR & H&H will be suboptimal and my fasting glucose & a1c too high. (But still not high enough to warrant being prescribed Ozempic, which would give me a decent weight loss. Sadly, it's being abused by the likes of Kardashians & supermodels to get ultra-skinny, so Humana Part D would likely not cover it). I found out that the little benign adrenal adenoma and adrenal wall thickening may well have been partly responsible for weight gain over the years, due to their pumping out excess cortisol. If I weren't so tired of surgery (and there were no COVID-era restrictions on elective surgery), I'd consider getting my L breast reduced to match my R one (at this point, righty is less than 2/3 the size of lefty) and my abdominal diastasis ("pooch" due to vertical muscle split caused by C-section and overweight) repaired. My torso looks like a 3-tiered wedding cake: boobs up top, muffin top in the middle, panniculus ("apron") below the waist. I can live with the thunder thighs (actually, now not so much "thunder" as a small "rumble"). I no longer have much of a butt, however: my twerk don't work.
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Drove in gray gloomy weather into sone sunshine. Still cool though, wearing jeans and thick zip up Columbia fleece. Tomorrow we’re off to Lake City, FL where we hope to get rid of heavy fleece!
Today we crossed the Mississippi River and a train was in the trestle. We always try to stop at this rest stop because of the great view and clean bathrooms. Then on to Mobile, Alabama for the night. Our hotel is on Mobile bay, great sunset shots. We’ve stayed here before,
and always hope for the upgrade to the bay sunset. It never disappoints. I tried posting pictures. Unsure if they’ll show up 
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When I broke my knee-- a few days from a year ago, the medic asked me for permission to cut my jeans open. I really had no choice, because I saw a big bump where there wasn't supposed to be one. He gave me a shot of some hefty pain medication and pulled the knee joint back into something like proper alignment. I would imagine a trip down a ski slope with that dislocation unreduced would have also been very painful. Glad that docs can now trust medics to do it.
I tend to get some high liver numbers, but everything is OK the next time around. I have decided to not worry about it.
If I could get minor issues with my foob taken care of, I might. If I lose much more weight, I will put a shaper in my left cup and call it good.
Done watching "Equalizer" and carpet machine is probably cleaner than it has been for a long time. GROSS! Bedtime.
I hope I can shake this sad feeling soon. I am sure that my dog-hating neighbor is part of it. Tell me, does he look like a savage beast?
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Everything I've looked up says that small amounts of plain, unseasoned dark meat turkey are safe for dogs. That SPCA rep probably referred to the fat and skin (the latter of which is often seasoned with garlic, shallots, chives or onions--alliums, which are toxic to both cats & dogs). The fat & skin can cause digestive upset and even pancreatitis in dogs, which if not promptly treated by an emergency vet can progress rapidly & fatally.
I grew up in a very flat section of Brooklyn south of the glacial terminal moraine, Brownsville (adjacent to Canarsie and the East New York of CBS drama fame--to find a sleddable hill, we had to go a couple miles north to Lincoln Terrace Park, on the border of Brownsville & Crown Heights). But we used to create our own hills out of snowdrifts in playgrounds & schoolyards. When I was 12, our parents took my grandma & us to a kosher resort in Lakewood, NJ for Thanksgiving weekend. It had its own rink, and we were given skating lessons. I was a terribly incompetent roller skater (we had the clamp-on over-shoes type of skates, tightened with a little hexagonal skate key--and I wasn't allowed to use ball-bearing skates because their wheels were too fast). Our sidewalks were made of a kind of composite cement with embedded pea gravel--and I can still recall the pattern of those little round pebbles in the skin of my oft-abraded knees. Most photos of me between age 4-10 show a large gauze bandage on one or both knees.
Back then, I was called a "klutz." I know now I was (and still am) "dyspraxic," a genetic predisposition inherited by our son. It is characterized by impaired proprieception (the sense of knowing, w/o external visual or tactile clues, where in space parts of your body are at a given time)--and is accompanied by poor balance. His preschool teachers noticed it and suggested pediatric occupational therapy, which he had for several years. People were not that enlightened back in the '50s & '60s--and kids were brutal in their ridicule. That's also why I never learned to ride a bike--we never had one because my parents cited my propensity for falling (hence the ban on ball-bearing skates) and were loath to have to take me to the ER at our neighborhood's low-income crime-ridden public hospital; but my mom eventually admitted that because of rampant bike thefts my family wouldn't be able to replace a stolen bike.
Anyway, the first thing they taught us at the rink was how to fall--not backwards, lest we injure the spine. So we practiced falling on our sides and getting back up. Then the first time around the rink, I fell--forward, on to my hands. (A fall on outstretched hand, aka "FOOSH" injury--which happened to me again three more times, on a sidewalk in 2005, up my stairs on to the 2nd fl. landing when my clog fell off in 2018, and 2 months later in the hospital when my gum-soled shoe stuck to the terrazzo floor when I was en route to getting a cortisone shot for the upstairs fall). Spent the morning at the ER, treated for two sprained wrists. After lunch I was back on the ice, both wrists in soft casts: my parents paid for those lessons and were not about to waste them. I skated occasionally with friends throughout high school, but I never liked it--I did it for the hot chocolate afterwards. On college ski weekends in the Catskills I mostly snowplowed my way around the base of the bunny hill. Took me forever to get the hang of the rope tow.
After our wedding, we moved to Seattle. In law school, I decided to take cross-country (X-C) ski lessons, and discovered I was pretty good at it, especially cutting tracks on the flats through powder and herringboning uphill. I got a coupon in a bucket of KFC for two free GLM (graduated length method) Alpine ski lessons at Snoqualmie Summit. Short skis, first lesson herringboning up the bunny hill, second lesson taking the rope tow. I'd snowplow my way down, managing not to fall. At the end of the second lesson, the instructor said "see you next week on regular skis, at the intermediate-slope chairlift." I never went back--except on my X-C skis herringboning my way uphill (for free) past the jealous chairlift line, to snowplow and painstakingly switchback down the slope. I realized my dyspraxia also came with an abject fear of uncontrolled speed, flashing back to my disastrous skating experiences. I never, ever fell on X-C skis--in fact the only injury I suffered was getting my finger caught in the spring lever of a cable binding. When I moved here to Chicago, I upgraded to waxless skis with pin-bindings. It remains the only form of exercise that when I look at my watch, I'd think "oh, crap, time to stop," rather than "geez, when will I be done already?" But ever since I blew out my ACL in 1991 falling on black ice while crossing State Street, I never got back on skis...of any type.
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Never even tried to ski. My brother and I got bicycles for Christmas one year. No anxiety about them getting stolen in our town. So, we learned how to ride at the same time. Another year Dad was busy setting up a frame in the back yard. I forgot what he said it was for. But then he gave it up. We got ice skates for Christmas. A rink had just opened in Keokuk -- across the river. Spent a lot of time going around, nothing fancy -- ever. We had sidewalk skates and lived on a small hill. We would rent roller skates at times. The rink was also open in the summer.
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I learned to ride a bicycle on an adult sized bike. I climbed onto a bench to get on the bike. Pedaling worked fine. The challenge was dismounting. The only way to get off the bike was to crash it as gently as possible.
Looks like the temperature will be 70 degrees for Thanksgiving. We are travelling to the Jacksonville, FL, area to be guests at the home of dh's nephew. His location is about the same latitude so that weather should be similar to ours. I put Jacksonville on my Weather Bug app so I could get an idea of what clothes to pack.
Your dog is cute, Mary.
Cindy, if you travelled on I-12 in Louisiana, you passed within 5 miles of our house. On a quiet night with a bedroom window open, I can hear the traffic on 12.
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This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do this for you. Nothing is too good for you—you deserve the best. Take the power to make your life healthy, exciting, and worthwhile. The time is now. Take the power to create a successful, happy life. -Susan Polis Schutz
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MC, your dog is a very un-ferocious looking dog. I think your neighbor is touched. I had a repairman at my house at least twice when we had our very first dog. He insisted that Reggie be tied up when he came. I reluctantly did it, because I sorely needed the repairs, but never had very positive feelings about that repairman. It wasn't that he had obviously had some bad experiences with dogs. I could not discern if he even tried to differentiate between dogs now at all. Reggie was an extra-ordinary Golden Retriever. He never met a person he didn't like - so when people approached, whether he knew them or not -- he was wagging his tail with a happy look on his face and most of all, a body that was limp and not held at attention.
I hope you can ease your sad feelings if not get rid of most of them permanently.
Nice today again. We are going to have a few days (at least though Thanksgiving) in the 50's. Sure will be a relief from the bitterness of the temps we have had. It has been a long time since we started this kind of winter so early. Normal for us used to be a month of snow, and a month of 'real' cold, not necessarily together. Always felt like it started right before Christmas holidays and the really cold in January. Every yr. for several yrs. now we have heard it will be one of those worst winters. This is the only one that looks to hold that possibility.
Hope you all have a really good day.
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Beautiful pictures cindyny.
Tippy is quite a handsome pup Mcbaker.
I too was a klutz growing up. I probably should have had glasses before starting school, but didn’t get them until 2nd grade when I started having headaches. I was born in Columbus Ohio and lived in a small suburb outside of it - Whitehall. We rode our bikes on the side walks - up and down with the other kids in the neighborhood. Moved to Indianapolis after 3rd grade. I didn’t ride a bike again until I got to college. Tried to use it to get around campus. And we rode bikes with the kids when they were younger.
I hope everyone has great start to the week.
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I agree, Tippy is super cute! My DD is adopting a puppy. Not sure if it will be her first preference because they are out of town now at SIL's parents for Thanksgiving. I am thrilled as I can't yet get a dog, so a "granddog" will be awesome!
Cindy, the pictures are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
I am thankful for a week without any doctor appointments, although I have two next week. This Wednesday, I have a hair appointment and that is something I always look forward to.
It was really cold here this morning, 26 when I went to the grocery store to pick up my "free" turkey breast. After spending a certain amount, the store gives a coupon to redeem either a turkey, turkey breast, ham, kosher chicken, or frozen Lasagna. I wasn't sure with the price of food if they would do that this year, but they did. I already had a turkey breast in our freezer which I put in the frig to thaw, so this one replaced that one. The freebie is really nice for families, especially this year! I am making turkey breast in a crock pot this year. My daughter makes it that way all the time, I just hope mine turns out as well as hers does.
Have a great day everyone!
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Thank you. I can offer more details, but yes, she is "touched". And Tippy is just a friendly pup, who expects all people to be good-hearted (his expectation is stronger if he can smell dog on them, though).
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Chisandy: Had to chuckle at your description of your body because it sounds like you were also describing mine. Since I have been on AI's I have not been able to lose weight and what I have has has shifted to my midsection. My PCP suggested Ozempic for weight loss but it is not covered by my prescription insurance nor medicare prescription. Out of pocket cost was ~$1500 per month to start and dosage is incrementally increased over time. Hopefully when I stop Exemestane next June, I may be able to lose some of the belly.
Mary: I think Tippy is adorable and do not understand why your neighbor is such a dog hater. Perhaps it is related to a past traumatic experience with a dog but if so, you would think he would avoid rather than engage with Tippy. I do think dogs and cats can be good judges of character in other humans and that we have to mind their reactions to others. I had a cat that hated one of my dates and it turned out he was a real louse. It was the only time he acted negatively towards anyone so I should have listened earlier. You are right about silk being a protection from wind since some of the more expensive long johns are made from silk. Do your buyers realize your sewing efforts were formerly saris? Maybe an "MCB exclusive" decorative tag explaining the history of your product would be a sale point? My mother made most of my clothes and although I did not always appreciate it then, I now look for items that have been crafted by others.
MM: thanks for reminding me my DS had gifted me a very large roaster oven that I may be able to use for our turkey. It would then free the oven for other foods. I will have DH locate it from the garage and give it a thorough cleaning before Thursday. It is supposed to work quicker than an oven as well.
I have had our turkey in my garage refrigerator since Thursday and I am not sure it is thawing. It is bitter cold again today (37) but sunny for which I am thankful. Had my mammo done this morning and hope I get results by Thursday. I no longer qualify for a diagnostic one so I was able to leave as soon as she was done. Hate how they are always behind on appointments and their dressing rooms are always cold. Road work meant I had 2 detours to get home and of course, the down to one lane delay.
Cindyny: Loved the photos. My DSIL (and DB) lives in the FL panhandle as a reverse snowbird and this summer posted several sunset photos on the evening news. One was actually posted to the wrong news station in Michigan but she was surprised to find out they posted it anyhow. She sends them to me and I always enjoy them.
Carole: hope your trip to your family is uneventful. Loved the bike story since that was a method to dismount I actually used until I learned that I could apply brakes to stop.
Jackie: Enjoy the warmer weather. I am hoping that the prediction for this winter is not as bad as they think it will be. I hate being housebound if the weather is bad.
Hope everyone has a good day.
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PTSD is part of her problem, along with failing to look ahead for problems.
Yes, my business card says that I specialize in garments made from recycled saris from India.
There is a big crafts fair in La Crosse in July. Many of these items are better worn in hot weather, so I might have more success there. Get busy on other things, buy an occasional sari, and hope I can find transportation there and then. I suspect a male friend is interested in me.
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MC, thanks, for posting your neighbors issues. I feel a bit kinder since it is a PTSD problem. It still remains though she is touched. Betrayal said, and I agree that animals whether dog or cat, can easily feel/sense people who harbor ill will more than anything. These people give off vibes that often fool us, but animals are not easily fooled by kind words, smiles, or other welcoming attributes which might be displayed for the benefit of that person. We are likely lucky to have the strong intuitive reactions from them.
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Exactly. Thus I will carry him in any situation where we might be likely to see her. He will be too busy enjoying my proximity to pick up on the bad vibes.
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Mary, Tippy looks cute as a button. And your idea to shoot for the craft fair in July sounds like a good plan.
Bikes - my sister, 7 years my senior, had what was called an “English” 3 speed bike as a young girl. The bike back then looked like a 10-speed from the 1970’s, thin big tires, with a bigger seat. I tried riding hers once I mastered my plain old 24” kid bike, it was ok but I was thankful it was a “girls” bike w/o the bar or I’d have been in trouble. We also lived on a dead end and we took over the road with our bikes. Then there was the turquoise banana seat bike I loved. Then as I turned 13 I was on to my 10-speed bike in the 70’s and that was a boys bike. I was 5’8” in 5th or 6th grade, so that “boys bike” with a bar wasn’t a problem. Rebels we were! So now I’m 63 and have an old lady big seat cruising bike, with a memory foam seat cover, no speed settings - only as fast as I can peddle. I love it! I try to ride like the wind at least 1x a day while in Florida. I say it’s my cardio workout. As I get used to it I’ll go longer around the development, working up to 2x. It’s one of those things I look forward to once I’m there. In NY my neighborhood isn’t conductive to bike riding. I’d have to buy a bike rack and drive a few miles to get to an area where I wouldn’t get run over. That’s my bike memories, thanks for jogging them!
Tonight is our last night in a hotel. We should be home tomorrow before 3. So much to do once we get there but I will be glad to get there!
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Love all the snow memories but admit I don't miss northern winters at all. I had a boy friend in jr. high who was both a good skater and dancer and we spent many weekend at our community outdoor rink. Don't think I've skated since then. Only roller skated with those "clip-on" skates.
We cross-country skied often when Ken was stationed in Alaska. Also had my first downhill lessons on our small base hill. Skied often when we lived in Maine and continued when we lived in DC until someone stole my skis off the car.. By that time, I was having trouble getting myself up so we didn't replace them. That must have been almost 30 years ago.
The bottom line is that I too am a klutz and have never been good at sports. I'm a terrible golfer too but love being outdoors with fun people so I show up.
We saw our daughter for the first time in 3 years too. Must be really terrible when there are grandkids involved. They change so fast.
Have a good week, everyone.
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Yep, I am up early again. Woke up around 4, stayed in bed until 4:45 and knew there was little chance to fall back to sleep. I really wish I could get my body back into some kind of normal schedule.
Cindy, I had a blue three speed English Racer as a kid. I got it for my birthday, sat on it and promptly ran it right into a telephone pole! Ugh. Not a lot of damage thank goodness. I was lucky enough to be in a neighborhood where most families only had one car, (mid 1960's) so during the day, not much traffic to worry about. Today, we live in a similar neighborhood not far from the one I grew up in, but everyone has 2, 3 or more cars so it really isn't as safe for kids to ride their bikes. Sounds great to be able to ride your bike around your Florida neighborhood! Safe trip home!
taco, yep, three years is way too long! I spend hours on FaceTime with my granddaughters. The oldest will be 10, the youngest recently turned 4. It helps but definitely isn't like seeing them in person and getting to hug and hold them!
Looks like I will have a granddog this weekend! I am excited for them. A dog brings so much to a family. I just pray it all works out for them. It will be a huge adjustment, but a worthwhile one!
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
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I haven't been on this site for several days and it took a long time to read everything. DH turned 70 on the 14th. I took him out for dinner and it was just so so. We met up later with some friends and that nice. The 27th is our anniversary and we are going on a mini-vacation to Hudson Beach. The niece, grand niece and grand nephew, plus spouses and so's are meeting us for lunch. I am looking forward to it. My BFF has been very sick, but not COVID. She has been to the doctor twice and still coughing and miserable. It was cold on Sunday, but warmer yesterday and should get into the 70's today.
MC - Tippy is so cute! Thank you for posting the photo.
Cindy - I have enjoyed sharing your travels. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Sandy - The basement flood issues sound like a great mess. Loved the body description. I look like a skeleton with wrinkled saggy skin on it.
keywest, Good to hear from you. That does sound like a dilemma. I would go with your MO.
Betrayal, petite pants are usually too long for me. Some companies have petite and petite short. Petite short is too short for me and regular petite is usually too long.
Maverick, your body has been through a lot. It takes some time for it to adjust and back to normal or as normal as it can be.
Illinois, I like the "faith" quote.
Anyone is the snow storm stay safe.
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This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity, because it tries to provide the conditions wherein we are able to yield ourselves to intuitive leadings, promptings, warnings, teachings, and counsels and also to the inspiring peace of the soul. It dissolves mental tensions and heals negative emotions.
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Once again as sunny as I always hope it will be. Our temps. are working up to getting into the late 50's, like almost 60, That won't last too long but so far, the change has made for a pretty good week.
Not sure I mentioned (wish I knew how to post pictures here) that I really have been enjoying wearing short hair again. My Dh said I looked 20 yrs. younger again. Well, he is somewhat biased so I'm not at all sure that is even close. I think more my body and hair resemble heavily how they used to be. I weighed a healthy 135 #'s, and my face hadn't fallen from a stroke, and I never went for a long hair style back then. I do believe being able to fluff out my hair a little more, as well as visibly not be having to apply hair dye to white hair, makes a bit of positive difference. Um, 20 yrs. worth, real doubtful! You would have to work a lot harder to convince me, but I do think I look younger.
Several places, (churches and organizations) are doing holiday meals again this yr. Some will even deliver them. They would like a donation of whatever amt. you can afford and wish to give, but it is NOT a must-have for them if your means have dwindled. I spoke to my family about pre-ordering at least three. So, all but me. I planned to make a roast because it would be a lot less work for me, and I would not have to evaluate everything I ate for possibly upsetting my salt balance. Also, ordering meals means usually there is no way to have leftovers unless you're a very delicate eater. So, we would have food not needing real preparation the next day. They were all so wishy-washy I abandoned the idea. Now that it is too late to order, (I have friends that I could arm-twist a bit) they are telling me fine. I'm going to stick with the roast. I gave them a chance to choose something, and they waited too late to do it. End of story -- enjoy the roast everyone.
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Love today's quote. I sometimes crave being alone and seldom suffer from loneliness. There are days when I do not leave the house while DH has to be out and about daily so I let him run errands he can handle.
petite1: The petite shorts are still a tad long but I don't always need to take them to the tailors, they just break lower than I usually prefer. I am short legged with a long torso, so tops can be regular sized because petite tops are sometimes too short. The sleeves can sometimes be too long but I just push them up or fold them under. I was lucky when my mother made my clothes because they were always custom fit. Belated HB to your DH and may he have many more.
My first bike was a hand me down that my DD painted red and green. It was a standard girls bike where you reversed the pedals to brake. It had nothing fancy to say for it. I rode it everywhere once I learned to balance. One day my friend and I decided to take a rather lengthy ride ~ 10 miles roundtrip and got caught in a major thunderstorm. We sought refuge at a farm several miles from our home and had to call our parents to come get us. Needless to say we were grounded for this but to this day, I would do it again. I found that my mother would punish me for things that she ignored if my DBs attempted or did. At that time, there was not the concern about child predators, etc that there is today. Just she had a double standard always.
Today is sunny and warmer with temps supposed to hit the low 50's. Welcome after the bitter cold. Located the electric turkey roaster in the garage and cleaned it up so we can use it on Thursday. Hope the 21 lb turkey I have will fit in it and that the darn turkey will finally thaw in the refrigerator. It has been in there since last Thursday and only seems a bit softer.
Mary: I bought a beaded purse in BC and not only did it have a business card inside, there was a printed backstory about the artist tucked into the purse. I found this very interesting and it made the purse even more meaningful. If people comment on the bag, I share the story with them. That is why I made the suggestion. I did not mean to offend.
Loved the program Escape to the Chateau that used to be broadcast on HGTV and then disappeared. Found it on Peacock and am bingeing on the 3 seasons I have not seen. The couple are very creative and into upcycling items they found in the chateau or elsewhere that were in disrepair. I am amazed at how creative they both are and envy those that possess that skill. I am still on season 7 with 2 more to go after this. If you have not seen it and love DIY, I highly recommend watching it.
Have a good day.
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No, I was not offended.
Escape to Chateau is on our PBS, but I often see reruns. I really enjoyed it when I first discovered it. I'll look around and see if I can find a bigger variety of episodes. I subscribe to Acorn. I would suspect that it being on TV is great advertisement for the B & B and events.
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