MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

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HNS, what an awesome picture!  That settings looks so tranquil, it must bring you great peace.  Wildlife aside of course

OG56, I got this for you ... I have no idea how the bag got empty or the glass half full ... really I don't

fmakj.. so sorry to hear about your dad    3jays

heartnsoul--have you considered liquid vitamins?  Some companies make liquid vitamins, I know Centrum Silver comes in liquid form.  Health food stores have lots of versions of liquid vitamins, many actually taste quite good.  They do cost more, but it might be worth it.  You can certainly use a mortar and pestle to crush pills. If you have a granite or soapstone mortar the vitamins may stain it, and the vitamin taste may get into whatever you use in it next if you don't clean it carefully, but you probably already know that.  Next time you are in a grocery or drug store look in the area where pill boxes are and you will find gizmos for crushing pills.  If your pills are in bubble pack (each pill in a little plastic bubble with a foil backing) you can crush the pill in the bubble by smashing it with a mug or glass or meat tenderizer. 

Gorgeous home!  I can see the attraction of the woods, not so sure about the snakes and spiders, though! 

Beautiful home Heart!!!

The picture definitely has a bean of some sort in it, with 'deflated' skins of a sort. I'll stick with my cocoa pods for garden mulch....

((((lynniea))))  I know how ya feel.  The pain does let up.  I found that a heating pad made them feel so much better.  I know that helped me find a bit of relief.  That was the part that bothered me was the hip and leg pain.  I hoe you can find some comfort.

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mainer - good idea, I'm switching to liquid vitamins wherever I can. I take too many vitamins anyway. I didn't know they made things to crush pills - I'm going to get one of those for the vitamins I can't eliminate. Thanks for helping me figure out how to stop choking down these blasted things!

Thanks for the nice comments about my house, ladies. You can see how I'm torn between the tranquility of the house and setting, and the wilderness beyond! Snakes, spiders, coyotes, mosquitoes, mice, rats, wood roaches, encroaching ivy and the weirdest bugs I've ever seen! It's a constant battle....BACK, NATURE, BACK! I think nature's winning - nature always wins.

But....it is beautiful back here. Like a friend of mine said, "It's like an oasis in the city."  My brother wants to sell his house at the end of the private drive - it's a real neat Frank Lloyd Wright type house built in 1950.  So, I'm kind of mulling over selling this one at the same time - maybe a family would like to buy it as a family compound.  But, definitely, mum's the word on the wildlife! 

We have the DS do the yard part of his extra allowance. Don't know why I said coffee beans.



Lynniea hope things are better soon for you.



Have a bad summer cold not able to get out today. Hope things are better tomorrow.

On a bright note, I just picked a dozen tomatoes from my garden and made salsa.  Yum!  Having my own Memorial Day indoor picnic, as SEs rule today.

Thinking of all my Middles ! {{{{hugs}}}                           

To all my Middle Sisters , Thinking of you & sending Comfort {{{{hugs}}} Love ya, Gina