Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

glad to hear everyones thanksgiving went well.. sorry your'e still at the 4657 job, barbara.. Mur hates his, too.. i don't know how you guys face the day.. oh yeah... the paycheck!!!!..3jays

    safe trip, Val enjoy those kiddies!!!!

some special roses

For all of us who need a little pick me up

I like that .... beautimus....and I love the roses.

Isabella.

LOVE the lighting on the roses!!

YAY Amyjo!   Sooo good to see you and very glad that all went well with the correction.  Rest up and heal well.

Love n hugs.  Chrissy

Hooray Amyjo!  Glad to see you, and to hear you are doing well!  Yippee for no drains! 

Enjoy your sewing machine -- I sure am enjoying mine, but am waiting on a pattern order from Simplicity. While I'm waiting, I'm making covers for everything in sight -- copier, bird cage, etc. I told DH if he stood still long enough, I'd make a cover for him...

LC - too funny girlfriend. I am making a lot of blankets and quilts. DGS loves his t-shirt quilt I made him for his birthday. I have made his little sister one and now I am making them for his cousins (all girls) daisy dog even got one plus a new bed in the process.

Good for you, AmyJo!  Missed you and hope you'll take it easy for awhile.

Beautiful tree, Barb.  I've shopped a good bit, but have none no decorating as yet.  With a verybusy weekend just passed and having GS during the week, I've just put it off.  Must do something this week.  

I've come to the realization that it's my eating habits that are odd, not those of everyone else.  At the church play and dinner Friday night we had potato salad with dill pickle relish in it.  Everybody loved it, except me---potato salad should have sweet pickles in it, you know.  Then last night we went out to eat to celebrate some friends' 40th anniversary, to a rather upscale restaurant in Charlotte.  I'd thought, well, if all else fails I can just get a sandwich, maybe even a hamburger.  They had bison burgers.  Even their "gourmet" meat loaf was made with buffalo.  I decided on the "cracklin' pork tenderloin", and the waiter said it was cooked medium, would that be all right.  Nope, it wouldn't be all right.  Pork should be cooked well done!  No trichinosis for this girl!  To top it all off, I had to send my wine back for another glass because a gnat decided to take a swim in it. I imagine they just fished the gnat out in the kitchen and brought it back gnatless, too.

Oh well.  Hope all had a good weekend.

Kathy

Barb...lovely tree. It makes me feel Christmassy just looking at it ! Don't think I can be bothered to put up a tree for just lil ole me ....bit ridiculous !!!  I did buy quite a lot of lovely big glass tree ornaments about a month ago...goodness knows WHAT I was thinking. May just hang them up on my fireplace.

Mostlymom...uuurrrgghh, makes you wonder what goes on behind the scenes in some places !! Had to laugh tho'.

Isabella.

yesterday, i got our "new(" 2yrs) tree up. i went from a full size, to a table top then.. i also do a blue tree, and a pink tree for my grands... but, this week, we'vr had family troubles. so, i think we won't see them for any fo the hoiday season.. i was told the 2nd thru the 16th would be the only time till after jan 1st; they're "too busy" with my DIL family, otherwise.. we were suppossed to have pics w/ santa today. my son said he'd meet us, and be there, to help with kids.. i was all happy. should've known it was a set up!!! his MIL was there, and DIL disappeared with the kids.. so i had "my day" with the grands, with DILs mother, instead.. my son just had very terse words with me about taking the wheelchair in here, "just to make everyone uncomfortable" so we left, asap and a kiss to the kids...

   i don't think they'll even SEE their trees here this year, but hey, good thing i did it yesterday!!!i'll have pictures, anyway, to remember...

 i've been talking to a friend, and i think this is the year the "family divorce " may happen.. i've been trying very hard to accomodate, and see thhe gkids, but it becomes ridiculous, at some point... i wanted to see my SON too, but i guess its not meant to be...

 im so sorry for spilling this here, i know i did last year, too.. i really don't have anyone, since my siser died this yr... im seriously thinking at least a "seperation" from my son, his Family of choice is in order right now...

   so, i'll be a voyeaur this year again, peering into your lives.... thanks for listening.........3jays

Barb and Alyson, love your trees!!! I hope to buy ours this AM. One "good" thing about having BC this Christmas season is that my DH isn't giving me any hassle about 1) buying a BIG tree, 2) buying it EARLY and 3) helping me put it up. Last year, I bought it myself, dragged it up 2 flights of stairs, dragged it into the great room, put it up and decorated it all by myself, while my DH was out of town. 

I hope to have mine at least up, if bare, by tonight. This afternoon I have my appt. with the MO to find out my Oncotype score, and I want to have something to do tonight -- decorate -- to either celebrate a low score or keep my mind off it, if I have a high score.

And love your mouse stories, girls. I have a rodent story, too, but in mine, the solution was a lot more violent.

We have a vacation home in a remote area. We knew we had mice or rats in the kitchen, so we set out traps. One night we heard a trap snap. But then we heard all this clatter, like false teeth chattering.

"The thing is running around the kitchen with the trap on him," I yelled to my husband. "He's still alive. DO SOMETHING!"

I hate rodents, so I went to the far end of the house. The next thing I knew, I heard this BIG bang. My husband SHOT the rat...in our kitchen. Ugh, what a mess.

I remember moving into a house that had peonies and I used Ant KILL powder on the plant because of the ants!! That's how I learned that the ants 'open' the flower. Doi on me!!

Ah, 3jays, I DO think it's time for a separation. This whole thing is ripping you apart and I DO know how you feel. Take a step back, breathe and pretend you live on the other side of the country!! That's how I accept how little I see my grands. I had visions of a full house every weekend but I go months without seeing even one of the three of them!! So sad, really. Makes me understand the way other cultures all live together....sigh.

I think that once you can protect your heart against the pain,l it will be a bit easier to handle. You are in my prayers, sweetie.

Oh Chababa!! The pix you drew us with the BBs rolling out the barrel of the gun was just a hoot!! ehehehehehehehehe