Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

Ok, Barb, I told you I would send you a pic of the cookies I made for my friend's girl party tomorrow night (actually you know her, it's Kathy, the one you met in Florida...not the one with the sour face, the tall one).  I did butts, wine glasses and lips.   This was not an original idea on my part....on some thread a year or so ago, someone put a pic of these and I thought at the time, sometime I am going to make those. 

Were you using a pastry bag?  I make my icing with butter, powdered sugar and whatever flavoring I want....thin it with milk if it is too thick.  Maybe the stuff you bought was too stiff...or too thin.   I used to decorate cakes so I have like every shape and size tip imaginable. 

So your cookies weren't that pretty.....your sewing more than makes up for it. 

Barb...did you have a nice birthday meal?? I hope so.

Marybe...love the butt cookies !! How are you ??

Very cold weather here today. I have been TRYING to have an 'at home' all the dam*ned day, but I had a steady stream of either 'phone calls or visitors.

I had TWO, yes TWO calls from my DS...no complaints here. It was just so nice to hear his voice, and chat away with him. He rang me early morning...I was still plodding around in my PJs, and I sat talking dogs to him for over an hour. He wanted to know if I wanted 2 bulldogs. I absolutely would have loved them, but had to put my sensible hat on and say 'no'. He sent me their pics in an email, I nearly faltered and said 'yes' when I saw them ! A few years ago I would have been in the car and off down country to pick them up, but it's too much of a commitment now....2 young (both 18 months old) dogs, it will be 'who lasts the longest, the dogs or me !!!'  I used to breed bulldogs....about 40 years ago..OMG, when I was a youngster, and have always liked the breed. Anyway, got a call again late afternoon from DS, he has decided to buy them himself. He has just had a litter of pugs...black pugs...and I am sorely tempted again here !!!  I always had a pug or 2, or 3,  around until only the last couple of years.  Trouble with me I am finding it very hard to refuse when a decent dog comes up,  and am just beginning to accept I am NOT going to live forever, so therefore I'd better stop thinking about more pets !! 

I managed a lovely calf (or at least the cow did) 2 nights ago, no trouble, and she did it at  just after 1 am, so I could go and get a good nights sleep. I have managed to get her calcium jabs into her so far, bit of a performance, as she doesn't like the jabs, and I HATE giving her them. I shall be pleased when I can get my cows outside again, so I can see them from my windows, easier to manage that way.  

We have snow all around us, the forecast says it's coming, and it is so cold. I got a stock of food in on Sunday, and a load of logs delivered last week, so I am ready to be blocked in !!! Peace and quiet...I hope. I even picked up a cheapo sledge for G/daughter last week...don't know why really, as all my land is flat !! and I have no chance of pulling her around either .

Got a 'phone call from my new doctors surgery today...would I make a time for her to ring me for a telephone consultation  " nothing to worry about " but you do, don't you ??

Isabella. 

isabella, im so glad the claves got born well, and at a decent hour, at that!!!!i dounderstand about the dogs.. we have restrictions where we are.. no dogs.. i "beat" it, as mine are service dogs, regestired as such.. but can have no more.. two are plenty for me, now, but always had 3-4- more.. i truly understand.. i have enough to water my garden, and walk the little beggers once in awhile, right now...

  Barbe, the flowers are the added bonus for me, to live in so. fla.. its hard, but, like i tell everyone; you don't have to shovel rain....hahaha3jays

Ginger, that sounds like exactly what I just went through last weekend!!! IV meds for pain and nausea and xrays. Then went back on Saturday for booked ultrasound, back on IV and given a CT with contrast. I, too, am glad I checked out. We're assuming flu as nothing else showed up.

Woah, Ginger, what an experience...glad you came out OK at the other end !!  Same for you barbe...what a pair you are .

Have just been struggling with selling on eBay. I think I have cracked it. I used to be able to do it so easily a few years ago. Now it took some sorting. I am just so sick of things I no longer need. I've just put 3 Mulberry handbags on...am hoping they'll sell well....I used to love them, now I don't !! They're bigger than I like my bags now, and quite heavy. I've kept all receipts and authentication...so we'll see. I shall then be looking around to clear my wardrobes and drawers out a bit....I am sick of things getting creased because I try and pack so much in !! I have piles ontop of piles waiting for wardrobe space ! My spare room is a revelation.  DD set me off, she was SLIGHTLY suprised when she saw everything overflowing !! I sent her into the spare room to fetch me a jacket, and she said 'why don't you start and sell off all that lot ?' It looks much worse than it is as I keep my iron and ironing board up, plus piles of ironing that I never do, and the ironing and the piles of clothes have started to merge !! In short, it's a real mess !! I intend to start and do something about it while the weather is so cold, and I'm stuck in the house. The best I can do now is keep the bedroom door closed tight !!! hehe.

Isabella.

I am just NOW starting to feel a BIT like me. I look horrible!!! Dark, dark circles around my eyes and waxy skin! They'll take me straight to the morgue on Monday and skip the OR!!!!

I wonder how much weight I've lost. I can use the weight loss, just not the process!!

There are people who will do the e-bay for you for a commission on sales. It would be worth it to me not to have to bother with it. Of course, that would assume I had something worth buying. People who came to my only garage sale said, "Oh we got rid of that a LONG time ago."

I have shopped but not sold on Ebay for years. I find that unless someone has listed "free shipping" in their listing that I always have to pay the shipping. One time I sold a few of my mom's thing with an Ebay seller. I too was stunned at how little she sold the items for and how much she took in commission. The seller also told me that many of my items were not sellable and could she discard them. I was in a weak moment, my mom was in her last days, and I agreed. One of those items was a mint Chicago Tribune copy of the day JFK died. I do wish I had that back. Perhaps you would do batter as far as clarity of the process at a store front reseller. At least you would know the deal.  

I want to tell you what I recently bought on EBAY and maybe you will find similar items too. I love Rothschild childrens dress coats. I have purchased and put away enough for my DGD until she is about 8 years old. These are beautiful, classic, wool, tailored coats several with bonnets.  I paid from $5.00 to $29.00 for them.  I only bought 100% wool and carefully read the in grament labels as listed on the photos as well as the listing. If something isn't stated, ask, because an omission seems to indicate a problem. I also looked carefully for the origin of the garment. The older coats are the better coats, varying between lighter spring coats and heavy wool winter coats. I am so glad I did this because the good Rothschild coats sell up to $150.00 these days. So pretty. I feel so smart. lol

I have been eating quinoa in broth, baked potatoes and yogurt all week. I am fearful of that pain returning, it still hurts a bit as if threatening me with a comeback.

Love Ginger

I had expected the reseller to at least split the shipping costs!! How do I know whether they had charged the buyer or not? Mine was a storefront operation and it closed down in 6 months. Too late for me...sigh.

I've been eating all things soft, too.