WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50 & 60 yr olds #148

Here it is all ready for some great new posts!

Cheers
Maria

Thank you Maria now I can go to bed in peace. LOL :D Geez I hate not knowing stuff.
Well it's 11:23, so I better get ready for bed.........
Good night.

Slavika: Sounds like great gifts to me! Glad your mouth is getting better. Sure is gonna take a long time to get it all done. :(
LOL about Maui! You got that right! They wouldnt know how to handle all of us! Probably close the Island down :lol:

Glenda: I have seen Neil in concert before. It was a long time ago. He was awesome then. Quite the performer. Lucky you!

Maria: Yes you have been alone alot more than me. I feel for you. My DH goes maybe once or twice a year. So I do treasure those few that he is gone so I can relax and not worry about anything else.

Good to see you Ann!

Now where is Peggy and PeggyST?

I thought it was time for me to check in again. I can't believe all the chatter that I have missed the last few days. I even miss one whole thread. That's only been three days. I better get my act together here! LOL

I have been organizing some volunteer work this week for the Salvation Army, so have not been lurking very much. Tonight starts the Christmas appeal for them, so will be out with my bells on the street corner. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is for 16 to 20 below. Oh, I really don't like winter.

I can't even remember when I last posted, but I guess it was on Monday. Yes there was a 3.75 pound loss for last week. That was good, except I am gaining weight back this week. I have stayed OP all week - even managed to stay within the lower WW point range, but I am putting on the pounds. It's that time of month, so I don't think I should worry about the gain. By Monday when I WI, it will be gone.

I will start a thread for the Christmas Challenge. Everyone who is joining me on the Christmas Challenge, check in there and post your progress every week until Christmas. Let's get those pounds gone.

Bye the way...the trip to Hawaii. I am sooooo there. It looks mighty nice to me.

Peggy - I was thinking about you this week. How did the procedure go? How are feeling through it all? Hope everthing is fine and the results are good. Take care.

Hope everyone is doing well - getting Christmas shopping done, baking looked after, preparing for family and friends. Enjoy the season, it won't be very long now.

Talk later, but remember to sign up for the Christmas Challenge.

Luv,

G'day all,

Overcast day here but quite warm.
I am watching the Davis Cup tennis on TV, Australia v France. Australia doing quite well so far.

I am fiddling around burning CD's and making the cover's etc to go with it. I bought some stick on templates to stick to the CD it self and they are turning out quite well. Very professional:D

I am also trying out some fake tan, not an attractive picture at the moment as I do not want to get any fake tan on my good bras, I am doing without bras at the moment:o
Needless to say I won't be going out anywhere.

I am off to play a bit of canasta before having lunch, see if I can improve my score a bit more.

So many important things in my life to keep up with it:D

See ya all
Cheers
Maria

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Hi Everybody
Maria when working with that "fake tan" stuff you really have to exfoliate your skin good first. (You probably already know all this, but just in case).........
My friend at the lake used the self-tanning stuff on her legs and didn't exfoliate first, and also put it on her knees and the back of her heels at the same time as she did the rest of her legs and those parts got really really dark. :( She said, instructions came with the tanning stuff but she read them AFTER SHE DID IT. :D
LOL....she has even less patience then me. :)
Geez look at you, now you are burning CD's. A friend in Maui, his son, had a CD burner and for his birthday his son made up a CD with all his favorite songs. I'm not sure how he did this, because I don't even know what a CD burner looks like, but he said, his son put a picture of him on the CD. It was one of him sitting in his lawn chair at the ocean. The friend was very pleased with this gift. Can you make a "template" out of a photo to put on a CD?????? He didn't have it with him so I didn't see it.
Trudy came across this recipe for something called "Dulce de Leche" which she felt the need to share with me.....LOL You take an unopened can of "Condensed Milk" that has 127 calories in 2 tbsp. or 1270 calories in the can and place it on a rack in a large covered pot and simmer for 2 1/2 hours. At the end of that time you have a caramel sauce that is to die for. :eek: Oh it's GOOD!

Peggy ST you sure are managing to keep busy, is this something you do every year with the Salvation Army? They certainly do a lot of good work. :)
Glenda I would have loved to have seen the "real Neil Diamond".
Peggy I hope everything is ok with you. We sure would like to hear from you. Maybe you are just busy with your crafting or having computer trouble.

Talk to you all tomorrow. Night.

G'day all,

Slavika Yes I know all about not exfoliating before applying fake tanning stuff:( I have experimented over the years quite a bit with different types and have not bothered the last few years. However, for the wedding I thought I would have another go. I thought if I do it now so I will have an idea what it will look like and not turn up at the wedding with streaky orange legs:D
I am using L'Oreal and it is quite good other than after a shower the 'tan' still comes off on the nice white towels they supply here:eek: .
Burning of CD's is quite easy. I have a CD burner at home. When we purchased my laptop, we made sure it was the same as DH's.(Del) He has a CD burner in his which I can interchange into my laptop.
When my son was in England, I asked one of his friends to choose all ds favourite songs. He turned up with 15 CD's and picked one from each! I made up the cover with baby photos of ds and the CD turned out really well. I sent it for his birthday and he just loved it. I also bought a new CD but sent him a 'burnt' copy so that if he was to loose them, the original was still at home.
What I did this morning was transferring all my photo files on CD, not only as a back up in case my computer crashes but also to free up some memory.
You could get a CD burner, burn your favourite CDs and take it with you to Maui. When home you can have them in your car.
Technology, it so good :D

Trudy's recipe if I remember well, can be used as a dipping sauce with fruit, verrrry nice and moorish:(

Peggy ST A lady I worked with was heavily involved with the Salvation Army. Each year we have a Red Shield Appeal day and she used to recruit a group of us to help her collect on that day. It was a fun day and of course, everyone knows the work the Salvos do, which made collecting very easy.:)

Peggy Look forward to hearing from you and to let us know all is well.

I am not sure what we will be doing this weekend, dh wants to go to a wild life sancutary. It will depend on the weather.

Have a great weekend all
Cheers
Maria

Maria: How did the Tanning come out? I have never tried it. Maybe someday I will. Really need to as my legs are quite white :) So this L'Oreal is good? How long does it last?

Slavika: Oh my Goodness Dulce de Leche? Yum I love Carmel sauce. Just takes the condensed milk and thats it? Nothing else?
I have a CD burner to. Makes it nice to make CD's and to back up your files. Which reminds me its that time!
I make covers for mine to. Its fun! You need one, talk to Hubby. Trudy needs one to I know she likes music alot. Makes it nice to be able to use the CDs in your Puter, car or where ever. And of course to back up your computer.

PeggyST: Thats cold! How often you you have to do this? I am going to drag out my Christmas stuff tomorrow and work on getting my house done. I do love to decorate the house! Got some new stuff to decorate with to. Hope it comes out like I want!

Peggy: Where are you? Starting to get worried here.....

Night all!

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Lily and Maria My own "little baby car" is sooooo old, that CD's weren't even invented when that car was made. I convinced my grandchildren that, my little car had a secret. I told them because it was small and old, people thought it was slow. I told them, the secret was, it was very fast, but not to tell anybody. So, when I come out into the side lane (it's a standard drive) and I have the children in the car.....they say, "go fast Baba, go fast", and I really gun it. Ok, the real secret is, "it makes a lot of NOISE like it's going fast", then I hit the brakes. Well, they just think its wonderful. About 6 or 8 weeks ago my husband had one of the car dealers deliver a new car to the house for me to try. My grandson was here the day it came, and was he ever upset, that I would even "THINK" about getting a new car. He said what about the "secret". He actually had tears in his eyes. Well I didn't get THAT new car but I guess I will soon have to get one. DH spoke to grandson, and told him he also knew about the "secret of Baba's car" and would arrange to have that "secret" transferred to any new car he would buy for me.
He believed his Papa because he knows that most of the car dealers in the city are his bank customers and he could do this. hee hee :)
So gals, that's the secret about my old car. LOL :D

Slavika: That is to cute! Im glad the "secret" will be transferred to any car you drive.

Well Im off to decorate and have fun making it look like christmas.

Later!

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Hi Everybody
DH and I went out for dinner to a couple's place last night who had recently re-done their basement. The fellow they had do the the work, did a great job. All the corners have been rounded, so it does not have a "box" appearance. It's painted all white, with light coloured furniture so even though there is no natural light getting in, it is still very bright. Our good friends from the lake were at the dinner party too, so it was very nice evening.
Today, at noon, I am going to see the movie "Harry Potter" with my son and grandchildren. They said they all liked it well enough to see it again......especially my grandson. It will be my treat, since they all saw it before. My DIL had other things she wished to get done today, so everybody is happy. :)
Went shopping to the Mall yesterday with DH, and was it every busy. There wasn't anywhere to park the car.......we had to drive around and around, until we found somebody who was leaving. We did manage to pick up a pair of bright pink cords and a multi-coloured sweater for the Princess for Christmas. We even found some funky socks to match. :)
My mouth is feeling much better, so fortunately (or unfortunately) I am able to eat just fine. LOL :D This sure is a rough time, to try and lose weight, with so many goodies around. Well I guess the goodies are always there. When we were out last night the hostess had put out a HUGE dip made with shrimp and I know it had lots of sour cream in it (and not the light). It was very good, but the calories must have been very high. :(
I don't know why we have not heard from Peggy but I sure miss her posts, and hope that she is ok. I'm thinking maybe she is having computer trouble. I hope that's all it it.
I hope you all have a nice Sunday; not sure what my friend Trudy has planned for today.
Bye now.

I miss a couple of days and a whole new thread again. I have just got to 'get with it'.
Slavika: would that caramel sause work with the fatfree condensed milk? I can remember many moons ago, someone telling that you could make a caramel pudding by boiling the milk for 3 or four hours, chilling and then slicing, serving with whipped cream. A million calories at least :spin:
We are all missing you Peggy, and hope all is well.
Busy time for everyone. I finally got my Christmas letter ready to print. Cards and letters are a BIG job. :(

Tried a great recipe Apple-Pear-Cranberry Crumble. Will post it later, as now I have to get ready for church. Choir is singing tonight. "See" you later. :wave: Ann

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Hi Ann You probably could use the fat free milk. I had bought a few cans of the Borden Fat Free Condensed Milk when I was in the States the last time. The fat free one is 2 tbsp = 110 calories
The regular one is 2 tbsp. = 127 calories.
The calorie count is not that great between the two.

Trudy sent me the information from the Borden Milk Web page and they had this to say:
Microwave Method:
Pour Eagle Brand into 8 cup (2L) glass measure. Cook, uncovered, at medium (50%) 4 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes. Reduce power to Medium Low (30%) and cook, uncovered, 12 to 16 minutes or until thick and light caramel-coloured; stir briskly every 2 minutes until smooth. Cool and chill. Refrigerate leftovers.

Bye now.

Ann: Good to see you! I got my cards done yesterday. It is a big job.

Slavika: How was Harry Potter? I want to see it. Everyone says its wonderful.

This Carmel Sauce sounds interesting. One of these days I will have to try it. Never thought that evaoprated milk would do that!

Night all!

G'day all,

Maybe Peggy is having computer problems, this is the third day I am attempting to post:( .
I have no idea why but you guys have missed out on some great posts;)

Well it is officially summer here (December 1) but you wouldn't know it. the past three days we have had a lot of rain and whilst not really cold it certainly has not been hot either.

Slavika I loved hearing the true story of your car and the 'secret':D . I agree it is not the best time to be trying to loose weight. The positive for me is that as all my friends are in Adelaide, the temptations are a bit limited for me :) :( . Pleased to hear your mouth is feeling so much better. Amazing how quickly things heal.

Lily the fake tan stuff is not too bad. I just have to perfect the application a bit, like no tan on the inside of my arms :D .
Should be fairly well perfect by the time of the wedding.

DD is about to arrive so I will have another go at trying to post.

Keep well all
Cheers
Maria

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Hi Everybody My Son picked me up around noon today, the movie was starting at 1:00. We got to the theatre about 25 min before show time, and I bought the children popcorn, and drinks, handed my Son the tickets and we headed for the theatre showing Harry Potter. It's one of those movie places that have several movies playing at one time and Harry Potter was playing in more then one theatre at different times through out the day. We walked into the theatre about 20 min before showtime and it was deserted......we were really lucky, we got to choose the best seats in the house. My Son told the kids to go and try out different seats, and they would "SEE" that we definately had the best seats. Well about 5 minutes before the show started, he asked if either of the children had to make a bathroom run before Harry Potter started. My grandson did. A few minutes later, Son and grandson come back saying, we were in the wrong theatre. The Harry Potter movie was going to play in this theatre, but not until 1:45PM. :( We had tickets for the 1:00 o'clock show, in the theatre next to it, and it was starting in like 1 minute. :D Well, of course we did not get the "BEST" seats in the house this time, although the ones we got were still pretty good. Lily the movie was almost 3 hours long and it was excellent. This really is a movie that both children and adults could watch and enjoy. :)
Lily remember now, the caramel sauce is made with "CONDENSED MILK" not evaporated milk.
Maria you mentioned that when applying the "sunless tanning" stuff not to do the inside of the arms. In Maui, I see this gal who has her own condo at the place we stay, and spends about 4 months there. Her skin is now the colour of (and texture unfortunately) of shoe leather. I see her sit and stand in the weirdest postions to make sure that she gets all visible parts of her body tanned.......LOL....including the inside of her arms and UNDER her arm pits. brother!
Talk to you all tomorrow. Night.

Slavika: You are right not too much difference in calories, and I expect the regular would taste better.:D

Maria: I too have had trouble losing posts into outer space. Some little pixie must be hard at work.:lol: I never tried the tanning stuff. Guess down here we don't really need to, since we stay some sort of light brown most of the time. And I don't cultivate the suntan either.

Today is my day to pay bills.:( but tonight I will post the recipe for the crumble. I think you will all like it and the points are low.
:wave: Ann

Hi, hope everyone had a great and OP weekend. Mine was very busy, like everyone else's this time of the year. I haven't been able to post from home this past week because DS took my computer to the shop - he's having a CD burner installed for me for Christmas. Yesterday he went to Jasper to go skiing, so it will still be a few days before I get my computer back. I guess the boss will just have to tolerate me using work time. LOL

Thursday night was the start to Christmas celebrations in the city in which I live. We were outside serving coffee and hot chocolate and manning the Christmas kettle for the Salvation Army while they lit up the downtown Christmas lights. Hubby was playing in the band, and the instruments would freeze up very often. It was about minus 12 degrees and a bit nippy standing outside for 3 hours in the snow. I was really glad to get back into the warmth. I have discovered one BIG downside to losing weight - I am freezing cold ALL the time. I just don't have the same insulation that I had last winter.

I think that the rest of the activities this Christmas season will be indoors. We are fortunate for that.

I have all my Christmas shopping finished, and all my baking done. The last thing that I am doing is crocheting snowflakes to enclose in my Christmas cards. That is now any where near completion, so I really do need to get my act together.

I was grocery shopping on Saturday and when I got to the check out to get my money out, I discovered I was still wearing my mittens. I usually don't do that, but this year I just can't get warm.

Slavika - It seems so funny that our grandchildren love to think that our possessions have personalities. It is good that your DH made sure that your "secret" would be transferred to the new vehicle. We used to have lots of fun with out kids and an old truck we had. Hubby would drive it down the road really jerkily, and call it Jerky Joe. Our kids thought that was the personality of the truck for years. LOL

Lily - Do you use evaporated milk for the carmel sauce. I have always used sweetened condensed milk. By the way, it makes very good caramel sauce. I often use it when making apple pies, pour the caramel sauce over the apples before putting on the top crust and you have a wonderful apple caramel pie. MMMMMM! (not particularly OP) Great to have you join the Christmas Challenge. 3 pounds is 3 pounds less than what you would weigh. I have set my goal a bit high because of a bet that I have with my youngest son. In August I bet him that I would lose 30 pounds before Christmas, in response, he was trying to gain 30 pounds. I have lost all but 6 pounds, so am hoping to lose 5 before Christmas, then the last pound before I see him at New Year's. If I stay OP, or at least plan to accommodate extra points every now and then, I think I can make it. I will need to get the treadmill into action, though. LOL

Maria - Slavika is right about too much sun. If only people would realize that the sun ages them so quickly. When I was 20, I worked with a girl who was about the same age. In the building that we worked in, there was a park on the top of the building. She went up to the park every coffee break and lunch period, stripped down to her bikini (she wore under her clothes) and layed in the sun. She sunbathed on the weekends and evenings, also. By the time she was 22, her skin looked like shoe leather and was very wrinkled. She looked like she was about 35 or 40 years old. I have not seen her for more than 25 years, but I can imagine what her skin looks like now, if she has any skin left.

I guess I gotta go. Work is calling. It started faintly at first, but then the phone rang...

Ladies, when I tried to access this site on Friday it was down for repair. Is that right? Or am I having a senior moment?

Slavika - you and your imagination! I know your grandkids just love you and your husband so much because everything is fun--even riding around in an old car. But what wonderful technology we have in this day and age--to be able to transfer such a great secret from one car to another!

Maria - I use fake tans all summer. I have one brand that I really love because it is just about instant. But, you have to remember to take a quick shower after the drying time or you leave streaks on clothes. But it is so nice to not be white or ruin your skin. I used to tan the real way and I am so sorry that I did. I would love not to be so wrinkled. My mil never got a tan and she lived to be 87 and had the prettiest skin.

Lily - Did you get your decorating done? We have worked off and on for a week, but it is finally done. Just so much getting from the attic and transfering what we have in the house to the attic. But it is so pretty. We bought a projector one year that projects different images on a garage door. I have loved that so much! We use it all the time because it has different "Special Occasions"--like, "Congratulations! It is a boy!" All the holidays are represented. We have had since September 12th the flag on the garage. That is my single most favorite item.

I had such a sweet thing this weekend. My kind of new dil gave me a framed poem about being a mother-in-law. It was thanking the mil for raising the little boy into the man she loves. Made me cry! But most things do anymore. She is so endearing! It took him 3 tries, but he finally got such a winner!
Glenda

OK Ok I will use condensed milk. I guess I cant read ;)
I always get them confused anyways.

Slavika: Glad you got to see the movie! Me I probably would of sat there waiting and waiting and wondering what was going on. :D

Glenda: Yes I got the decorating done. My house is Beautiful. Still need the lights outside. Thats DH job and he wont be back to Sat. But the insdie is beautiful!

I knew a person to that spent all there time in the sun. She even laid out inside the house facing the sun in the winter with snow on the ground. She did have show leather skin to. Just not worth it! When it does that to your skin.

Later, must get to work.

Glenda the board was down part of the day friday so you arent losing it!

Just checking in. Got back from WI and have lost another 1.75 pounds. Now I have 4.75 to lose before Christmas. I am making sure that I stay OP and plan ahead for special dinners. I have two dinners out this week and two the following week. That's about it before Christmas, so I should be OK.

I have to get on the treadmill this week and I am already banking points, though, to make sure that I keep losing even with the special dinners. One dinner is in a restaurant, so I should be able to order what I want and stay OP. The other is turkey dinner, so I will just manage within my banked points. Should work. I'm counting on it!!!

I was sooo disappointed on Friday because the board was down. It is looking really good now, though. I now I have to catch up on everything. More work time. Sorry boss. LOL

It is so nice to hear about all your decorating. I usually spend a lot of time decorating, but we are presently in the middle of a BIG mess at home. We were stuck in the Middle East in Sept. and Oct., and when we returned home we discovered a water leak in on of the walls in the kitchen. We pulled the cupboards out, took drywall down, have to replace kitchen counters and hardwood floor. We are truly in the middle of a disaster area. Instead of decorating, we decided to go away for Christmas. Next year, I will need to get the house decorated, but didn't think it was worth it this year. I really miss out on the decorating and the enjoyment of the work after.

Glenda - I'm interested in what kind of projector you have that shines on the garage door. What a great idea. Does it shine from outside, or inside? I guess I can't imagine how it can put different pictures on the door. Thanks.

It sounds like you have a keeper for a dil. What a wonderful thing to remember you for. She sounds like a sweetheart.

Well I guess I better get going. I really have been wasting time today. It's probably cause it's Monday. What can the excuse be for Tues., Wed.....

Hi: Here is the recipe I promised. Lily you can check my points to see if I have done in correctly-please?

Apple Pear Cranberry Crumble

3 Bartlet pears(other kinds work) Peeled cored and sliced thin
2 Golden Delicious apples (ditto)
1 1/2 cups cranberries, fresh or forzen
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
8 TBS. all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 cup old fashioned roold oats
1/4 tsp. baking posder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 TBSP, vegetable oil
1 TBSP apple or cranberry juice
9 TBSP nonfat frozen yogurt( or lowfat-nosugar ice cream)

Preheat oven to 375deg. F Lightly coat a 9 inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside. In a large bowl, combine 1/3 cup brown sugar, 2 TBS. flour, and the cinnamon. Add the pears, apples, cranberries and combine well. Put the fruit mixture in the baking pan. In a medium bowl, combine the oats, remaining sugar, remaining flour, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, mix the oil and juice. Sprinkle the liquids over the oat mixture and toss well until evenly mixed and crumbley. Distribute over the fruit mixture in pan. Bake until top is brown and filling is bubbly, about 40 min. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm, with a tablespoon of frozen yogurt per serving.

9 servings 9 servings-2.7 points per
8 servings 3 points per
6 servings 4 points.per

This is not counting the topping. I think frozen coolwhip Free, would not add any points at all and taste fine.

Hope you like it as well as we do.

About to get disconnected. Will talke to you all tomorrow. :wave: Ann

G'day all,

Time to start a new thread, see you there!

Cheers
Maria