WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50 & 60 Year Old #178

G'day all,

It is Sunday morning and dh has left for Melbourne. I'll be visiting the garden show a bit later this morning:)

Ann What can I say to make you feel a bit better about your situation. I can relate to you a similar story. Some years ago, a woman joined my team, she was in her mid fifties. Part of being her manager was having a 'one on one' every week to see how she was going etc. One week she burst into tears and told me that her 20 year old son had announced that he was moving in with a 48 year old woman :eek: She was just distraught, angry, confused etc. etc. For some 6 months she had no contact with her son and certainly had no desire to meet the woman. The son and the woman than decided to move to the UK (the lady was english) and before leaving the son reconciled with his mother. She felt a bit better and also felt it easier to cope with her son being at the other end of the world. In time she then became determined that the 'girlfriend' was not going to break her relationship with her son. She even started to see what the attraction for her son was to be living with a 48 year old. She visited them both in the UK and 'almost' liked the woman when she finally met. Before we took up this travelling life style, I rang the lady who worked for me and she told me that the relationship had ended, the son is back home from the UK and has a girlfriend his own age.
I tend to agree with Slavika that things happen for a reason eventhough the reason is pretty obscure at the moment.
If this was me, I would let my daughter know what I thought (as diplomatically as I could) and stress whatever happens she is my daughter and I would stand by her.
I do think, with my experience with the woman who worked for me, her perception as to what people thought of her was grossly exaggerated, friends were very sympathetic and sensitive to her feelings. I am sure you will find the same as already is evident on this board.
Good luck Ann.

Slavika How spoilt are you! Congratulations on the purchase of your little red Toyota, sorry i cannot make it for teatime, remember I am a working girl now;)

I have to be off, I have bought the best toy - a WACO Grapire tablet - for those who are unfamiliar, it is a tool to use with photoshop. It is the size of a mouse pad with a 'pen'. The accuracy achieved using this as opposed to a mouse, is just incredible. I just love it :love:.
Have a great Sunday all
Cheers
Maria

A good day went down 2.4. Now I just have to keep it going. This past week I went on a liquid fast for 1 and1/2 days, and I think maybe if I do this again now and then, I will trick my body and get my metabolism moving.

Thank you all so much for your words of wisdom. We have to go to my DD for her younger daughters H.S. graduation. I have had concern about how I will be under the circumstances. But you are right, she is my daughter, I love her, and I can't shun her. I just have to pray for her and for her older daughter. All I can think of is "Mrs Robinson" if you remember the movie. And in my wildest dreams, I just can't imagine this relationship to go on for very long. So there we are. I will be sure to let you know how things go. My other daughter is also devastated by what she feels is her sisters 'stupidity' Her word. She is the one with Lupus. So all in all this hasn't been a great family year. I am glad I can come here and vent to you all. Thank you so much for listening and sharing your thoughts with me.

Good night for now. :wave: Ann

Ann, now that we know it is your dd I can understand how you feel. 19 is young and I imagine that this won't last very long. I remember Mrs. Robinson. Just be there for her and I think that is all you can do. Slavika how do you rate having cars delivered to see if you like them? Pretty cool. Yours sounds like fun and what you did is like something I would do. Have fun cruising around. Have a nice rest of the Sunday.

:wave: Hi Everybody
Maria I'm sorry you can't make it to Tea Time next Tuesday, I was so looking forward to meeting you. :) :) I understand tho, that the "ONLY" reason you can't come is because you ARE a working gal. :D I didn't know what a Grapire Tablet was, but I "searched" it on the net and although I still don't know exactly what you can do with it, at least I know what it looks like. I see there are a couple of different kinds.

Yesterday we took the grandchildren to a new McDonald's that opened up not too far from us, and what a zoo that place is. The noise level in there was just ear shattering. The young people that work there are very busy, and they are kind of sweeping up the dropped fries in between the tables and cleaning up, while you're trying to eat. Not a great spot for a relaxing lunch. I think we will just stick with take out if they want McDonald's again.

Peggy yes, it was nice of the fellows at the Dealership to bring the cars out to me. LOL LOL. It's not because I am special or anything, it's just that DH is their banker and knows them pretty well. He does the wholesale financing for a lot of the auto dealers in our City. :)

G'day all,

Garden shows are no good to me, it makes me too homesick:( There were some great things on show but with no garden and not likely to be in my own for some time, it made me feel a bit miserable........but my graphire tablet is just the best fun.

Slavika as far as I can gather, graphic designers seem to be the people who use them (I am a pretend and self taught one:D ) When you 'design' pictures or fix photo's, it gives you a whole lot more control than a mouse.
I am pleased you are so understanding of my working situation and also realise that that is the ONLY thing that keeps me from attending your tea parties. You might just get a surprise one day, I am entitled to days off:D

Ann great effort with your weigh in!

DS's girlfriend has to attend a baby shower. Everyone attending have been asked to bring along an A4 size paper with baby related stuff on it, the person organising the shower will then put it together as a book. I had never heard of it but it sounds like a fun thing to do. Of course ds and girlfriend have little time and thought I might like to put something together. So today I'll be scouring the net for some quotes, poems, hints etc. etc.
HAve any of you ever been to a baby shower like this? Any input would be gratefully accepted :)

Cheers
Maria

Slavika: Lucky you with the new car! Sounds really nice. How do you rate having them delivered tho? Doesnt work that way here. :) Hope you got the car buffed. Sounds like something I would do. Actually I have done that at leaset twice to my car :lol: Oh now I know why they were delivered. Pretty cool!

Maria: I Have a Graphire Wacom Pen to! Love it! I have been playing some with graphics and I am getting a little better. This does make it easier to. The idea for the shower sounds fun. Never saw it done before, but it will be a great keepsake!

Ann: WTG on your loss! Keep us posted on your DD. I hope it all works out for the best. Im sure your other DD is pretty upset to. Feel free to vent anytime!

Peggy are you done with the last test you were doing?

Best get working on my dinner. Grilled Tuna tonight. Yummmm :)

I am coming for dinner. Tuna sounds yummy. Maria I am not sure if this is what you are looking for but check this out.http://www.geocities.com/cpgro1/chb.html Here's anotherhttp://www.babysite.org/babysite/sidene/poems.htm I haven't heard of this kind of shower but I haven't been to a baby one in ages so what do I know.

Back again........

Lily I am glad you have a WACOM graphire tablet, at least YOU can understand my excitement:D Let me know of any tips you come across and I will do the same. I am making myself use it as a mouse for everything, just to get used to it. It is just the best when using Photoshop.

Peggy Thank you for the sites you posted, there seem to be zillions ( a lot anyway ;) ) around. One poem I came across was just so true and a bit cute and thought I must share........

I just realized that while children are dogs ... loyal and affectionate ... teenagers are cats.

It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it.
Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of dogging your doorstep, it disappears. You won't see it again until it gets hungry ... then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you're serving. When you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before.
You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it. It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed. It won't go on family outings. Since you're the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave.

Only now you're dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result. Call it and it runs away. Tell it to sit and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away.

Instead of continuing to act like a dog owner, you can learn to behave like a cat owner. Put a dish of food near the door and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too. Sit still and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it.

One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, "You've been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you."
Then you'll realize your cat is a dog again

I would like to acknowledge the author but alas the author is unknown.

See ya
Maria

Maria: Dont know if I can give you any tips. I have been following along with alot of tutorials. And when it whats me to draw a line its much easier with the pen than the mouse. Im using Paint shop Pro and there are alot of tutorials out there for it. So thats how Im learning. The only Photoshop site I know of is

http://www.mccannas.com/

But Im sure there are alot more. Just never looked for them. But I could take you about 5 million for PSP :)

Hi Lily thank you for the site, I will have a bit of a browse later this afternoon.
http://www.graphicssoft.about.com/library/course/bllps5out.htm is the site where i have been doing my tutorials. I have also signed up with the message board and posted a few queries and received a reply almost instantly. You will notice on the left side many applications and software programs they cover.
There is just a huge amount of information and the tutorials are reasonably easy to follow.

Cheers
Maria

Miss a few days and miss a very good conversation. Ann, I think the girls all gave you some good advice. I had a slightly different perspective on this situation until I heard it was your daughter and the young man is 19. I really don't believe that the odds are in their favor with his age, but who knows? My 2cents is that words can be so damaging. Just let her know you love her, but bite your tongue rather than say anything that will alienate her. And you know your granddaughter is embarrassed. I would think that this situation will pass in time, but you will always be her mother.

Slavika, your car story is a headshaker. And you told on yourself! I usually do that too. We bought a new car last week and we are so protective of it, so I can imagine what a garage door bump would do to your nerves. My dh has a little trick to make sure we are in the garage far enough, but not too far. He has put down 2 x 4's right where the car should stop. So when you feel the wheels hit that, you know you are safe. He is so anal about his cars.

Spring has sprung! Have a good day!
Glenda

Hi all; Once again thank you all for the words of wisdom. To report- last night my DD and I had a long phone conversation. She knows how I feel, but she also knows that she is my daughter and I love her. I told her that I disagree with her choices, but respect her right to make them. She has made a sort of truce with her daughter now and I expect that things will get better there. A mother is still a mother, and needed now and then, no matter what. :strong:

I think that the old adage about time and healing applies here, and the whole situation is now in Gods hands. I could never isolate mysself from my kids, no matter what. It is just hard to watch someone you love doing something that you feel , down the road, can cause them pain.

Lily-Maria- I hope that someday I will know enough about computerese, to understand what you are talking about. Sounds like it is an advancement for you both, and one that is fun to use.

Slavika: I'm glad that your DH wasn't too upset. It always seems that with a new car, everyone gets uptight, until the first person puts the scratch or dent in it. Then everyone relaxes. I must admit I'm always glad when it is my DH who has the first ding, instead of me.:D:

Hi Glenda, Trudy,Peggy and anyone else I might have forgotten.
Thanks again to you all for your thoughts. They were very helpful.
I'll keep giving you progress reports. :wave: Ann

trying to find Lily's house for the grilled tuna. Was it good? Now to hurry to Slavika's for tea time tomorrow. I bet she is making something good. It is raining here for most of the week. Blah:p Ann it sounds like you had a nice talk with your dd. Hopefully things will work out and he will be gone by graduation. Maria and Lily I am like Ann in that I don't know what you all are talking about. I just figured out how to do a link. Glenda how lucky you are to get a new car. Maybe you could pick me up and we could drive up to tea time. You girls could compare cars. I drove a little too far in the garage last week and hit the scarecrow bench I made and now he has a broken leg. The poor thing. As you can tell I am bored but I think it has stopped raining for a few minutes so I am going to try getting a walk in.

G'day all,

Yet another beautiful sunny day here in Sydney, 25 degrees.

Ann Pleased you had a long chat with your dd, you must feel better for having done that and at least you can now 'agree to disagree' with her choices but she also knows you are always there for her.
I can also relate to new cars, my dh is also very protective of our cars, always spotlessly clean and he knows every ding that is in them :dizzy: We have sold my little car and have our 4x4 wheel drive with us in Sydney. When we eventually get back he wants to buy ME :?: a BMW Z3, I couldn't care less what I drive as long as it goes and is reliable. He has had this dream of one day owning a little sports car so now he has an excuse and supposedly buying it for me. I bet I'll be driving around in the Landrover and he will be swanning around in his little Z3.
The way our investments are going, we might be lucky to afford a scooter when we finally come home for good :D :(
By the way Glenda we have a similar system in our garage to make sure we are in far enough, aahhh everyone is the same the world over:)

Peggy and Ann it really isn't that much of a mystery, it sounds a bit more complicated in writing, if I had the chance to show you in person, you would be saying 'oh is that all they are talking about'........

I actually have to do some work, I have to do some research in companies that are attending 'Bio 2002 International Biotechnology Convention and Exhibition' on June 9 in Toronto, Canada.
I must be off and check in a bit later.
Cheers
Maria

:wave:
Hi Everybody DH is out of town until Thursday, and he is driving, so my new little car has the WHOLE garage. GOOD! :)
Glenda what a simple yet great idea your DH came up with. I know we have some 2 by 4 in the garage and I will do that too. Now that the marks have been buffed out of my car I sure don't want to put anymore marks on it. :) Today, when I pulled into the garage I actually got out of the car to check that I was far enough in, to avoid the door coming down on the car again. Love that idea, thanks for posting it. Maria I really enjoyed that poem you posted. As much as I can remember about my son's teen years, I would say the poem was dead on. :D I probably told you gals this, but my son graduated from University with a Computer Science degree and then got his MBA. He is now the director of a company that designs special software for large financial institutions. I think if he read what I just typed he would say that's not EXACTLY what the company does, but that's the best I can do., LOL :D I know that they design some kind of financial planning tools for online and desktop use, but I don't "really" know for sure what it is. Needless to say, he is busy, travels back and forth to New York, it seems every other week, is married to a lovely gal, and has two busy children, so I don't get much time with him. Yesterday he called and said he would arrange to spend an 1 or 2 with me when we are both free and he will teach me some things about the computer that I really don't know. Tonight, my DIL is working on a paper for her class, so after the children are in bed, I am having my first lesson, on graphics and doing things with some of these programs I have, other then just printing off a greeting card. I am really looking forward to this lesson. Maybe I might even get to understand what Lily and Maria are talking about. :) Well at least a little bit. :?:
Ann I am happy you are feeling a little bit better about things now....you wait, it will all turn out just fine. :) If you would like why don't you drive up to my place tomorrow for tea with Peggy, Lily, and I think Glenda's driving Poor Maria can't make it, because she says she is a working gal. LOL LOL I forgot so are Lily and Glenda .
Must run, talk to you all later.

Well, Slavika, I came by for Peggy and Lily to go to teatime, but they weren't ready, so just expect me. (Wouldn't that be great if that were really possible?) It is nice to hear from you more about your son and family. He sounds as smart as his daddy.

Anne - I have had so much experience with a child who I did not agree with on his choices, but we have weathered some pretty big crashes. Joel knew a girl for 3 weeks and she was pregnant. That resulted in one disastrous marriage. He then married another who was 3 months pregnant at the time. (I have always said he would have been a better off if he weren't so fertile. And another thing we disagreed about was the fact of my belief that sex without a commitment will always hurt somebody, somewhere--do not believe in it.) Another disastrous marriage with a girl who decided to be a lesbian. One grandchild from each. Pain everywhere. Then Joel met Shanna and lived with her (she had 2 kids from another marriage). We love Shanna, but the decisions Joel made (or didn't make) have made their life very difficult. They juggle 4 kids in 3 different locations. Joel is now an attorney, but he worked and went to school nights for years. We have always had a good relationship and I admire him for being a good daddy and determined, but oh how much easier his life could have been! My second child has been a straight-shooter from the outset and has really looked at his brother's difficulties and learned from them. There have been so many times I wanted to throttle Joel, but just had to help him deal with his choices. Sorry I have rambled. At the beginning of law school Joel also had testicular cancer--one more thing he had to deal with. Life is good now.

Maria - are you getting close to buying your fancy sewing machine? That is why you are working, right? We are all waiting for our Christmas tree skirts--remember Slavika and Trudy's projects for us got lost in the mail.
Glenda

G'day all,

This is becoming boring but it is yet another beautiful autumn day here, 25 degrees. There is supposed to be a change around friday.
I also read in the paper this morning that we can expect a very mild winter, a bit like you on the other end of the world experienced this winter just gone.

Glenda Kids.....I am fortunate that I have not had any major issues with my children, just a few niggly ones and they had been easily resolved. My children live both very different lives and that at times, has caused a bit of friction.
It sounds like Joel does have his life on track :) I don't think you have rambled at all, I think you and your dh can take a lot of credit for the fact that things have now turned out the way they have.

Yes... the sewing machine, that is still very much on my mind but I will wait till I am home for good. There is not much point in buying a super duper machine and then having it sitting at home going obsolete. What I am doing though is learning more and more about photoshop and I now have to investigate if I can download designs from there to the sewing machine I want to get.
I can assure you there will be no fancy little car before I get my sewing machine;) :s:

Slavika I agree with Glenda, it is nice to hear a bit more about your son. It is great that he is making some time to teach you some more computer skills. Did you learn lots?? I find with computers that one thing leads to another and before you know it, a couple of hours have passed :( On the other hand computers can also cause a few arguments :eek:, dh and I do things quite differently, he has to know the reasons why, I don't care as long as it works. He then gets annoyed because the way I do it is not the way it is supposed to work, are you confused...so am I :D
I think on-line tutorials are just great, I don't feel pressured by anyone and it doesn't matter if it takes me all day to grasp something that may take 5 minutes for someone else to understand.
Looks like tea time will have to be without most of us, one day......
Have a great day all,
Cheers
Maria

I just checked my email and received the following
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by
holding up a $20 bill.

In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20
bill?"
Hands started going up.
He said, I am going to give this to one of you, but first, let me do this. He proceeded to crumple the bill up. He then asked, who still wants it?
Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, what if I do this? He dropped it on the ground, and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.
Now, who still wants it?
Still hands went into the air.
My friends, you all have learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.
It was still worth 20 dollars.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that comes our way. We feel that we are worthless.
But, no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do, or who we know, but by who we are.
You are special. Don't ever forget it!!

Always count your blessings, not your problems.

Amen!

Maria

Another sunny Florida Day.:cool:

Glenda: Thanks for sharing. Why is it that when one is going through a difficult time the tendency is to think no one else has ever experienced anything like that? And then we find that we are not alone, and that there are sympathentic words for us, from people who have been there, done that! And especially, knowing that things are okay now with Joel. It is hard to watch your kids make unwise choices, and then have to live with the results. Thank you for the support.

Slavika: Sorry I couldn't find a way to make it to 'tea time' either. One of these days...:D:

I have a question for you great computer operators. I have Norton Anti-Virus, and on 4 different occaisions, I have got a warning about an email. I have followed the directions and now have 4 items quarentined. Now how do I get rid of the stuff? I haven't found any answers as yet, but it seems to me there must be a way to delete it forever. I am happy to know that Nortons is working. These are all unsolicited emails. Any ideas?

Maria: When you get that new fancy sewing machine, we will be giving you orders for all sorts of great stuff. Is this one that will be able to co computerized embroidery too?

I was talking with a friend today whose cousin is from Germany and is also on WW there. They were checking the differences in the point systems, and in Germany all the fruit is 0 points like our veggies are. Everything except Bananas. I thought this program was world wide. Karen-Lily- Ever heard of this?

I'm doing the liquid thing again, for 2 days this week. I hope it will give me a jump start. "See" you tomorrow. :wave: Ann

Maria: Great link! Had lots of goodies in there. Diffenetly spend alot of time there :) Tell your DH to buy me a Z3 I want one badly!!!!

Glenda: :lol: I thought my DH was the only one who did that! Mine uses brinks for our cars.

Ann: It is fun playing with graphics. Im becoming addicted :) Sounds like you had a good talk with your DD. Im sure things will work out. Keep us posted. As far as deleting the quarntined things. Some time you can go in and just deleted them from your Windows Explorer. But sometimes they just wont delete. I dont know why that is. But as long as they are quarantined you are fine.

Peggy: I was waiting for you for dinner. Sorry you got lost. But now the Tuna is gone....... It was good! I get it at Trader Joes. They have pretty good fish.

Slavika: How was your computer lesson? Nice of your son to come and teach you. :) Sounds like he has a super job!

Best get to work ALAS............

G'day all,

A bit later than usual, we were off-line again this morning :(
I have been very busy writing letters, one to my medical insurer who just give conflicting advice and it looks like I am out of pocket for $500 for the recent colonoscopy I had. I rang the centre as well and thought whilst I am there I will put in my beef about the unproffesionalism of the doctor who treated me. The woman was very nice and agreed with me and asked if I would put it in writing..no problem:s: :mad:

Ann sorry I cannot help you with your Norton Anti virus problem. Why don't you email them with your problem.
Yes the super duper machine that I want to buy does embroidery. In fact I am hoping to send each and everyone of you a handtowel with an embroidered Australia Blue Wren. But that will be while off yet :) No doubt when I get the machine, someone will remind me of it :D

Lily glad you like the site, it is just the best, so addictive :eek:

Hi to everyone else, gotta get back to my letter writing
Cheers
Maria

:wave: Hi Everybody Sorry none of you made it for Tea Time. Glenda looks like you did your best to pick up Lily and Peggy but ALAS they were not ready. :D :D
Dee was over for Tea Time and brought me a beautiful book called Spirit of Ukraine....500 years of painting, with reproductions of some beautiful paintings. Tea time always goes by so quickly.
Lily and All my lesson with my son was great. There would not have been any point in him trying to explain some of those things to me when I first got my computer but now that I have a "bit" of knowledge, I at least recognized that he was speaking in English LOL :D About a year or two ago, my son had designed a business (well personal card) for me. My lesson on Monday, was how to design a card, (any kind of card) and to learn to put objects in front of other "objects" and back of other "objects". Time was spent on him explaining to me what "objects" were :?:
He also spent time showing me how to set up a "filing" system, and not just dumping EVERYTHING into "My Documents". :):)
He taught me a lot of things and I learned a little of them. :lol:
I have to say tho, I know more this week then I did last week.
DIL and granddaughter went to the Imax for a "girls night out", so I had my son and grandson here for dinner. It was nice for me as DH is still out of town.
I don't think either Karen or Trudy have posted for a few days....but I did see Trudy at Tea time on Tuesday, and she looked good as usual. :o
Our weather has not been very good, and last evening I took my granddaughter to her soccer game at 6:15 and it was really quite cold out. I don't think we are every going to get summer.
Night all.

I haven't been posting, but I have been reading. I just haven't been feeling too great.
The weather is horrible... :( and that doesn't help.
We had my DH sister and hubby in for a visit. They went home yesterday.
I will have my family over for Mother's Day. I DO NOT COOK on that day, but we do get together at our place. My DD and Mom have a birthday on the 15 & 16th of May so I will be having something again next week.
Maria $500.00 is a lot for the scope. Since we do not pay for any Medical service it is always a shock to me when I see the cost. I just had a Gastroscopy at the hospital on Monday and I didn't even think of what that would cost.
Ann I gave a lot of thought to your DD situation. I have to agree with the others, just be there for her, because it probably will end and she will be feeling bad enough.
Slavika your little red car is so cute... I just :love: it.

Have a great day all... :wave:

G'day all,

Another Friday and another week has gone by!
We went out to dinner last night and had a bit of chat about our future, we both agree the positives still outweigh the negatives of our lifestyle but we have also set ourselves a target (financially) and once we reach that, we will seriously think of going home for good. Depending on where our next job will take us, will also depend on how quick we will reach that target.
This weekend we have decided to get away from the hustle and bustle of Sydney and are driving to Canberra. Canberra is our capital city and seat of parliament, it is a well designed city perhaps a little clinical. It is about 4 hours drive from Sydney. Next weekend we have our 4x4 wheel drive course which has it's starting point in a town on the way to Canberra. We will time to see how long it will take to get there.

Trudy Good to see you post but sorry to hear you have not been well. Hope you are looking after yourself and once the better weather starts it will also make you feel better. Have a great Mother's Day.

Slavika Ah the computer lessons, your lesson about files reminds me of my dh sitting me down and explaining the value of being organised and filing it in the right place other than in 'My documents' ;) It took a little while for me to see his point but now I am more organised than he is!!!
It is all trial and error but eventually the penny dropped for me and now so many things are second nature:)

Well everyone, I wish you all a very :love: Happy Mother's Day :love: and whilst I do not have my children in the same city, I know I will enjoy my weekend.

Cheers
Maria

Slavika: Alas didnt make tea time. Would be fun if we could tho! Sounds like your son is teaching you some things. Soon you will be an expert! The filng system is great really easy to find things you are looking for. You probably wouldnt want to see my puter. I so many folders and folders underneath them to. But I know where to go when im looking for something.

Trudy: Sorry to hear you have been sick. Weather doesnt help either. Sounds like you have a good Mothers Day planed. No cooking is the best!
You need to relax to! Get better!

Maria: Your weekend trip sounds fun. Enjoy yourself! Also sounds like you had a serious chat about the future. Hope it doesnt keep you away from home to long. I know you have been homesick.

No big plans for me this weekend. We are having friends over Sat night for dinner but thats about it.

Later!

I was standing on the corner. That was me in my pink ruffled dress, patent leather shoes, and Minnie Pearl hat with the price tag hanging off of it. I had on my white gloves and I had a basket of goodies for all of you. Maria you shouldn't have said anything about making us all a present. When I first started reading this thread it was when the tree skirt thing was going on and it it still going on. LOL These girls are relentless and do not give up. I wish you all were closer to give me puter lessons. Where do you go online to learn? My dh knows nothing except how to play solitaire. It's been a busy week. My son and his wife are moving and they are not too organized. We have been helping and are going today to finish up. I have never seen so much "stuff". They have a pretty new house way way over on the other side of town. It is out in the boonies. See you all later,

Ah Peggy, that was you! Sorry, I passed you by, but Mama always said pink ruffles and a price tag on a hat were sure signs that I needed to speed up, not slow down. She just didn't know 'bout you!

Now our Mothers' Day is sort of up in the air. Tomorrow we go to a play in Guthrie with my brother and sister. Afterwards, we were supposed to go to Kyle and Gina's for a Mothers' Day dinner. Last night Kyle called to say her grandfather is dying and they will probably be called there. So, we might just be vagabonds, wondering where to go. The other son has invited us there for the day, so that is probably what we will do. Nothing is set in stone.

Tonight we have a benefit auction for my friend who is in the hospital for 3 weeks, trying to get her achilles tendon to heal. It has been so awful. She is so obese--that has to be a part of her not healing, don't you think? Anyway, they are having an auction-hamburger feed. I bought $50 worth of stuff at Dollar General that I hope will look cute enough to bring in more than that. She is one of those people who have helped, given money, seen needs, paid for perms for poverty-stricken teens, etc. all her life. So, I hope the community gets together to help her.

Trudy - so sorry to hear that you aren't feeling great. Weather will sure bring you down. Have a nice Mothers' Day and enjoy.

Glenda

Like Trudy I am reading but no time to post. It is now Friday and my day off. So to speak. I have a million things to do to day. We were gone last weekend so I've got that stuff to do also.

My DH is a peach. :love: Last week I told him of a dining room table and chairs that I found at a used furniture store. Been looking at new and way out of my price range. Any way I found this one and wanted him to go look at it with me but He give me the not now thing:mad: And says whats the hurry. So I drop it until Monday when I bring it up again. Still I can't get him to go:mad: Then when I came home Wednesday night There it was in my house as a Mothers day present. Needless to say I was thrilled. It is perfect for my little house. It has 2 drop leaves so it is just the right size for the 2 us but hen when you put up the drop leaves and add 2 more to the center I have a table 7 feet long. It great! He is a peach!

Slavika when reading about your little mishap with you new little red car I though now this sounds like what I would do. I was driving my DH's SUV and judging distance isn't like in a regular car. I backed into a van loaded whit men who all jumped out to see the damage. None thank heavens. But I put on my sweetest smile and said how sorry I was and we all left happy.

Ann the deal with your daughter and the younger man. I totally agree with every one just let it go and deal with it the most positive way you can. Life is too short to let this kind of a thing get in the way of a family relationship.

Maria, Lily &Slavika I need to learn about files I Just put every thing in MY Documents . Where caan I find out this stuff?

Peggy You are always so busy. But don't work yourself to death moving the kids.

What are all of your Mothers Days plan. I'm Having the family over every one is bringing something.

Do any of you get that Cooking Mag. Called LIght & Tasty My DIL made the cream filled Strawberrys in one of the issues that were to die for. When I get the Mag. back I'll post the recipe for you that don't have it. I'm also going to use it as one of my give away recipes for my WW groups.

Trudy I hope your feeling better. The weather has been just crazy here also :?: Yesterday it was rain , snow ,hail, wind and the sun was out most of the time all this was happening. It was so cold it felt like January.

Hello Glenda Hope all is well at your house. I remember you telling us about Joel a while back. Good to hear all is going well for him now.

Karen

Peggy: Dont know how Glenda could of passed you buy. Basket of goodies would of been a dead give away it was you :)
Now lets not start on that skirt thing again :lol:
Which Im still waiting for ALAS............

Glenda: Sounds like you have a fun weekend planned. Hope your goodies bring in more money. I love those stores. You can usually find something there! Have fun at your auction!

Karen: Your DH is a peach! That was so sweet of him to get that table for you! I get the Light & tasty Magazine, but I dont remember that recipe. Sounds good tho!

Found these tutorials on how Organize your computer. The first one has a good picture so you can get an idea.

Organize Files (http://www.vanshardware.com/articles/2001/december/011212_How_To_Organize_Files/011212_How_To_Organize_Files.htm)

Look Towards the bottom for this one (http://www.theistudio.com/how_to_name_files.html)

Last one (http://www.compukiss.com/ck/tutorials/tutorials_topic.cfm?topic=2)

Have a great weekend all!

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Hi Everybody

I think it's probably about time I took a turn in starting the new thread......so see you all on No. 179. :dizzy:

Slavika