WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50 & 60 yr Olds No. 179

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Hi Everybody
Tomorrow as everybody knows is Mother's Day, but it's also my kid's 12th Wedding Anniversary. My family will come over tomorrow around 4:00 and later we will BBQ hamburgers and stuff. My son said it's wasn't fair that I would "cook" on Mother's Day. I solved the whole problem, by making up a ton of hamburger patties TODAY, and a big bowl of potato salad. My DH and Son always do the BBQ anyway, so I think this worked out well. :) :) I sure don't mind.
Peggy LOL, I have this picture in my mind of you in your "pink ruffled dress", you are too funny.
GEEZ, now that I started this new thread I can't see what any of you said, so I'll just say, bye for now. :?:

Slavika here is a cute site for the Prince and Princess. You put in your name and it will reveal what you Hobbit name is. Mine is Zelda Bramble of something or another. I forget. http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/default.asp Happy Mother's Day to everyone.

I just went back and read the posts. Karen that strawberry thing sounds so good. Please post the recipe. What a nice surprise for you. Your dh is good-he's a keeper. Glenda I am glad that you have somewhere to go. We are going to my niece's to celebrate Mother's Day and a couple of birthdays. After helping my son and his wife move all their "stuff" I thought maybe I should clean out some more so they don't have to do all that when I am not here anymore. But then I thought turnabout is fair play. LOL! Have a great day tomorrow.

Cute site Peggy! Cept I dont like the name it gave me :p

Pearl Sandybanks of Frogmorton

Pretty long!I will never remember it!

Sounds like everybody has great plans for tomorrow. Slavika you solved the problem perfectly. Now you can relax tomorrow.

Have a Happy Mothers Day ALL!!!!

Hi all: Peggy - went on the site and think my name is appropriate for Florida. And for a quilter. Orange Blossom Boffin of Needlehole.
Fun site.

My Mothers day will be quiet since all our kids are far away. I know I'll get telephone calls, but today my DH surprised me with a lovely bouquet of roses. Usually he says.'You're not my mother. so why should I do any thing.?' So this was a lovely surprise.
I expect we will go somewhere for dinner after church. I know I won't have to cook.:D:

Slavika: Sounds like your day will be very nice,

Karen: I missed the strawberry dessert too. So guess you better post it. Could you tell me why the point values would be different in Germany than they are here? A friend says that all fruits are 0 in Germany. Seems strange to me.

Happy Mothers Day to you all. :) :wave: Ann

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Everyone have a nice day whatever you do. Ann you did get a cute name.

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Hi Everybody

I found the Cream-Filled Strawberry Recipe that Karen was talking about so I will post it here for you gals. :) I bought strawberries yesterday so I may make this recipe today.


CREAM-FILLED STRAWBERRIES :)

18 Large fresh strawberries
1 cup cold fat-free milk
1 package (ounce) sugar free instant vanilla pudding mix
2 cups reduced-fat whipped topping
1/4 tsp almond extract

Remove stems from strawberries, cut a deep X in the top of each berry. Spread berries apart, in a bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Fold in whipped topping and almond extract. Pipe or spoon about 5 teaspoons into each berry. Chill until serving. YIELD: 18 strawberries
One filled strawberry equals 36 calories

I hope all you have a lovely day.
Peggy the Prince and Princess will love :love: that web site.
Thank you. "Ruby Gamgee - Took of Bywater"

G’day all,

What a lot of posts :)
We had a great weekend, it was crisp, beautiful autumn weather. We had a look at the Australian National Museum which has only been opened 12 months. It was quite spectacular, lots of interactive stuff and just somewhere that you can easily spend 2 or 3 hours without even realising it.
We stayed at a nice motel and in the morning as we opened the curtains, there were trees and one could hear birds!!!!
We arrived back late last night. Looking forward to our 4x4 wheel drive adventure.

Peggy My intention of embroidering you all a little blue fairy wren on a handtowel, is probably not as demanding as a tree skirt. As far as on-line tutorials. I guess I learnt a lot of my computer skills at work. I can remember some 12 years ago when we first got e-mail, boy that was something! My biggest problem with computers was that I always thought if I press the wrong button, I will bring down the whole network. Of course that never happened and as time went on, I learnt more and became more game. The one place I go for on-line tutorials is www.graphicssoft.about.com, this one teaches a lot about graphic and digital art. Another one that I may investigate when I have exhausted the above site is www.eclecticacademy.com , it is not free but quite reasonably priced. Another one I really stumbled across is www.secretsof.com , there is a section called ‘the secrets of taming your computer’, I haven’t had a good look at it but it could be allright.
Have you put your pretty outfit away now? I will let you know when I am down your way and you can take it out of storage again, I am sure to recognise you in that little number :D

Glenda sorry to hear of your friend. I can sort of relate having gone through this with dh recently…lucky he is not overweight and has recovered quite well though he still has problems going for a run 5 months after the operation to repair his achilles.

Karen what can I say, how nice of your dh to buy your dining setting. You must be just over the moon, it sounds very useful with the drop leaves etc. I hope you find the sites that I posted and Lily posted, useful.

Slavika isn’t that a pain when you start a new thread. Because there are so many posts for me to read, I am doing the post on my laptop as I scroll on my work computer through all the posts, now how clever is that. I had better ensure I don’t miss out on anyone as I have no excuse :D

Peggy This has really made my day, I am Primula Sackville Baggins cute website, thanks for sharing :)

Ann good to hear you maintained this week. How nice of your dh to bring you a bunch of roses. I also get the same ‘You are not my mother’ but then I tell dh that on father’s day as well. My mothers day was quite, I did get phone calls from both my children which was nice.

Creamfilled strawberries, yet another recipe for when I am home!

Have a great day!
Cheers
Maria

Esmerelda Hornblower of Wayroot

Is that a nice way of telling me I talk too much!:lol:
Mothers day was great. I did most of the coking but I did enjoy it because as you know I don't the chance often any more.

Those Strawberries are wonderful. My son was the one who made them this time. He was thrilled that they had found a pastry bag.

I finally have my sewing machine up and running. It is an old Kenmore. The last time I used it was to make the dresses for my brothers wedding about 20 years ago. But I guess it's like riding a bike you never really forget everything. I made a tablecloth for a practice run and I was able to thread the machine and make it go. So felt pretty proud of myself. Now I plan to make some curtains for my bed room and Livingroom. Then there is the small matter of a tree shirt. Since those who will remain nameless dropped the ball.:devil:

Well this is the beginning of a new week and I still don't have my meeting set in my mine so I better go do that.

Ann I'm not sure about the German way of doing program But I think it has to do with the fact they don't lable foods kike we do with Nutrition Lables.

Trudy&Slavika You guys count fruits as points right?

Karen

Ann: That is a perfect name for you!
How sweet of your DH to get you flowers. Keep him for another month :)

Slavika: Strawberry Recipe looks Good. I remember it and dont know why I didnt cut it out. Will try it!

Maria: Your weekend sounded wonderful. The National Museum sounds like my kind of place!. I like them when there is lots of interactive stuff. I can see how the time would pass with out realizing it. If we ever go to Austrila I will have to remember to go there.

Karen: Esmerelda Hornblower of Wayroot :lol: to cute! All the names are cute! Yea have to agree on those nameless people who dropped the ball on the Tree skirts. Sounds like I need to dust off my sewing machine and make my own :( Course I know the lines will be crooked :) I will just have to cover them up with presents :dizzy:

Alas its Monday, means I have to work. Im not lucky like Maria and have 2 puters to play with :smug:

My goodness! I didn't think "they" would let me on this site! Took awhile.

Well, sounds like Mothers' Day was a hit. Karen, I have never had that kind of a surprise. Bless Leon, he surprises me with a card once in awhile, but the table would be far and away from him. Keep that fellow! He is a winner! Leon put the Mother's Day card projector on the garage. He is sweet, but the surprise thing just isn't in him.

Leon and I meet with my friend on the ovarian cancer website tonight in Guthrie, OK. They are traveling to California in a motor home and will spend tonight here in Oklahoma. We will drive there after work and take them out to eat. Funny, because we spent Saturday in Guthrie. Met my sister and brother and spouses and went to a musical performed at a renovated turn-of-the-century theater. The whole town of Guthrie is a must-see. Old houses restored, streets of them, and just fun antique stores. They have an old trolley tour that takes you around and gives you the history. It is so fun and interesting!

We had Sunday dinner at one of my son's. The guys started in on how unreasonable their wives are in making them clean up after themselves. They can be hysterically funny, playing on each other. One dil said Kyle had "dramatically" stumbled on her shoes the one time she left them out and made sure she saw it! They have contests with each other to see which one will put the toilet paper on the roll and the girls say they never lose on that one. Makes me wonder if I taught them anything, but I did teach them to be funny and loving, just not how to pick up after themselves.

Well, hope you all did okay and celebrated our day of the year. WW can wait for one day, huh?
Glenda

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Hi Everybody In church yesterday the priest said we would sing this song in Ukrainian called "Mnohaya Lita" for the Mother's who are no longer with us. It's a nice song and it's sung at anniversaries, birthdays etc...and really, although I "SING" the song I don't really know what all the words mean. Well, I cried, for my Mother :love: who passed away at 67 yrs old 19 years ago. When I got control of myself, I saw that a few others were having a difficult time of it too. Fortunately, my afternoon was happier. :) :) DH had cleaned the BBQ, and replaced the "bricks", and then was trying to light it to scrape the grill a bit, and had a really hard time getting it lit. I said to him, hee hee "husband dear one", maybe you are out of propane". The "dear one" said, NO I am not. Later in the day when it was time to BBQ and he put all the burgers on the grill.....you guessed it, flame went out, no propane. The "dear one" said, I think I better go and get more propane, and I, Ruby Gamgee, never said a word. :D :D
I did make the strawberry recipe Karen and everybody loved it, especially the Princess whose Hobbit name is "Rosie-Posie". :) Karen, what a nice surprise you received from your DH, that was really sweet.
I received the nicest gift from son and DIL. Lily you would love it. It is a hand blown glass hummingbird feeder. It is so lovely I hate to put it outside. A friend made me one of those hanging plant holders that stick in the ground with a hook on it. I thought I would see if that would work for hanging the feeder. I have never had a hummingbird feeder in my yard, so I will be anxious to see if it will draw some of those lovely little birds to my yard. Do any of you gals have feeders in your yard, and do you make your own sugar solution to feed them??
Talk to you all soon.

G'day all,

It is an overcast and rainy sort of day here today.
Sounds like everyone had a great mother's day.

Glenda I hope your meeting with your 'cyber friend' will be great, I am sure it will be very memorable.

Karen good luck with your sewing of the curtains. Not my favourite task but very satisfying when they hang and you can think of the money you saved having made them yourself.:)

Slavika your feeder does sound a bit too good to have outside. I have never seen a humming bird, do they actually come and visit the garden???? In my previous life ;) , I had several feeders in my quite large garden. The birds that I attracted there were native birds, mainly lorikeets and cockatoos. I also started putting out mince meat for the kookaburras and magpies. I must say it was a real joy to watch all the birds come in albeit a little noisy. I used to just use a wild parrot mix that I got from the supermarket. I did make something a bit more fancy from a recipe I found on a website, perhaps that is something you could check out.

Have a great day all....
Cheers
Maria

I like my hobbit name :lol:
I think we all had a lovely Mother's Day. :)
We are all getting together at my DD's to celebrate her and my Mom's birthday tomorrow. It is a busy week again.
Slavika I have a "recipe" to make the hummingbird nectar and will look for it for you. You just put out your feeder and be patient.. once they find you they will return every year. They are so pretty.
I will have to get busy and organize my PC .. those sites look really interesting Lily.
Karen we count our fruits here. I don't think any fruit is free.

bye all..

Trudy: I think we must be cousins of some sort since we both start out as Orange Blossom. :D: :D:

sounds like we all had a nice Mothers Day. Back on the program. Why is it that we have to lose the same lbs over and over. Slow learners?:?:

Our strawberry season is over here in Fl. so now we have to get California berries. Do plan to try the recipe soon.

Slavika: We used to have a humming bird feeder up north. They are wonderful to watch. And there is a recipe, usually comes with the feeder, for making a sugar syrup. Can't remember the ratio of sugar to water anymore. They like their feeder up high. My DH cousin has two, one on each end of their porch. And the little hummers soom back and forth. They had one dominant male that portected the feeder from all interlopers. He was too funny. I'm sure you will enjoy watching your hummingbirds.

Sorry I never got in on the Tree skirt promise, but I will be looking for the monogramed and embroidered towels. :D::D:

Have a good day. :wave: Ann

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I found a web site on humming birds and found out a couple of things I didn't know. They said not to put the hanger (with the syrup in it ) in full sun if you can help it. They also mentioned that the glass ones (like mine) will not attract the ants because they will have a hard time climbing the glassy surface. The web site also said that feeders with some part of it in "red" will attract the birds. Mine doesn't have any red, but it said you could put red food colouring in the water/sugar mixture. Ann you are right, in the bottom of my box that the feeder came in was a recipe for the syrup. It's one part sugar to 4 parts of water. You must boil the water and stir in the sugar. Cool the mixture and fill the feeder. It said you must not use "honey", that it is harmful to the little birdies. Maria the kinds of birds you are talking about we certainly do not get here. I will try and plant some extra flowers, and maybe between them and the feeder I will get the little birds. I have a little squirrel visting again. I had quit putting seed and peanuts out for a few days because I was getting this HUGE ugly crow, and when he's around nothing else is. I hope he went someplace else now. :) Trudy I loved your name. It was much more colourful then mine. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow for Tea Time.
Night all.:sheep:

From "Belladonna Chubb",

Can you believe it? Even my hobbit name says I am chubby! How did they know?

Just wanted to report about my meeting with my cyber friend. We found their motor home park and Lorna came out to see me. It is a weird feeling to know so much about somebody you just almost would not recognize. We met her husband and dog and admired this very nice motor home. Leon was surprised that we knew so much about each other, but he and Walt got along well. Took them out to eat, drove around admiring the old restored homes and visited about families. Just a really nice visit. Would be so nice to meet some of you like this. If we ever take a trip, let's think about who we might meet.

Anyway, today I am a little tired. Seems we have just been going for days.
Glenda

Hi Glenda or should I say Belladonna :D
That's nice that your visit went well with your cyberfriend. We (meaning all of us on this board) probably know a great deal about each other too. :) I have a school friend who does not live in the same province as I do any more. Before computers, we would write a little bit to each other, in Christmas cards and that would be it. We both have computers now and "write" a little more but I still feel like I don't really know her as an "adult". On this board because we have discussed so many issues, from our kids, grand kids, DH's, holidays, even shaving our legs, you sort of get "feel" about that person. Because we have all stuck together on this board for so long, obviously we like each other and get along, and I know we would in the "real world" too. :)
Karen I went to the market this morning and bought more strawberries and made the Cream-Filled Strawberry recipe for tea time today. The funny thing is Karen, is that I get that magazine too, but likely would not have tried the recipe had you not mentioned it. :dizzy: I'm glad you did. :)

Slavika- I know those strawberries are to die for. Today I'm testing out a Cinnamon Bun recipe made with frozen bread dough and apple sauce. I'm feeling very domestic.:lol:
Later
Karen

Slavika: The Humming bird feeder sounds lovely! Put it out they will come. Might take a few weeks but they will be there once they find it. Then they will bug you yearly when its not out there waiting for them.
Love to watch Hummy bees!!! I always make a big batch and refrigerate the left over as it goes fast. Have to fill it weekly. I see you got the recipe. :)

Glenda, Glad the meeting with your cyber friend went well. SOunds like you had a good time!

Trudy: You got a good Hobbit name! Sounds like a busy week for you. Have fun celebrating!

Karen: Im the same as slavika, I think I bypassed that recipe as it looked like to much work. But Im diffently gonna try it. Sounds good, and the strawberries here now are to die for. Yummmmm..

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

Good morning all,

It almost is cold here and I am wearing a long sleeved shirt :D People at work think I am crazy and think it is cold at the moment, a maximum forecast of 19 degrees I don't think is cold.

Glenda How nice that the meeting went well, I agree with Slavika that even 'talking' the way we do, you get a bit of an idea and I also feel that we probably all would get on very well in the 'real' world.

I had a call from a friend the other night and he was asking how we were etc. I told him that at times life is not that great living the way we are but that the most consistent part of my life is my 'cyber friends' and I really enjoy my 'visit' every day and see what everyone has been up to. He just thinks that is the most ridiculous thing and said why don't you pick up the phone and talk to 'real' people :dizzy: I am glad dh doesn't think like that and he is just as keen to meet some or all of you when we get to America and Canada one day.
This friends wife has CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) she has had it for 15 years. I told him it would be wonderful for her to hook up with a support group and at least this way she only has to talk if she feels up to it. He is a nice person and it is nice for him to keep in touch but boy when it comes to computers and the internet he is sooooo set in his ways.

On my way, see ya all
Cheers
Maria

Everybody

I thought I would mention one more thing about the strawberries. It wasn't until today at tea time, and we were talking about the recipe, that I "really" looked at the picture and realized, I had cut the X in "my" strawberries in the wrong end of the berries. The recipe says, "the top", and that is the end where the green stem is. I thought the other end was the top. :?: Now I know why I had so much filling left over. :D. I also put more milk into the pudding then the 1 cup the recipe called for. :)

You all have cuter names than me. I tried playing around with different variations of my name and when I put Margaret in it was Autumn Bramble of Willowbottom. But since I hardly ever use that I will have stay with Zelda. We were out of town for 2 days and you all sure were chatty. Now I have to try those strawberries but I will be sure to cut the large end. Slavika your hummingbird feeder sounds so nice. I am going to try a new one this year. My other one broke. Glenda how fun to meet your cyber friend. I would love to see Guthrie. I love towns like that. I have to put that on my list of places to visit. Maria thanks for posting those sites. I haven't had a chance to check them out yet. We went on one of those casino trips with the retired police and firemen. We won a little and it was fun but there is so much smoke in those places. I could hardly breathe. Hi to all, see you all later,

G'day all,

Not much news from this end of the world other than we have had quite a bit of rain which is going to make our 4x4 wheel driving learning adventure a bit of a 'sloshy' afair:dizzy:

Peggy I used to be a very heavy smoker until I gave up some 16 years ago, I find it difficult to understand how non-smokers in those days, put up with everyone puffing away in the workplace, restaurants etc.
Last week the International Congress of Cardiologist was held in Darling Harbour (where I stay). It was easy to pick them as they all had 'placards' in the form of name tage etc. around their necks. ;) I couldn't help but notice some very obese men who also happen to be puffing away outside the convention centre. One night after work 2 ladies from this convention were in my lift, I asked them about these obese, smoking participants in their congress. They said the Americans and Australians don't smoke but the European surgeons do. She said she asked an Italian surgeon why and he just said 'life is for living and he enjoys his food and his cigarettes'. It is hard to believe that coming from a cardiologist who MUST be aware of the problems smoking and excess weight causes the heart!

On that note I wish you all a great day/night!
Cheers
Maria

Hi everyone: Another sunny day, but today the temperature is a bit more comfortable. It rained all around us, but not here:(

I love all these neat names. Thanks so much for putting us onto the site. Just good fun.

We had a great time tonight. Our church has a School k-8 and tonight they did their closing program. A musical entitled IN GOD WE TRUST. It was great. so many cute little kids, and the star was an eighth grader in an American Eagle costume. He told the story of our history, in response to people who wanted to take "In God We Trust" off our currency. Just a fun night. Guess it must be all the fun times I had with children when I was teaching, that makes something like this bring tears.
We went from the Pilgrims to present times, and the kids were really cute and into the music.

Slavike: Know you will love the humming birds. They are unique.
Haven't tried the berries yet, but will remember which end is up:D:

Glenda: How nice you could meet your cyber friend. I think we would all have a ball together if we could make some sort of meeting.

Peggy: Zelda sounds rather glamorous. Much better than autumn Bramble.

Maria: Hope your driving experience was good, and not too sloshy.

Karen; Thanks for checking about the fruit points. Just seemed strange to me.

See you tomorrow. :wave: Ann

Belladonna Chubb reporting:

You know I used to smoke a pack a day until 1 year and 3 weeks ago. I have since turned into one of "those" who see somebody smoking and want to lecture them. Our public places here are gradually turning into no smoking places and the pressure is on the smokers. We have a student worker who two years ago went to Spain and said that everybody smokes and everywhere and all the time. Can you imagine? In my non-smoking counseling the lady said that if you are planning to go to Europe you better wait until you are more sure of yourself.

I have had an epiphany. After all these years of hearing "drink plenty of water", I am going to put it in action. I have always been such a great chug-a-luger of Diet Coke. I will try the water this week and see if it makes a difference in my non-existent losses.

Beautiful day here. Have a great one wherever you are in this beautiful world.
Glenda

Slavika: To funny! Now you need to go buy some more strawberries to use up your left over stuff :)

Peggy: Sounds like you had fun! I hear you on the smoking. It really bothers me when Im in places like that. Dont know people put up with it.

Ann: That program sounded darling. Love to see little kids perform they are so cute.

Glenda: Bet the water does work for you. I know it always did for me. Wow! Doesnt seem like a year on your quitting! Congrats to you! Thats super!

Maria: Be careful in that rain! But have fun!

Later gators!

I bet that does make a difference with losing. Diet Coke has sodium in it and makes you retain water so keep drinking, drinking, drinking till you float. Put a little tiny bit of Crystal Light in it to flavor it. I do that all the time. Have to run,

G'day all,

The last day of the week for me :) Last night as I was about to leave work, I looked out the window and the most horrendous thunderstorm was approaching the city. It was quite ery to see it come in so fast. I watch the lightening etc. from work for a little while and then headed off for home with my huge umbrella. It just bucketed down the whole walk home, I must say I quite enjoyed it, came home had a nice warm shower and felt quite envigorated by the walk in the rain:)

Tomorrow we are off on our 4x4 wheel drive course. Camera is at the ready so I will be taking lots of photos, hope of not too many tight spots that we may get ourselves into:D

Glenda here in Australia there are very few places you can smoke, the smokers congregate outside office buildings having their 'fix'. We even have football stadiums (open air ones) where smoking is banned. After all this time I still feel quit smug :smug: that I don't smoke anymore. Good luck with the water!
By the way it doesn't seem that it is already one year ago that you gave up smoking, good for you.

I just also have to say that 'Zelda' reminds me of Dobie Gillies' girlfriend, now that ages me a bit:D

'See' ya on Monday as a 4x4 wheel drive expert, well sort of :D
Cheers
Maria

Much cooler today and that is good.

Slavika: I am doing the bathroom decorating bit now. Not as extensive as you did, but decisions to make. My dh just goes along with whatever I do. So I painted the ceiling today, two coats, painted the cabinets a lighter shade( sort of an ivory) as all of our fixtures are an almond color. Since we have some teal in our flooring, i've chosen a very light shade of teal for the walls. Then I will choose a great border to set it off. After that comes the new shower curtain, and some new towels, and then I will do the master bath. I'm tired tonight. Painting the ceiling is not so good for the neck.:D:.

Glenda: It dosn't seem possible that it has been a year since you became a member of the smoke free group. That is great. My dh is a reformed smoker, and he says there is nothing worse than being in a place where people are smoking. I agree. We still have some restaurants that have smoking areas, and it still creeps into the rest of the place. So we try to find the no-smoking places.

Maria: Have a great trek with your 4x4.

Peggy: The Crystal light sounds like a good idea to dress up plain water. I also drink flavored seltzer. There is no sodium in that. But I just drink lots of water. My dh says I'm a cheap date, cince I always only order water when we go out.

Hi to all. See you tomorrow. :wave: Ann

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Hi Everybody
Ann your colour scheme for the bathroom sounds really nice. For about $5.00 you can buy these cute little, I think they are called "shadow boxes" or "picture boxes". I bought one all in white. The inside of the box is a tiny tub, little slippers, towel, sponge, and a little basket. Everything in the box is white and the frame is painted white. It is the least expensive thing in my "new" bathroom and the thing that people comment on the most. :) Check out your dollar stores and take a peek at them. If you liked them, you could always paint the frame the teal colour or another colour from your wallpaper border. I know what you mean about your neck being sore from painting the ceiling, mine was too.
Do any of you gals ever watch a decorating show on TV called "Trading Spaces"? My DIL told me about, (it's on TLC from 3 to 4, daily). I've only managed to catch it a few times but some of things those decorators do are just awful. One show I saw the decorator put MOSS all over one wall in the master bedroom. Can you even imagine the mess that will make as moss dries and the smell from it too. YIKES!!! :?:
Maria I like thunder storms too, and we sure do get some dandy ones here. :) Have fun on your 4x4 driving course.
Glenda I can hardly believe that a whole year has gone by since you quit smoking (OH..hee hee and three weeks). :) Good for you.
The other day when my grandson was over I had used the word "often" and pronounced it, "off-Ten". He said to me, Baba, it's off-en...not off-Ten. Well on Wed. when I was out for the day with my friend, I told her what he said. She said, she always says off-Ten too, and maybe he was wrong. She looked it up and left a message on my answering machine....he was right, the "T" is silent. How do you gals say it??
Tomorrow, late afternoon, we are going a few miles out of town to our friend's place for a BBQ/swimming (in-door pool) and fireworks display. They kind of do this every May long weekend. This time they have hired a fellow to set the fireworks off. Watching fireworks has never been a really big thing for me. I always think how much "money" is being "blown - up". LOL
Talk to you all later. :)

See ya at the new thread...

Cheers
Maria