WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50 & 60 yr Olds #181

Karen: Recipe looks great! Slow down!

Glenda: I know what you mean. I lost a contact this past weekend to. I have a spare but its old and I dont see to well out of it. Have an appointment This week to get news ones. Hate not seeing very well :(

Peggy: That Potato salad looks good. I love Potato salad. Its a red light food for me. But I have gotten it under control. Just need to watch it.(I have to get rid of any left overs as it is very good for Breakfast :lol: ) Will diffenety try this!

Maria: Congrats on the new laptop! Sounds like a great one. Im jealous. My DH is very gadget orientated to. More so then me. Im pretty bad myself I must admit :) Use a Palm Piolt now to track my points :) and other things.

Slavika: Sounds like you had a great day! The weather was perfect for spending time in the yard. SOunds like you got alot done and had a great weekend!

Ann: Your party sounded fun! Lots of work, but at least you had help!

Got back from trip yesterday so have lots to do. Have a great day all!

G'day all

Nice to see the posts this morning :)
sounds like you all had a good weekend.

Peggy You have a son like us, we love him dearly but he is not what you would call a 'handyman'. He just seems to have no idea eventhough he tries and helps dh to learn, it never quite works out!
Sorry to hear about the youg person that you are having a fundraiser for, I hope you will raise lots.
I spoke to ds this morning who is attending the funeral of the lad who died on Saturdaynight, tomorrow. The real tragedy is that he was drunk driving, thank goodness he didn't kill anyone else. As you can imagene, the family is devastated.

Glenda Yes we have seen on the news and stories in the paper of the tragedy in your town. I thought of you, isn't it surreal when you have often travelled that bridge yourself.
Pleased you had a great weekend, your memorial day is like our Anzac Day. I always find it very moving and I can understand it would have been even more so this year after Sept.11.
Poor you being 'stuck' with Austin :dizzy:, life is tough for you Glenda!

Lily Nice to 'see' you back. Did you have good trip? My new laptop is just great and I am discovering more and more things it does.
You are one up on me though, I don't have a Palm Pilot. DH uses one for work and finds it quite handy.
I'll be off continueing my discovery tour :D

Have a great day/night all
Cheers
Maria

More rain in the night. :)

Glenda: Didn't realize until reading the thread today that that bridge accident was in your home town. Just watching it again on the news tonight. A scary thing. Something one would never think about when driving over. Sounds like you are enjoying Austin a lot. Little ones are so much fun. And then they grow up:D: But we love them just the same.

I really blew my points the past couple of days. I'll hate to go to weigh in this week, Will probably have made the numbers go up again. :mad: It get so disgusted with myself when my will power just seems to disappear.:D:

Slavika: Have started on the second bath now. But when it comes time to paint the bedroom we are having someone else do it. Too much for me. My aching joints couldn't take it.

Hi to everyone else. Hope you have all recuperated from your week-end.

Maria: Any loss of life is tragic, but when a young person dies, and especially alcohol related, it seems to be worse, because it is just so unnecessary and such a waste of a life, all for a few too many drinks. Sounds like you are having fun with the new toy.

Time for some shut-eye, so I can finish the paint job tomorrow. Have already found the border for this job. so it will be done before we travel.
Good night all. :yawn: Ann :wave:

Back again...................

Ann sounds like you deserve a good night sleep with all that painting :dizzy:
You going over points is such a familiar story :( and so is beating yourself up about it!
It is extremely frustrating, to say the least.

I just received an e-mail from dh telling me to get ready to 'retire' from my job and prepare myself to go to Hong Kong and Beijing :rolleyes: :( :):cool:
It is enough to send a person to drink AND eat :D
Knowing what the company is like, nothing is certain until the day we go! India was looking a real possibility, I guess this is an improvement especially with what is happening in India at the moment.

Thank goodness I have my new computer :)

I'll let you know as soon as I know more............................

Cheers
Maria

Good grief Maria I would be so confused when I get up in the morning just wondering what country I am in. I hate to see you give up the "perfect job". Do you like Hong Kong? And do you have any idea how long you will be away this time? Glenda I thought of you when I read about the bridge collapse in the news. I wondered if you ever went over it. Such an awful tradgedy. It seems like Oklahoma has had more than its share of wierd things happening. Ann don't wear yourself out. When are you leaving? I know it is soon. Lily welcome back. Nothing is going on here. I might go out today and look for a new bed comforter. Depends on if it rains hard or not. Hate doing the highway in the rain. Now it is time for a walk.

G'day all,

Pouring with rain here this morning so much so that I abandoned walking to work and caught the bus, which takes longer than walking:?:

DH and I went out to dinner last night to discuss the latest upheaval in our lives. It is not quite as bad as I initially thought. We will be in Sydney till early October when dh hands over the completed project but........he will be going to Beijing and Hong Kong for a week here and a fortnight there......over the next few months. He likes me to go with him and I will probably decide when I know where. I am not overly fond of Hong Kong but I have never been to Beijing, so I wouldn't mind going with him for a week or so there. It also depends on my work. It is supposed to come to an end in August/September when the department re-locates and I doubt if I will be needed in the new scheme of things. That would suit me perfectly but I am reluctant to resign to just go a week to Hong Kong then come back and start looking for work again:(
It also looks more and more likely now that after Sydney we will be going to China or Hong Kong for 6 months or so but who knows.

Tomorrow night is THE night, going to the Chris Isaak concert :joker: :joker: I am very excited about that!
Sunday we are going to Stockton Beach, about 2 hour drive from Sydney. The beach is only accesible by 4x4 wheel drive and we are told there is about 28 km of beach and it is as though you are in the desert.(with water :D) the weather does not look good but what the heck, we will go anyway.

Have a great day/night all
Cheers
Maria

Time for a new name, this time a pirate name. Go here http://www.fidius.org/quiz/pirate.php My pirate name is:


Mad Mary Rackham



Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

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Hi Everybody Ok Peggy my pirate name is:
DREAD PIRATE READ
Did you find a comforter?
Maria geez, my life is boring in comparison to yours. You have to decide whether you are going to quit your job and go to Hong Kong, and I get to decide which grocery store I will shop in this week. :D

Glenda that bridge collapsing is just such a terrible thing. We caught some of it on the news. I guess with the big news networks everybody finds out quickly what is happening all over the country.

This trying to get the holiday weight off is getting to me. GRRRR:mad: It seems that I am over my points every day....and what did I do today.....made a lovely lemon pie for dessert. :?:

Talk to you all later. :)

G'day all,

Captain Mary Read reporting :D

Thank you Peggy for a bit of fun this morning :)

Slavika How annoying trying to shift that holiday weight. :( It certainly is a constant battle. I take a few pounds off and put a few pounds on, just a never ending see-saw. I wonder if we end up in Beijing for a while will I loose some weight :?: chinese food in china is not quite the chinese food we get at our take-away:D

Work is very pleased I'll be around for a while. I am at a loss why as I do very, very little. Today I do actually have some work but as you can see no screaming hurry, one has to get their priorities right and my priority first thing in the morning is coming here:D

Off to Chris Isaak concert tonight :love:

Have a great weekend all
Cheers
Maria

Okay now here is the Ya Ya name for you. Mine is Princess Drunk as a Skunk. http://www.moviefone.com/features/feature.adp?id=1021389568,0&uid=5500 Now I really have to see this movie. With a name like that I feel I should be a Sweet Potato Queen. I did find a new comforter and Bed, Bath and Beyond. It is a pale washed green with purple and blue flowers on one side and stripes on the other. It was a Bed in a Bag. I am into purple and green lately. Maria have fun at the concert.

Hi: of my two names I do like the yaya one the best. First my Pirate name is Mad Anne Kidd. I decided maybe Captain Kidd might have been my great great great great Grandpa.:D:
The description of me said I was among the very wierd, more than most. :rolleyes:

Now to the good name Vicountess Magnolia Blossom. How about that!! I think of all three of the new names I have, this one has to be my favorite. Must be some royalty out in the woodshed somewhere? :lol::lol:

I am happy to report that the bathrooms are all finished and settled. I must say I am happy with the results. It does give one a lift.. Of course, now I need to go looking for new bedspread, towels, etc. But that will have to wait until we get home from our trip. Expect we will leave Monday or Tuesday. And will be gone for about 6 weeks. I will check in from time to time like I did last summer, but know I will miss a lot.

Peggy: You new bed in a bag sounds very nice. I'll have a chance to look in several places on our trip. May find just what the Dr. ordered.

Hi everyone Maria Hope you enjoyed your concert.

Have a nice weekend all. :wave: Ann

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Hi Everybody I went to the park today for the school's "Folk Dance Festival". It was grades 1 to 3 so that included both my grandchildren. The dancing was to be done but everybody...including grandmother's, :D There I was dancing with the Princess to YMCA and Zorba the Greek. My grandson was "hanging out with his friends" so dancing with his grandmother was just not going to happen. :) :) It was a picnic too, so the Mother brought the lunch and the Baba brought the treats...LOL LOL Peggy My name is "Duchess Flying Leaf" and I put in my little granddaughter's ....and hers was, "Princess Three-Sheets-to-the-Wind". :D
Maria how was the concert?
Since I've been gone all day, I better see what I can whip up for dinner. Talk to you all later.

Those Ya Ya names for me are just too funny. Put in Margaret and got Viscountess Three Sheets to the Wind and put in my maiden name and got Viscountess Crazy as a Fox. So I guess I like to drink and am nuts. Ann aren't you glad your bathroom is finished? Maybe you will find the perfect thing for your bedroom while you are traveling. This is the one I got. http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=102681&RN=31 Now I need some purple to jazz it up a little. Going to graduation parties all weekend. There will be too much eating. Slavika your party with the kids sounded like fun. Boys are funny aren't they? Have to be cool. Have a great weekend and Maria how was the concert?

G'day all,

Well it has been a very mixed weekend :(
Friday night as I was waiting to go to the Chris Isaak concert we received a call from ds to say that he and his longtime girlfriend (6 years) are breaking up. She had been at a schoolcamp all week and he was going to tell her on her return. He said he had been trying to pick a good time but when is a good time. He said that the death of his football mate has put things into perpective and he does not want to continue in a relationship when he is not that happy. We are feeling very sad for both of them and this bit of news really overshadowed the Chris Isaak show.
On sunday we had arranged to go 4x4 wheel beach driving. We did go but I received several calls from son's girlfriends who is very upset and 'will do anything to get him to change his mind'. So I did very little of the driving, I just wasn't in the mood :(
Then on our return, a trip that should only take 1 1/2 hours, there was a horrendous car crash and the trip took over 4 hours.
And this was not the end of it.......whilst creeping along the freeway because of the accident, we received a call from home to say that s-i-l (the one with lung cancer) has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia, is now unable to speak and is not expected to come out of hospital again.
All in all a bit of a disastrous weekend, I guess it can only improve.

Ann Nice to hear your bathroom is finished. Have a great trip and I hope you may be able to post now and again at a cyber cafe.

Peggy I had a look at the linen you bought, it is really lovely. My two weakness are beautiful linen and stationary.

slavika The folk festival sounded like a lot of fun.

I actually have to work (again :dizzy: ) so I had better be off.

Cheers
Maria

From Dirty Jenny Rackham - ARR!

Maria - we had a better weekend than yours, albeit a kind of boring one. I know what it is like to fall in love with a child's boyfriend/girlfriend and have them break up, but I also know it is much, much worse when there is a divorce and they should have broken up. So, I think your son is probably doing the right thing for him.

Leon and I went to two shows this weekend--Spirit and The Sum of All Fears. They were both so very good. Take your kids or grandkids to see Spirit. It is so pretty and adults will enjoy it too. And if the kids get a little scared, just tell them it has a happy ending. I had a child who couldn't watch Walt Disney because he couldn't stand to see the animals always in danger.

I cleaned my house this weekend about as thoroughly as it ever is cleaned. And Leon has our yard about perfect. We are like two old farts who have nothing better to do. I also read most of a Danielle Steele book called "Lightning". One of my sons bought several of her books for me at a garage sale and I started this one and literally could not put it down. It hit close to home in that the heroine was diagnosed with cancer and went through an operation and chemotherapy. I literally hated her husband who blamed her for getting sick and ruining his life. I have never hated a character so much and I know it was because of my own experience, but it just made me really appreciate Leon and his compassion for me when I was so sick and my friends who made the whole experience not so bad. The heroine in the book just did not have friends and did not want to share anything. But I read last night until 2 just to see if her husband ever gets "his" and when he started having some problems, I could go to bed. This was one book I probably would have been better off not to have read because it upset me so much. I have been so blessed and so happy with my support group around me during illness. I cannot imagine throwing away a person because he/she gets sick. But I guess it does happen.

Sorry to be such a downer on a Monday morning. Ann, you have done some good work on your bathrooms. Enjoy your trip.

Glenda

Maria: OH my goodness what a weekend you had. So sad about your DS and girlfreind. If your son isnt happy then he is probably doing what is right for him. So sorry to hear about your SIL to. My thoughts are with you.

Ann: Glad you got your bathroom Finished. Have fun on your trip! Maybe you will find some new stuff on your trip!


Slavika: The folk dance festival sounded fun! Sorry your grandson was to busy to dance with you. :(

Glenda: That sounds like a very sad book. Dont think I could of finished it.

Peggy: I have decided I must change my name. Heres what I came out as on both sites. Thanks for both sites they were fun!
Dirty Mary Rackham
Countess Bad Hair Day


Later !

:wave: Hi Everybody
Maria It's funny I was talking to my sister-in-law over the weekend and her son and girlfriend just broke up too. My brother/sister-in-law have twin boys who are 35 years old. Neither boy has been married but one is engaged and getting married a year this September. The boy that broke up with his girlfriend, had been seeing her for about two years but the gal before that, I think they were together for 5 years. My sister-in-law said she gets attached to these girls and then they are gone. :( I agree with Lily and Glenda it's much better that your son breaks the relationship up now if he is having second thoughts. I told my sister-in-law the same thing. Eventually they will both find someone who is very special and want to marry and settle down. :) The news about your SIL is sad too. You sure didn't have the happiest of weekends, lots going on.
Glenda my friend at the lake read "Lightning" I think last summer or even the summer before (I forget). I do remember how angry she was at the husband, and actually said the book was driving her crazy. LOL LOL......:D
She thinks that sometimes Danielle Steele makes her "heroines" kind of whimps. I have only read a couple of her books, although I have a few hanging around the house. We always exchange books with each other after we have read them but I just never got to them I guess. Peggy I went to look at your quilt. Is it the the one with a white background with purple violets on it. I couldn't find where they put the "order no". I sure liked that one and another in a sort of blue. :)
I have an Uncle who is going to be 90 years old this month and wanted to find a bunch of jokes to send to him with his birthday card. I found this one web site that had something called "Travel Quips". One travel agent said she received a call from a client who wanted to book a seat on a plane but would prefer an aisle seat because she didn't want her hair to blow from the open windows on the plane. :D
Talk to you all later. :)

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Slavika, that sure hit my funny bone. :) I sure wouldnt want my hair blown like that sitting by the window either :D
Course my name is "Countess Bad Hair Day", so I guess it wouldnt matter anyways. :joker:

I have tears coming out my eyes Im laughing so hard.

G'day all,

So good to read everyone's posts this morning:)

It was ds 28th birthday yesterday and we had a long chat last night which was really good. He said whilst he is very upset and even more upset because the girlfriend is so devastated, he still feels he has made the right decision. It is a good feeling that he is able to open up to us. He knows we will fly him to Sydney for a weekend or we are happy to fly home for a few days.

Glenda you made me laugh referring to your dh and yourself as a'two old farts' :D It is a term we also use and I quite often refer to dh as 'a silly old fart'! Affectionally, of course :love:
I did also think that things could have been much worse, children involved etc. etc. I now realise how horrendous that much me.

Slavika you may laugh about the poor old man sitting in a windy spot on an aircraft. I remember in my former life as a flight attendant, (or airhostess as we were then called :dizzy: ) I did a flight on an Electra Aircraft which has 4 propellers (remember this is a 100 years ago :D) and two passenger doors on the side of the fuselage. Opposite both doors were seats. This particular flight was from Melbourne to Hobart in Tasmania. As most passengers were on board an elderly chap, who sat opposite the door, asked me if he could change seats, we had a full load and I asked him why he replied 'it's going to be a bit breezy with the door open in this seat'!!!! It turned out to be his very first flight and he was 73, ancient when I was only 24, we re-assured him and made a bit of a fuss of him during the flight and took him to the cockpit for a bit of a look etc., he had the time of his life and we enjoyed relating the story many times over.

I am starting a webpage for a nephew of mine today. It is for his fledgeling business. It is a 'plastic extrusion' company, pretty boring but a challenge to make interesting and eyecatching.
It is also good to get my mind on to something else.

Cheers
Maria

We are into the last minute packing frenzy. Hope to get away in pretty good time tomorrow morning. but it all depends on how speedy we are. And for 2 more 'old farts' that probably won't be too fast. :D:

Peggy: Went on the site and found your bed in a bag. I really liked it. Also saw one that would go with our new color scheme. But am going to wait until after our trip because I just might find something along the way.:)

This must be break up time. My grand daughter has been devastated by her boyfriend calling things off. They had made all sorts of plans, and she is having a hard time. But I think you are all right, if one feels the relationship is not right, then break it off before marriage, not after.

I will try to be checking in now and then. We will be gone about 6 weeks. Think keep on the program thought for me. It is so hard to stick with it.

Maria: you do have and have had a very interesting life. Loved the stories about worrying about the windy open door. :D:

This is going to be an interesting time as we will get to meet the young friend of my dd. Hope my eldest dd can handle it. I will report when i have the chance.

So long.

Hi to everyone. Have a good summer. I'll be back. :wave: Ann

Hi girls, Maria I can identify with you and your son. My oldest broke up after dating 7 years. It was hard because I really liked her. Now she is married and has 2 kids. He is smart to do it now and move on with his life. Your story about the man on plane was cute. Slavika, it is the one with purple and blue flowers on a white backround. It doesn't show up well on the picture. I thought the wall color would look o.k. but now I think it needs to be painted another color. Of course, dh thinks it looks fine. I just wish it had some kind of curtain to match. I think I will make something plain and use fabric paint and those spongey flower shaped presses and see how that looks. Glenda I think that I read that book a while ago. I am going to start the Ya Ya book when I am finished with the one that I am reading now. I can see where that would be a downer for you. This morning I went up to AAA and got some info on a train ride from Windsor to Toronto. Someone I know just did it and it sounds like fun. They stayed overnight and saw Mama Mia and then rode the train back. I think we would stay more than one night. And the exchange rate is great right now. Gotta run and clean. I had to get a new vacuum last week. It is one of those bagless ones and I am amazed at how much it is picking up that the old one didn't. And I did lose a pound last week. This is taking forever.

G'day all,

It is comforting to hear of the many of you who have had similar experiences with children breaking up their relationships.
Girlfriend rang me at work and we talked for over 1 hour, lucky I am able to do it. I feel so sorry for her but I know my son is also hurting a lot. She finds it hard to comprehend that something can end just like that and is finding it very hard to come to terms with. It is going to be difficult for some time to come because they have bought a house together, all their banking is combined. It is interesting that is something that ds has always resisted until about 18 months ago when they bought the house and he had no choice.
I won't go on about it, but I must say that this is foremost in my mind at the moment and wished I was home.

It is going to be a beautiful winter's day, 22 degrees. At the moment looking out of my office window the harbour bridge is shrouded in low clouds, looks quite ery.

We have a holiday on Monday for the Queen's birthday. As part of the Commonwealth, do Canadians have a day off for the queen's birthday? Tonight is a telecast of the concert for the queen's jubilee, should be quite entertaining. I rather like the pomp and ceremony however I do not feel she is 'our' queen and would like to see Australia to be a republic and have an Australian as head of state.
What is the general concensus in Canada? I see in the paper that there is a bit of turmoil with the sacking of your finance minister, ah different country, same controversies :dizzy:

If anyone is interested in the 4x4 wheel driving we did last sunday at Stockton Beach , I have posted some photos on the net. www.picturetrail.com\flaggies

Peggy your train trip sounds like fun, I enjoy rail travel and the show Mama Mia should be great.

Ann Good luck on your trip, hope all goes well with your daughters.

Trudy how are you? I hope you are OK and that the reason we have not seen you post is because you are just busy!

I am finishing off the web page for my nephew today so I can email it to him and he can make the necessary changes.

Cheers
Maria

Trudy, where are you? Are you just enjoying the beauty of spring and summer? And Slavika, how is Dee and her family?

Maria, we have heard a lot about the Queen's Jubilee and it sounds like big doings. Do you have any great feelings toward the queen? In America we have always clamored for news about the royals, as we have about the Kennedy family. I think we are all just enamored of reading about such high lifestyles. I am thinking that lately the queen has been trying to become a little warmer than before. She has always seeme so haughty to us, but took a lot of criticism from the death and funeral of Lady Di. Just curious about something: I thought you had allowed your son and his partner to live in your house at Avalon. Did they live there and rent out the house they bought together? That should be interesting--disentangling their money.

Peggy - you said your oldest had dated a girl for 7 years. Has he married by now? These long engagements sometimes just go on too long. I think your proposed trip sounds wonderful. What is
"Mama Mia"? (Guess that shows how provincial I am.)

I have lost 5 pounds--the hardest thing I have ever done. But drinking water seems to be a big factor in it.
Glenda

Soon it will be so automatic that you will wonder why you didn't drink it before. I always associate your name with Glenda the good witch in the Wizard of Oz. No my oldest has never married. He says he has money without women. He is taking off tomorrow for Clearwater, or so he says, for a long weekend. I don't think many of his friends are married either. Mama Mia is a play based on the songs by Abba. Now my dh has no clue who Abba is which always makes things interesting. It was just here but didn't go. Tickets are so expensive + now that I found out about this train thing that sounds like more fun. The lady at Tripe A said that all the plays go to Toronto when they leave NY. And they stay there for a long while. Not like here when they are in town for a week or so. Went downtown this morning to a library book sale on the square. This year they have had local artists paint huge pots and now they are there all planted. It looks so pretty. Sort of like when we had the Big Pig Gig a couple of years ago. Maria that 4 wheeling looks like so much fun. I would like to try it. I didn't realize that your ds bought a house with his gf {or else I did and it didn't register}. That could be a sticky mess. I bet it is hard for you to sort of be in the middle. You have to listen and bite your tongue. I would have liked to have gone the to the big party for the Queen. That would have been a blast. Someone just gave me a sample of the perfume that Princess Di supposedly wore. I really like it but I haven't priced it yet. I would probably be in shock. It's called Boucheron. See if you can get a sample. Have to go - it's time for AMC the one stupid soap that I sometimes watch.:D

Peggy: Your trip sounds fun on the train, and the show should be great to! I love to go on trains. Its so relaxing.
Never smelled the perfume before. But here are some prices for you :dizzy:

Boucheron Perfume (http://www.galaxymall.com/retail/afragrance/boucheron.html)


Glenda: Good for you losing 5 pounds! Water does help. Im so use to drinking alot now that it doesnt even faze me anymore. I perfer it over anything else. Very rarely drink soda anymore.

Maria: Great pictures! That sand looks wonderful, so clean! What was Tin City when it wasnt a Ghost town? The pictures are beautiful and looks like you had a lot of fun.

Later!

G'day all,

Thank you Lily I guess we will all be rushing out and stocking up on a few bottles of Boucheron :D:D Tin city is not a ghost town, it is just called that but it is still used by fishermen. The government now wants to clear all the tin shacks but the fishermen are strongly opposed and say they have been there a very long time and it is part of the history of the place.

Glenda I don't particularly care for the queen one way or the other. I am with you that I am fascinated by all the history of the monarchy etc. She is our head of state and I have a problem with that. She is fine for the UK but I would (and many other Australians) like to have an Australian as head of state. We have NO jubilee festivities despite her being our head of state, I think that tells you how relevant she is for Australians. Having said all that, I watched the jubilee concert and thought that was fun. It was also good to see England united the way they were to celebrate their monarch's 50 years on the throne. I particularly liked the procession with the Golden coach and Prince Charles and Princess Ann in full uniform following it on horseback.
By the way, excellent effort loosing the 5 pounds:jig: :strong:

Peggy I have always liked the Abba music but I also thought that Mama Mia was a bit pricey. I have heard nothing but good reports though, so we might go before we leave Sydney.

Yes well the saga with son and girlfriend continues. Yes they both live in my house and are renting out theirs. It will be quite messy selling their house and splitting the proceeds. :eek:
Spoke to son last night and he said that his girlfriend is devasted and won't accept his decision :(
I am a bit upset because she told son that I haven't been very encouraging and she expected more support from me. I have tried my very hardest to be realistic and fair, I know my son and he will not change his decision. Son is pleased that I am not giving her false hope.
In the meantime she is back living with her Mum and son will leave things as they are (fianances etc.) until the end of our financial year which is the end of the month.

Unless we are going home for the funeral of our s-i-l before that, I plan on leaving my job early September, go home and have a massive spring clean, sort out our stuff. Go back to Sydney to return home again mid October when the project here comes to an end. After that who knows. My work has told me wherever we go (and if it is a capital city) they can probably organise work for me at the Australian Embassy or work for a similar organisation as 'Invest Australia'. So that is good to know.

Have a great day/night all
Cheers
Maria

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Hi Everybody I had Trudy and Dee here for tea yesterday, and am pleased to say that both of them are fine.
I went out for lunch and shopping today with my friend and bought the Princess and cute little pair of shorts and halter type top. It even had one of those scrunchies for her long hair.
Glenda Good for you....5#, that is really great. :) :) I don't know for sure how much water aids in one's diet but when you are drinking LOTS of water you aren't drinking so much of something else, so that would help.
Peggy you bet your dollar is healthy and well when compared to our Canadian dollar. I remember a long long time ago when the Canadian dollar was worth 10 cents more then the American dollar....but that never happened again. :( I would like to take a little trip somewhere on a train too one day, I just don't know where I would like to go. :D Oh I know. Remember I told you gals about the quips from travel agents. Well this was another one. A lady phoned a travel agency and said she would like to take a plane to California (I think she lived in New York) to visit her sister and from there she would like to take a TRAIN to Hawaii. LOL LOL :D Did you like that one Lily ??

now I know that Boucheron is not in my future. I should have taken a few more samples. I will have use what I have very sparingly. Is that a word? Boy Maria you are in a fine mess with the girlfriend. I don't envy you at all. This has to be very hard on all of you. She will have to realize that you can't make someone want to stay with you. It is sort of like playing the game of pickle with you in the middle. I would want to scream Now I am wondering how Ann is doing with her dd. I hope they are all getting along. Slavika tell Trudy Hi. Miss her and glad to hear that she is well. We are deciding when we want to take our trip. I looked at the different hotels on the net and now have to decide which one. We want to stay an extra day or two and take in some of Toronto. It has been many years since we have been there. I think the kids were quite small. Glenda I forgot to tell you congrats on losing that 5 pounds. That is quit an accomplishment. You go girl! See you all later,

Girls, have you heard lately on the news that this "8 glasses of water a day" is a fallacy? Just when I am getting into it. I don't care--I think along with Slavika, when you are drinking a lot, you aren't drinking something else or eating something else.

Maria - I know you are in a mess with your son's ex, but I have been there with much more intensity when my oldest was 21 and had just married his pregnant girlfriend. They had the baby (did not know each other at all, 3 weeks, before she got pregnant) and then Joel wanted out when my grandson was 10 months old. He was so at fault (for marrying her, saying he loved her, etc) and I took her part. She was a nice girl, just bossy, but she did not deserve what she got. Anyway, I was in the midst of the worst situation and eventually, I had to tell Sandy that my first loyalty was to my son, but that I would always love her and be her son's grandmother. It was so awful that I think those intensely hurtful times come back to me once in awhile. Thank goodness your situation isn't this intense. But the girl will have to eventually realize that he is your son.

Phooey, I wish I had a sample of Boucheron. The sample must be worth $20. Guess I will stick to my old standbys. Actually, I love perfumes since I don't stink like cigarettes anymore.

I have a good friend who was a cigarette smoker for years until she had a massive heart attack. She has been on a heart transplant list for years and last week got her heart. We are going to see her tomorrow. So happy for her. I just get so shocked when I see young people smoking, don't you? Enough of my soapbox.

Have you all heard today about the little girl in Salt Lake City who was abducted at 2 a.m. from her upstairs bedroom by a masked gunman? The home was a $1 million home and she has 5 siblings. How brazen is that! I just get sick for our kids.

I have rambled long enough. Have a good day. Drink water.
Glenda

Maria: Wow sure looked like a ghost town. Hope they dont tear them down. It is history, and should stay. Yep Im running out right now to get some of that perfume. :lol:
Sorry to hear about the contining saga. Im sure you are being very fair. She does sound devastated. Im sure its hard for her, It will just take time. It has to be hard on all concerened. :(

Slavika: :lol: Good luck on that lady finding a ticket for the train to Hawaii! Im sure it wont be cheap. :) I had a friend who thought California was next to New York. They are both on the coast dont you know :)

Peggy: You are gonna have fun on this trip. I have never been to Toronto before. But would like to some time. So many places to go and not enough $ or time.

Glenda: Havent heard that about the water. But I dont believe it. Since I have been drinking so much, my skin is better, my hair, you name it. I wouldnt give it up for the world. Love my water, and like slavika said if you are drinking it, its better than anything else you might be drinking.
I heard about that girl who was abducted. I got an email from a friend about it. Apparently it is around her neighborhood. Waiting to hear more from her. Very sad indeed.

Later

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Hi Everybody
Glenda I read in one of my magazines about the fact that they now don't consider it necessary to drink 8 glasses of water every day. As I said before when you drink water you aren't drinking something else but more then that, I agree with Lily I think it does wonders for the skin. I think it's a great way to moisturize your skin, from the inside out. :)
Peggy how does the perfume smell? If it wasn't so expensive would you want to buy it? To bad you didn't get samples for all of your friends on this board....LOL :D I guess the chances of me getting a sample of Boucheron perfume from you in my mail box is as great as you getting a Christmas Tree skirt from me. LOL LOL:joker:
Maria don't get too upset by what your son's ex says. She is feeling hurt right now. When things settle down a bit she will realize that you can't "talk" someone into staying in a relationship if they want out. My sister-in-law got much the same call from her son's ex I expect, that you did. My sil told me, she didn't know what to say, to make the girl feel better, and that the girl was crying so hard on the phone. :( Oye Vey.......

On to the next thread.......

See ya there
Maria