WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50 & 60 yr olds #194

:grouphug: Hi Everybody
It's been a long time since I started the new thread and I can't believe we are now on thread no. 194. What a great group of gals we are and what a lot of information and interesting stories we have to tell..... except, Maria kangaroo meat??
Ok, what does it most taste like?? :moo: :ink: :sheep: ( hee hee I always wanted to use all those cute little guys)
Peggy yesterday when I was out with my friend, she was telling me that about 6 weeks ago there was a skunk in her daughter's yard, and her "granddog" was out in the yard at the same time. Everytime you let the dog out now, he has to go and sniff the spot where the skunk had been, so I guess the animal odour lingers, and that's why your doggie was so SURE the chipmunk was still in that pipe. :D

Since my son’s home was broken into it has made me even more aware of how careful we should all be. My son has had a great new security system installed in his home now, and I decided to up grade ours too. (This means I likely will not have to make use of the “squirrel box” blockade anymore.) :) I had the fellow out to the house that my son used to install his system. He spent quite a bit of time explaining all the different options there were to securing your home and one of the best things he said that we could do for ourselves, is to THINK like a crook.:s: He said, make sure that if you are away, your mail and newspaper are being picked up, have timer lights installed in different rooms of your home. He suggested at least two, to come on and off at different times. He mentioned installing sensor lighting near all outside doors……..common sense things like snow being shoveled or arranging to have the grass cut if you are away for any length of time. Another thing he said, is not to leave keys to your vehicles and garage/shed nicely labeled right where someone could find them if you did have a break in. The other thing the fellow mentioned was that in this day and age where so many people have access to the internet either through home computers or computers at work is the information people put out there. He said he knows of several cases where seniors have been using the internet and “talking” to other people who travel a lot with motor homes and trailers and things. They get in touch with each other on the Internet and find out which parks to go to and arrange to meet each other there, or arrange to travel “caravan style”. He said the thing is, they have to remember they are not “TALKING” to just a select few people/friends but they are putting information out there for all of cyberspace to read….thousands and thousands of people, who are not ALL honest nice people.:( They say when they are leaving their homes (which will be empty), how long they will be gone, and all their plans for this wonderful holiday. He said people have said what town/city they live in (may not give an address) but will say something like, they live two doors down from Joe’s Grocery Store, on the corner of Main and 1st Street.
Some time ago one of the gals who posts on another weight loss board, husband had passed away. One of the other gals, who knew her, meant well and posted the gal’s name and address so that everybody on the board could send her a sympathy card. At the time I thought that was not a very wise thing to do, since the lady was of a “certain age” and living all-alone in the house. I guess the gal who posted the address realized that too and removed it within a couple of days. The fellow from the Security Company also mentioned that people don’t just “talk” about themselves on these Web sites but about their families, friends and children/grandchildren, and where they or their family works, and it wouldn’t take a Brain Scientist to figure out who we are.
I thought since he gave me all this information I would pass it on to you gals. I already knew most of what he said (and likely you all do too), but I thought we could think of it as a refresher course. See you all later. :wave:

G'day all,

Another Friday, boy the time is flying:eek:

Slavika thank you for the refresher course, as you said we are all aware of what we should and should not do but you always learn something! I always leave ONE light on a timer not two as was suggested to you. We only spoke of it yesterday because our house will not be occupied when we are away this time. The problem with the timer is that if there is a power failure, the timer will have gone haywire.
In our case, I have a friend who mows the lawns, very nosey neighbours:nose: , my s-i-l comes past every morning for her walk to the beach and I have a monitored alarm system and our mail goes to a PO Box. Hopefully we have covered all bases. It is a sad reflection of modern day living that we have to be soooooooo careful.
Kangeroo meat taste very similar to beef, I only buy fillet steak and it hardly has any fat. I personally still find it hard to eat our national icon however dh and ds love it on a barbeque.

Beautiful day here today (we now refer to the weather as top down days:D ). I am getting very used to the little dream machine and as yesterday was also a 'top down' day, took it for a drive in the afternoon to a friends place.
We will be watching ds play cricket tomorrow and visiting friends on Saturdaynight.
Sunday we are helping ds move into his new house. Settlement is not quite final (still waiting on money from ex girlfriend:mad: ) but they are allowing them to move their stuff in providing they do not sleep there until the house is all settled. I think that is very good, normally they don't like you to do that.
Then we will well and truly have our house to ourselves again:love:

Have a great weekend all
Cheers
Maria

Slavika.. thanks for the good advice, we all need to be reminded how careful we should be. We have a monitored alarm system, light on a timer and outdoor sensors. We should get another light on a timer in the bedroom end of the house. Years ago an obituary would give the address of the deceased, now you would never do that. So many homes were broken into during the funeral service. I really believe we have to be extra careful on the internet. It is so easy for someone to hack a 'puter and to find out where you live.

The day started out crummy, but got nice in the early afternoon and is just gorgeous out now. We just came home from a busy day. Hubby is in front of the tv watching baseball and I decided to come see what you all are up to.

Maria We eat all the "normal things" :lol: like beef, pork, chicken, turkey, sea food, & fish. I can't even bring myself to taste any wild meat like elk, deer, bear etc. Hunting season will be starting soon and a lot of people just can't wait to get going. Once we had bbq goose at an aunts place, .. it was so hard for me to eat it. I found it very greasy, and I felt so bad for the goose. :^:


:grouphug: .. 'nite all..

Slavika, Thanks for all the what to do's. We are lucky with our son living across the street he takes care of all that and the cat.
Trudy I'm with you I mostly eat chicken and turkey, some beef and pork and the only fish I eat is shrimp. My DD and husband are hunters and eat all the wild game you can think of. I won't eat at their place unless promised to have meat that they didn't shoot.
Have to go! Thanks for all the defining moment stories.
Karen

Good morning: I couldn't eat kangaroo either. And I certainly can't eat alligator, but lots of people do. I'm with you all on the wild game. And in the fish line, I like the salt water fish , mild and white, rather than fresh water fish. Like cod, Haddock, Orange roughy, snapper. those are my favoites as well as shrimp scollops and lobster.
We don't have a security system as such, but have had the pep talks like yours Slavika from law enforcement representatives. We live in a gated community, and haave neighborhood watch. One thing they mentioned, also, was to keep bushes trimmed around your house so they don't leave any convenient hiding places for thieves.
Have a great day. :wave: Ann

I am with everybody else on the game meats. I hate chicken and everybody is always surprised at that. I like beef and some pork and cod and shrimp. But kangaroo? and alligator? Yuck! Trudy, that is funny--you felt bad for the goose, but not the cow or the pig?

Had a scarey thing happen. Yesterday my ds and dil got a new water heater. She went to the movie with a friend. Kyle called her and said to come home, that he was too ill to take care of Austin. She walked in to a natural gas smell, Kyle vomiting in the bathroom, Austin crying in the living room and the smell of natural gas overpowering. She called the gas company and the worker said the house should have burned down by then, full of gas. The water heater guy left a valve open. Thank God she came home and could smell the gas! I could have lost them all! Just thank God!
Glenda

:grouphug: Hi Everybody
Glenda Just read your post....thank God your dil came home when she did. :):):)
What a terrible mistake the water heater man made. I am very happy that everybody is fine.

Glenda.. Wow!! That really was a close call. Thank God Kyle was able to call and have her come home. I guess that the gas man will be more careful from now on.
That is a funny thing that you would mention the poor cows and little pigs.. as long as I buy them all cut up, wrapped in celophane it doesn't bother me. When I see a little calf or pigglet I feel bad for being a meat eater. When I see a fisherman with a string of fish with the hooks in their mouths it bothers me, and I know I wouldn't want to eat it then. I will eat lobster tails, but to pick out a lobster and have them cook it for me... :nono: I guess I should be a vegetarian..:lol: Anyone here eat snake? :yikes:

What a day, spent most of the afternoon in an auto wreck yard. Last week my hubby was driving the van into the garage and the door wasn't compeletly up..:D ( I thought it was funny that it happened to him). Part of the roof rack on the van broke. The Ford dealership wanted $115.00 plus installation and taxes to replace it. My DH went around to the auto yards looking for a part and found one, but he didn't have to tools he needed to remove it from the wreck. Today I wanted to go to the Mall to pick up a pair of shoes they were holding for me, so we struck a deal. He would go to the Mall with me if I went to the auto wrecking yard. :rolleyes: It took him so long to find the "perfect" part he needed. ... but I am not complaining ;)

Hope everyone is having a great day..:flow1: .. bye for now :grouphug:

G'day all,

Another beautiful sunny, top down day here in Adelaide:D

Glenda after the initial relieve that all was well, you must be very angry with this careless gasman:mad: If you are anything like me, I couldn't help but keep on going over what could have happened :eek:
It is hard to believe that someone could be so careless with a dangerous substance like gas.

As far as the meat:dizzy: , I am a bit like Trudy seeing it all nicely packaged isn't too bad but I would hate to eat meat that was hunted. Don't ask me the difference ;) We don't have hunts here like you speak of, we have a duck hunting season with great controversy each year. I personally don't know of anyone who hunts. Many years ago people would go 'roo shooting and rabbit shooting but most of that is now controlled, especially the roo shooting. So if I wanted to (God forbid) I could go bear, elk etc. shooting in Canada???? Amazing!
I also find it hard to understand the sport of big game fishing when they catch a huge marlin and then once caught throw him/her back after a very long battle trying to hook the poor fish. There must be something I am missing about hunting and big game fishing :spin:
And as we continue on what we can or cannot eat, restaurants where you can pick your own live fish from an aquarium, I cannot cope with at all.
As for snakes, there were plenty I came across on my trip back from Sydney, sunning themselves on the bitumen road, but I am not into eating them. At the risk of offending some of you as far as I am concerned the only good snake is a dead snake, the deadly varieties we have really scares me and I cannot tell a deadly one from a harmless one.


I think I might have a vegetarian day today:D

Have a great day/weekend all
Cheers
Maria

The only good snake is a dead snake:eek: Lucky you top down weather. Glad you are enjoying your new toy:)

Once about 35 years ago I went to a resturant where you could choose your own meal from a tank of swimming fish. There I saw a little shrimp swimming around. :fr: I ordered chicken and it was years before I could eat shrimp again.:nono:

Glenda sure glad your family is alright. But I really think the water heater man should be called on the carpet for that mistake. :censored:

My Grand D. has just cut her first two teeth:goodvibes No wonder she has been so fussy. Poor baby .I've heard that babies cutting teeth feels like a really bad tooth ache.

We enjoyed a beautiful day here but tomorrow the other shoe is going to drop and cold wet weather is moving in. Maybe even some flurries.:(

Got to go. Have a great weekend all :grouphug:

Karen

going on here. I have been gone for a few days. My friend took me to Columbus to a craft wholesale house Friday and Saturday I went with my sister to a herb fair in the country. I eat mostly chicken and fish and just a little beef and pork. No wild game. I see deer on the weekends when we walk in the big park. I could never eat them. I can't look at a deer head on someone's wall in their house either. Can't imagine eating a kangaroo and Maria is right about snakes. They creep me out. Glenda how lucky your kids were with the gas leak. When you think what could have happened. The gas man was very careless. I am soooo glad everything is ok. Karen you can keep that snow up your way and not share it. It is way too early to be even thinking of it. Slavika you had lots of food for thought in your post. Thanks. Have a good Sunday,:grouphug:

It is our Thanksgiving Day long weekend here. My family is getting together at my brother's home today for our big turkey dinner. Tomorrow, the actual day we will spend with my Hubby's family. We have a lot to be thankful for. :)

Last night we had company, the menfolk wanted to hear the sports scores so we turned on the tv just in time to see the horrific bombing in Bali. Apparently Maria, this is a favorite spot for Australians to vacation. I hope no one you know was there. The victims were mostly Australians and there were a few Canadians. What a world we live in. :(

Goose Trivia... The geese are getting ready to migrate so there are so many of them in the open near the water, and in farmers fields. When they migrate and one of them is wounded and falls to the ground, the others in the little family (sometimes 4 or 5) will fly down to be with the wounded bird. This makes them easy prey for the hunters. The geese seem to know if the bird is still alive, if it is killed immediately, they don't fly down. I found that amazing.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.. :grouphug: :wave:

G'day all,

Very much doom and gloom here this morning not only on the job front of dh but also the horrific bombing in Bali.

Trudy you are right, many Australians go to Bali for a cheap holiday and at this time of the year, many football clubs have their end of season trip in Bali. It is constantly on the news here and the Australian Government are ferrying the injured back to Australia by chartered aircraft. The saddest thing is that it is mostly young people that frequent that particular area of Bali.
We are hearing some awful things from the survivors.

We helped ds move into his new place yesterday though they were not allowed to sleep there as they still have not settled.
Ds is still waiting for the money from his ex-girlfriend and until he gets that he cannot finalise the purchase of this property. I will be pleased when that is settled, one less thing to worry about.
DH was on a hook-up this morning and more doom and gloom coming from the States.
I will start looking for full time work ASAP in case dh is made redundant. I had hoped not to work again in Adelaide. It is not quite as easy to get work in Adelaide then it was in Sydney, I will get my house back in shape this week and start doing the rounds of employment agencies next week.

Hopefully I will have cheerier news next time.

Cheers
Maria

Maria I just saw in the morning paper the story on on the bombing in Indonesia. How awful! I hope your dh hangs in there. When I was in Columbus Friday we went past the Lucent building. It is huge. Trudy, didn't that about the ducks. Interesting. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS! Peggy

Maria - I have just been reading about Indonesia. So sorry! I am just sickened that people do these things to others! Hope you get good news about your husband's job.

I was just thinking, reading your posts, how wonderful it is to talk to people all over the world! We get to experience all kinds of things we wouldn't if we just knew people like us. I thought everyone hunted (we don't, but so many do around here.) And we don't eat the same or know the same celebrities, but basically, we are so similar.

Saw my kids this weekend. Took care of Austin. They are fine after their scare, but the gas man is aware of how close he came to a tragedy! All he said was, "thank you for telling me." They think that is because of admitted liability.
Glenda

G'day all,

A warm day here in Adelaide.
I am having my carpets shampoed today, they badly need it.
After I stopped by here yesterday I thought I will have a look what is on offer job wise here in Adelaide. I found one as a 'corporate receptionist' (what I did in Sydney in between doing my own stuff;) ). The employment agency was the same as the one I used in Sydney so I thought I might as well put in my resume. I cc'd the person in Sydney who in turn emailed the person here in Adelaide with a great reference. I really did not want to work and had prefered to do my 'own' thing now that I am home but alas things change.

Some of ds's friends were among the injured in Bali, many of them arrived back to a very tearful reunion last night. Still many missing and great difficulty identifying the people in the morgue because of the explosion, many were burnt beyond recognision. September 11 was horrendous but it was a long way from home, Australians tend to be a little complacent and do not believe it could happen here. This is very close to home and really making us realise we are not immune to terrorists attacks.

I agree Glenda I often think how good it is coming here every day and how we think so much the same on so many different issues. I wonder if we 'saw' each other would it change the relationship we have here, it does not seem to have changed for Slavika and Trudy :)
For the moment this is probably the safest way of speaking to people in other parts of the world.:(
One day though................

Have a great day all
Cheers
Maria

:grouphug:
Hi Everybody
We went to our friend's cottage for the Thanksgiving Weekend. Although we were the only ones there for the weekend, on Saturday night other friends joined us there for dinner. We all brought our own steaks and our hostess did up twice baked potatoes. I made dessert for Saturday night and for our Sunday Thanksgiving dinner (there was 10 for dinner). Today, there was the four of us, friends for 28 years. :love: DH and I were the first ones up this morning and I could not believe it, but it was snowing. As the day progressed some of it melted but not all of it. We had a early dinner of left overs (which I always think is the best part of having a turkey dinner). We wanted to leave for home a little earlier today as DH had some work to do for a meeting tomorrow. There is a big grey squirrel who has been coming to the cottage for three summers now and my friend and I made sure he got all the peanuts that were left as they would be closing up their cottage for the winter in the next day or two. He is as cute as that squirrel Sammy was that I was feeding here at home. When you open the cottage door he runs over to you. You hand him one peanut and he uses his tiny little paws to push it into his cheek and then lightly taps your fingers for another one and pushes that peanut into the cheek on the other side and runs off to hide them. :) :)
Unfortunately even in the country, you do not escape from all the bad news. Maria I was thinking about you and wondered if you or your family would know any of the people that had been hurt in Bali. I sure don't know what is going on with some people. There is so much violence. We just heard on the news that the sniper has shot another woman, but they didn't say as yet if she was dead or not. Maria we are friends on this board because I think all our morals are basically the same. You can kind tell that by reading our posts. It might also have something to do with our ages. I think by this "age" we all are, what we are. :flow1: I think if we were to ALL meet in "real" life, we would like each other. :)

I had two turkey dinners, two days in a row and enjoyed them both... thoroughly.. :ink: It's a good thing I don't eat like that every day. We certainly had so many things to be thankfull for this year. I am glad to read that you had a good weekend too Slavika. I can't believe it snowed at the cottage.. it sure is a lot colder this year than other years, I hope this isn't some sort of a hint as to what we can expect in the coming months.:nono:
Maria sorry to hear that some of your DS friends were among the injured. So many are still missing. Terrorists in Bali.. who would even believe that could happen? We don't think that any terrorist would want to bomb a vacation spot, but I think we all have to adjust our thinking. I sure hope your DH doesn't lose his job. You must be under a lot of stress right now.
Glenda I am sure you enjoyed being with your kids this weekend and lots of hugging was going on. What an awful scare that was. Tragedies can happen so easily, and then you get some sniper nut out there killing people.

So many times I read the posts from all of you and I just smile and nod my head because I feel the same way, or have experienced the same things. We would probably talk non stop just like Slavika and I do. Quite often, after our Tuesdays, my hubby will ask if we ran out of things to talk about....the answer is NEVER, in fact we usually have to e-mail or resort to phoning to finish the day's business :lol: We all have a lot in common, it doesn't matter where we live.

Well it is time to get this "pudgy" body to bed.. night all..:grouphug: :wave:

Maria I am so sorry to hear that your ds had friends injured in the bombing. It is so horrible even if you don't know anyone. Can't imagine what is happening in this world and why there is so much hate. Maybe women and mothers should be in charge. Glenda I am sure that the gas company is afraid of law suits. That is why they have all those lawyers. Even though it is not our Thanksgiving you have a lot to be thankful for. Slavika your squirrel story is sweet. I have been bringing home black walnuts from the park and throwing them in the yard for the squirrels. They must find them because they disappear. Too early for snow. Trudy I always smile at your stories. Your sense of humor comes through. Enjoy those turkey dinners. I can imagine that tea time is quite lively. Enjoy those times and those friends. I had to give in and turn the heat on this morning. It was too chilly in the house. Hope that Jenye is having a nice holiday. Karen are you working too hard? Have to go to the dungeon in the basement and get ready for a big craft show this weekend. A big :grouphug: to all.

Such a lot going on, since I last visited.

Glenda, I'm so glad everything turned out all right with your family. That gasman could find himself open to all sorts of trouble, and maybe he should have to 'sweat' a little:hot: :censored: If things hadn't turned out as they did, he would really be 'on the carpet' for his carelessness.

Maria: That bombing was horrendous. I just don't understand the mentality of those people who feel that killing innocent people somehow makes them candidates for paradise!!:mad: I think they are worshipping the wrong god. :devil: Hope things work out for your dh on the job front. And hopefully, if you want to work, there will be something just right for you.

And what do you think about the sniper at work around the suburbs of Wash. D.C.? A crazy or a terrorist? It is scary, and most of my family, kids and grandkids, don't live too far away from where he has been operating. :?:

Had blood work done last week, and my tryglycerides are up again, so I am back on what I would call the austerity program. No matter what fits into the points, I going to be mostly off the carbs. And of course, my sweet tooth will start to work overtime.

Peggy: Did you find lots of great craft materials, and ideas on your week-end travels? The Craft fairs are now starting all over.
You will be busy I'm sure.

Slavika/Trudy: Hope you and your families had a wonderful Thanksgiving. And were you able to stay on point? It is certainly a test.

Karen: I shared the defining moment at our meeting, where the gal lost her slacks. It was really a good one. One of the ladies at our group said that she hadn't worn her girdle all summer and she went to put it on last Sunday and it was too big. No pulling or tugging. That is certainly a defineing moment.

Have a good week all. :wave: Ann

A P.S. to my post.
Somehow I missed reading your latest ones, so my post sounds a bit like I was in another world. Snow!:eek:
And you are all so right, that we seem to have so much in common, morals, love of family, and we never seem to run out of things to say, just like Slavika and Trudy. It is a pleasure to be able to chat with so many supportive friends. I agree with Slavika, if we were all to meet in person, we would find plenty of things to talk about. Hope Lily and Jenye are haveing a nice vacation. :wave: Ann

G'day all,

Just dropping by before driving dh to the airport for his flight to Melbourne.
From news reports we received here this morning, looks like the maniac sniper may well have had his day, hope the leads they have, will arrest this evil person before he causes anymore mayhem.
The stories from Bali are heartbreaking and as I said before the sad thing is so many young people have had their lives ended so prematurely.

Carpets are looking great after the shampoo yesterday, every day my house is becoming once again 'my' house.

Must fly
Cheers
Maria

:grouphug: Hi Everybody

I noticed this post and thought I would put it here in case you gals didn't see it. :) As you can see it's from Suzanne.

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WW Other Age Groups forum to be moved...
We are going to move the various WW forums into one forum with sub-forums. If that sounds confusing, look at our WW Recipes forum, and you will see how each category has it's own sub-forum. That is what we are going to do with the WW main forums. This will be effective Monday, October 21. We wanted you to know where to look, and not to worry that your forum was removed.

Thanks!

G'day all,

Very late for me to be posting, 7.30pm Thursdaynight.
I spend the day at a friend's place who lives in the Adelaide hills on 58 acres. It is just beautiful up there, she is a keen gardener and is doing a 4 year course in landscaping.
Eventhough everything is not quite blooming, it was just lovely. We went for a bit of a drive in the 'dream machine' and then I had lunch at her place.
She doesn't know a great deal about computers but she has some great ideas. She thought that when she designs a garden for someone, she would provide them with a print out of the plants in the garden which will include when the plants need watering/fertilising/pruning etc. etc. We spend the afternoon doing a bit of 'brainstorming' how best to set up a database from which she can extract what she needs for individual customers.
It would be a mammoth job but I think an idea that is worth persueing.

DH just rang and he will not be getting back until close to midnight from Melbourne, there have been flight delays :(

Also called in to see ds's fiancee. Their new house is just great and they are very happy. Tomorrow morning I am taking fiancee to buy some curtain fabric, rods etc. Not one of my favourite jobs making curtains and I hope to be able to buy some ready made ones.

It was a cool day here today (nice enough for the top down though ;) ) it is hard to believe that some of you are already experiencing snowfalls!

I am off printing out some more invites, majority have been done thank goodness.

Cheers
Maria

Maria sounds like you are keeping busy. I need your friend to design my yard. I hope to be able to find my way here Monday. Have to go price my stuff for the craft show this weekend. Set up is tomorrow and it is cold and supposed to rain. Oh joy! We are in a huge tent but at the end and get all the weather. Just hope the tent doesn't have any major holes over us. Made the cutest witches-their heads are gourds. Named them Gourdella.

Hi all I'm just popping in to say HI
It's my friday and am looking forward to staying home tomorrow. I've been wanting to learn some basic for quilting and finallly had an afternoon to have my SIL get me started . I'm so excited . i bought a cutting mat and a quick ruler and one of those roller cutters and some fat sq's. I found a pattern on line somewhere and it was classified as easy so thats what I'm going to be doing tomorrow. I thought i would just do a table runner first just to get my feet wet. Wish me luck. I need something other than WW work to comsume my life.

By the way We have a little snow on the ground. Isn't that the most awful thing you've heard today.
Karen

What is going on? Too many of us are already experiencing winter. We are also. Everyone is bundled up as if it were January. Yuck! Not even Halloween!

Karen, I want to learn to quilt. Since quitting smoking, I need something to do with my hands. Maybe I just need to knit or crochet.

Peggy - Gourdella! Love it. Hope your tent is snuggy.

Maria - I have a niece who is landscaping. When you get your idea, let me know kind of what you are doing. Sounds very impressive.
Glenda

SNOW!!! It is a bit early isn't it.

Karen: You will love quilting. I had never done it before and started, like you with pillow tops and a table runner. then I got brave and did a quilt. Took me a long time, but I really enjoyed it. I did it all by hand. didn't get into machine work. Mostly because I didn't want to have to get the machine out and put it away everytime. It was just easier to sit in my rocker and sew away.
Could that be called lazy? or creative?:lol:

Glenda: Give it a try. There are a lot of good books for beginners out there and also a lot of interesting stuff on the internet about quilting. It is actually rather relaxing, and also very satisfying. Even more than knitting, and I like to knit.

Peggy: How clever- Gourdella:cb: :cp: Bet you will sell a lot. Hope you don't get frozen out. Hopefully the weather will warm up. When is it Indian Summer usually appears?

Maria: what a great idea your friend has for landscaping. I bet you can help her a lot to get things set up. Sorry your DH didn't get back quite as expected. Sounds like things are going well with the wedding plans.

Hi Trudy and Slavika: Have you recuperated from Thanksgiving turkey yet?

Must soon be time for Lily and Jenye to get home from their vacations.

Tomorrow we are going for an overnight up to southern Georgia to see a musical play called Swamp Gravy. have no idea what it will be like, but we are going on the recommendation of several of our friends who have been before. it will be a bus trip, and we should be going to a museum near Tallahasse, State Capitol. So no weigh-in for me and I must be careful:(

Have a great week-end all and I'll check in on Sunday. :wave: Ann

Hi all, thought it must be time for a new thread.
See ya there

Maria