Never thought retirement would be like this

You guys will have to cut me some slack here. I've only seen Nicolas Cage in *one* movie---Moonstruck---and that was a comedy. And I've only seen Jeff Goldblum in a TV show---Law and Order: Criminal Intent. As you can tell, I don't watch a lot of movies. :(

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Uncontrolable said:
Hi Nancy, just woke up. feeling better. Can't believe I said I was having an "enormous time"...I wrote that and have to ask. What the hell was he talking about? I feel like Nicolas Cage in "Jurassic Park,...Enormous got to hurry, yes, yes, go, go, must hurry!!...I could be in almost any dinosaur movie. "Do you see that, its ENORMOUS!!?"
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I had to sigh out and sign back in before that video would come up for me. Great video. Unusual that the audience wouldn't be allowed to see all that. The video must have been years later.
 
Uncontrolable said:
I had to sigh out and sign back in before that video would come up for me. Great video. Unusual that the audience wouldn't be allowed to see all that. The video must have been years later.
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Uncontrollable, you are referring to the radio program, I assume. They had talking videos in the late 1920's. I believe the first talking movie was "The Jazz Singer" in 1927.
 

I think the movie version was added to the video, to simulate what the boy was imagining. Radio never came with pictures.:rolleyes:
 
Nancy, you thought yesterday was great weather wise...today was even better! I feel Fall in the air! My two grandchildren get off the bus here in the afternoons now. My daughter lives up the street and around the corner from us. She picks them up here when she gets off work. Anyway, today I was looking out my kitchen window and saw two humming birds fighting at the feeder. Told the grand kids to come look. They could not believe how the one bird would dive down and make the other one leave. I said, "That one is being a Bully" and my youngest (age 6) said.."Yes, that is a bully". The 12 year old thought it was awesome how the dominant one dove down but he did not like how it ran the other one off! I thought it was a good learning lesson for them to see how "bullying" is not "cool"!
 
maggiemae said:
Nancy, you thought yesterday was great weather wise...today was even better! I feel Fall in the air! My two grandchildren get off the bus here in the afternoons now. My daughter lives up the street and around the corner from us. She picks them up here when she gets off work. Anyway, today I was looking out my kitchen window and saw two humming birds fighting at the feeder. Told the grand kids to come look. They could not believe how the one bird would dive down and make the other one leave. I said, "That one is being a Bully" and my youngest (age 6) said.."Yes, that is a bully". The 12 year old thought it was awesome how the dominant one dove down but he did not like how it ran the other one off! I thought it was a good learning lesson for them to see how "bullying" is not "cool"!
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Maggiemae:

Love it! That *is* a great lesson! He's a perceptive fellow.

I have a question for you: Hoping to catch you before you log off.

Do you cut your own hair? If not, what do you do? Go to a regular barber? Or a salon? (More on that later)
 
My daughter cuts it and she is not a stylist. I will do some cutting before she can have time to do it. Got a book years ago on how to cut your own hair. Just make sure you have sharp scissors. My daughter goes online and sees how to cut hair. She uses a comb with blades in it for the back of my hair. I have had too many bad experiences with hair cuts at salons (I looked like a baby chicken one time)! LOL
 
maggiemae said:
My daughter cuts it and she is not a stylist. I will do some cutting before she can have time to do it. Got a book years ago on how to cut your own hair. Just make sure you have sharp scissors. My daughter goes online and sees how to cut hair. She uses a comb with blades in it for the back of my hair. I have had too many bad experiences with hair cuts at salons (I looked like a baby chicken one time)! LOL
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To quote you from earlier:
Ummm, is your daughter open to being "hired out" for small jobs? JK
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I can count on one hand the number of times I've got my hair cut professionally. Every time was not good. Most can't seem to do short hair on women. Thinking about giving it one more try, and I believe I have devised a fool-proof method:

I'm going to put a rubber band around my head and take a ruler. Tell them I want it 2.5 inches above this band everywhere, and tapered below the band to the neck. Surely they can do that, can't they? I just can't do the taper thing to the neck part well.

(deleted) This picture looks too weird this morning :eewwk:

OTOH, in a fraction of the time I've spent on here today, I could already have cut it myself. Maybe not perfect, but good enough.


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8/27: 1300 calories
8/28: 1380 ...."
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Oh my, I feel like I am going in "slow motion" trying to purge things in this house. How do you accumulate so much stuff? But I have to say the master bedroom closet looks pretty good now. I have made so many trips to Goodwill, they probably hate to see me drive up. Gotta tackle the cedar chest that was my Mother's. Give me strength to just get rid of most of the contents! Once you start questioning if you should toss something, you might as well give it up! I guess what is sad, is that my two kids do not care about "old" stuff, so it needs to go.
 
Maggiemae, that is really great that you are de-cluttering. Starting is the hard part. You planted the bug in my mind. I've got nothing planned so far for tomorrow. I know what you mean. Some days I'm in a "throwing away mood," I call it, and others are "stop and think". Might as well do something else when you're in a stop and think mood.

Most of my stuff isn't good enough for Goodwill. More suitable for the landfill.

I need to work on the closet. It's full of two kinds of old clothes. One set for my old job, which I'll probably never wear again, and another set to work in the dirt outside. There is no in between. I finally found some short-waisted pants you can wear to work in. They are knit stuff, stretchy, so when you bend over they give. Bought 4 pairs. Now I can throw away all the old worn out summer work clothes, finally. These are mid calf, and look silly to me, but I saw pictures of the first lady wearing some pants like that, so I'll be in style mowing the front lawn and messing with the goats. :cool:

If you do your cedar chest, maybe I'll do my closet. Deal? Just kidding.

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8/30: 1150 calories
8/31: . 960 ...."
 
Meanderer said:
"A job begun, is a job half done"!:eek:nthego:
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That is so true, Meanderer.

Took one look in the closet this morning and realized I got rid of the clothes I wore at work already, so I quit. It's still full of stuff I thought I might some day use to work outside in. But you only need enough clothes until the next laundry.:rolleyes: The night is still young. I might take everything out of there and throw it on the bed, just to force myself to get started. I did get half the lawn mowed today.

About the diet. I've got a big pot of pinto beans cooking on the stove, and lots of eggs, some already hard boiled. Both are good. Protein and complex carbs, without so much fat. Deviled eggs are good too.

maggiemae: How's the cedar chest going? You reminded me that my mother had an old cedar chest, but it disappeared. :confused: They must have left it in Ohio. Just as well. I've got no place to put it.

uncontrolable: Where are you? Hope we didn't scare you away. :(
 
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Nancy, I was going to say "Game On" with your cedar chest/closet challenge but you cheated with already getting your closet clothes gone! LOL Nope, have not even opened the cedar chest. Aww, hate you don't have your mother's chest, I bet it had some treasures in it!

I bet you are "styling" when mowing that lawn! I wear jeans mostly but went to Kohl's and found some of the Sonoma Every Day Living pants (sounds like the knit kind you bought) and I love them! Mine are the longer length (have too many spider veins for shorter pants) and you can even get away wearing them to the grocery store! Because they do not look like "pajama pants" (heavens forbid), they look like work out/lounge pants!
 
I did sort out a lot of old clothes to get rid of. They are now piled on the bed in the extra bedroom. Wonder how long they will stay there. :confused:

Here's what my pants look like. Even though they are short-waisted, you can still bend over in them. Don't care for the big legs at the bottom, but if you forget and put your shoes on first, it doesn't matter. That's worth a lot! Ha! I don't dislike pajama pants on other people. They look better than skin-tight leotards, unless you are a model. :rolleyes:

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9/1: 1180 calories
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Yep, those look like mine except longer. I have to have pockets because I constantly have a kleenex in my pocket! My daughter calls it my "snot rag" but it has cleaned up many a bloody knee and a receptacle for bubble gum! LOL
 
Killing Two Birds with One Stone?
One of those moments happened today when you have a puzzle that has been lingering a long time, because you know your solution just isn't quite right, then---Bingo!

Some time ago I posted a close up picture of my pet yard rock. It is roughly 18"x18"x30", and sunk a few inches in the ground. I wanted it gone. Don't know how heavy but I've not been able to even tip it up out of its nest just by tugging. This is a long distance view. (Btw, that is my neighbor's house, and she *still* hasn't put it up for sale. :rolleyes:)

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A solution I could handle by myself was suggested at that time---dig a hole right next to the rock and bury it. (Yes! :)) It is right near the base of one of those huge pine trees my neighbor and I had removed, and you would probably run into roots digging, so I've been putting it off. At least that's my excuse.

Mowing the back lawn today, I came upon my other yard decoration---a personal sink hole. This is where an old pecan tree was removed years ago. The roots are rotting and the ground is sinking, a little each year, but fast lately. You can probably see where this is heading...

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The hole and the rock are on opposite sides of the lot. The distance between them is ~72 feet, but slightly down hill all the way.:) If I could tumble that rock in a straight line it would take fewer than 70 tumbles to get it to that hole. That means if I started tomorrow and only tumble it over once each day, it would be in that hole by November 3.:playful: It might even just sink out of sight eventually. Can't mow there anyway, the way it is.

The rock has a fire ant nest on one side, but I sprinkled it with ant bait, and it should be good to go in a day or two. Getting it out of the little hole it's in will be the hardest part. Will bring the pry bar in town tomorrow or Tuesday. I'm ready to get started now! Free strength exercise to boot!

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9/3: 1070 calories
 
Gimme that old time rock 'n' roll!

Nancy you have way too much energy!!!

Your rock made me think of my grandfather. People used to comment about the number of rocks in his vegetable garden and he always said "Everywhere you see a rock you won't find a weed."

If that rock was in my yard we would learn to peacefully coexist.

Good luck!
 
Meanderer said:
Nancy, why not bribe the ants to carry the rock?:confused:
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I've probably already made them too angry to do me any favors. Not sure if the ant killer works, or they just move somewhere else.

Pappy said:
Easy does it, Nancy......
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Will be careful. No lifting, just tumbling, Pappy.

Aunt Bea said:
Your rock made me think of my grandfather. People used to comment about the number of rocks in his vegetable garden and he always said "Everywhere you see a rock you won't find a weed."
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I like that. Your grandfather was pretty clever. :)

If that rock stays there, I have to trim around it. And mowing around it is more work too.

Meanderer said:
Nancy, could you use a sledge hammer to break it up some?
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I could probably nibble around the edges, knock off some corners and make it more round for tumbling, but I don't think you could crack off any significant pieces. I'll give it a try. Will bring a sledge hammer in town, too.

Thanks for the images, and Happy Labor Day to y'all!
 
maggiemae said:
Yep, those look like mine except longer. I have to have pockets because I constantly have a kleenex in my pocket! My daughter calls it my "snot rag" but it has cleaned up many a bloody knee and a receptacle for bubble gum! LOL
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Oh I have to have pockets too---to carry the cell phone, and ginger snaps for the goats. Ha! Also the shorter legs are not good for walking through briars. Bottom calves look like I've been through a cat fight after spraying the fence last week. :rolleyes:

Someone in my past, long ago used to use the term "snot rag." LOL. I think it was my girl friend who lives in Florida now.
 
Low calorie concoction, just for the heck of it. Posting this here because my preference in food is very primitive. Main goal is to get the preparation over with ASAP. This one already takes too much time to suit me for every day. Also I don't get hysterical about artificial sweeteners, and don't want to start an argument.

Apple Cheese Dessert - 250 calories

1 average size sweet apple, like Gala, sliced or chopped in bite size chunks. (80)
(If apple not sweet enough, add some artificial sweetener and stir into the chunks)

1 oz extra sharp cheddar cheese - grated (120)

1/2 cup fat free, sugar free Cool Whip (50)

Stir it all together. :)

Made well over a cup of fluffy "stuff" even using a small Gala apple. Protein and fat in the cheese makes it stick with you. Sweet and sour goes well together. I like it. :shrug:

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9/4: 1140 calories
 
NancyNGA said:
Low calorie concoction, just for the heck of it. Posting this here because my preference in food is very primitive. Main goal is to get the preparation over with ASAP. This one already takes too much time to suit me for every day. Also I don't get hysterical about artificial sweeteners, and don't want to start an argument.

Apple Cheese Dessert - 250 calories

1 average size sweet apple, like Gala, chopped or sliced in bitesize chunks. (80)
(If apple not sweet enough, add some artificial sweetener and stir into the chunks)

1 oz extra sharp cheddar cheese - grated (120)

1/2 cup fat free, sugar free Cool Whip (50)

Stir it all together. :)

Made well over a cup of fluffy "stuff" even using a small Gala apple. Protein and fat in the cheese makes it stick with you. I like it. :shrug:

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9/4: 1140 calories
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Sounds tasty!

I've found that keeping a variety of sugar free and no sugar added lunchbox snack packs of fruit, applesauce, pudding, etc... is helpful.

The pineapple snack cup drained and served over a half cup of cottage cheese or vanilla yogurt is tasty and sort of healthy.

The snack packs of sugar free chocolate pudding with a little squirt of Reddi whip are not particularly healthy but they are low in calories and they lifts my spirits.

A crisp apple and a bowl of popcorn with a little bit of cayenne pepper or grated Romano cheese sprinkled over it makes a great mini meal.

Soup is another quick calorie bargain now that it is getting cooler.

Good luck!!!
 
Bea, a whole 2 cup package of sugar free instant vanilla pudding, made with only *1* cup of powdered skimmed milk, then plop a whole cup of ff, sf Cool Whip on top, has only 280 calories. You get stuffed if you try to eat it all in one sitting. Throw in a few oyster crackers and it's like adding a pie crust. But even that is a lot of work. (I'm terrible, I know. :playful:)
 

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