Pentagenarians & Beyond! W/B 12/7

[garance]

Hi Deb, Linny, Josie, and Joan--

This morning I did Kelly C-M's 30 minutes of weights for Back, Legs, and Chest and I did it with 15s. Followed it up with 2 miles with Leslie--60 min. total.

I am loving these recipes. Chocolate orange blossom cookies, Linny? Yes! I love orange and chocolate together and always loved orange sherbert with chocolate ice cream, and really sinful with a dab of Grand Marnier and some chocolate shavings.

Okay--here's one of DH's favorites: TURTLES

Crust:

2 C. all purpose flour
1 C. firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 C. butter, softened

Caramel layer:

2/3 C. butter
1/2 C. brown sugar
1 C. whole pecan halves
1 C. milk chocolate chips

Oven set at 350

1. In 3 qt. bowl combine crust ingredients. Mix at medium speed, 2-3 min. to fine particles.

2. Pat firmly into 13 by 9 by 2 inch pan.

3. Sprinkle pecans evenly over unbaked crust.

4. Cream brown sugar and butter. Melt and cook at boiling 1/2-1 minute. Pour evenly over pecans and crust.

5. Bake 18-22 minutes until caramel layer is bubbly and crust is light golden brown.

6. Sprinkle with chips. Allow to melt 2-3 min. Slightly swirl as they melt. Leave some whole for marbled effect. Do not spread chips. Cool--but not until completely hard. Cut into bars--squares or diagonal diamonds.

Linny, no one teaches my courses--unless they are the standard ones like Shakespeare, the survey from Restoration through Romantics which several faculty are trained to teach. My specialized courses on film, confessional poetry, Sylvia Plath, etc. are just bracketed in the course catalog until I return.

So, Joan, you actually have an indoor pool with a big room around it and a Christmas tree. Sounds sinfully luxurious to me.

Sorry to hear about Keegan, Deb. How long did the urinary tract thing take to clear up last time?

Back to my papers!

[JoanC]

Back again,
Finally got 60 min on treadmill done. I may have to stop reading all these cookie recipes. I want all of them. Saturday evening is dh company Christmas party, Sunday afternoon is cookie exchange, next Saturday is my Christmas party and then Christmas. I had better wo twice as much, I really don't want to gain. Today is weigh in, I lost 1/2 lb again this week or a total of 4 1/2 lbs since Nov 18.
Deb did you see response by Cathe, she suggested just doing 4 tests before each wo.
Joan

[linnyrn56]

Hi Ladies:
Deb:Your poor puppies.Sounds like you'll have your hands full with surgery on one and uti on the other.Good that you're able to get in some workouts.Today I was sick to my stomach,not enough sleep does that to me sometimes.
Garance:Those turtles sound delish,I'm a big fan of pecans.Choc. Orange Blossoms are a big favorite here.I love the orange sherbert with chocolate chips.Go to recipelink.com and do search for Chocolate Orange Blossom.This recipe is actually in the Pillsbury Best Cookies Cookbook(1997).
I say we all go to Joan's for Christmas.Nice having a indoor pool.Do you use it alot for exercise? Sounds like you'll have to have lots of willpower soon with all those parties.
Josie:I agree with Joan,all these recipes are giving me the munchies.
Have a great night ladies.Hopefully mine will be,last night schedule showed I'll be the only nurse on the unit~Linny~

[fox2star]

Good Morning!

Today I did the biceps & triceps from 4DS. Keegan has a bladder infection, DH was able to scoot home during lunch yesterday, get a sample from Keegan and get it to the vet so they could analyzy before the end of the day. This let them have meds for him to be picked up on the way home. Glad no crystals this time, so no special diet. It should be a couple of days and hopefully it will be cleared up. We will have to take another sample in, I 'm sure and get it tested again.

Garance, that recipe sounds great. I am going to copy it because my DH loves turtles!

Joan, I can't imagine an indoor pool! Your house must be the favorite place to be in the winter! Yes, lots of recipes floating around the forum these days, and a lot of tempting parties etc! I did not see Cathe's response, but will go over there and take a peek...anything to make those 1RM tests easier!

Linny, hope you are feeling better today. Did you get more sleep? I hope your night as the only nurse was ok and not too stressful.

It's rainy and cold here, and I have to travel to Canada today to visit customers...ugh..

Stay warm!

Josie, those cookies sound wonderful.

[garance]

Hi Deb, Linny, Josie, and Joan--

This morning I did the Vertical Premix on Kelly C-M's Cardio Kick Stepboxing (40 min.).

More weird weather. It's 57 degrees at the moment and raining, but some time later this afternoon, the temp will plummet and everything shifts into freezing rain, snow. I am already tired of "winter," and I'm not even sure anymore if that is what it is.

We have a party to go to on Friday and then the Christmas walk on Saturday followed by a party DH does not want to attend but probably will since it is one of his customers. Sounds like everyone is pretty busy.

I intend to start baking on Friday, but not before because then I feel like I need to treat myself for being such a good soldier about grading papers. I have three very long ones to read and six short ones left, plus my thesis student intends to turn something in to me today for a Friday meeting.

I agree with Linny--let's go to Joan's party and take a swim! Sounds like one of the "Real Housewives of Orange County." I watched one of those episodes last night and couldn't believe how unreal their lives seemed to me. One of them was redecorating her bedroom--new linens and curtains, essentially--for 8000 dollars! I wonder if all of this was filmed before the stock market tanked.

Time for me to look up those orange blossom cookies.

[JoanC]

Hi garance, Deb, Josie and Linny,
I did GS legs - just the short premix. I feel exhausted. I must not be over my cold. DH just came home sick. He's in bed. I wonder why when I was sick I still had to work?
Everyone is invited for Christmas, I would love to see you.
I love the room because I can grow so many flowers, but I don't even swim.
It is only 4 1/2 feet deep so I do exercise in it. It would be pretty cold in it now. The pool heat pump does not work if outside temperature is below 27.
Last year we only had three months w/o heat in pool. It is a much colder winter this year. Of course I need the water to be over 80. If you can stand 60 it would be ok.
Sorry not part of rich and famous. Plain old split foyer that was paid off. The work on the room was all done by a 78 year old client of mine. He used to build houses and now only does small side jobs. He decided this would be interesting enough to do. The ceiling is all soffit material and they took the paper off the insulation to avoid mold. Of course the floors are just concrete.
He charged me $20 an hour plus materials. So it cost a lot less than you would think.
garance- I may make your cookie for the party. They sound better than mine. You sound like you are working harder now, do you take any time off?
I am glad to see everyone working out. I've been tempted to have too many "rest days" I would feel guilty now.
Joan

[Josie]

Hi Ladies,

I did PUB today. I will not be working out in the evening the rest of the week. I have things to do in the evening. It was so cold this morning that I had go back in the house to get my sweatshirt. It was 46 and at lunch time it was 70. That is LA for you.

I love all of the cookie recipies and will try some of them. I will not start my baking until the 21st. I need to pick up my litle elf in San Diego on Saturday the 20th.

My DD will be comming home for good on the 13th. Can't wait!

Josie

[linnyrn56]

Hi Ladies:
Debid feel alot better today,more sleep helps.Last night was pretty good night,I ended up being the float nurse and helping two other units.Tonight I'll be on my unit with other nurse being float nursse.As long as census is down this is doable.Too bad about Keegan's uti,at least it was crystal free.
Garance:I plan on starting my baking on friday also.My big Christmas party is on the 20th.Thats when all my kids,their girlfriends/DD's boyfriend and his kids, and my grandkids will be coming.Thats 8 adults and 5 children,I hope I don't lose my mindThis might call for some spiked eggnog.
JoanC:I won't be able to come if the pool is not heated.I have this disorder that I get hives with cold/heat changes.I bet that room is beautiful all lite up at Christmas.I know where you're coming from about men being sick.Same thing at my house.
Josie:Good to hear DD will be coming home.She did transfer to a closer college,right?This morning on the way home from work ,my car said it was 59 degrees.We're having some pretty weird weather.
Naptime~Linny~

[JoanC]

I just proofread my last post. My builder was 68 not 78 years old. He's amazing but not miraculous. Just finished some payroll taxes and headed to bed.
Joan

[fox2star]

Good Morning!

It's cold here but no snow or rain this morning. My trip to Canada yesterday was not as bad as we thought when we started out. It was snowing here and messy on the roads, and was like that for about 20 miles into Canada, then it was dry and sunny..go figure! This morning I did a 20 minute I-Tread then the shoulders from 4DS. All body parts done, only cardio tomorrow then a rest day.

Garance,a Christmas walk sounds like fun. Is this something they do regularly where you live? Is is a pre-planned route with shops open etc? I should look up those orange blossom cookies too, not that I would bake them or anything..

Speaking of TV shows, does anyone watch House?

Joan, yes, husbands are like little kids when they are sick and we turn into the "Mommies"..your pool sounds like a nice place to relax if the water is warm! I posted a comment on one of the 1RM threads over on the STS forum...it is still so frustrating to me. Someone said just use the weight you normally would for an excercise and say that this is 60% of your 1RM. Now that sounds like something I could do, but how do you calculate it from there? I am such a dork sometimes!

Josie, how cute "your little elf"....you must be looking forward to the holiday with a little elf to spoil! Is your daughter home yet?

Linny, what does Census being down mean? just curious! Can you ask to be a permanant float nurse? It sounds like this is less stressful. Speaking of stressful, your Christmas party would stress me out!

Have a great day!