Hi Everyone
Peaches LeeApril26 Kim22 Littlejem Songlady sqwerlie zauberflöte anniemg Nannyannie I just love reading all of this lively and interesting chatter that we've got going on here on the GoshPorch. And the food! Mmmmmm - It's delicious - those tomatoes are perfect
sqwerlie - thank you for picking them for us, even though you stretched something, we really appreciate it! (Hope it feels better by now.) Be careful with whatever else you reap, harvest, pick or pluck! No more stretching - you an' I aren't so elasticy anymore!
zauberflöte That quiche sounds lovely, although I just can't imagine the crust at all, it must be delicious and I'm hungry just hearing about it - you have to post the recipe for me when you have a minute, OK? I always make the same sort of quiche, and I've been wanting to try something different. An old beau of mine's Mom would make ricotta pies for Easter. I have yet to make one myself, although I've always wanted to. Yours may be a variation of that? Either way, it sounds really good.
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CONGRATULATIONS on the wonderful news about both of your sons!!! I can see why you're over the moon with happiness and joy! Two very big steps for them - your oldest son - a terrific new job and a happy engagement to his lovely girlfriend. Wow! He's moving in the right direction for a young man his age - it's really great news. How proud you must be.
And your younger son has really achieved something to be very proud of with the GED and his special certificate on top of it! Good for him! It'll be so helpful when he looks for a job. He's done really well for himself. The school he went to must have been just the right place for him.
Good work, Mom and Dad. The boys are growing up and doing the right thing because of all of your hard work raising them, with so much love and attention. It's really showing now just what a good job you did. 
LeeApril26 and
Songlady thanks for the detailed information about the yoga classes. I can't bend over without it aggravating the groin pain, either. That's one movement that I know for sure causes problems. But otherwise, it sounds like the yoga is manageable and really beneficial. Lenora, your 84 year old friend really gets a lot of benefit from it, and doing it on her bed is a great idea. I'll have to look that up- Asanas in Pajamas - it has a ring to it, don't you think? And it sounds like it improves her flexibility and balance, among other things. That's more and more important the older we get. That can be my homework for tomorrow in between posting books on Amazon - I'll look up the yoga she does. Gee, they probably sell that book on Amazon! I can trade for it maybe...hmmm..
Songlady I've read some about those antinflammatory foods but haven't paid much attention yet. They seem to be in the arthritis magazine alot. It would be worth looking into, at least a little bit, even just to keep in mind and see if we notice any difference when we eat them or not. Another good idea from the BoneSmartopians (thanks
Peaches - another one of your special words I love.
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It's late, but I want to answer everyone!
Kim22 I hope you enjoy beautiful little Jack, your grandbaby, this weekend. (That is a cute word, isn't it? I can't take credit for it. I've gotten it from other people who use it.)
It's so nice that your daughter and her family can join you - and your SIL, too. I hope the weather holds out and lets you enjoy some nice walks outdoors.
I paddled around in the pool today and used my legs more than usual to try and strengthen the flabby muscles, and the groins really hurt later on. The OS said that kicking uses the tendon, so it must have aggravated it, just like you said about the kick. And the inclines aren't good for it, either. I did that one, too, up the road a block with the dogs - not far, just up. Too bad, because I love to do those things - walk, swim a little. It's so unfortunate that these little, normal activities can cause such pain, isn't it? It's a real balancing act - doing too much, doing too little, not knowing what's just right. Either way, I'm going to keep trying, testing the water and hoping I can find the right amount of activity that allows me to do things but not have severe pain.
Have a nice relaxing time at the sea, Kim. Enjoy your caravan and your family.
sqwerlie It's interesting how self sufficient you are with your food and what you eat. Most of us wouldn't even know how to begin to do that, growing crops, tending animals, milking, making cheese and yogurt, harvesting, canning, freezing, butchering. It's amazing that you have all of that skill and independence in your day to day life. It's a lot of hard work to do all that. It must be a good feeling not to depend so much on the rest of society to live. And the foods are so much healthier - fresh, no shipping, not sitting in a grocery store for days. They must taste so much better and be so much more nutritious for you!
LeeApril26 It's also very interesting that you worked at the age of 10 candeling eggs. I can remember babysitting at 11, and that was young. You worked with horses, too, on Long Island, if I remember correctly. It must have been much more rural than it is now, I imagine. What good experience for you growing up, to be exposed to a different type of lifestyle. I vaguely remember something about candeling eggs in a novel I read years ago. I wonder how it's done now, if it's done now? I'm sure it's not by hand or with a candle. There probably isn't even a chance, with today's factory farming, that the eggs are even fertilized.
More later, ladies. It's way too late to continue. Sleep well, everyone. And those of you across the pond, have a nice day today and I hope you all feel well enough to do something that you enjoy. Take care.
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My husband hunts so we usually get all our meat that way, not too much of a meat bill for us at the grocery store. 
