Soda Shoppe
for October 15, 2020
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"Swinging on a Star" - Bing Crosby
Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a mule?
A mule is an animal with long funny ears
He kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way, if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule
Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a pig?
A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
His shoes are a terrible disgrace
He's got no manners when he eats his food
He's fat and lazy and extremely rude
But if you don't care a feather or a fig
You may grow up to be a pig
Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a fish?
A fish won't do anything, but swim in a brook
He can't write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
And though he's slippery, he still gets caught
But then if that sort of life is what you wish
You may grow up to be a fish
And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
Everyday you'll meet quite a few
So you see it's all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swingin' on a star
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a
living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the
circumstances and the time in which it is used.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. - jurist (1841-1935)
Friends are pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you and sometimes it's just enough to know that they are standing by.
Good morning everyone...
Raining out , so inside work today. Maybe THAT job will get done???
Bubble, thank you for the new start page. Humming along with Bing, that is one of my favourite songs. As for Friends ,that is so true! Our friends are worth their weight in gold to us.
Patricia, please keep that white stuff falling from the sky your way..I know it is coming this way but don't mind waiting :)
Gloria, hope your eye is better this morning.
Better get ready to meet the day.
Enjoy your day and stay safe please.
Good Morning Everyfriend! It's 46º here this morning and only heading for a high of 75 today. I think Fall has "fallen" upon us!
BUBBLE, I loved the opening for the new Soda Shoppe but I have to tell you, I sing that Bing Crosby song at least once a week! I love it! And I started singing it around the house when one of my kid (very young) said "I don't care!" about something. It took a while but no one ever said "I don't care!" around my house. (I can't sing but I hope it was because they got the message.)
I got up and got started today! I have the mattress pad, bottom sheet and pillow cases in the washer with the rest waiting on the bedroom floor to be washed and returned to the bed. On the agenda for today is still a trip to the Amish store but that's iffy. There's stuff to do around here before I do that!
There's always something that pokes up it's insistent head and needs to be done first. And I always cave!
GLORIA, how are your eyes today? I hope lots better!
I'm off to answer the boinger and feed Mickie and me and then a walk will be in order. We do have our routine!
I wish you all a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!
And don't forget to share it with your friends in the Soda Shoppe!
good morning so_P_bubble and everyone that follows. a sad note, at the local V A home In Warrensburg MO six veterans Have died with the virus's. that is heart breaking. a place you think would be safe and happy. we had a wasted day yesterday. we went to cosco sale Wearhouse. where we had been told we could get hearing aids for Nancy for $1,5oo for the pair. was not true. a friend had told us his mother had got her aids there for that price. storie of our Life a day late and $$$$ short. Have a good day.
Lloyd
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Good morning everyone. Was rudely aakened wth the phone ringing this morning at 7 and it was a scam call, went back to bed and fell asleep, Woke at 10 and just having my coffee. The late start I am getting Yvette will be here before I am even dressed for the day. My eye is fine this morning, thank God for that. Wish I could remember wha t my eye doc said about that happening, all I do know is it does happen at times.
AMY would like to be traveling your son's route into Maine. Just imagine the beautiful foliage he will be seeing. By the time he hits Maine it will be over already.
BUBBLE love your first graphic with the ghosts and pumpkins. Not too long ago I wa tched the Bells of St. Mary's where Bing Crosby sang that song. He was the priest in that movie. Thanks for all your goodies.
Better get a move on and get away from this PC for now
Hav a good day, don't forget your mask and stay safe.
Good morning from a nippy 39° this morning in the Interior! We had a snow dusting yesterday, but it melted over a warmer night and this morning. I don't know what the day will bring, but I know it will have to do with soap and scrub. I now have my new sheets, pillows, comforter, towels, but didn't think about the old ones. No donations are open; I don't really want to store them or trash them, so that will take some conjuring.
I know I've been in & read at least 3 times, thought I left a post but none showing. Must have just thunk I did it....
Had a delightful lunch with a friend "on the other side of town". Found out why half a dozen places carry the same name, our waitress said her father started the first on about 50 years ago and other family members have started their own & just use the same name! The only one I've been to before was nothing like the one today but nice to know "all in the family".
Daughter due in town any time, youngest son says they have plenty to eat so I won't cook until tomorrow, I guess. Everything sort of "on hold" and I do hate things dangling like this. Even the weather can't decide to be warm or cold. :tickedoff:
Bubble, love the graphics and cannot imagine why I remember every word of that tune and can't remember my cell phone number!!! Thanks... Think I need a walk down to the river, for sure all those phone calls will come while I'm out of the house!
Amy and Jane, as I shopped in my Kroger Store this afternoon, I happened upon the shelf area where they keep the canning jars, and I thought of you two fine ladies. They had plenty of canning jars, in various sizes, and I wished I was near enough to bring some by your houses. Anyway, guess the canning season is just about done, and maybe next year, they will have manufactured more jars.
Hello Everyfriend! Sounds like you all had a nice day with friends, family or even by yourselves. My day evolved and things got done. I have a lineup ready to go to the post office tomorrow and maybe I'll make another quick stop while I'm out.
I got the bills all paid today and then another one came in the mail. I suppose that will happen most of the rest of the month.
I'm off to the haystack. It's all nice and clean and ready for me! I hope it's also loaded down with zzzzzs! I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Watched the debates and then it was news time, so thought I had best come in and say HELLO before I head off to bed.
We will have a freeze tonight so many have brought their plants in to try to save them. We did not as our planters are much too big to move around. The yard men blew out our sprinkler systems today.....winter is coming much sooner than I want it to😩😢
Pleasant dreams to all.
Jenny
Good morning everyone. It is too early to be up so to Couche I go. I was too resales I guise so Nancy has already got up and screeched out in her recliner, and snoring. I have the Lap top on ready to fiend a good move, and do same thing, Have a good day everyone. we made home made ice cream las evening, and had the grand and great grands up and worked on it, but too much so some of it is in the deep freeze for later on.
Have a great day just as you like it. I sea Jenny Has already been here and winterized things. I took yester day the three ears of Indian corn and shield it and ground it with the blender into corn meal, and made a loaf of corn bread wit part of it.sure was good with some butter and honey on it while it was still hot. see you all later.
Lloyd
Good morning everyone..
Didn't wake up to rain........but we are to have more today. One of these days the rain will need to be shoveled!
Off to the city this morning hubby has CT scan and blood work. Since this Covid only one is allowed into the hospital so dogs and I will wait in the van and I will sew.
Lloyd , maybe you can catch some zz's later today. Good to read a post from you and I bet both ice cream and home made bread did taste good!
Jenny, we have had our hard freeze.....many times now. Next is the snow .
Tome, you came across a GOLD MINE!! Jars are still in short supply here. One store did get some in and they hardly warmed the floor and were gone.
Shirley, my comfort zone for temperature is around 70° .Great weather for working in....not too cold or too hot.
Better get going..
Enjoy your day everyone..stay safe.
Good Morning Everyfriend! We had rain through the night and the temp is 50º right now with an expected high of only 54 for the day! Fall is upon us but we haven't had a frost yet. And my Gramma always said "You can't have Indian Summer until after the first frost". Indian Summer is one of my favorite "seasons"!
TOMEREADER, If I knew where your Kroger is located, I'd have been tempted to jump in the car and drive there to buy jars! I've been in Kroger stores but I think they were in Texas. I know there are some closer to where I live but still a hefty drive from here.
My only plan for today is a trip to the post office to mail a couple of packages and to drop my ballot in the mail. I might try to get a haircut while I'm out but that's secondary. And I still need to make a trip to the Amish Store but Friday and Saturday are not good days for that. They are usually busy up the gazoo on those two days. I'm thinking maybe Tuesday for that.
There goes the boinger and my day begins. Mickie's breakfast and mine too and then a walk and then...who knows what!
Enjoy your day Everyfriend!
Make it your own in every way!
And don't forget to share it with your friends in the Soda Shoppe!
Good morning everyone, going t o start raining soon and will rain for at least 2 days, so the guessers say this morning. After the rain we had the other day we are now only 9" short on rainfall for this year. Would be great if we get more rain before the ground freezes.
PATRICIA I am not ready for snow yet. Christmas Eve I would love to see it. This has been the warmest October I can remember. My AC is s till in the window and several others still have theirs in. Odd t he witch did not tell us they have to be out by October first. She always sends a reminder to us but not this year.
JANE i t is only my right eye that gets blured with that film. but it tears sll the time, too, when that happens.
LLOYD there is a veterans home in this st ate and several have died from the covid 19 there.
CALLIE great post from you, so newsy. ;) ;)
JANE I have to be sleepy when I go to bed or I don't sleep but once I ge t t o sleep I can sleep through even a thunder storm. People ask me if the loud thunder during the night bothered me much. When I tell them I slept through it they don't believe me.
JENNY I am ready for cold weather, was in the mid 70's yesterday and the forecasters said it would only get to the high 60's. Even turned the AC on for Yvette. She starts sweating working around and I like to make it cool for her.
LLOYD I have not had home made ice cream in about 50 years.
AMY I s till like snow but I no longer had to get a shovel out. The maintenance man clears the walks with his little plow and a truck with plow does the parking lot.
Have a great day and stay safe and healthy with your mask on.
JANE I always heard we don' t have Indian summer until we have a killing frost. We had several light frosts before that killing one got here, still no Indian summer though.
Good morning. Thermometers said it was 45º at 8:45 a.m. We've been bouncing up and down for the past several weeks - furnace on the morning, a/c in the afternoon. Hope Fall has finally arrived to stay.
Gloria, glad you enjoyed my news. :2funny: I was waiting for time to go to the dentist. Hadn't been since all these restrictions started and was impressed with the office arrangements. Very easy - and, best of all, A Good Report on teeth. :thumbup:
Need to do an errand today that isn't on the main thoroughfare I live off of . Two days in a row driving more than a mile north or south?? :o Woo Hoo - don't know if I can stand the excitement! :crazy2:
Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere an Enjoyable Day.
Ladies, hold your applause till the end of this story! (LOL) This morning I decided I was not going to throw away my two remaining, overripe bananas. So I pulled out my banana bread recipe (my daughter's actually) and started gathering the various bowls and cups to hold the ingredients. Got everything measured out, and ready to begin. My electric mixer is way, way up in the top cabinet, which I can't reach (5'0") and daughter has forbidden my using my stepstool to reach things. So, I begin creaming butter and sugar, by hand, then adding eggs, vanilla, flour & buttermilk alternately, and stirring like crazy, also by hand. My arm and shoulder may fall off before the rest of day is done, but I will, by golly, have nice hot banana bread in awhile. I hate to sound so proud of myself for doing all this mixing by hand, but I kept thinking of my mom, and her mom, going back eons, and all they had to do this mixing with was a good strong arm, and a loving heart to make this or other cakes and breads. I am now standing at the computer, and if you are so inclined, put your hands together while I take a small bow. (I may never do this again :-\ but it was ?fun? while it lasted!) LOL. I'll let you know how it tastes later.
Tome, :clap: :clap: :clap:
I remember mixing ingredients for cookies that way when I was growing up. Still have the wooden spoon we used - but haven't done it "by hand" in eons. Congratulations!
Errands done and car didn't fall apart from being driven about 3x farther than usual. Neither did I! :thumbup:
Good late morning from a chilly but now snowless Interior! It was plus one at 8 AM, and now at 11:19, it's an entire plus 2°. We're supposed to get another round of snow on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
Gloria, I don't believe we've ever had an Indian summer. Before 2017, it would be a hot summer, rainy August, and cooler but beautiful September. Then have the first snow on or about Halloween. Now all bets are off. This past summer smashed all known records with the continuous rainfall and cool temperatures. Combined with a burgeoning virus, we just wanted it over.
Tome, you have my respect. I cannot lift a full coffeepot anymore without my hands shaking! True story. I was at the doctor during an exam when he asked me to take his hand and squeeze. He repeated, asking me to squeeze, and I retorted, "I am!"
I did get about half of the soapy scrubbing I meant to do the past two days. This afternoon, it's mopping floors and cleaning the bathroom, and hopefully, tomorrow will be some loads of laundry. I have yet to bake that loaf or roast.👩🍳
My day has been so busy I can't remember when so much accomplished in about 6 hours... all to the credit of my daughter! I had hoped she'd find time this visit to update my Garmin GPS, Fitbit & the iPad she gave me for my birthday. I am awful updating stuff because I never understand what "they" (the little people hiding inside each unit)... want me to do or say. She brought me the Versa 2 that she "put away" when she got the latest Fitbit, she also has that newest iPhone watch, whatever it's called, that does everything but breathe for you. She can answer her phone on the watch... you know, Dick Tracy stuff.... And she also brought me the latest Kindle Fire the she doesn't use anymore & put it through all the latest updates as well as my old one that is used for playing solitaire.... We kept these plug ins hot all day but all's done!
Patricia, I never ever thought about losing strength in my arms/hands but the time has arrived! I even keep a pair of scissors handy to open the packets of sauce that comes with fast food. I do remember when Mom would hand things to Dad to open but thought it was to make him feel useful. ;) ... little did I know.
Tome, I am showing proper respect for your deed! Lloyd, also hats off to you & Nancy for home made ice cream! I have never made it but always heard how much work it is.
Gloria, no frost or freeze yet but do have to get that pool winterized as well as the RV. I am determined to get a trip to MO just once before winterizing but the knee will not cooperate. Know I am lucky to be driving yet, but before I sell it I do want one more trip!
Callie, when we visited my grandmother's house for the last time, auction over and so many thinks laying around, Dad would mutter, "there's Mama's kraut masher", "there's the paddle she dipped the clothes out of the boiling water", "there's her rolling pin"... a whole rack of treasures I saved and now hang on one of those criss/cross racks so popular years ago. Also brought back the aluminum dipper that was always hanging from the cistern handle...her old cane and an acid stained monster spoon for making lye soap, I think. All things the people handling the estate sale didn't bother putting out, but I have 3 kids that went through the house they came from, so hope they will find a place for them in the future.
My house smells delicious, if you like taco soup. Not sure why I crave it but will clean up a big pot and ready to make more. This recipe takes 9 or 10 cans of stuff plus the pack of taco seasoning & couple pounds of cooked hamburger. I will start tasting pretty soon, a few bites in my tasting bowl at a time, until I get the right amount of salt.
Sandy, don't know why but I've had the urge to take a load of my no-used things to a thrift store & look around while there and always think about your find of a Tilley hat! At the time I had never heard of a Tilley hat so Googled & saw all the different styles. Not sure I mentioned to you about standing in Sam's Club check out line & the man in front looked very dapper, I recognized his hat and ask him if it was a Tilley.... he looked so pleased I recognized it you could see him strut as he went out. We learn so much in here! :thumbup:
Who mentioned having the AC on in the afternoon & furnace when first waking up??? First time in my life I've done that as well! You'd have to see Tiger run over to her fav furnace vent & look at me like "where's the HEAT?"
Amy, I enjoy how well you & Kyle take care of each other. Jenny & Bob, Lloyd & Nancy...You are all so lucky to have each other yet. We can't change the world but when a big piece of our world is suddenly missing, you finally understand how nice it was to "bounce thoughts off" each other.
Jane, sorry to say my bedding did not get washed today, had such a restless night I am shocked the sheets are still on the bed! Didn't matter how I stretched out or curled up, that darn knee hurt worse than walking on it. Pretty sure it has to be the sciatic nerve. I don't want to be sent to an orthopedic again, already know arthritis is bad in the knees but not bad enough for surgery. One of these days it will pop & that nerve will get unpinched & I'll be okay. My doctor sounded so adamant about not going to the "kin"... don't remember how to spell, so think he may have heard some bad things about this particular one. Since I don't have anyone that can recommend having been to one here, I am chicken. I don't even know anyone that will recommend a chiropractor anymore & that used to be my sure fix for any joint pain! :tissue:
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh.
Shadows of the evening,
Steal across the sky!
Another old camp song that comes to mind most evenings! I stand on the porch or in the yard and sing it just for myself!
TOMEREADER, I'm proud of you for two things...first, for making that bread all by yourself with no modern tools! That was a feat all by itself. Second, I'm proud of you for not climbing up there to get that mixer down! A lot of us don't mind our kids when the tell us not to climb up ladders to do stuff. Right after I fell and broke my arm in the Spring, my step stool disappeared. I asked my daughter and my son if either of them had seen it when they were here. I knew my son was telling the truth when he said he didn't. I also knew my daughter wasn't telling the truth. I've told her several times that if I don't soon find it, I'll just have to keep climbing up on chairs and tables to get stuff done. All she says is, "You shouldn't be climbing". And when I ask who's going to change the light bulb in the hall? She says she'll do it when she comes over. And I say, "And in the meantime, I'll follow that little black dog down the dark hall until I fall on top of her? She just says, "Be careful".
I have to tell you all an old story about mixing by hand. Christy was about 12 years old and she brought a recipe home from my sister's and she declared in no uncertain terms that she was goin to make it herself. So we all cleared out of the kitchen to let her do her thing. I was sitting where I could see her if I turned around but I wasn't watching her. She moved right along until she said, "I wonder if this part of the recipe is right?" I asked what it said and she answered, "I says 'mix by hand'. I turned around and looked and saw stuff dripping off her hands into the bowl. I hastened to explain that "Mix by hand" means with a spoon in your hand and not the mixer. We've laughed about that one ever since.
I'm off to the haystack. It's waiting and I'm sure it's loaded with zzzzzs because there were none on the couch this afternoon. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Good morning everyone, 46-feels like 41 and is pouring. My both sons planned on coming this morning to take my AC out and put it away for the winter. Rain is supposed to stop about 9 if the guessers are right for a change.
When I went to shut down last night I noticed an update ready. I just shut down but when I turned the PC on his am I discovered it did the update anyway. Wonder what will be messed up now on this machine.
CALLIE your little waver had me smiling yesterday but at least you did show up. I was shocked when I went to the dentist a couple of weeks ago to have a tooth out. The dentist, her aid and the gal in the office were the only ones there besides me. My son parked his car and I called into the office and the aid came to the door to get me from the car. So strange not seeing a full place.
SHIRLEY that hempvana pain stuff really works on my back when it hurts like h***.
Sorry I did not reply to everyone but think I will try to get a little more sleep before my sons get here. Waking up at 3 am is not a good nights sleep in my book.
Have a good day and keep safe.
Good morning, Gloria, looks like we're the only ones up yet. I woke a little before 4:00am & finally got up a little before 5:00. Usually can go back to sleep after eating & think all my kids will be busy at their grand's soccer games until late. I will try HempVana again today, maybe on my lower back & not just knee.
I'm really wanting the trip to MO before November, after that it is too iffy about weather. Don't think it will make a good sled. Wind is blowing like crazy but temps to be a little warmer today than tomorrow so guess I'd better vac the pool & do what I can outside. Pool guy & mowers don't work on week ends and I have to be here to unlock & lock gates back. Never heard from the doctor about the oxygen test, but can't do a lot of walking to make the breathing heavy! :-\ My AC doesn't have it's cover on yet, doubt it will be needed again in 2020.
Oh, my update showed up when talking to my son the other night, I was glad he called because I didn't know what to do, that little wheelie thing kept spinning & the pop up warned to "don't turn off computer". Andy told me to leave it running & go to bed! Sure enough, when I got up it had shut down & was all done, had done a restart. So far I haven't found any differences.
Going to eat an egg & couple of Eggos & go back to bed. Bet Amy & maybe Jane will have posted by the time I shut up here!
We're waiting patiently for the boinger and then breakfast. My phone said it got down to 32º overnight but I didn't detect any frost when I took Mickie out early this morning.
Frankie is coming over later and wants to have my computer handy for something she needs to do. I'm not sure what but if it was any day but Saturday, I'd run to WM for a haircut while she's here. It's too busy Saturday and I'd have to wait forever to get in. So I guess I'll put that on my list for next week.
The boinger just went so Mickie and I will be having breakfast now. I hope you all have a great day. Make it your own in every way! And don't forget to share it with your friends in the Soda Shoppe!
Good morning everyone..
Yesterday went great! I was able to go in with Kyle for his CT scan and blood work. He doesn't hear that well even with the hearing aids so the nurses that scanned you at the door let me on in. What a difference it is now..questions, hand sanitizer (that was always there) go in one way and out another. Appointment were ahead of schedule and we were back on the road 10 minutes after the appointed time for CT scan!!
Now need to run him into town as he shorted himself on some material to build a broom closet storage area out in the sunroom.
Shirley, I like the Versa 2 if you notice this one has Alexa on it.to answer any questions you may have. Jane did post but I was beat from yesterday and was busy pounding the pillow when you posted :)
Tomereader , that is an accomplishment not many will do all that by hand now, not even the young ones.
Gloria hope you can catch some sleep.
Better get to town.
Enjoy your day everyone..
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It is a beautiful Fall morning here. Bright sun with temp. in the low 50's. Just the slightest breeze stirring the trees so a few leaves drift down from time to time. I love it.
Nothing major planned for today except I think I'll mix up a meatloaf to bake for dinner tomorrow. That sounds so appetizing to me when the weather turns cool. I am supposed to get my new counter top oven today and if it comes in time I'll try the meat loaf in that. I hope I won't be disapponted.
David and I both mailed in our absentee ballots yesterday. In a few days I will check online to see if it was received. I'm glad to get that done in what I feel is a very important election. I was remembering.....the first presidential election I ever voted in was for Eisenhower. Gosh, that was so long ago! I was born and raised in Kansas so he was almost a mandatory choice for me. lol Now I think a little more independently that I did in those days.
Tome, I'm proud of you. If I mixed anything by hand these days I would be "crowing" about it, too. I hope the banana bread lived up to your expectations.
Take care, All.
Good morning from a frosted cool Interior at only 9.°
My sour stomach is back, so this will be short, but I hope everyone has a great day!
Hey, Phyllis. The banana bread turned out great (much better than the last one I tried). This one had nice height, smooth and even texture inside, and browned perfectly. It even turned out of the pan with no rips, tears or curse words!
I thank you all for your words of appreciation and encouragement. It was a rigorous workout. After the bread came out of the oven, while it was cooling on a rack, I did go take a 2 hour nap.
I can't believe how tired I get doing regular chores. Time was I could clean the whole house, move furniture, etc. and still have enough pep left to fix dinner. No more. Today, I'm going to need another nap...I stripped the king size bed, including mattress pad, and have washed and dried all. Now to put everything back on the bed so I can lie down on it.
Tome , that is a win win day for you. Recipe turned out better than you thought and now you can mark it as a keeper!
Shirley, Kyle and I had our own business for 15 years after he retired. I worked with him doing carpentry work and loved every minute. Clients were amazed that we worked that well together. One lady told her family that I would hand Kyle what he needed before he asked for it. We just got to know what the other one needed for the job. I hung my carpenters apron up for a kitchen apron after Kyle's health issues.
Amy, Cas & I built a house together, took a whole year. I was "the other pair of hands" on every board, wall, stain & paint. I did all of the insulation between walls & in attic... We worked well together (he gave orders & I took them)... but we did not play together. When he retired at 58 (he was pushed into that but the company treated him okay) and that same year/month that he turned in his office key he had the triple by-passes. He did great for about 12 years, no meds & no restrictions (played a lot of golf). Once he started with meds it was down hill, but he thought they helped and I did NOT voice my opinion because I didn't want him telling me what to do. The year we build the house he was out of town from Monday to Friday a total of 3 months of that year. He would bring his dirty clothes home for me to get done to go back on Monday. We worked all week end on the house & he lined up jobs (like staining all the wood doors, etc) for the week ahead.
Youngest son was starting kindergarten about time we moved in, oldest was in 6th grade. We move in March so she would not be "the new kid" when going into middle school in the fall. We let her play ball with the old crowd that summer so an easy move for her. Andy was in first grade, still had the braces on his legs (Perthes'Disease) but got out of them that year. He also won the Ford Pass, Punt & KIck trophy that first year out of braces, for the half of the county we lived in. He did not want to go on to State level, that was his choice. He kicked twice as far as 2nd place winner & the coach was dying for him to go on.
Like you, Amy, I enjoyed doing something that really showed up, as we all know, house cleaning does not get a lot of pats on the back! When he retired so young all my lady friends warned, "Don't offer lunch at home"... and the surprise heart surgery blew that. For a long time we ate all the foods recommended for heart healthy and finally he was eating out after playing golf so I cut back on all the serious cooking! We didn't do much fast food at all until the kids were gone, married... One thing I will say is, "Thank goodness the knees held out during those work years!"
Tomorrow is supposed to be a real drop in temps, just hope the wind dies down. Not cold today but that howling wind was unbearable to go out. I think I got enough dirt in my hair today to plant flowers, so off for my Sat night shower & wash hair. We are all going to oldest grandson's house after church (even the ones that don't go to church). This time everyone is bringing different foods, my donation is special donuts from a shop I've never been to, not sure how many dozen to buy. I offered to take all to one breakfast place that does serve in, but some hesitated about eating in, too windy & cold to picnic in the park like we've done the last few months. Mush go lay out clothes & make my lists. Sweet dreams & God Bless... Shirley
I have to tell all of you that I was necessarily the "Do It Yourself" person in our family. Every time I mentioned that I'd like to do something different to the house no matter what it involved, my husband would say, "Okay! Can you do it yourself?"
It's later than usual because I got interested in a movie that was just over. I'm off to the haystack and I'm really sleepy so I expect to drift right off! I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Good morning everyone..
Geese are restless, listening to them honk as they fly about. Not sure if something has disturbed them or not.
A day of rest here. only thing planned is meet friends to exchange items she picked up for us and some we picked up for them. I think a lemon cake will be made and put together with lemon pie filling and sewing and that is my day.
Jane, my Dad taught me how to correctly hold a hammer, make sinkers and tie jigs for fishing . Along with how to putty a window........I don't think they do that anymore??? I do have to be careful on what I say as Kyle would have it built in the blink of an eye!!
Shirley, I enjoy working with wood and love to see it left with just a coat of varathane clear coat on it. The grains and knots in the wood really show up nice.
Patricia, hope you feel better today..
Gloria, son is off to Baltimore tomorrow. I did ask him about the leaf colours and he said they were beautiful!
Joy, hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
Phyliss, a meatloaf sandwich with hot mustard works for me :)
Better go let the dogs out.
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
Good Morning Everyfriend! I'm (finally) up and attem this morning. I slept better (and longer) last night than I have in a month of Sundays!
AMY, my dad was constantly fixing or redoing something around the house and I was his regular helper. I fished wires down from upstairs for new outlets, held boards in place, held "this" up while he nailed it and handed tools in when he worked on the cars. I helped move things and then put them back in place. I crawled into small spaces and I got dirtier than any little girl my age. And I loved every minute of it because I had my Daddy all to myself!
This morning is going to be a "whatever" morning but sometime today, I'll be making meatloaf and scalloped potatoes. Phyllis drove me to it!
It's almost time for the boinger and breakfast and then a walk. Frankie said she'll be by sometime today but I'm pretty sure that won't be until after lunch. Maybe I can talk her in to staying for supper.
I guess I better get this day started. I wish you all a good one. Grab it and make it your own in every way. And don't forget to share it with your friends in the Soda Shoppe. We miss you when we don't "see" you!
Another chillly but beautiful morning. How I wish it could be like this for most of the year.
The jury is still out over the new counter top oven. I put the cookies in on convection bake and usual temp. and time and they turned to blackened lumps of "coal". >:( I think I need to make some readjustments. This is definitely different from my old counter top oven! But, still not giving up......yet.
Jane, I'm having scalloped potatoes with my meatloaf. Enjoy yours....I think we will enjoy ours.
If I talk a lot about food it is because that is about the entire scope of my life these days. Nothing much else to think about.
Take care, All.
Good morning everyone, 35 now at almost 9 am and every thing is covered with frost still and the sun is shining bright and beautiful. By the time my sons got here yesterday the rain stoppe d and the sun was shining and the sky a bright blue. I was invited to dinner at my older son's but declined. After only 3 hours sleep I was not ready to go any place. When they left I laid on the couch and slept 3 hours. Made up for it last night and slept 10 hours with no waking up.
SHIRLEY I sent my daughter a jar of the Hemopvana after she had surgery on her right thumb and even after a few months she could not move her thumb to hold a pen. She started using it and after a few days started moving her thumb, good as ever now.
JANE if I had gone to my son's yesterday most likely my DIL would have looked at me and would have cut my hair before I left. Getting much too long and I cannot do much with it anymore.
AMY I like it when things for appointments are running ahead and can leave before the appointment time. I did sleep good last night and feel better today.
BUBBLE without your links I would never have seen that bus trip. I knew only a few in the group. I remember Martex doing trips in the Missouri discussion and first time I saw my face there I thought I have arrived. Thanks.
PHYLLIS I am lucky to be able to cook my oatmeal every morning, never mind anything else.
AMY you and Kyle are llike my daughter and SIL. They help each other with every chore that needs doing, inside or out. They do not even have to say a word.
Not much more to say so will wish you all
Have a good day and stay safe and healthy.
I was Dad & 3 brothers extra hands or even feet (to pump brakes to let the air out, remember those days?)...before being Cas' other pair of hands. Nobody ever thought my sister would do those jobs (not even her husband), but she did help in the kitchen. She always said her fav reading was "recipe books!" The only thing Cas didn't ask me to do was help with wiring when building the new house, but he did have me fishing for the wires between walls when we bought already built houses & he wanted wires where there weren't any!
Gloria!!! Martex is the name I've tried & tried to think of! She did a lot of the cartoons & videos. Wasn't she the one that had the baby goats & named after all of us? Was such a crazy bunch over in MO, with one reunion that Doris brought slushes & someone brought cheese balls & this was real, not cyber stuff! I have not talked to Doris for a long time.
Phyllis, I think those convection ovens are supposed to cook/bake in half the time of normal ovens. One year for Christmas I bought all 3 married families a convection oven & the pans that work with them but never got one for myself. So many of the RVs I looked at came with the combo units but NOt the one I bought. Mine has microwave and a real gas/propane stove & oven. We do love our biscuits & gravy out camping & those frozen Grands are about as good as home made.
Jane & Amy, here's another girl that always had grease or soot on my face & hands from helping in the garage or holding something in place while someone else did the hammering or sawing. I've been known to sit in the middle of the kitchen floor & take the "brushes" out of the electric mixer to sand them off to make better connection.... right in the middle of mixing a German Chocolate cake from scratch. All Cas had to do was say "something YOU can't do"... and it would be done in no time!!! That came from having 3 older brothers that knew how to get me to do something/anything!
Breakfast was delicious! My gr-son's wife comes up with new dishes/recipes every time we are all together. She made egg muffins (in muffin pans), scrambled eggs, some with spinach & chopped green & red peppers with shredded cheese on top, some with the veggies & sausage crumbles & cheese on top & some plain scrambled egg with cheese on top. Andy & wife brought biscuits & gravy and 2 large air pots of the "designer" coffees... Bowls of fresh strawberries & blackberries... My gr-grandson & daughter & I stopped by a special donut shop for boxes of all kinds of goodies, I even brought home the extra Bavarian cream my daughter didn't think anyone would like... I loved them! Actually got about 4 dozen different kinds of goodies as well as a bag of glazed donut holes & bag of chocolate donut holes. I had invited the whole bunch to breakfast at one place where "dine in" still works. They opted to eat home. Delightful morning but feels like winter & think I will go find some of the zzzzzzzzs I missed last night.
Another day has come and gone.We had a lazy day to enjoy. Our friends did come and we exchanged items that we had picked up for each other. We are now stocked up with beans, barley,soup mix, raisins and Graham crumbs. Managed to make a 4 layer lemon cake with lemon filling between the layers.
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Not sure what the rest of the evening will bring but I am quite content to put my feet up and enjoy.
Lloyd, where are you?
Well, I didn't make the meat loaf and scalloped potatoes today. When I got up so late this morning it threw off the whole day and I discovered that if Mickie and I didn't take our walk BEFORE supper we wouldn't get it in because it gets dark too early. So I switched plans and made something quicker for supper tonight and will do the meatloaf tomorrow.
I didn't accomplish much else today but it's supposed to be a "day of rest" isn't it? I did a bunch of odd jobs nd a lot of "resting". We did do three walks and I checked the mailbox. Nothing there, then I remembered...he doesn't do that on Sunday!
I'm off to the haystack now and there should be a concentration of zzzzzs there because I haven't used any today. I watched an old Audie Murphy movie tonight. It's one I love...."The Guns of Fort Petticoat". I haven't seen it for a few years and I really enjoyed it.
I wish you all a peaceful nights sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Good evening.
Sunday sure went fast....MY Broncos played at 11 AM. We have been keeping Lola Dog all week while her family was away on Fall Break. They returned home this evening so we took her home. Came home to our refrigerator beeping.....inside temp had dropped to 59 degrees. We put all we could into a couple of coolers and took a shelf full over to our neighbors refrigerator and of course threw a LOT out as it is trash night. Trying to figure out who to call for repair. 😩
The smoke continues to be frightful as many fires continue to burn just to the north of Denver. So many homes have burned.....so sad😩
SHIRLEY, sounds like your family had quite the buffet of delicious food for your family gathering.
I was also one who could and did do what ever needed to be done to fix most anything in need. My hubby tells of the only time I did not hold up my end of the job was when I was 9 months pregnant and told him I could only help carry one sheet of drywall down the stairs rather than the double sheets that I use to! Back in the day if anyone told me something can't be done.....I love to show them they were wrong. Now I think I might be paying for all my craziness and I can hardly do a thing! I, too, thought my grandma would give my grandpa little tasks to do in the kitchen and now I understand why she needed the help!
I am off to bed. Pleasant dreams to all.
Jenny
Good Morning Everyfiend! I'll be back later!
Good morning everyone..
A day of catch up here and maybe,just maybe THAT job will get done today.
Jenny, our friend has a doodle and she is such a smart loving dog. Getting up in age and the vet can believe just how good a shape she is in at her age.
Jane, there may be two homes that will have meat loaf for supper tonight :)
Better get going, slept in again .
Enjoy your day everyone and stay safe.
That is right, Shirley, about reducing the temp. on a convection oven. My big oven is a convection oven and I've used that for years but this new counter top oven is 'way out of whack. Temp. runs too hot no matter what temp. or function it is set on...warm, bake, convection bake, air fry, broil, or toast. It is supposed to do all of those but it is not doing them welll. I'm still tinkering with it. I don't want to go to the trouble of returning it but I may have to. I'm a little steamed. :banghead:
Our meatloaf and scalloped potatoes turned out good. Good old-fashioned comfort food. Good for the stomach and good for the soul.
Laundry this morning and then flu shots this afternoon. I'll be glad when this day if over with.
Take care, All.
Good morning everyone, woke after 8 and Yvette is comiomg at 10:30 this morning so this will be shor t. Need my coffee and then breakfast and get dressed before she gets here. I am slow with whatever I do these days.
Every thing is OK in my neck of the woods and hope it is that way in yours too.
Have a good day and stay safe.
We've had our breakfast, a walk and I'm all set up for candy making. I have work cloth on the dining room table, recipes all laid out and my "Christmas Candy box of goodies under the table! Now all I need is my trip to the Amish Store and the stuff to work with.
If it seems early to be starting Christmas goodies, bear in mind that I have to have all the goodies for my sister, niece, nephew and families ready to go by the middle of November when Bethany goes home from college because they're not coming back until after Christmas break. They're first on the agenda!
Then I work on what needs to go to Oklahoma so I can get it in the mail in time for arrival before Christmas! And I really want to get all this stuff put away in time to do some decorating for Christmas! How's that? I just got this stuff out and I'm already planning to put it away! Ain't life grand!
AMY, meat loaf and scalloped potatoes for supper for sure today!
Phyllis, sometimes we really have to give up & send something back. Hate that job! My best friend here has just a regular counter top oven that she uses all the time, to bake a potato or any such thing. I hate to wait that long so use the microwave.
I tried something this last couple weeks I am loving... bake a potato in microwave with usual wax paper... take peeling off & cube into a small skillet with butter, brown to make the best hash browns you ever tasted! Went one better last night & steamed a small pressure cooker full of cubed potatoes, gave them a slight coating in buttered skillet & then put the whole pot full into a bowl to brown as I wanted. Fixed scrambled eggs, hash browns & gravy this morning right before daughter stopped by on her way out of town. I didn't make biscuits but toasted some "butter bread" that hit the spot. Had some of each left over so put in Pyrex little bowls to nuke in the morning.
Winter is here so have lawn guys showing at 8:00 in the morning & pool guy at 11:00. Then on with whatever & hope to make an overnighter to MO to see trees while still at their peak. We'll see how that works out.
Haha, Jane, that's the way I am, get going so I can clean up the mess!
Good morning from a cool 18 degrees and a snowy Interior. I believe that the third time's the charm with this snow as it's more than a dusting. So far this morning, I've managed to get my laundry sorted into piles and the first load into my cart. Earlier, the guys from maintenance and the fire department checked my alarms, intercom, and extinguishers.
I had to move Farrah's cat tree slightly as it was blocking part of the balcony door. So, I'm set for another six months on that inspection. The semiannual home inspections were canceled this year due to the virus. The only other inspection is due next spring when it's basically to see what's working and what isn't and hasn't been reported.
Today is when I finally get that bread made and the roast into the slow cooker. It took a while as I felt blah with no energy and now I'm better but need to get these jobs done. Meatloaf and scalloped potatoes maybe next as it sounds good to me too. I have a couple of white cheeses that melt really well and about ten russets left, so I'm set.
I have a microwave that is a convertible, and I wonder if that's what you mean by a countertop oven? However, I use my toaster oven more.
Winter's arrived!
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Good afternoon EVERYFRIEND.
Repairman is here......I am staying out of the way....but from what I am hearing it does not sound good...it is the compressor and of course he will have to order it....guesstimated cost 1K!!! https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/Smileys/alive/banghead.gif
PHYLLIS, as you can see, I tried to borrow your little man that is beating his head against the door....did not seem to work for me. That is kind of how I am feeling right about now! I am sorry to read you are having issues with your new counter top oven. I hope you can figure out if you can get it to do the job you would like it to so you do not have to send it back!
PATRICIA, glad you are done with the inspection so there are no worries for another six months about the door being partially blocked. I bet you are glad your inspections were cancelled due to Covid!
Good thoughts coming your way JANE, as you start all of your Christmas baking.
SHIRLEY, your new way of fixing the potatoes sounds good. I need to get my Instant Pot out and give it a try again.....I keep talking myself out of doing it!
Guess I better go listen to the total news coming from the kitchen.
Have a good rest of your day.
Jenny
Patricia, brrrr...please don't share! I know that we will get it soon enough.
Jenny, think We live in a throw away society, they don't make stoves, fridges etc to last like they use to. We had an all fridge maybe 3 years old when it croaked and the company had gone out of business! I always thought Woods was a good name but not anymore.
Homeowners everywhere need to take inventory of the fans in their home, as two popular ceiling fans have been recalled after multiple reports they've caused serious injuries. If you have a Great Falls outdoor ceiling fan from Westinghouse Lighting or Kingsbury 70-inch ceiling fan from Lowe's, you need to take action immediately. For more information on what to do if you have these fans, read on, https://tinyurl.com/y4xgdv7y
AMY, sad to say, but you are so right.....nothing lasts like it used to back in the day. The new part was just delivered by Uber....yippee.....WAIT..... slight problem.....number on box is correct BUT compressor inside is NOT the correct one! 😤😤😤
Thanks for the heads up on the fan issue, PATRICIA..... we do not have to worry about that as we do not have any fans in our home. BURRR your pictures look VERY cold! I am not ready for the snowballs to be flying!
Its snowing in Minnesota so it's on its way...
Bring it on~~~No, wait, I still need time to drive to MO to see the fall colors! Patricia, we didn't get that much snow the last 2 years.... only one snowfall & I got out with a broom to sweep it off so driving over wouldn't turn it to ice.
I am worn out, got the pool vacuumed & leaves all out, worst it has been for years. Pool man to be here to close it in the morning but first the mowers will do their last job for the year. Got to have the gates unlocked by 8:00 am & plan/hope to get to bed early-early tonight.
Jenny, our washer,dryer and freezer are 25 years old and I hope they continue to work for a long time.
My washer, dryer and refrigerator are 23 years old. They were all new when I moved in. The stove and the dishwasher were both here when I moved in but both have been replaced since that. The DW about 15 years ago and the stove last winter. But I have a (sort of) ace-in-the-hole. My son is the current owner of a family business that goes back to the 1950s and he not only sells appliances, healso repairs all this stuff. Of all these appliances, only the dryer has had a service call.
I had my meatloaf and scalloped potatoes for supper and it was gooooood! There's enough for a couple more meals and some meatloaf sandwiches. I wonder why I didn't do this weeks ago?
I'm going to hit the hay early tonight. I have Cooper overnight because Frankie has an early morning tomorrow and I need him here because I have two appointments and plans to hit the Amish store tomorrow.
I'm going to say my good night's now and I probably won't be back later
Like most of you, I'm not ready for snow yet. Patricia, please keep it there.
JENNY, I hope you're all fixed up now.
I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Jenny, I would just invest in a new refrigerator. $1,000 for a part sounds totally ridiculous! And if they can't even get the order right...well, that tells me a lot.
Get a new one!
Good morning everyone..
Periods of snow or rain ending this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. This is what they are predicting for us today! We did have rain during the night.
:cheer: :cheer: I finally got THAT job done yesterday!! :pineapple: :pineapple: Glad that one is in the rear view mirror.
Today is is wait for a phone call from the oncologist ,they give you a 3 hour window for this .
Patricia, thank you for the heads up on the ceiling fans...we have 4 in here to check out.
Jenny, how did you make you with repairs on your fridge?
Phyllis , you're right , that is pure comfort food.
Jane, I didn't get my meatloaf done :( When I got into THAT job I stuck with it till it was done. Maybe tonights supper with a baked potato??
Still no Lloyd?
Better get going.
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
Good morning everyone, looks like it will be cloudy most of the day and in the upper 50's. Yesterday was wonderful and Yvette and I went outside and walked around, felt great. When she left a t 12:30 I laid on the couch and slept almost 2 hours. Don't know what we will get into today except a few groceries I need.
JANE I started my Christmas candy and cookies the day after Thansgiving and the first box to go was to Ca. Wanted to make sure they got it in time. My 2 grandsons out there sure looked forward to those goodies. I had time to get the rest made for my sons' families in time.
SHIRLEY hope you can take tha t trip to Mo. to see foliage. I have no t gone for a ride here this year to see any. See some beautiful trees just looking out my windows.
PATRICIA that snow looks beautiful. One year here we had a bad s torm and work was let out the same time as the schools and the traffic was a horror. Some busses did not let the kids off them t ill between 8 and 9 PM. Parents were frantic. That was before everyone having cell phones. We only have one yearly inspec tion but this year we did not have any, yippee the witch couldn't find anything wrong.
PHYLLIS my counter oven is wha I use all the time but it is not a convenction one.
AMY I am no t ready for snow yet either. After I get my next 2 appointments for the year is can snow because I will just stay home.
WONDER if Lloyd is in the hospital again. I sure hope not.
Have a good day and be safe
A quick Good Morning Everyfriend! As soon as the boinger goes off we'll be off and running around here. We slept better than I expected last night. Cooper is a snuggler and he likes to keep moving. Mickie and I are sort of one-place sleepers and if we move, we don't bother each other.
I hope you have a good day! I've been wondering about LLOYD, too. Also wondering about JOY!
They got snow to the north of us!!! :snowball: Just talked with a man in the grocery store from that area and he said his truck was covered this morning.....
For Patricia: https://www.cuisinart.com/shopping/appliances/toaster_ovens/toa-60/
It would be perfect for my needs if it worked right. Still tinkering with it but now another problem has come up. Discovered yesterday that I must have a leak inside my car and because it has been such a rainy year I now have mold growing in the car! I'm hoping to find someone who will clean it up for me. Otherwise, I'll be shopping for another car! What else??? :o
Flu shots are done. Arm is a little sore but not bad. Everyone at Walgreen's was wearing a mask and keeping their distance.
I'm off to deal with whatever today brings in the way of more problems. <sigh>
Good morning! It's still snowing, and yesterday I finally made two loaves of wheat bread, and last night I chopped all the vegetables and placed them with my marinaded roast to slow-cook overnight. It only took me from last Thursday to yesterday to finally accomplish that task! I am thinking about a bread machine, it would make it faster and easier, but I'm already low on space and have too much now. My magpie nature isn't very practical!
Phyllis, thanks for the description. I had seen those or that type back when I worked at Sears in 2013. My convertible microwave is simply one that goes over the stove and vents outside, two different appliances.
Gloria, we had something similar to your bad storm. In our case, it was the first-ever ice storm that anyone had seen locally. Cars, trucks, even some smaller Cessnas at the airport were sliding all over, and nothing was getting traction. I was working at the state building then, in the licensing dept., and our supervisor sent us all home for three days.
Jenny, I'm also curious about your refrigerator repair. That doesn't sound right to me either, but I'm ignorant of repair prices anymore.
Amy, it's coming for you, 🌨️
I just wrote a long message and it just disappeared.
Jane, thanks for missing me. I did have that written in my message. I guess I was posting at the same time as Patricia, and it didn't go through.
I don't have time to re-write it. I am ok, just don't have much to talk about. I will try to get back later.
Have a safe day and stay well.
Joy
Phyllis, thank you for the site. I had been looking at the same one as the one we have now was making a noise all the time.....turns out it was the rotisserie going. Somehow the button was pushed .. :2funny:
Patricia, yes it is already to the north of us.....soon to be here no doubt.
Joy good to see you, now if we could just find Lloyd.
Good afternoon, I am home. and been reading up to date. Yes I have been in the hospital. I went into it on Saturday, Had another Hartack. they put the rooter rooter in a artery through my right wrist and the heart. that is best I can TELL YOU. am still short on breath. they change lot of my meds, some new
and some just changed dosage. so I may still be in your hair tormenting you all.
Lloyd
Lloyd Hammond...
... let me be the first to say how sorry i am to hear that you have been in hospital again, ( heart attack, ) happy to see a posting from you, and to know you are back to " torment " all your Soda Shoppe friends...i dont think any will give you any complaints..
Let me join Jackie in the welcome back, Lloyd, you do keep that hospital busy! Glad they are so good at fixing you up. Were you in the one in Warrensburg or KC or where? Take care of you!
Had a busy day here. Mowers couldn't come early because of misty rain & fog, but got the job done and probably last time for this year. Had the pool guy here to close it for the winter, no more doing anything for it until spring. Beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Even have mums blooming to take to my parents grave. When I have fresh picked flowers I make the trip because Mom loved fresh flowers. I also take a winter/artificial Christmas type for the permanent vase. Looks like we will have one freeze this next week so hope the trees will stay pretty until I get there!
My kids are making plans for Thanksgiving & Christmas, looks like we will do Thanksgiving turkey meal at Christmas since families will be split on the real turkey day...They all still love the turkey, dressing, turkey/noodles, etc the way I fix & I will have plenty of help so kind of look forward to "one more time". It takes baking 2 turkeys to get all the gravy, noodles & dressing. Started out buying a turkey breast to have enough juice, meat & flavoring for the noodles (a south east Kansas specialty) but usually can buy the whole turkey for same price & the grands are thrilled to have 4 drumsticks! Last year there wasn't any left overs even though the pot of noodles had 5 or 6 one pound packages of Reams noodles. My stock pot is so big I have to stand on the step stool to stir! My roaster only holds a 13 lb turkey so not as much as it sounds like. 2 days of baking & the house will smell wonderful. I put in all the herbs & spices that recipe books call for pheasant under glass...
I don't do a lot of baking anymore. We have so many birthdays that one week in Nov.... 2 on 2 different days...I've lost track with the newer family members (marriage or babies). So some of the wives & mothers bake their kids or husbands favorites.
This year they will all be in their own homes & I will be trying to convince them I am perfectly happy to wait for Thanksgiving until the Christmas gathering! We'll see how that goes. I'm not much for big crowds these days, unless it is just family. The grands include their spouses families & at times it gets pretty loud with 7 great grands 10 & under.
Time to get something to eat, my day has been whacky... Have a feeling there will be some posts that squeeked in while I've been yacking. Sweet dreams to all and God Bless... Shirley
I was in the V A at KC MO. and they have a very good staff. I am very tired, no matter what hospital you are in you do not rest very good. so off to bed I go. Good night and sweet dreams for everyone.
the processes they done, was inert the tool in the artery in my right wrist and run it up through It and my heart. I was awake through the complete processes. I was abele to see part of it on the mounter but not all of it because they had two many students watching, and learning. I watch it every time and see IT the Best I can, I have stents put in several times and some of the times was able to see very good. I have 5 or 6 stents now.
Lloyd
LLOYD, I join everyone else in being happy to see you back. Now you mind the doctors and do everything they tell you to do. Watch what you eat and try to get what's good for you!
Good to see you, too, JOY. I hoped you were OK and glad to hear you are. Come back soon!
I got a lot of things done today. First a trip to WM to get my hair cut and on the way out I picked up a couple things I need and had a nice chat with the gat at the checkout. She's also looking forward to retirement.
Then I came home and took care of the doggies and the kept a yearly appointment with the nurse at the clinic. Made 3 more future appointments....one for a BP check, one for blood work and one with my new Personal Care Physician. Also got a flu shot!
Another stop at home for lunch and a walk with te doggies and into town to pick up prescriptions. Altogether a busy day.
Now I'm heading for the haystack. I sure hope its full of zzzzzs because I'm tired. I wish you all a peaceful nights sleep and and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
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Have a sunny day !
Good morning ..
:cheer: :cheer: Kyle's oncologist phoned for follow up on his CT and blood work and he is fine!!! One more session and it will be 5 years and he is free!! :clap: :clap:
Another rainy night and into this morning. Need to plant the white lilacs when rain lets up and do some domestic duties . Yesterday I baked 8 doz oatmeal cooking plus 8 doz peanut butter cookies. Now we have something to dip in a cold glass of milk!
Lloyd, it was great talking with you and Nancy yesterday. Lets pray the new meds are going to do their job and remember you have to help by doing your job. Listen to your Dr. You each need each other and we need you here.
Jane, have you been busier since your retirement? We thought there would be "empty" time but goodness they must have shortened the days because they go just as fast or faster than when we were working. Forgot to tell you when I was talking with you. I did can the baked beans and we had a jar yesterday and they are good!! So now I will make up a couple of batches and can them . One batch makes a lot for us to eat and I am always sending some over to the neighbour so now I will can them.
Gloria, my friend just got her pacemaker appointment and it is in Dec and I take her. We hope no new snow and clean roads for that day or she cancels the appointment.
Good Morning Everyriend! We had an early arrival this morning. Cooper is here and he's ready to join us for breakfast when the boinger goes.
AMY, I have you and KYLE both in my prayers. You must have done something right to get him to this point. And I think it takes two to do that.
I haven't tried canning baked beans. That is what you meant, isn't it? I know they wouldn't go to waste if I did. I was never very good at beans. That's my sister's thing but I'd sure be willing to try. Maybe you'd share the recipe?
It never occurred to me that they might have shortened the days after I retired. I'll have to think about that. There sure isn't time in them to work...not even half days!
There goes the boinger. I have to feed the troops! Enjoy your day, Everyfriend! Make it your own in every way. And don't forget to share it!
Good morning everyone, woke la te and Yve tte will be here at 10:30 this morning. I agreed with her on this when I really didn't have to but already told her this is the last day for coming that early. T oo used to the 12 -2 and since I now have 3 more hours a week 2 days are from 12-3 and 2 days are 12-2:30. Shopping day and laundry get the hour. This will be short, still have to have breakfast and get ready to face the day. For ry here this morning and looks odd, we don't have fog often in this corner of the state.
LLOYD so glad to see you here. Wish someont there could keep in touch with us when you are in the hospital. You know we worry when you are not posting.
Hae to get off here , getting late.
Have a good day and stay safe.
Just received this from a friend. Please share with others.
https://youtu.be/ltjBT_TuUVA
Jane, recipe on the way plus I sent you photos of the cupboard he made for me. I find the beans cook
in and 90 mins in the IP and I do two batches, heat them back up and can them.
Floors washed and laundry on the go...getting little jobs done up.
AMY thanks for the call. sorry I could not here you and had to pass it off to Nancy, was good anyway. hope you are having a good day. see you later, back to the couch.
Lloyd
Lloyd, enjoyed chatting with both you and Nancy. Told Nancy I will call again later..
Jane, thank you for the prayers....always welcomed. I didn't get my white lilacs planted today as we had rain for the most part. Maybe tomorrow..
Callie is missing..
I'm (sort of) closing down for the night. I've been fighting back pain and spent most of the day doing exercises. It feels better now but I'm going to rest it. If it means getting up earlier, so be it.
I got all the emails and loved them all. I'm definitely going to try the beans but I gave away my instant pot so I'll have to do them the old fashioned way.
Tomorrow, a guy is coming to check out doing my end of summer yard clean up. He's done some work for me before and he's pretty reasonable. My son's been doing my mowing and trimming but he had a guy quit and now he's not only doing the two jobs he's always done. He picked up the other guy's work too until he can find another guy! So my yard is kind of suffering.
I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
good night and sweet dreams everyone. I have taken my evening pills off to take my shot and too bed I go.
Lloyd
Good morning everyone. Got a notice from the office yesterday. Starting this morning at 8:30 a member of the fire department and the maintenance man will go to all the apartments to check the fire alarm and the smoke detectors. They usually start on the first floor but it would be my luck to have them start up here if I am not ready for them. I no longer get dressed as soon as I get up any more. I take my time just being lazy now. I'll blame it on my age.
AMY that link is great and I will send it on. I make my beans in my crock pot now and they come out as good as in the oven, I do put some in containers and freeze them and they do freeze good.
JANE after the first month when I retired I really cleaned my apartment. How I wish I could still do that.
LLOYD I hope you slept as good as I did last night.
Finished my coffe so time to make my breakfast and then get washed and dressed and wait for the check from fire department.
Have good day an be safe, "wear a mask wear a mask wear a mask."
I'm up and waiting for the boinger. Frankie has another early day today and Cooper will be coming over around 7:30. That's pretty soon so this is going to be a shorty!
I have to make a quick trip to WM. They got in the jars that I need and they won't last long.
I hope you all have a great day.
Make it your own in every way!
And don't forget to share it!
Good morning WORLD! I think I did pretty good with the sleep (never enough). Gloria, one of the smoke alarms from the basement is laying here by the microwave waiting to be put back. I put a new battery in quite some time ago & it kept beeping so thought it alarm was bad. Turned out just a dead NEW battery but lazy about getting it back & keep forgetting to ask one of the kids to do it when they are here.
We are supposed to be in the 80s today & have snow/ice by Monday. How about them apples??? Cats fed but I'm going to boil a pot full of eggs to have ready for whatever. I enjoyed making potato salad with just one microwaved potato & eggs ready, but last time I was out of onions & just not the same without....Still need to get the RV winterized but would love to go to MO first, we'll see how that works out.
I never thought about canning beans but have frozen my share. Good protein so not sure why I don't have any ready to eat NOW!
Amy, every time I skim past the posts & see your, "Callie is missing"... I do a double take. MY Callie is sticking like glue by the toe warmer below the sink. I have to insist she go out now & then for a little exercise. She swoops around the pool & dashes back in the door if I don't get it closed fast enough. Gotta go feed me.........have a great day, Every Friend.. :eat: :kitten: :wave:
Good morning everyone..
I had better get the outside work done early as they are calling for more rain!!
There is a great sale on at the one grocery store and would like to pick up the ground chickens for the dogs.
Jane, you can do them in the oven or crockpot as Gloria does. What ever works for you.
Gloria, I just did some masks for little one and the lady told me her little fellow loved his.....hockey on one side and frogs and bugs on the other!! Wonder which side he wears in school??
Shirley good morning. Our neighbour also has a Callie and Callie is so beautiful with all her different colour and a personality to match. Neighbour and I will be standing at the fence talking and soon you will see a little head pop up in the screen door watching us. Too cute!
Better get a move on here.
Enjoy your day everyone...stay safe..
What a crazy day yesterday was! I found a company that would come to my driveway and remove the mold in my car and he came very early yesterday morning. He did a good job cleaning the entire inside of the car. Unfortunately, the mold left a slight staining on the light gray leather seats that can't be removed but it isn't bad and now the car is healthy to ride in again.
To add to everything else...night before last, around 2 a.m. the upstairs hallway smoke alarm went off and it is LOUD! David and I both went looking for smoke or fire all through the house clear down through the basement. The alarm is hardwired into the house electricity so we couldn't just pull the battery out and we couldn't find the circuit breaker that would turn it off so it was going off for the rest of the night and not much sleeping was going on. I called the electrician early yesterday morning and he came out pretty quickly. He replaced the the smoke alarm and all is quiet again but I can tell you I was really, really tired last night. I slept straight through the night...don't think I moved an inch.
I'll have to make an online grocery order today....we are running out of milk and a couple of other necessities. But, other than that, I don't plan to do much. I have some dried pinto beans. They might be good made in the Instant Pot. I did some Onion Rings in the Air Fryer last night and with some major adjustment to the temperature and length of cooking time they turned out very good.
Take care, All.
My first Scottish Terrier was named Callie. It's a good old fashioned Scottish name.
Jane, house is beginning to smell so good. I have finally got the meat loaf in the oven along with a crooked neck squash. Took me a while to get at it but can't wait for supper time now and the meatloaf sandwiches tomorrow. David sent me photos from WV......beautiful country!!
Busy days here - Don was in hospital for 4 days and still recuperating. I just made a list for groceries - pick up and after all that effort, everything disappeared. Crum Bum! Heavy sky now from mountain fires. We checked on our old place by Grand Lake also son's former house. They may all be burnt from our search so far - we sold our place and son sold his so we do not have that terrible chore. It has to be so disheartening to the owners.
We voted by mail - it is certainly safer than standing in line. I have never heard of any problems in previous years.
I ordered salt for our north facing driveway - it is slanted so it can be slippery.
Take care everyone!
My yard is gorgeous now. Since my son has taken on a third job at his store, he just plain doesn't have time to do it any more. I called a guy that did some work for me before and he mowed, trimmed the edges, got rid of all the trees that were trying to shove their way in and trimmed all the bushes that needed trimming. It looks better than ever and I think I'm just going to make a deal with him for next summer and be done with the hassle.
I also made it to the Amish store and I literally "shopped til I dropped". This must be the first time I've been shopping since before I broke my arm in March! They were out of some of the crucial stuff for my candy making but I got all the chocolate and PB an coconut and I can get the rest of what I need at WM. It'll cost a bit more but not too much.
I do understand why Cathy said "be careful". At the beginning of the Pandemic, this store put up a sign that they would not require masks and they would not make their employees wear them. It caused quite a stir in these little country towns. They reversed that decision but I noticed that almost all the masks on the customers except for the old people were under their chins and at least half the employees were around their necks. I don't think I'll make another trip there very soon. It's not worth the risk.
AMY, West Virginia is beautiful! It's all mountains and rivers and country roads.
Now I'm going to take the doggies out for a short walk. it's almost time for Cooper's "mommy" to pick him up and it might save her a walk as soon as she gets home. Enjoy the rest of your day!
Well, I'm the last poster at around 4 p.m. and here I am again!
I just wanted to let you know that my beans are soaking on their overnight soak after being washed and sorted as directed. I must admit that after all these years of cooking, I still don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for when I "sort" the beans. They all look exactly the same to me and they don't seem to have any spots or blemishes. And this isn't just now while my eyesight is not the best. I felt the same about beans when I could see well without glasses. Just exactly what is it I should be looking for when I sort??
I forgot to mention earlier that they had JARS at the Amish store with a limit of one box per customer. I got my one box. Now I have to can more stuff!
I wish you all a peaceful nights sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one.
P.S. I've been listening to the debate and so far neither candidate has said anything to make me change my mind!
Just finished watching the presidential debate.
Once again I must say I do not know where the days go, but I seem to always be behind!
It was a dark and dreary day here and I was chilled all day long. We have another Granddoodle Dog staying with us. Oliver is such a good boy and we enjoy having him here.
The fires continue to grow by leaps and bounds. The worse one right now is near the Rocky Mountain National Park area near Estes Park. The skies are frightening looking. We have been told we will be having some rain and snow in the next couple of days and I 🙏🙏 it will be enough to help slow these fires out.
The refrigerator is doing a great job of cooling again...thank goodness. What a crazy nightmare that ordeal was.
Michele had chemo yesterday and we are anxious for the scans they hope to do soon will prove that this maintenance chemo has been doing a good job of keeping those tumors under control🙏🙏🙏
LLOYD, I Hope you are feeling stronger each day and getting plenty of rest.
Do any of you watch the cooking shows on FaceBook? I have been watching Brenda Gantt from Andalusia Alabama quite a few times now and I have learned so many neat things and recipes. She talks and sounds just like a cousin of Bob's from Birmingham. The other one I like to watch is from Louisana. I can not think of her name right now, but again I have learned a few new things to fix.
I hope EVERYFRIEND is doing well and pleasant dreams to all.
Jenny
Good morning everyone, boy I am glad that check up yesterday is over for another year. Started with the fire alarm going off from the main box in the foyer. So darn loud I was thinking I wish I had those ear muffs to deaden sound. Then when they came in here they tested the ones I have in here and when they got through the apartments they tested the alarms again from down stairs and wish I had gone outside before they started that hour of loud noise. Just the noise wore me out.
I was so tired last night I was in bed a little after 8 and woke at 6 this morning. Forgot about the debate and I did want to watch it .
SHIRLEY the alarms here are hooked into the electricity, no batteries.
AMY my great grand has some cute masks and does not mind wearing one. They are all washable. Better than throwing them away all the time.
PHYLLIS those dectors can be a pain when they go off in the middle of the night. Happened to me twice and it is frightening.
JANE when I was still at home I was helping my Mom withchecking the beans and asked what I was looking for. Before she answered I found a small stone and no one wants to bite into that and break a tooth. They used to have what she called worm holes, they were thrown away. I think they are much cleaner now. Glad you got some jars.
JENNY watching the news at 6 yesterday they showed all the smoke in your state, terrible.
About time for my second cup of coffee.
Have a good day and stay safe.
Good morning everyone..
Temp is 48° and we are not to have rain till around 10 pm so they say.
Little jobs are on the menu today. Need to do a bit of sewing and laundry while I am downstairs and that should be it.
Jane, I was looking in Amazon and a case of Bernardin pints is $69.03 :yikes: Now if that is not price gouging I don't know what is......I paid under 7.00 in the Spring but the last ones were 11.49.
Gloria, loud sounds like that bother Babe. She will start to shake all over and hug tight to you.
Jenny, happy to read you have you fridge fixed!! Pray that the results are what Michele and everyone wants to see. Give Oliver a hug for me please.
Carol, hope Don is feeling much better each day.
Phyllis, wonder if peroxide would take the stain away?? I find the beans cook in the IP no baby/bean sitting them :)),
Lloyd, hope today is a good day for you.
Better get a move on.
Take care and stay safe.
JaneS Look for small gravel's in the bean's. Nancy found a piece of gravel in some of ours the other day. I planted a pineal top in a flower pot, But don't look like it is Making it. I also plated some charnels of Indian corn. the Indian corn is up but is tall like grass so far. may get tall May not have room for it, we will see. Have a good day. we are getting light steady raid, they say we will get thunder storms before the day is over. I am doing pretty good. No school here today so maybe I can enjoy the grand children today. I love all of the four children, But the tow year old comes and jumps on my lap and says candy and watch the bear. we watch grizzly Addams. Have a great day.
Lloyd
I have twice found small pieces of gravel in dried beans but that is all. I still look very carefully when I rinse them. I put the pinto beans in the IP yesterday and they came out nice. I took a couple of cups and made refried beans for dinner last night and they were very good. I have saved the rest for something else.....maybe some soup, perhaps a pot of chilli? That would be good if the weather ever cools down again. I may just put them in the freezer to have them on hand for later in the winter.
You are sounding better, Lloyd. Take it easy and enjoy those grandchildren.
Take care, All.
Interesting about the beans! I've never found anything but beans. And I don't think I could have overlooked a stone.
LLOYD, nice to see you posting and doing such interesting things. Keep up the recuperating until you are well.
JENNY, Michele is still in my prayers...today with a bit of pressure on my part for Him to look after her.
We had an absolutely beautiful day yesterday. The temp reached 80º and with the breeze, it was just a glorious day to be out. It was almost dark when I took Mickie for her last walk without my jacket and the little boys down the street were still out practicing football with their daddy while mommy watched from the porch steps. It was a day no one wanted to have end! Today is a bit on the cloudy side but not cold.
Now I have another question. If I do these beans in the crockpot, are they on low or high and for how long?
Actually, I have them in the crockpot on low but I don't know how long to leave them or if I should turn it up.
Jane found this..
Cover, and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours, stirring occasionally if possible, though not necessary.
I think Phyllis would have a closer answer for you though..
Yes, PHYLLIS and I think GLORIA said she does them in the crock pot. Helloooooo! Come on back!
Jane, if I do them in the crockpot I will do them on high for at least 6-7 hours. Sometimes old beans will take longer and if you like them a little mushy that takes longer, too. I never pre-soak them...just rinse and dump them in the pot. All crockpots are different so you will have to just test yours.
Quote from: Amy on October 21, 2020, 06:30:14 PMCallie is missing..
:peepwall:
Quote from: Shirley on October 22, 2020, 07:27:54 AMAmy, every time I skim past the posts & see your, "Callie is missing"... I do a double take. MY Callie is sticking like glue by the toe warmer below the sink. I have to insist she go out now & then for a little exercise. She swoops around the pool & dashes back in the door if I don't get it closed fast enough.
:cat: Meow!
Quote from: JaneS on October 22, 2020, 09:03:20 AMMy first Scottish Terrier was named Callie. It's a good old fashioned Scottish name.
:dogrunning:
WoofIt was also the nickname of my 100% German grandmother whose name began with a "K". :winkie:
I've been reading along but have kinda been in a "mood" the past few weeks. Eye pressure is creeping toward glaucoma and prescribed eye drops aren't comfortable.
Went to eye doctor yesterday. Pressure hadn't changed so guess I have to get used to yet another annoying issue. Bleah! :buck2:
I hadn't been able to find tomato bisque soup for ever so long and neither had son who had been looking every place they went to get groceries.
Placed a delivery order earlier this week and saw it listed as "available" so, of course, ordered some. When shopper called to say he'd found everything on my list except type of cake mix (for which I chose a substitute), I asked "Even tomato bisque soup?" When he said, Yes", I asked him to get two more cans. Am now well-stocked with my favorite and really enjoyed some for lunch.
It was nearly 80º yesterday. Today - it's 45º and "feels like" 34º. Also gloomy. Heavy sweatshirt and long socks feel good!
All is well - although I do wish the weather would make up its mind and news media/newspapers would Change. The. Subject >:( !!!!!
Hugs to everyone. [
The little jobs did get done along with some that were going to be done tomorrow. Windows washed, orchids transplanted and a mini rose. Garbage was taken away and laundry
was finished.
Callie, my sister has to go each month for a needle in her eye, she really amazes me at the calm she has while getting the proceedure done.
Thank goodness that has not been mentioned...yet.
You made me hungry for a pot of beans, my preferred are the pintos & I bought some ham hocks for flavor (no shanks in the bin). Plenty of fresh chopped garlic in mine. I'll cook mine in the pressure cooker, doesn't take too long (can't say HOW long)....
We went from record breaking temp of 87° yesterday to high of 42° today... depends on which weather guesser you check! Certainly is cold out, Gloria, why is it WE like winter???? I need a nap but will do that after I eat my hamburger (drive thru at McDonald's)...
Callie, has your eye doctor put the holes in your eyes relieve the pressure yet? Both Cas & our daughter had that done (one in Seattle & other in Wichita) same time "to prevent glaucoma "because their eyes are deep set". Medicare must have approved since both had it done same time & not the same doctor (she had company insurance). I thought it was a scam, a good friend had it done by her doctor & she has huge eyes and really does have glaucoma. My problem is finding a doctor that will actually fit the glasses to my eyes & not just guess. >:(
Shirley,our weather was perfect today with temperatures over 70 but now we are paying for it. Some areas have a tornado warning while another has huge hail!
Shirley, the eye doctor, who is an opthamalogist not an optomitrist (sp? on both), has taken care of my eyes for a many years. He did cataract surgery on both eyes several years ago and I have an annual check-up that's very thorough.
The pressure began to concern him at that appointment in September because there's a family history of glaucoma.
He has given me a pamphlet describing a 10-minute office laser procedure that opens the tear ducts (which seems to be the main problem). The recovery time takes longer than I want to spend right now because I have tentatively agreed to go with family to Emily's graduation in December and I don't want to take a chance on side effects or still having to deal with recovery.
The drops are annoying but doable...just as my other health issues are. Nothing life threatening.
Amy, evening weather forecast is for a mix of rain/snow/sleet/small hail for the next week - but no tornadoes....yet.
Timer just went off; A chicken/stovetop stuffing casserole is about ready to come out of the oven. I'll have some for dinner and then put the rest in individual casseroles to freeze. Will be good for "dinner and lunch dates" with sons.
Enjoy your evenings, Everyfriend.
Callie, I've gone to an ophthalmologist for more than 30 years, retired 2 & have had awful fitting glasses from 2 more since, and a friend suggested maybe they didn't know as much about fitting glasses as the optometrists so I went to one (optometrist) this year. That was when we went through all the hub-bub about cataract surgery... long story... The glasses she prescribed were great if I only opened one eye at a time, could see perfectly out of each! BUT, when I opened both the door facings & all perpendicular lines became curved. They remade glasses & it was worse so I am wearing some made 3 or 4 years old. Can't see as well with them but I'm not willing to put a patch over one eye to see out of the new glasses. My fear is the surgeon willing/insisting on me using a med that I am on record being allergic to and then back to glasses... if they can't fit me now would it be any better after cataract surgery??? Maybe I'll die first & don't have to deal with it??? Not good choices! I'm pretty good about stalling....
Well, I made the beans with splotchy help. I put them in the crockpot (soaked, drained and simmered first) set it on low and decided it wouldn't be ready for supper that way so I turned it on high. They were absolutely delicious. However, I've made a note on the recipe that Phyllis doesn't presoak. Just puts them in the crockpot. Does this mean you don't do the simmering either? You must put more liquid in them than my recipe calls for if you don't simmer or soak them first.
Today was the second day in a row that it was just gorgeous out there. I didn't need a coat to walk with Mickie even at 6:30 with the sun going down! I'll take the next 4 months of days like this! I even slept with the windows open last night and it felt goooood!
I did a lot of paper work today and washed all the throw rugs and the floors under them and beside them. I'm ready for a loooooong nap! Sure hope those zzzzzs are piled up in my bed.
I have to do the eye drops too and as CALLIE says, it's annoying but it lets me lead a (more or less) normal life and we do what we must.
Now I'm off to hit the hay! I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
good Morning everyone. It is 37º and cloudy here calling for high of 49 and sunny. well there is is a old saying if you do not like the weather here weigh a short while it will change, Have a great day.
Lloyd
Good morning everyone...
What a night we had last night pounding rain along with thunder and lightening. Poor Babe she shivered most of the night. Today is work outside if weather cooperates.
Patricia, where are you?
Better get laundry on the go...
Lloyd good morning to you.
Enjoy your day everyone , stay safe.
Good Morning Everyfriend! I'm up and (hopefully) attem this morning. We're supposed to have rain and it sure looks like it will do as it promises out there. I guess two beautiful days in a row is a blessing to be thankful for and appreciated as it comes.
Cathy has my WM shopping list for today and I have to go to the recycling place this morning. I'm hoping to get that in before Cooper comes at 10:30 and Cathy comes by for my discount card and other stuff.
Then I have to deal with the beans. I think it was GLORIA that said she freezes them. I was thinking I might freeze them in meal size containers (after I eat some more of them). If any of you have frozen them please let me know how the survived!
AMY, I don't think our storms are supposed to be thunder storms but you can never tell.
There goes the boinger and my day begins! Have a good one everyone!
Jane, I do freeze but they hardly get solid before I'm pulling the tubs out. I use meal size (I like a good meal). The ham shanks have more meat & give the same flavor as the hocks, but not so much fat. Good protein meals! I always boil them about 15 min and pour that water off... my mother's idea that it gets rid of the "gas". I use about a T of salt to a pound of beans but don't put it in until after the first water is poured off. I didn't like beans until after tasting my mother-in-law's meals.... pinto beans, fresh cut coleslaw, fried potatoes & the lightest biscuits anyone ever made. Lots of times she would have fried chicken with the meal. She wasn't too fond of beef.
Cold morning 37° , no rain, sun isn't up but looks totally cloud covered. Another week end, can you believe?
good Morning everyone. you all were talking about eating yesterday. here is a thought for you; we have a device that peals and cores appeals at the same time slices them about 1/8 thick spirals. we cut the spirals in slices. we also have a dehydrator. dehydrates them over night . good snacks and healthy. Have a great day.
Lloyd
Jane, no, I don't simmer the beans and I don't add more water than the recipe calls for. I just rinse and dump them in the pot, put in the amount of liquid that is required plus seasonings, etc., and start the pot cooking. I'll check it through the day and if it needs more water I'll just add a little or, conversely, if there is too much liquid I'll just dip a little out. It is very forgiving. As for freezing....I just spoon the cool beans into a Ziploc bag, lay it on a tray and flatten it as much as I can and freeze it. They turn out just fine. Beans freeze very well.
Lloyd, I have that same kind of apple peeler. It saves a lot of work when making applesauce. I haven't used the dehydrator for a long, long time. Here in very humid North Carolina it takes a little longer for things to dry but we always liked the result of dehydrated food.
Speaking of humidity....it is still with us as a result of Hurricane Epsilon(?) out in the Atlantic. It's causing rip currents on the Outer Banks and bringing in moisture off the ocean to the rest of us. Hope it moves away before a new one starts up. <sigh>
Take care, All.
Good Sunday Morning from
the over cast and cool, rocky
coast of Maine.
I avoid cooking show like the
plague ... (especially Covid 19) ...
I still have pounds and pounds to
eliminate ... which is still not
easy , but do able, if I would
not purchase high caloric junk foods.
And stick to my diets. (a comination
of intermittent fasting and Weight Watchers),
which works if I work it...
::) ::) ::)
So no cooking shows for me!
I cut the cord from cable tv
a few weeks ago and that is working
really really well and saving me a
bunch of money.
Now if I could just stop repeating
myself ...
Sorry ! :idiot2:
The wind has not let up here..laundry is ready to come in, thank goodness it didn't tangle or blow off the line!
Pine needles have all been bagged up ready for the garbage dump, must have 11 big bags of them to go.
Sandy, so easy to put weight on but not to take it off.
Gloria, hope you are also ok.
Lloyd, I also have one of those peelers and a dehydrator too. Thank you for giving me the push to do some apples that way. My friend and I are splitting a bushel of apples that her son bought for us.
Thank you, Phyllis for the quick answer about freezing and for the tip about baking and no presoaking. I added all your tips to the recipe for the next time.
Also, thanks SHIRLEY for the tips about freezing and for reminding me that ham is just as good as bacon in baked beans....maybe a tad better. My mother used to use ham!
Thanks friends. and the dehydrator is well worth the time it takes and it is a healthy snack. we Shure enjoy them. see you all Later.
Lloyd
Thank you LLOYD. At least I'm not talking to myself again.
I had a mealoaf sandwich and beans for supper!
I'm worn out today and I'm heading for the haystack to look for the zzzzzs. I sure hope there's lots of them there! I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one.
I'll turn out the lights... too tired to whisper "good night"......ah, I did!!! Love ya all.
Good morning everyone..
Shirley , I will turn the lights back on and start the coffee going.
Chilly here 26° at the moment . We just have to take all the bags of pine needles to the dump and that is it. Nothing else has been planned for the day. Will drop off some masks while we are out.
Jane, how were your beans?
Phyllis, humidity is not a problem here .snow may be one tomorrow though. With any luck it will warm up and maybe just get rain , that we don't have to shovel!
Hope we hear from Gloria, Patricia and Joy today.
Enjoy your day everyone..stay safe.
Good morning AMY and everyone that follow. it is 40º and cloudy here this Morning high of 42º predicted for today. oh yes they are predicting snow here after midnight. Hope you all have a great day.
Lloyd
Rain coming in and cooler temps. so the joints aren't too happy this morning but a cup of coffee has helped perk me up.
I was going to freeze the last of the pinto beans but decided about an hour before dinner last night to make some soup so just dumped them in the Instant Pot, added some seasonings, beef broth, diced tomatoes, turned it on for few minutes and had some really good soup. Hot and comforting. David liked it a lot...enough for a second full bowl.
I plan to just relax today and do some reading.
Take care, All.
Good morning once again. Yesterday I was ready to post when the power went off and when it came back was late and lost the post of course. This morning same thing happened and it came on faster. Nothing new happening here. I am going to my son's home for dinner today, maybe my DIL will cut my hair while I am there.
In the winter months when the stove was on for heat my Mom baked her beans in the oven. So good and she used salt pork. I started doing mine the way she made them-never any molasses- just white sugar and they were nice and brown. I started doing mine in a pressure cooker but now in the slowcooker/crockpot what ever you want to call it. I have never soaked them or preboiled them. I put them in the slowcooker at night with water covering them about 3 inches set it on low and let them cook overnight. Since I do not eat a whole pound of beans I do freeze them in meal size containers. Just as good when thawed and warmed up.
Have a good day everyone.
Good Morning Everyfriend! My morning took off today. I overslept until about 7:15. It's cold and the blankets felt good and Mickie wasn't even stirring. It was down to 33 overnight. Still not a frost.
When I got up and got myself ready to meet the day, Mickie decided she better join me. We made the bed and then punched the button on the coffee pot and went out in the yard. It was brrrrrr cold!
When we came back in Mickie got her pill and we set the timer and I got started making the dog food. She hung around the kitchen so she could lick the spoon. Then we checked the email and it was time for breakfast. I started reading the paper while I ate and then we took a walk and here we are. Boring isn't it? But busy!
My Grandson-in-law is delivering the sermon at their church in Houston today and I'm set up so I can watch the service and listen to Clint. He's pretty good and while he's working on his PHD at the university and teaching some classes, he's leaning a bit toward the ministry. I think he'd be very good at it. And Natalie as a Psychologist would be a great right hand helper. She already does more than lots of people at their church. Can you tell I'm proud?
PHYLLIS, I think I just figured out what to do with some of the beans. I'm going to make some Inspiration Soup!
Now I better get back to business. I want to get some laundry in before the church service starts.
I wish you all a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!
And don't forget to share it with your friends in the Soda Shoppe. We miss you!
I can't say Good morning, anymore, so I will just greet you all with a Hello
I have been missing for a while, but I am ok.
Just so tired of all this mess that is still going on. I am afraid that it will still be going on for a while to come.
I did read back and got caught up.
I had an appointment yesterday with the eye doctor, and, I will have to finally go for cataract surgery. I knew it was coming, sooner or later. I will have both eyes done, about a month apart. From what I hear from friends, it is a pretty easy procedure. I know you have to use eye drops for a while, and I am sure my DIL can come in the morning to help me, not so sure if I can have someone come in the evening.
So, I think it was Jane and Callie who mentioned that they have to use eye drops, and I am wondering if it is something you can do without help???? I do have one of those eye drop "cups" but have never used it before. Is it a self-do-it-yourself "thing" ?? I guess I should practice. ?? I would appreciate any help that you could give me.
It is a cloud, hazy day, and a lot colder. I see it is lunch time already, so I need to find something to eat.
Hope everyone will have a great afternoon and stay safe.
Joy
JOY, putting in the eye drops isn't one of the easiest things I do mostly because I have a touch of claustrophobia and something coming at my eyes really bothers me. But I told myself it's something I CAN do and I do it! Like you, I can't count on someone coming to help me and if they did, I think that would bother the claustrophobia a lot more than doing it myself. But I can't do it without a mirror in front of me. We all learn to do what we must whether we want to our not! This is something I HAD to learn to do and you will, too!
And they're right! It is an easy surgery!
Joy, I don't have an issue pulling my eye down but do have a bit of one getting the dropper placed so the drop goes in. The directions say don't let the dropper touch the eye but I almost always have to come really close. Prescription should have suggestions for applying.
Hadn't thought about an eye cup - will have to ask pharmacist or doctor about using one for the prescribed "one drop".
Janie, I don't have that kind of claustrophobia but do start to panic if I'm expected to lie flat on my back with something over me that I can't get out of unless a tech - who is usually in another room - releases me. I managed to get through a thyroid scan but needed the tech to stand beside me. Doubt that I'll ever agree to an MRI or CAT scan unless they knock me out completely. Makes me shudder just to write about it!
I agree that cataract surgery is easy.
Weather gurus say a Polar front followed by an Arctic front is barreling toward Oklahoma and most of the coming week will be very wintery. I've unhooked the outdoor hoses, covered the faucets, filled the bird feeder and "laid in" groceries and supplies. Also have plenty of e-books and Netflix programs available.
Bring it on!!!!!
Wishing Everyfriend an Enjoyable Day.
I always pre-soak my beans. The "floaters" come to the top and any loose "skins", so you can get those out of the way. Pre-soak just helps them be more tender, and probably less cooking time. Of course, if all you "techies" have InstantPots, you don't have to worry about that. I have yet to even open the box on my CrockPot Express Multi-Cooker. It functions as a crockpot for slow cooking, a steamer and as a pressure cooker. Can't decide if I want to open the box and give it a try. Then I will have to find a good home for my Rice Cooker and my trusty Crockpot, which is just the right size for me. Have made some dandy meals in it.
I am verging on getting a headache this morning. Think it's my allergies, which have been awful lately.
I was trying to watch the Cowboys v. Washington football game, but the "boys" are playing so badly, I switched over to Steelers v. Texans. Love the Steelers; and I even have a "Terrible Towel" if any of you remember those. I am too fickle with my favorite football teams. I love the Packers, the Steelers, the Saints and the Cowboys. That's mainly because of the players, not specifically the team. I used to be enamored with the Patriots, but when they traded Brady, I went Pffftt to them. Really have gotten into the World Series. That game last night was a doozey. Rooting for the Tampa Bay team, as they haven't won as much as the Dodgers. I was so "off of sports" they didn't have any in the early shutdown, except Golf, but I'm getting back into viewing, cheering for my favs.
Back to beans, if you can get the 15 Bean brand (I'll have to look up the name) but with addition of some ham (or bacon, or salt pork) they are a meal in themselves, with a hunk of buttered cornbread. Oh, yum, I've made myself hungry.
Good Sunday Afternoon to you
all.
I come from a family of taller,
slenderer humans. I am the
only one in my family who
put on weight going into
my senior years.
My four kids and six grand childen
(plus Fe "Great Grand kid" ) are all
in great shape. Slender, tall and Fit.
except for me, so I tend to
feel sorry for my self, because
I can't blame genes
I just tended to live an
over indulging, binging life style
and ate myself to becoming
over weight.
My Fault. I have no one
or nothing to blame. (weep)
:'(
Sandy
The brand of beans is Hurst Hambeens, they are available at WalMart or various delivery outlets; the Cajun variety is simply awesome, and you can use the cajun spice packet if you want, or leave it out.
Jane and Callie,
Thank you both for the suggestions for using the eye drops and I feel like it is something that I think I can manage. I probably wouldn't have thought to use a mirror, but that's a great idea. And, I just bought a big mirror on a stand and it has one side that is magnified. I do feel a lot easier now.
Callie, I don't have any problem with being claustrophobic, but I can understand what would make you feel like that. Those kind of tubes you have to go in aren't the most comfortable, but I have had so many of so many different kinds, that they don't bother me anymore. They all seem to have shortened the time that you have to be in then. I have even dosed off sometimes.
I have to think about what to have for dinner. Getting close to that time.
Have a good evening.
Just a quickie for CALLIE, when using fingers to pull down the eye for the drops, I aim the bottle and then rest it on the fingers that I'm using to pull down the eyelid before I put my head back. That's the main reason I need a mirror. If you can manage to move everything at the same time, it works pretty well. Do you even understand that?
We're having some rain now and it's supposed to keep up most of the night and most of tomorrow. That'll be fun...walking the dogs in the rain. But I do it and they don't seem to mind.
Now I'm off to the haystack. It's been a kind of strange day. I'd get started on something and have an interruption and then forget what I was doing. I suppose I'll find all kinds of undone stuff tomorrow. Oh well, tomorrow is another day!
I wish you all a peaceful nights sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one.
Quote from: JaneS on October 25, 2020, 11:10:10 PMJust a quickie for CALLIE, when using fingers to pull down the eye for the drops, I aim the bottle and then rest it on the fingers that I'm using to pull down the eyelid before I put my head back. That's the main reason I need a mirror.
Works like a charm..including the mirror!! Thank you! :smitten:
good morning everyone. it is 35º and only calling for 2º increase today. wish we had our RV up and running, we would just get in it and go to Florida for the winter. so will just stay and dream with the rest of you. Have a good day.
Lloyd
Good morning everyone.
We will get either rain or flurries today ,temp is 31° at the moment.
Jane, perfect instructions for doing eye drops!!
Lloyd, we are happy to have you here dreaming along with us :)
Better get a move on time is going faster than I am this morning.
Enjoy your day everyone..stay safe.
Good Morning from rainy Central PA. We're supposed to have rain all day. That doesn't stop the dogs from wanting their walks. Sooooo, we walk in the rain.
I hesitated about putting those suggestions into writing for eye drops. I'm so glad you could understand them! And I'm glad they work for you. Sometime what works for one doesn't work for another.
We're just sitting here waiting for the boinger. Then we'll have breakfast and our first wet walk. Then Cooper will arrive for the day. And I'm not sure about the rest of the day. I have a couple of phone calls to make and supper to put in the crock pot and then we shall see.
I hope you all have a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!
And don't forget to share it! We miss you when we don't "see" you!
Good morning everyone, slept great last night a whole 8 hours and still didn't want to get up but mama Nature said you better. So here I am with my coffee in the SS to see what this "family" has been up to.
JANE looks like you hated to get up yesterday morning, too. Always nice and warm and so comfortable in bed when we first wake. I think if you were more proud of your family members you would be popping your buttons. I wish them both the best in their lives.
JOY cataract surgery is easy. I blink when I see drops coming toward my eyes, even my eye doctor has a problem with me. I went down stairs to have my DIL put the drops in my eyes, I do not have the strenght in my fingers to squeeze the hard bottles. There were drops before and after the surgery.
CALLIE they do have MRI machines that are open, my CNA has to go to one of those. My biggest complaint is that they are loud. I would rather have a CAT scan, not all enclosed and less noise.
LLOYD like you this year I wonder how I will be with winter. I always loved winter but wonder if I will enjoy snow this year. At least I will not have to go out then. I make no appointments for the winter months.
AMY takes me longer every day to post here. Need a new keyboard as this one skips spaces and I have to keep checking and backspacing to make the letter go where they are supposed to.
Have a good day and stay safe.
It's cloudy and dreary today but not raining. Yesterday was really dismal. Not much going on except laundry so I'll just stay in and stay warm and dry.
Take care, All.
hello everyone. I have heard all my life, if you do not like the weather here just weight a little while, we may have just what you like. well it is sowing fine snow right now, it first gave us freezing rain , then sleet and now the snow. It is 30º and snowing real fine but plenty of it. it is about 3/4" so far local weather says going to 37º and snow at least tonight. saying rain tomorrow and rain and or cloudy through Thursday. so I will be couch jockey and westerns through that time. stay in and warm.
Lloyd
well I hope everyone is doing alright. sure don't seam to be much activity here today. keep checking in and no new noes. see you all later.
Lloyd
I had been bitter cold here & enough snow/ice to cover the ground. So far no trees down so still a good thing, we need moisture so badly.
Lloyd, I've had the RV plugged in with frig & freezer on & ready to roll, but not worth sliding off the highway. Son winterized it & I thought I had all the water drained out BUT when he took the compresser to blow, water rolled out. I think I am ready to sell it. Trouble is everything I wanted today was in the RV.... Getting to be too much work to load & unload! Think I will wait to see how it is when the dogwood & redbud are blooming!
Well, girls, I did not get my beans or spaghetti cooked today and also have a large salmon to bake. I'm not a good fish eater but can put enough herbs & spices on salmon & package in meal sizes to freeze & it works for me. Are y'all having trouble finding good lettuce or fresh veggies? The lettuce looks like what I would throw away & they want double the price.
Really am sleepy and not a thing to show for my day. Think I got too cold last night when we were winterizing the RV. Every year I manage to get a deep rattle cough to show the end of hay fever season & start of winter colds/infection. I have several piles of laundry in the hall way that should have been washed today... just not with it! Bed sounds good. Sweet dreams to all.
I got a few things done today but I forgot the one big thing I wanted to do until it was too dark to do it. I guess it'll wait for tomorrow....or Wednesday....or Thursday...or whatever.
I'm ready to hit the hay. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. Frankie and I have an appt with the kinesiologist and Cooper is spending the night here. It didn't make sense for her to pick him up after work and then bring him right back in the morning. She's doing the driving and I'm buying lunch. I think maybe pizza!
Right now, I'm heading for the haystack! I wish you all a peaceful, pain-free night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Good Morning everyone. well it took me two try's to get a little sleep. went to bed early and could not get the sand Man to do his job, so got up and shut the bedroom door so wouldn't bother Nancy, and watched two or three movies, still could not get it to work went back to bed around 12:30 and finely dozed off until a few min. ago not rested though. so got up and got dressed for the day. see you all later.
Lloyd
This is just a quick "Good Morning Everyfriend!" because the boinger has already gone off and it's time to feed the doggies. Then they'll want their walk and I'll have to get ready for my appointment this morning.
I hope you all have a great day, feel better, do more or whatever it is you need in your life today!
Good morning; it's hushed in here this morning. I hope everyone is doing well and just busy with adventurers!
Good Morning from a wet, icy, freezing, tree- limb- popping central Oklahoma.
This is being called an "Historic October Ice Storm" with 3 phases - lasting 3-4 days. Biggest issue is that trees still have green leaves and that makes the 1+ inch of ice forming on branches even heavier. Trunk even split off from one neighbor's tree.
Lots of folks without electricity; fortunately, mine is still on....for now.
I'm keeping my cell phone and Tablet charged at 100% and have several e-books downloaded. Also have several things that can be eaten without heating if necessary....and there's always the good old PB&J!
Onward and Upward....
Some time ago, I mentioned Don's health issues - still the same. He goes to the VA soon - that is always a long day.
Winter is here. That snowfall really helped fire fighters in the hills. Unfortunately one more fire started.
One couple near Grand Lake took their horses and dog but couldn't find a trailer for their pet bison. They had to leave feeling so anxious about their huge pet. Never fear, the firemen took turns feeding their pet. I love that story. Guess that the big one couldn't enter the house - how would you potty train a bison??? ;)
We are OK. Thankful to be in the house - able to have groceries delivered (I singed on when winter ice showed. It works great for me - thankful for any help.
No matter how the national vote goes - we will be alright!
A good Tuesday HELLO to EVERYFRIEND from a sunny but C❄️LD Colorado.
Thankfully we received enough snow to justify the frigid temperatures but dang, it was really cold❄️ All I can do is dream about getting out of here for the winter....feeling very sad about the lack of a winter home for us to go to😢. Trying to find a rental in a warm place, but not finding much we feel we can afford.
My pot of beans was absolutely delicious on Sunday. We sure enjoyed them. The parents of Oliver came to pick him up yesterday afternoon and brought us a big gallon bag of pork ribs they served while in Brekenridge with their family. It included home made Mac and cheese that was wonderful, so no cooking necessary yesterday😍
Oldest grandson ended his 2 week quarantine due to a fellow football player testing positive to the virus, and on that same day our granddaughter went into Q as a fellow classmate tested positive! They both were tested this morning and both tested negitive🙏 The numbers seem to be rising all over, so I bet we soon will all be back to at least "safer at home"! Frightening 😢😢
Hey CAROL. Nice to see your post. I loved the Buffalo story when I saw it on the news last night😘 You two stay safe and warm🥰
I wish you ALL a good day....
Jenny
Carol, I remember when I thought Don & Cas were about the same level on health issues. Good that you've helped keep him going all this time. Cas has been dead 7 years.
I am battling the sore knee I've had for several weeks & now a flu bug. Not sure what kid of flu but this happens in the fall, between the end of allergy season & start of super cold. My sinuses go crazy, so before i so anything drastic I've called for a 'script to see if that will help. If I have to leave the house overnight I will have to have the cats put to sleep, I sure don't want either of my sons to come inside this house. Both are dealing with their own issues. Besides all that, I have a 9V battery going dead & beeps regularly. Happens to be in a spot where I have maybe half a dozen different alarms (to keep cats from going into living room/dining room & entry hall. They never beep when you are close enough to tell which one it is. I heated some chicken noodle soup, need to get a few sips of something down. Have not baked my salmon or cooked the hamburger for spaghetti. Just want to sleep. Y'all take care, I'll check in tomorrow.
Frankie and I had a great day together! It started when she came over here to spuce up her hair and take a shower before we went to the Applied Kinesiologist. And it ended when we got back after stopping for pizza on the way home. I was beat but she had a lot more planned. I remember being 27 and having all that energy!
Now I'm heading for the haystack! I fell asleep on the sofa and watched the last half of Matlock and the first half of Perry Mason through my eyelids. Now I'm ready for the real thing.
I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, feel-better tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
And now....Good Morning to everyone who (hopefully) shows up in here today!
Good morning everyone, looks like I did not post yesterday, boy am I losing it or what? Yvette and I made an applecrisp yesterday and we both had some of it still warm from the oven before she left. So good. Had 4 different varities of apples, always tastes better that way. Had some apples left so put them in the slow cooker and turned it on before I went to bed, all cooked this morning and will let it cool and put it through the food mill. Putting the peels in, too, make for a nice color to the sauce. It is raining now and much welcomed, the last days have been cloudy and dark days.
SHIRLEY sorry the trip you wanted to see the foliage never happened, I never went for a ride this year either, only what I see from my windows or when I go outside for a different view.
JANE by the time you head for the haystack and ZZZzz's I am already in dreamland most nights. I was so wornout yesterday I was in bed by 8:30.
LLOYD no snow here but it is raining at last.
CALLIE hope you don' lose power. We know what an ice storm is like here. One time we had a small wood stove and heated with that and cooked on the camp stove we had. No fun.
CAROL glad you are OK . Best for Don.
AMY good morning.
Have a good day and stay safe.
Guess I'm the new Rip Van Winkle... been sleeping for several days. Fed cats & must eat a bite, my innards are yelling. Got to get across town for the covid test this morning. Dr won't give me a script for antibiotics without that first. Do have the same symptoms as "some" covid patients but this is too familiar to me. Gotta do what we gotta do. That darn battery is still beeping so I will take care of that as soon as I get back home. Need to get the litter boxrs cleaned out, the house smells. At least above freezing this morning. Plenty of snow & ice on everything so will be careful driving.
Gloria, your apple crisp sounds so good.... I do love apples & bought 4 of the Galas the other day on sale for 99¢ a pound... to fry. For people that have never had fried apples, you can't imagine how good they are. :smitten:
Better get a move on. I know I've been a little fuzzy this week ... but is Amy okay? Don't recall seeing a post from her.
Just waiting for the rain to come in tonight even though the sun is shining this morning. We will get some of the remnants of Hurricane Zeta but don't expect too much.
I got my haircut yesterday and all went smoothly. I'm so glad to get rid of all that straggly hair that was hanging on my neck.
Sorry you aren't feeling well, Shirley. I hope the Covid test is negative and the doctor will give you a script to help you feel better soon.
All is well here and hoping it is for you All, too.
Shirley...
... re, your C symptom concerns, you have not lost your sense of "smell," if you can smell the house...
Gloria...
... there is a lot of goodness in " organically " grown apple skins - peels...I never thought to mix the apple varieties for a nicer taste when i have stewed mine chopped in the saucepan.....
Jane S...
... oh yes, those were the days, our energetic late 20's...ah yes, 27 was a good age...i remember it well...
Phyllis...
... a good haircut is worth its wait, it makes us feel so much better once we shed that unwanted hair...
Just here to set your minds at ease over AMY's absence. She had surgery on her hand and as soon as she type (hunt and peck) she'll be back. Wish her well!
Thank you Jane for letting us know about Amy!
Hope everyone gets to feeling better and that the bad weather doesn't get you down even more than we're currently living with! I found this article, this morning, from the Martha Stewart website. She acknowledges the shortage of canning jars. I will try to put a link here, but I'm not good at doing that. Fingers crossed please. https://www.marthastewart.com/syndication/mason-jar-shortage-quarantine-coronavirus?did=574938-20201028&utm_campaign=martha-stewart-living_newsletter&utm_source=marthastewart.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=102820&cid=574938&mid=43625366393
Oh, goodness, I did it, hope it will open for you all.
Thanks for the info on the jars, Tome. Unfortunately, I already knew about the shortage. Mostly, the only place that has any jars at all is Amazon and they are charging 3 to 4 times as much as they've been selling for in the stores for a couple years. As much as I needed jars, I wouldn't pay their price. If you keep your eyes open, some turn up here and there but the lids are non existant.
Today was laundry day. I did three loads of regular clothes and one of towels and they are all washed, dried, folded and put away. And I'm tired. I really don't know how my mother did it when she had to fill the washer and the rinse tubs and then hang the clothes out on the line and then bring them in and fold, iron and put them away. And that's during the war when she was working a full time job outside the home. And she cooked, canned, cleaned and raised 3 rambunctious girls, too. My dad helped but his job was almost an hour's drive from home. My grandparents were both there and they helped but she did a lot of it herself.
Now I'm going to go hide in the haystack until morning and things begin all over again. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, get-well, day tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
well I read everything that was posted seance I was here earlier, during the war my mother worked the grave yard shift at prat and whiteness as a drill press operator, and usually a double shift. then came home and got things in order for us three children's. she was a single nom. I was the oldest and had to get my self ready and go school by my self. we were all tougher in those day's. good night and sweet dreams.
Lloyd
Want to let you know my doctor called me just before 10:00 pm to tell me the test results came on his computer & he is shocked to say I DO HAVE COVID! I'm to call him if any change, day or night, he knows I must take care of the cats if I have to leave the house. My kids & grands are stunned since they've all been worried about bringing ME the virus... so now they will need to be tested from contact with me.
So far I've had the fever, head aches/sore body, all the symptoms that come with any other flu. I have hardly eaten for 3 days but managed to get some chicken down (after a drive thru KFC) and ate my last orange. Did not over eat so feel like I've passed the worst. My big concern is how to vote since I opted to vote in person!!! Will have to call tomorrow about that. I will vote one way or the other, even if I have to slip in & contaminate the whole place!!! Not serious, will find a way, I'm sure. I've been doing nothing but feed cats & sleep but will check in here at least once a day. Y'all take care, we never know what is lurking in those dark shadows~~~radio show back in the day, remember?
Shirley...
... i am shocked, i really did think you was clear of this Virus when you mentioned you " could smell your house." this proves that one does not necessarily lose their sense of smell as we keep being told we do...Can you backtrack on who you have been in contact with who may have passed this on to you?....take care, look after yourself, you will get through this Shirley...
well I do not know what you all know. but Nancy has no séance of smell, and has not had for several years,
so I think we all should retain our common séance. from the out side looking in a lot of us have lost ours.
Like that old song said K sera k sera, what ever will be. settle down and do your best.
Lloyd
good morning..nice to be back as i have missed you.
hand is coming along but not as fast as i would like. this hunt and peck works but two hands would be nice.
shirley prayers for a speedy recovery... i have read that vitamin c and d help.
jane thank you for letting everyone know. yesterday i did find more jars.....surprised the dickens out of me to see them at the ctc store.
will try to write more later..
enjoy your day and stay safe.
Oh SHIRLEY, I'm so sorry and so upset to hear that you have this horrible virus. You are in my prayers immediately and until we hear that you are safely through it. I just knew it couldn't be the virus because you are always so careful! I guess that shows that being careful doesn't always work and we should all be even more careful.
I wish you all a SAFE day! Be careful!
Oh Boy! It's a RED LETTER day! AMY'S BACK!
Reporting in, made it through the night. My daughter warned me to put on notices thru the day or someone would be at my door. Cats have been fed but not me yet, so need to eat & back to sleep until daylight. Rain, which we needed, so above freezing. 2 cats went out but Callie is watvhing at the door to come back in. That darn battery is still beeping so got to take out all of them to find the culpret...before it drives me nuts.
Amy, looks like you are doing great with one hand. Did not know you were considering that surgery. Brave girl!
Thinking about you, Shirley. You will get through this. The cats can take care of themselves. They are good survivors. You are most important. I hope the kids are bringing you food and keeping track of you even though they are staying out of contact.
Hoping for a quick recovery on your hand, Amy. Take care....we can read your hunt and peck just fine so don't try to hurry your recovery.
We are OK here...just waiting on the remnants of Hurricane Zeta. Expecting some rain and wind in a couple of hours. I have a telephone conference to get through with the bank this morning. So glad I don't have to go out. The storm is supposed to go through fast and I hope there won't be much damage from it.
Take care, All.
Shirley - I'm shocked to hear that you have COVID, and hope that the symptoms don't get any worse. Take good care of yourself, and don't worry about your cats! They will adapt to the circumstances, and will do just fine. I'll be thinking about you, and hoping for the best.
Thanks for all the sympathy, folks, truly welcome. For sure this is the stuff like when we were kids & had fevers, head ache with face skin sore to touch... remember how the lips peel when fever goes down? Coughing up plenty of gunk, that is good, do not take cough drops or med to NOT cough or may go into pneumonia. Body aches (so what's new there?), tummy kind of off, that happens now & then. I do have a comfy spot to sack out during the day, TV to watch or listen to as I sleep... take glasses off so mostly listen & wake up a couple westerns later. Do hope none of you catch this, for sure it has many, many versions. My Gr-daughter sent a text to say she's be by if I needed anything. She feels safe since she once tested positive & only side effect was the blood clots & heavy duty blood thinners for several months. I have not seen her all during that time so not a chance I caught it from her, but I sure don't want her to catch this version! So far I'm holding my own but that beeping battery is about to push me over the edge. Picture it... little old lady crawling around the floor yanking out 9v batteries, climbing on a ladder to get ones out of smoke alarms in the halls...I rationalize these were put in back in the day when people smoked & left cigarettes smoldering in ash trays, but who does that now? Think they will not go back in! Moving on.......
Shirley, I, too am shocked that you are sick with the dreaded virus. Sounds as if you're doing all the right things and I send prayers and good wishes for your recovery with NO after effects!
Amy, your Hunt & Peck looks fine. I do that on my phone when texting and usually on the Tablet. Very awkward! Good wishes and prayers for your recovery, also.
Our "Historic October Ice Storm" has moved on but sure did leave a lot of damage. Rain yesterday cleared ice off all the trees/shrubs. Behind the fence looks okay as does the tree in my front yard. I drove around neighborhood after taking some mail to the outbox. Quite a bit of big tree damage at west end of all streets.
We never did lose power but there are thousands of people in the metro area who will be without for...who knows how long?.
Onward and upward.
Yes Jane, I knew everyone here "knew" about the canning jar/lid shortage, but I wanted to post that so you all could see that even Martha Stewart is not always up-to-date on everything. Especially confusing since she is the supposedly the absolute "guru" of anything dealing with home, cooking, gardening, etc.
I made a trip (with list) to a local supermarket. They were having a BOGO on certain meats that I needed to stock up on. And now I know why I continued to let Cathy do my shopping for me. First it was clean off the entire cart before going into the store, then it was wash my hands, then it was "don't touch anything you're not going to buy", then it was "where is everything?". And on the way out it was clean up everything after! I missed some of the things on my list that I really needed but I got the BOGO meats that I went after. Now I have to separate and pack them for the freezer.
I also cleaned out two shelves of my kitchen freezer so I can use them for candy making. And I have to get started on that. I'm aiming for Nov. 1 as a start date. The first thing on the agenda is to mix up the centers for the coconut and Pb cups and for the mixed odd cups. Then the cracker spreading begins.
I also squeezed in a short nap this afternoon and it felt good. We didn't have Cooper today because Frankie had to be to work at 8 and she was running a bit late so her boyfriend volunteered to look after him while she's gone. I think Mickie misses him but the extra walking I don't miss.
I'm going to goof off the rest of the day unless something I forgot crops up it ugly head and begs for attention. Dinner's already cooked. It's last night's cranberry chicken and rice leftovers. Then I have to divide the rest of that into meal size dinners and freeze it.
I hope you are all having a better day....especially SHIRLEY. And I hope ever day is better and better whatever your needs are...expecially SHIRLEY. And I hope this virus thing doesn't stick around much longer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness....SHIRLEY, I will be very honest, I never thought for a minute that you might have Covid. I am very sorry to read this, but it seems you are doing all you can to take care of yourself very well. I am sure happy you are trying your best to eat as keeping up your strength is so important.I have ever bit of confidence that YOU will come through this and hopefully do well. Many positive thought for a full recovery for you with plenty of prayers headed your way🙏
JACKIE, as we are finding out, there are many different symptoms that people have from this virus. There are a lot of comments about the "smell" issue, and now we can not even count on this! Of course we all know Our Shirley is not just the average bear...so SHE would not ever have the typical symptoms.
AMY, I am sorry to say, but I am not exactly sure what your hand issue is, or was, I hope is the case! I hope you continue to do well With your healing process. I just hope you will not over do, as knowing you, that could be a problem😘😘
PHYLLIS, I do hope Zita will not be to much of a issue for you. I feel so bad for the poor folks in Louisiana....they have endure so much this hurricane season😩😢
CALLIE, I have been keeping up with the storm that headed your way. Happy it has moved on now and I am always sad for the damage they cause. I have only been in one ice storm and it was horrible.
Oh my goodness......I had to leave to go to our grandson's football game and realized I never posted this.....SO THANKFUL it was still here!
Time to fix some dinner.
Have a good rest of your evening.
Jenny
For sure this virus has many ugly heads. Today I think I overdid so tonight not as perky. I had to get some stuff out of the RV & unplug/turn off freezer & frig, but did NOT find my fav camping sweats I know I put in to grab easy once parked. Could not find them & am too tired to look longer. Not sure if I made it in to shout I found that stinking beeping battery! It was in the smoke alarm where all those 9v alarms are to keep cats out of various areas of the house. Not sure why anyone thought 3 smoke alarms on one level was necessary, so this one is not getting a battery put back in. Ladder still in place. Date I marked on that battery was 11/7/19 so didn't make it quite a year. I'm going to have a bite to eat, something to drink & go back to sleep. I wore me out & did not do much. Got the dumpster to the street, hope night temps wipe away any germs on the handles, but think the trash guys always wear gloves. Thank you all for the concern & prayers, very welcome. Wishing all of you sweet dreams & God Bless. Shirley
Oops, caught me, Jenny! I know I am going into too much detail about my symptoms but so far I haven't read reports from anyone that wasn't hospitalized so this is sort of doing it my way. It is no walk in the park and don't know how long it lasts, sleep & getting enough nourishment & liquid down is best I can do. I think I have guessed where I got the germ but no way to be positive so don't want to blame without proof. Will suggest that anyone going to any medical facility make sure they are sanitizing everywhere YOU come & go or it may not have been sanitized before YOU got there!
a great day here with a light drizzle.
Jane, sounds like your day went well. I need Kyle to open jars ,cans and do the scissor work on items that need to be opened. I appreciate the help but wiĺl be glad when I can brush my hair and put my socks on.
Jenny,thank you. did your grandson win his game?
Shirley,hope you have a restful night.
Shirley, do you have Lysol wipes on hand or microban spray that kills 99.9 germs. Any place of business we go into we have to use the hand sanitizer and wear a mask.
Last stop before turning out the lights... sure nuff, Amy, got Lysol & Clorox wipes plus 4 large bottles of sanitizer (all thanks to daughter that is on a routine order from Amazon) I insist on paying her for any of the stuff she gets me or tell her I won't take... so she gives in. Today I ordered the concentrate used at the clinic where they test for the viurs.. I knew it had to be a concentrate as freely as they used. Ordered a gallon, only takes 2 oz to a gallon of water... so will share with any of the family that needs. Plan to sanitize this whole house before I let anyone come inside again. I am off to bed, amazing how little it took to wear me out today. Take care of the hand, right or left & are you right or left? I tried all kinds of jar openers after Cas died & finally found one like my mother had, under the cabinet & kind of saw tooth to fit any size. Works like a charm!
Well, my day is over and I'm off to the haystack to look for some zzzzzs! Been sleeping pretty well the past few nights and I hope tonight is the same.
SHIRLEY, I forget which hand AMY said it was but she did say it's her "good" one. So she's having a hard time of it even if she doesn't say so. When I broke my arm, it was my left one but one-handed anything is hard to do but just try putting on your sox with one hand. It ain't easy! And hooking and unhooking in the back is not doable!
I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, healing tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Good morning everyone, I really am losing it, I thought I had posted yesterday but looks like I didn't.
All week the wea ther guessers said snow today. Still raining now. 36 now.
JANE thank you for letting us know about AMY. I remember when I had the carpal tunnel surgery and learning to type with my left hand only for a month. Was doing PSP lessons at the time and I am surprised that I got good at it with my left hand.
SHIRLEY I am so sorry you have been hit by the darn virus. Please be careful what you do. Living alone in that big house with only the cats around, they cannot use the phone to call for help. I am saying prayers for you and a fast recovery.
AMY so good seeing you, missed you. I know about using the hand that is not your primary one. Hare thyping with one hand and I had to do it 3 times with carpal tunnel surgery.
SHIRLEY I had one of those under the cabinet jar openers at my last apartment in my son's house. Got left there and I doubt if I could find one again I would not be able to put it unser a cabinet here.
Have a good day everyone and stay safe.
good morning everyone.
another chilly day here 20 f at the moment with temps going up on the weekend.
doing good here, even fed the dogs without help :) not sure what today will bring other than making a casserole for supper.
shirley, it is my left hand and as jane said my good one. dressing is fun as jane mentioned but we have had a or rather i have had a lot of giggles from it. same with kitchen help....peeling potato for baked potato last night was fun to watch. little things that one takes for granted turn into monumental tasks but all in all it does get done.happy to read you do have all that is needed but the microban is a spray on and leave.....no work for you like the liquids.....you need to rest.
gloria, thank you . we have already had snow and thankfully it didn't stay. i had told the dr surgery after all the canning pickling and before the snow blower work and he obliged .
enjoy your day.stay safe.
I'm up and attem. In fact, I was up waaaay earlier than I had planned. My phone went off beside my bed around 5:30. It scared me enough to make me get up and look and it was Frankie. She NEVER up that early so I got scared. But when I read her message, I relaxed a bit. I don't know why it came up so early in the morning but she was asking if I remembered when she mailed her ballot. It seems someone is trying to make more and more ballots too late to be counted and she wanted to make sure hers got there in time to be counted. I reassured her and I hope she is OK now.
It's been raining for the better part of two days here and it's supposed to rain most of today too. I don't mind rain in the warm weather but I do hate being out in it when the temp is close to freezing.
I'm kind of late getting here today because I had to make dog food whele we waited for the boinger. Now she's getting ready to remind me that she needs to go out so I'll have to suffer through a walk in the cold, dreary rain. But that's doggie love!
My plan for today is one quick trip to Davy's. They've reopened after 2 1/2 weeks closed for renovations. I'm eager to see what they've done. And I'm suffer from not being able to run over there whenever I feel like it. That place has established itself!
I wish you all the best of health!
I wish you all a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!
And don't forget to share it with your friends in the Soda Shoppe!
Shirley, I'm shuddering to think of you up on a ladder, feeling sick with Covid. Thank goodness, you found the beeping alarm so that maybe now you will take it easy and rest, drink plenty of fluids, eat a little something nourishing even when you don't feel like it and get well soon. And, for heaven's sake, please don't be going outside and digging through the RV for clothes! You must have other clothes inside the house that you can get warm and comfy in. Yes, I'm being bossy. You need someone to boss you around a little bit so you will take care of yourself. :tickedoff: We are worried about you.
Zeta buzzed through pretty quickly, thank goodness, but left trouble behind. Some people without power but the utility company is getting that fixed. The wind brought a fairly large limb down on my deck just as I was sitting here at the desk looking out at it. Scared the bejeebers out of me! It made a lot of noise but didn't seem to do too much damage, if any. It just missed the deck table and chairs. Really, really tired of storms this year.
David will pick up groceries later this morning. I hope I get all that I ordered. I was running pretty short on a lot of things. We are beginning to see some shortages here again. People are beginning to panic buy several items and shelves are going empty. We are living in a crazy, crazy world. I couldn't believe the astronomical prices of meat when I was filling out my order yesterday!!! Needless to say we will be having more vegetarian meals for awhile.
Take care, All.
Haha, Phyllis, it was a "safe" ladder that my son gave me for Christmas one year, only about 7 steps & very nice handle at the top to hold on to, only had to go up several steps to get that ding-blasted battery out (been smiling ever since). And those sweats I can't find are my fav, know anyone else that has purple & red hoody sweats? I'll never find any like them again! Just what I need to wear about the house to make me feel better. :) Sorry about the tree limb. Do you have a chain saw to cut it up? Firewood for next winter! My son & I have gas powered Sthil saws but he bought a battery powered small one he can use out in the forest (no danger of fires) & brings back plenty of firewood to campsite.
Jane, I'm in Frankie's mode of wanting to be sure MY ballot gets in. I have to wait until Monday morning to call the election office to make arrangements for "someone" to pick up my ballot & then return it. Said that isn't an option. Don't they realize people work??? None of my family live in the same precinct as I do & even though working at home most of the time, they are kept busy. They will do anything I ask but like I told my DIL, "I don't want to use up my offers of help and find I need more/worse later".... Just had a brilliant idea so will see if it works...
Gloria, I bought other kinds for the RV & nothing worked. One time I was so hungry for a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, by myself in the woodsy campground in MO & couldn't get the lid off that new jar of Skippy, I tried everything & vowed to find a solution. Amazon came up with it & I got one for the house & one for the road. I do think one came with the sticky stuff to use instead of screws, but I didn't want it falling down in the middle of a crisis. :D Thanks for the prayers.
Amy, I am so right handed I can't even answer the phone with my left. I have a brother & son that are ambidextrous. Son switched to right hand when he had a problem at 5 years old, called Perthes Disease. Before that he would pick up a bat or football & use whichever side he leaned to. My brother was dominate left & cracked his wrist when cranking a Motel T Ford. He wrote left handed all his life, Andy wrote right handed. We didn't have anything to do with it. We think teachers may have nagged my brother to use his right hand but since Mother & one of her twin sisters were lefties.... didn't matter to us.
Onward... laundry awaits...the piles grew & grew and I am ready for a nap.
Good morning from the Interior hugging the thermometer at ten degrees for probably the rest of the day. Other than catching up on a few things here, I've spent most of my time on the couch, catching up on emails. Such an exciting life I'm leading.
Patricia,sometimes that is all the excitement one can handle. Soon you will feel up to par on doing things. Is Farrah snuggled up beside you?
Amy, she has two places six feet up that she prefers as perches. I laid some old black towels up there, and that's where she can hide and watch both me and out the windows.
Amy: I do hope your hand surgery mends quickly.
Shirley: WOW - that is sad news on the wicked virus. We have heard that some people can catch the virus more than once.
We remain pretty hunkered down and I have started online shopping where they deliver to the front door for one year. Already, one freezing day it was just wonderful to have that service. I am happy to get anything so usually say OK when they substitute something. We are adjusting to staying home near Denver (a suburb) and it is odd to find ice on the streets after being in Arizona so many times. Coping with heavy and much too fast traffic - people are mad at the world right now. We take as many back roads as possible especially to go to the VA hospital for tests and more.
Jenny: I hope you and Bob are doing well. I imagine he would rather be in Florida?
well I try to do more reading than Posting, but Shirley at most of our ages we do not to be on any ladder at all. I have in the past mist judged how many steps left and fell off. thank god we have good carpet and thick pad under it. so i never got any broken bones. I do not have oserprosses < spelling) like Nancy dose, her bones are so brittle she broke her left leg just turning in one of the steps in a line dance. had to have a steel plate put in from her ankle to just below her knee, 84 screws and some clamps and glue to hold it in place. she sure watches what and how she moves now. well it is way past my bed time so out of here and shot and night time pills. sweet dreams i will be back tomorrow.
Lloyd
Good morning everyone..
My gosh it is chilly out 7 ° F . Laundry will be hung on the line later hopefully.
I am not sure who started the meatloaf meal Phyllis?? Then Jane and I followed through.....told my friend I had a delicious meatloaf sandwich and she said darn......now I have to make one. So last night for supper they dined on meatloaf. :2funny: Power of suggestion.
Carol thank you. Just wish I had of thought to cut fabric for masks but didn't :(
Lloyd, our neighbour Floyd fell of a ladder....really made a mess of his leg. I think you and he are around the same age too. Does Nancy take vitamin D ? Vitamin D is necessary for building and maintaining healthy bones. That's because calcium, the primary component of bone, can only be absorbed by your body when vitamin D is present. Your body makes vitamin D when direct sunlight converts a chemical in your skin into an active form of the vitamin (calciferol).Vitamin D isn't found in many foods, but you can get it from fortified milk, fortified cereal, and fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel and sardines. Glad I could copy /paste !
Patricia, don't you just love all the places they call their own. Callie next door loves to sit high in an opening inside and looks down at you.
Jane, missed your good night post.......you must be tuckered.
Gloria, my friend said she has 20 lbs of apples for me, Royal Galas...I can see pies and apple sauce coming on!
Phyllis, shopping is no fun anymore. I hurry in and out so others that are waiting in line can go in. Can't imagine what it will be like when the nasty weather gets here.
Shirley, hope today is a better day for you.........don't tire yourself out. Just take it easy and let your body heal.
Joy, hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
Take care and stay safe.
All this talk of cooking and baking made me take my old notebook with recipes... Yesterday I baked two batches of cookies, about 100 each! Aviv will be delighted.
I hope you all have a "delicious and sweet" Halloween!
Good morning everyone, it is a brrr 24 this morning. We did have snow yesterday, about 4 inches, so beautiful covering the trees, glad most of the trees have shed their leaves already but the pine branches where weighed down with the snow, must have been a wet snow. Of course I stayed inside and did not go out to enjoy it. Most on the pavement melted because it was stoll warm
JANE if you are anything like me you must have been scared when the phone rang that early.
PHYLLIS glad you scolded Shirley. She always does too much and having Covid she has to take it easy.
SHIRLEY I am right handed but my daughter can use either one. She can write upside down and backwords with both hands.
PATRICIA I am another one like you living an exciting life-NOT.
AMY I remember hanging clothes on the lines in winter, they froze to the lines before I even got the pins on them. If it was windy they thawed good and were nice and soft and smelled so good. The heavy thing I had to put on a rack near the stove because they never dried outside except for the legs.
Have a good day and stay safe.
Good Moring Everyfriend!
I remember one night when my Gramma headed up the stairs while I was still sitting at the dining room table doing my homework. She said, "Honjane, if anyone wants to know where I am, tell them I went to bed. I'm plumb wore out!" Well, last night, I was "plumb wore out"! I didn't even stop in the office to turn off the computer. And I slept soundly until 7:15 when I got a text from Cathy asking for my shopping list for the store.
The temp still didn't quite make it to freezing. Right now it's 35 and overnight it was 33. That's cold but not like it is at AMY'S! And I'm not looking forward to that either. Spring and Fall are my favotite seasons....not to hot and not too cold!
Not sure what today will bring. I might make a quick trip to Davy's. They are finally open again after their 2+ weeks of renovations and I'm really eager to see what's different. And I need a couple things from there.
There goes the boinger so I better go feed Mickie and me. Cooper isn't coming today so we're on our own.
I hope everyone is feeling better, well, good! I wish you a great day! Make it your own in every way! And don't forget to share.
[quote from Shirley] Sorry about the tree limb. Do you have a chain saw to cut it up? Firewood for next winter![/quote]
Shirley, we have two chain saws. A gas powered one and an electric one. We bought them when Hurricane Fran hit us head-on in 1996. Trees were down everywhere. Tom used the gas one and I used the electric one. It took us a month to clean up everything but we got it done. Tom called me "Chainsaw Granny" ;D David managed to get the limb off the deck and will take care of it later. He will likely take it down into the woods and stack it. We don't need firewood. I converted the fireplace to gas burning logs years ago. Cleaning the fireplace after burning some logs was never one of my favorite jobs.
Bright sunny morning here but pretty chilly when I got up at 6 a.m. Next week we are supposed to have the first freezing temps. of the season. It seems that we are well in to late Fall and it hasn't felt like Fall for most of the time. It just stayed hot and humid. Everything is topsy-turvy this year.
Gloria, I don't think it did much good to "scold" Shirley. I think she'll just go on doing what she wants to do, anyway. I'm afraid we Kansans are a stubborn bunch. ::)
Take care, stay well, All.
Bubble, inquiring minds want to know...what kind of cookies did you make?
Laundry should be dry now as it did turn out to be a nice sunny day. I see the doves and jays have picked the seed clean so need to put more out for them.
Leftovers...yay for supper tonight so that is already taken care of.
Reporting in, want to make sure everyone knows that I "made it thru the night~~~~~~" I've been sick since last Monday so I'm sort of recognizing a pattern. New torture every day but once I have it figured out I am good for up to 3 hours & somebody turns off the power & body wilts, insists on going horizonal. Close my eyes & I'm gone for at last 2 or 3 hours. Good thing we have 24 in a day or I'd run out of time to get eating in. I did get up about 1:00 or 2:00 am, ate half a pb&j, cup of Postum & right back to sleep. When I got up this morning I fried me an egg, baked a small potato in the microwave & then chopped it up in that same skillet (in butter) for hash browns, you have no idea how good that tasted. Much to do so can't sit long. Supposed to get to 70 today.
Shirley, can you drink Boost or Ensure? Along with the food you are cooking it may help you. My friend WOULD NOT drink either one till a nurse showed me what to do. She asked him if he would like a milk shake.....YES! She took the Boost, put ice cubes in it to get it very cold, took the cubes out , then poured cream in it....cream not milk. He loved it....I know, a sneaky way to get something into him but it did work.
I did go to Davy's today and they enlarged their greenhouse by about 3 times the size and they have more parking and a better setup outside.
I also made cookies today....coconut macaroons and they're um um good! I put a plateful in the hidey hole!
Gotta go take the doggie for a walk before it gets too dark. See ya'll later...I hope!
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Beautiful day here.....we are headed to Dave and Michele's for dinner. Michele always makes her SPECIAL Mac and Cheese 🧀 and boy is it delicious. We will sit out side and watch all the Trick or Treaters come buy and pick up their BIG candy bars off of a table that will be distanced from us as we wear our masks and enjoy the kiddos🎃 Not sure exactly how many to expect but the word on the street is it will HALLOWEEN as normal👻. We shall see. We live in a gated senior community and we NEVER have had little ones come, so that is why we go to Dave's House.
Enjoy your evening. Don't forget to turn back your clocks tonight😩. If I had my choice I would NOT do it! I do not like for it to be dark at 4:30!
Jenny
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Jane, your cookies are delicious with a tall glass of cold milk........thank you!!
I'm another one who dislikes the coming of DST. I guess Mickie and I will have to do our long walks morning and midday. I'm sure as heck not going to get one in after supper and before dark anymore.
And I'm off to the haystack now. I have big plans for tomorrow and it's going to start early. Lots to do! I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, feel-better tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
I really did not need the extra duty of changing a bezillion clocks tonight so will wait till morning. Can't go anywhere so why worry?
Amy, can't do milk. Strange I can eat hard cheese & few spoons of ice cream but milk/cream pushes me over the edge. I get away with butter & do use a lot of that. Once in a great while I will get a strawberry shake, some times no after effects but "last time" was the last time until I forget how miserable it made me.
I will be happy when this is all over, feel like a guinea pig, analyzing every part of my body to see what is different now. If you can think back of every ache, pain, or misery you've had your whole life & lump together, that's what my version of Covid has been! I'm just thankful I am able to stick it out at home so cats can survive. They may not be getting as much attention as before & glad the weather is nice so they can enjoy being out in the sunshine. My world today! Good night, Sweet dreams and God Bless. Shirley
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