Good morning everyone! I do not know if this thing is working or not. it is very slow loading and says I was last on last night. not much contact yesterday ?

Lloyd

Good morning everyone..

Going to be another scorcher today,we will leave the dogs home with the a/c on for them while we head to the city. Hubby has a cardio appointment and we need to do a few things while there...Costco being one of them.

Yesterday went well..I was surprised that my blood work turned out as good as it did Noticed that the leaves are dying on the trees  and we only saw one family of wild turkeys this time. VON was telling us there is a cougar up by him walking about.

Bubble I too thank you and Jeanne Lee for keeping us going. Pray that Joan soon returns.

Jane wow that is a fantastic number!!! Hope you had fun with you sis yesterday.

Carol, there is a saying. If you don't stand behind our troops,please feel free to stand in front!!!

Lloyd, talked to my honey man and he has some clover honey and I hope to get it on Fri.

Gloria, it was in the 90's here yesterday and likely again today.We are breaking records here for the end of Sept!! We had a couple of fires on in Aug and a/c on in Sept!!

Better get a move on here, need to run hubby's vehicle in to the garage then my neighbour is going to pick me up and bring me back then onto the city.

Enjoy your day everyone..

Good morning Lloyd,
Yes it is working ok for you..
Enjoy your day.

good Morning AMY good to see you and thanks for the report. My friend Bob had too many honey do chores to do never made it over to get track Back on bulldozer. oh well all that ends well is well. it is currently 67º partly cloudy and going for 87º here. have a great day.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I waited out Annie's pill on the sofa this morning so I'm a little late getting started today.  I guess yesterday's activities took more out of me than I realized but I did so enjoy my visit with my sister and she really did good when she picked out a brother for me.  He's really special!

Today's activity is making the barbecue sauce that I've been passing over for a while.  As soon as I'm finished here, I'll be getting dressed and getting started on it.  I have to be ready for visitors on Friday.  My Texas daughter if flying into Baltimore airport and my Maryland daughter is picking her up then both are coming here for the weekend.  I can't wait to see them both.  It's been too long.  And for the first time in a very long time, all my kids will be in town at the same time!  There are 2 here and 2 coming!  What more can a mother ask for!

LLOYD, I have my blood sugar checked regularly since diabetes runs in my family.  I have not ever had a trace of it.  I tend to have the quirks that my dad's family had and none of the bad stuff from my mother's family.  But I don't take chances.

Guess I better get this day started.  You all take it and make it special in your own way.!

Good Morning everyone from the sunny
and very mild and pleasant,  rocky coast of Maine. 

My favorite time of the year coming up  (FALL),
except that it is too SHORT..    Maybe this year  Fall
will stretch out a little longer ....! 

Usually, our worst Wintry Months are January and February. 
So we still have time to enjoy the warm...

Have a good day,   Everyone!
Sandy

Hi everyone.  We are headed back into the low 90's for today. Our Senior Adult Monthly luncheons resume today after the summer break.  Our speaker today is a lady involved with the rescue dogs and I understand we will be having several of those dogs also in attendance.  If the menu is the same as we had last year we will be having soup and a sandwich for our lunch.  I can't remember whether there is a dessert served or not but we can always have an apple or banana to take home.  That is all that is on the schedule for today.

Gloria, the apples and tomatoes make a nice gift from your son.  I like consumable gifts and I certainly like apple crisps. I agree with Carol that your sons are not going to know you could use a little help if you don't let them know.

June, hope you got your grocery order done yesterday. 

Jenny, thanks for the explanation of the snapping turtles.  Those little creatures heading to the water must have been quite a site.  Glad your grand kids didn't miss that. I also miss seeing Joan's cheerful postings and hope she will be able to come back and join in the conversations even if she isn't up to doing all that she has done for so long. 

Jeanne, the BP app is also available for Android phones.  It does require a smart phone.  The description of the icare blood pressure monitor speaks only of the smart phones.  I have used it in the doctor's office right after they have taken my bp with their device and found the app is very close.  I hope you do find a house cleaner.

Lloyd, I didn't know that eating cherries would impact your blood pressure. 

Amy, we had the stuffed peppers from Costco last evening for dinner and they were very good.  I like your saying about the troops.

Jane, how great to for you to have all of your children together at the same time for the weekend.   

Good morning, again.

I was just here and wrote a long message and  "poof" it disappeared.   Just don't know what I do when that happens.  Really frustrating.

So, I will just wish everyone a good day, for now.

Joy

Larry lot's of things will spike blood sugar especially too much of. my recommendation is blood sugar tester and take soon after an amount of eaten.

Joy some time you can scrawl up or down and get it back sometimes hit refresh or combo, of each. good luck.

Lloyd

Joy:  When things go poof, eat chocolate. 

Fall is my favorite time of the year too - it just energizes me with ideas.  Now, I face reality.

Jane:  Wonderful for you to have daughters visiting. 

Amy:  Thanks for your mentioning troop support.  --- I have not seen a wild cougar for years, probably the last site was when we lived in the foothills and we saw paw prints and also they would bask in the sun after a meal.  Crafty ones.

My sewing yesterday was nerve-wracking because I was trimming the inner part of a piece when  I reached over and the entire cutting table crashed.  Everything was alright - I was afraid that my rotary cutter had damaged something but it looks alright now.  Had to stop for the day after that fiasco. 

Good Morning Everyone!

Well it is a drippy rainy day here.  Rained most of the day yesterday and we had flash flood warnings most of the afternoon.  I think we must have had rain most of the night, as wet as it was this morning.  Not fussing though.  We needed the rain.

Larry I still don't understand how the BP monitor works on the phone.  You don't need a cuff?  If not, how do you monitor it? (BP)

Not too much going on here, pretty quite as a matter of fact.  My old dog is back in bed and sound asleep and wife is also back in bed.  I have been taking care of much of nothing.

Any old how, everyone have a great day.

Good Morning all.......My day  is starting out great. Don't really know why, unless it was one of my morning readings. I feel very optimistic, and that makes me happy.

Larry, thank you, but no, I did not get my grocery order in yesterday, and you know what ? I don't even give a hoot. Just goes to tell me, "if you don't have it ,and you don't miss it, you don't need it."

Hal, you sound very happy my friend. Guess that rain you are having filled a need. Or, hopefully, it is lack of pain due to the treatment you had. God is SO good.

I really DO need to write two snail-mail letters, so hopefully that will be what God wants me to do today.

Good afternoon, Sunny and another lovely day. they say to day will be the last of the unseasonably warm days.

My two days out days out this week have done me in.  Monday we went out to lunch, from there drove to WestHampton Bch. and took Dune rd. all the way to the Inlet in Hampton Bays, did stop for a while and watched the beautiful large waves coming in from the ocean. It was like a summer day, crowds where everywhere and people were swimming in the Ocean and also on the Bay side. When we got to the Inlet, we got out of the car and just set and watched the boats coming and going out into the ocean. Even a helicopter landed on the other side of the inlet. I loved the smells of the water and beach.  Made my day.  WE came back to Riverhead, went to a farm stand and loaded up  with veggies.  I also got a small bottle of fresh made cider. WE completed our days, by going to the Snowflake, for a soft ice cream sundae.  The Snowflake is even listed in Woman;s Day Mag. for the best in the US  and it is on my corner. Been there for the last 40 or 50 years. Use to take the boys there when they were little.  Tuesday was another full day.

OH, GLORIA-D, that sounds like an absolutely wonderful day!  I'm so glad you were able to enjoy it!  What a bonus for this time of year!

Gloria D,  I have to agree with Jane.,  Your description of your day out made me feel very jealous.  I just love being by the ocean or even at a beach on the bay.
I have been wanting to go to Ocean City, down on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for so long. I keep hinting, but my family not longer like going to the beach.

I wouldn't be able to walk the beach anymore, but I would just be so, so happy to sit on a nice balcony overlooking the water and the beach and people-watch.

I will have to go back and read you message again and just feel sad that I couldn't be with you.

Joy

I'd like a day like Gloria De's too.  We're not near enough to Lake Michigan to go there often, however, if we visit James in Holland, we do drive along the lake.  Norm used to like to detour when he was driving home from any place and Tom does too.  Yesterday we went to Subway and instead of coming directly home, we took a roundabout route.  Much more scenic. 

It's 90 degrees here now but a cold front will lower our temperatures by tomorrow and things will be much more comfortable.

Joy, one thing I'd love to do is go to a seafood restaurant; we don't have them here.

Mary Ann

Jane, Joy and MaryAnn, you do not know what the day met to me, I thought I would never see the ocean or the Inlet again, where I have had such happy memories.  When Cathy suggest the ride to me I felt like my own grandma, when my mother would take her for a ride on Sunday to places she wanted to see again.
I have been happy tired the rest of the week. WE did take a couple of pictures at the Inlet, they have lots of benches  so we could set comfortably and just look. We were lucky to get a parking place right in front of one of the benches so I had to walk only a few steps.

GLORIA, I could feel your pleasure in what you wrote and I'm so happy you have a friend like Cathy to do such a nice thing for you!  I've reread your entry three times today and it brings me pleasure just to see it trhough your words and feel your joy in the day.  You have a good tired to recover from but you will always have your lovely day!

I'm tired tonight too but it's because I spent the day doing what I love best around the house.  I made a batch of barbecue sauce and canned it.  It looks gorgeous sitting there cooling and I'm going to enjoy it in recipes all winter.  I've been out since June and the kind they have in the store just isn't the same.  Some of it is pretty good but I've been making my own most of my grown up life and I'm used to it.  It's a bit different each time I make it but it's still basically the same.

I'm off to bed pretty soon.  I wish you all a peaceful sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us every one!

Jane, I wish I had had your energy when I was younger.  I alternated with my dad in doing the cooking and I baked cakes and cookies, but I never did any canning.  You mention the store brands of foods not tasting the same; did you ever add anything to them to get a taste more to your liking?

Gloria De, I know how you felt seeing the ocean after wondering if you'd ever see it again.  In 2005 Jim and I drove to North Dakota so that could be his 50th state to visit.  My dad was born in Elba MN and my mother was born in Lake Mills WI.  I was 81 and none of my family was interested in visiting family places.  Jim's wife was my first cousin so she had the same maternal history that I did.  On our way home from North Dakota, we drove first to Elba and next to Lake Mills.  Both places were home to my grandparents, three of which I never knew, so I had my last trip to those places, thanks to Jim and me going to North Dakota.  Doing something like that late in life is very satisfying.  Cathy did something very nice for you and I'm glad you had the trip.

Mary Ann

I did get one thing done today. I wrote a long  letter to a friend that I hugged for ten years where I lived in Hemet. She worked at our front desk, and I still miss her.Then I got a paper jam on my printer, so had to call downstairs for help. Dear Grace appeared shortly and had it all taken care of in minutes. I watched how she did it, so hopefully I will remember.

I have two things on my agenda for tomorrow...Gary's  Bible Study class in the morning, and my Drs. appt. in the afternoon.

I join the rest of you in rejoicing in Gloria de's wonderful day out. I wish we all could have been with her.

But now it is time to the get ready for bed chores, then book and bed and prayerfully a good sleep for us all.God is watching over us, so sleep peacefully. Hugs and Love dear ones. June

good Night everyone. sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Everyone ready for me to turn out the lights?  Did I tell y'all that Mama CallieCat returned?  Poor thing, she looked starved, must have been locked in someone's garage & they finally got home.  She was missing the whole time I was gone & until either Sunday or Monday night, so at least 10 days.  She has been eating everything I put in her dish & then fills up on the Friskies Indoor Delights dry food. One of the neighbors came running over when she saw her out front, said she had just that night before put away the food dishes she kept outside for her.  So far she has slipped into my garage day & night ever since.  I have dry food feeder, couple bowls of water, a litter box & heated bed in the garage for her.... so when it is raining like yesterday & today, she is content to stay in.  She does come inside to eat meals with her kids (Tom & Tiger).  What can I say, they have me well trained.

The son of the couple across the street that moved into retirement village for one & memory care for the other just a couple weeks ago, came over today to tell me his father died yesterday.  I am glad they got her moved & she is settling in nicely at her new home, she was a nurse so knew the score.  He was a doctor, such a character, going to miss him.  We all recognized that he hated not being able to take care of themselves.  We know he is in a better place but his wife will struggle with the loss.  He treated her like a queen, a beautiful love story, we are never ready to give up friends or family, are we?   

Love hearing about everyone's days, especially the joyous one like yours, Gloria de....

Sandy, that is a darling photo of Fe.... is she a "free spirit" like her gr-grammy?  Looks very independent & determined.   

Mary Ann, I know how you feel about visiting family places.  I hope to go to an Octoberfest in the little town where my mother grew up.  I need to call a cousin that lives there to find out when the town/church has their big one.  I have 2 other trips planned for Oct, one a class reunion & other is my father's side family gathering. The Octoberfest has been a goal for years, to taste some of that old French & German food that recipes have passed down generation to generation.  Many years ago I took my parents to one & was amazed at the memories of tastes & smells still so familiar.   Every year something happens that I don't go.... I really want to get there this year.  The trip to MO is about half as far as where I go in CO, so much easier.  It isn't too far for my daughter to come for a day trip, she loves doing that.  Couple years ago the cousins on my mother's side had a reunion in the little town along the river where my father grew up.... daughter & her daughter joined me & absolutely loved the history.  The old town is on the National Register of Historic places.

Sweet dreams & God Bless....

Mary Ann,  oh, how I wish I could take you out to dinner at one of our favorite seafood places. 

Maryland's Eastern Shore is very famous for their various seafood, but there are lots of places all over the state that serve wonderful seafood. 

I guess you can get crab meat and other various seafood items, but it sure isn't the same as getting it fresh.  There is one place right near me that gets their crab meat delivered fresh every morning.  I do get good steamed shrimp from our local grocery store. 

I have seen some  places in different parts of the  US that  advertise they serve Maryland Crab Cakes,  but I have never found one where they really do taste like our good Maryland ones.

Joy

Good morning everyone.
Thoroughly enjoyed reading all your posts ,got hungry for sea food and loved the smell of the ocean.

Yesterday was another scorching day, Dr was pleased with hubby's bp  and didn't change any meds. I returned a phone to Costco...goodness I  couldn't program the phone book in it and gave up. Told the girl the phone was ok it was just me and I was going to buy one that I knew I could program. She said they get a lot of the ones I returned back, told her I do understand that!

Each year we make a pilgrimage up through a Park when the colour is on and thought maybe today but it is going to be another hot day so opted for tomorrow when the temp is not so bad. This will give me a chance to play catch up,finish off a quilt and go get hubby's vehicle from the garage.

Enjoy your day everyone..

Good morning Everyfriend!  We're just here waiting out Annie's pill time.  I read everything and, like Amy, had a yearning for sea food and actually smelledthe ocean. 

SHIRLEY, I'm glad your kitty returned and I'm sorry about Lauren Kat but, like someone else said, hopefully she just found herself a comfortable place to curl up and leave this earth.

I have another busy day today!  Lots of catching up to do.  And if I have any energy left, at least one doggie will be in the tub tonight.

The timer went off and it's breakfast time for the doggies and me too so I wish you all a lovely day filled with memories!  Enjoy!

Good Morning everyone. 58º and partly cloudy goring for 70º today. VA gave me a phone I can hear better on, is called ( clarity ) little by little I am getting it programmed. It has a book about 1/4" thick 6" x 8" . the hard part is figuring out and finding what you want to do with it. you dial a # to call it repeats what ever # you push that is good as you know right off if you pushed the right key.
now for all the learning curves and remembering them. can also put frequent
calls and or save a number called you if you like. oh just to remember how to do what. what a phone . Have a great day everyone.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyone!

The rain continues along with the cooler temps, just suppose to be in the 80's today.

Not too much on tap her today.  Like yesterday, have a repairman due between 8 and 10, hope it is closer to 10.

I am not much on seafood or the ocean.  Enjoy both on rare occasions.  Use to go down to the beach in Corpus Christi and walk and pick up Sand Dollars and of course girl watch.  LOL

I am like some of you, I do enjoy going back to old family places and love reunions, unfortunately, the younger families don't have them any longer.  My family, close family, get together every chance we get.
I have always taught my brood that family is very important.  Tisie I can still remember all the good cooking and desserts.  Makes my mouth water.

Well coffee is ready.  Who wants some. I'm pouring.

Good morning everyone, I am so dumb. I know I cannot do much anymore but I over did it on Monday. My son brought  me a bag of huge tomatoes and a bag of apples on Sunday. I could not see wasting the tomatoes so I blanched and peeled them and cooked them down for sauce. Have 7 containers now in the freezer.  Made an apple crisp yesterday and cut some apples up and into the crockpot for applesauice. They cooked down overnight but I will wait for my CNA to put it through the food mill. Can hardly walk, never mind stand for anything. I am still paying for that work and can just about move.

GLORIA de  your day is something I would enjoy, too. Love the smell of the ocean abd watching the waves break over the ledges.

That's it for me today unless I feel better later.

Good Morning Everyone from the warm and pleasant,
  rocky coast of Maine. 

I am off this morning with Kelly to do errands  and sometimes
Madison and Fe come along too.     (Four generations of gals)..

Fe is easy to take along.    Her parents take her with them
everywhere.     If they go bowling,  Fe goes bowling. 

It is really funny,  her being only 18 months old now..   
Their little family is very very close.   When her
dad gets out of work, he is right there for Fe, and takes over
for the evening ... 

I love to see little families that connect so much.
Madison is a stay at home Mom.   

Time to get ready to go out. 
Have a great day,  everyone!

Sandy
Click below     Madison and FE  https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/gallery/89-270917090224.jpeg

Gloria we are with you I seam to get up out of the chair a bit easier than Nancy.
but I got down it  the shop and had to role oser to get hold of a bench to pull my self up got to run see you all later.

Lloyd