hello again.
like I have said a bad piney returns  here i am. about 35 miles from us is a small town Clinton MO. last evening a domestic disturbance a police officer was shot and killed.  7 months to the day another young officer was shot and killed.
so sad so many think the gun is the answer, I think we need to follow the bible
and do as it says spare the rod and spoil the child. I think some good thrashing on the bottom makes the head work better. adults and children with this shooting has gotten out of hand. god help us all.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone, a dark one here waiting for the storm. latest is up to 8"his area. People already in a panic. Wonder what the younger generations would think if with no warning they woke in the morning with 15 inches of snow. I am sure some of you remember the days that happened. No plows to clear the roads or snowblowers to clean driveways.  Manual labor did the clean up. Some areas still do not have power and this time I think there will be more trees/branches and wires down with the heavy wet snow.

BUBBLE  thanks for those links. I always liked making puzzles, my older sin still does, too.

JOY  I remember the lines zigzagging across the back  yard. Taken down when the clothes were dry.

JUNE  glad I do not have anything planned for the next week or so. Dislike having to go out in bad weather now.

GLORIA de  we are really getting the March winds. Not supposed to be as strong time, 25 to 50mph. Of course there could be gusts higher than that. My Mom ironed just about every thing, even towels.

AMY  when I first got a ringer washer I do not know how many buttons I broke till I learned how to fold the clothes right. Will have to check out that RI one. Always the pictures look much nicer than the sites are.

JENNY  I liked bringing in sun and wind dried sheet and make up the bed with them. That night they smelled so good getting into bed. I do miss that. There are clothes lines in a section of the back yard here fehing a stor age shed where they cannot ge seen. I would make use of them if i could but cannot reach the lines anymore.

LLOYD it is 33° here and do not expect it to go up much more.

LARRY  yes there are some linemen here from other states and staying through this storm. With heavy wet snow I am afraid there will be more wires down and more without power. I have Brainsbreaker 4. Maybe I will look into the new one you mentioned.

The bravery of winners
Nancye Sims

It really takes a special boy or girl, man or woman,
To make it to the starting line,
Or play in the game.
For to get there
They first had to defeat a host of inner foes,
More formidable than any visible opponent..
From the little voice of doubt inside them that whispered you can’t do it,
To the voices who had no faith in them.
So just to show up at the starting line,
And put yourself on the line for all to see,
Either your success or failure,
Takes incredible courage,
Incredible strength,
Incredible character,
Incredible determination,
And an incredible dream.
IT TAKES A WINNER!
What makes a winner?
Winners take chances. Losers refuse to.
Winners try to win. Losers watch others try.
Winners insist it is possible. Losers say it’s no use.
Winners challenge life. Losers challenge nothing.
Winners don’t give into fear. Losers fear everything.
Winners see only success. Losers see only failure.
Winners give the most when it’s hardest. Losers give up.
Winners vow to make it work. Losers walk away.
Winners go after what they want. Losers wait for it to show up.
Winners ask questions. Losers know everything.
Winners have goals. Losers don’t want to go anywhere.
Winners have character. Losers only care about themselves.
Winners take action. Losers just complain.
Winners give all. Losers take all.
Winners have hope. Losers feel hopeless.
Winners live by faith. Losers by fear.
Winners accept uncertainty. Losers run scared.
Winners overcome obstacles. Losers are overcome by them.
Winners have dreams. Losers dismiss them.
Winners are Champions
Because they are brave enough to try.
Because they reach for their dreams.
Because their heart is bigger than their fears.
Because the challenge is greater than the obstacles.
Because self respect is more important than failure
Because winning means more than anything,
And quitting is not in their vocabulary……

 Denver too old and aches and pains to sleep good any more. But thanks and have a great day as you like it.

Lloyd

Gloria, those days of 15" of unexpected snow were before the days of sophisticated weather reports.  I used to tell of walking to grade school in snow to my waist.  Even given the fact I was short then, that amount of snow today would be up to my knees, so it still would be a lot.  We lived in the city so I think we had plows, but I walked up an alley and alleys did not get plowed.  Weather people may be wrong today, but still we know something is coming even if it isn't as much or as little as predicted.

My mother's first washer, or at least the one I remember, was a spinner washer, not a wringer washer, because my dad was afraid my mother would get her arm caught in the wringers, as some women did.  That washer lasted many years and when that gave up the ghost, I bought another one - used - and used that until semi-automatic washers came in.  By that time I was working in the appliance department of our electric utility. 

When I moved to this condo in 1981, I bought a washer and dryer and they lasted until 2016 when the washer refused to spin.  We bought a Sears pair and Sears went out of business the next year!

There are whitecaps on Lake Michigan.

Mary Ann

Good Afternoon,

Remember when I said we could have a freeze this time of year?  Well - last night was The Night and the wind chill today is in the 20's! 
Fortunately,  the newly planted pansies didn't freeze but I just about did when I went out to bring in the trash/recycle bin without wearing a coat.

One bin blew over twice after the housekeeper put it out yesterday so I brought it back in the garage.  Took it back out when the wind died down at sunset and then checked before I went to bed to be sure it was still standing.  it was.

At that time, I noticed several solar lights in the flower beds were unlit so Plan A was to go out this afternoon and replace the batteries.
Was also going to put out another set that I'd gotten on sale at Bed Bath & Beyond - as well as a cute solar lit small figurine of 3 gnomes behind a "welcome to the garden" sign". 

However, I'm now sure there are plenty of Things To Do Inside so I'll wait until a warmer day to do all that.

Off to see if I can find one of those TTDI.....or not. 

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere an Enjoyable Day.   

 Mary Ann in 1948 was the worst year I remember for snow. now for getting caught in the wringer. My mom did but it wasn't her arm. she was leaning over the side reaching over the wringer catching clothes and running them through twice. it ought her right besom and pulled her down where she could not reach the switch to reverse it. I was close and she yelled loud enough to get me in there and reverse it. by verbal i was told it turned it black and blue. every accident happens by one or someone else carelessness. Have a great day.

Lloyd

Lloyd, the worst winter I remember was 1951-52 when we had over 130 inches.  Average is 75 inches.  Norm was in Germany that winter so missed out on it, however, being in Germany, he was able to ski and he liked that.

Knowing why my mother had a spinner washer, I never wished for a wringer washer.  Tom does our laundry now because I don't go down the steps to the lower level.  I do miss doing the laundry, but I also like having it done for me.  Your poor mom, I can guess that she'd be black and blue.

Mary Ann

That sounds like a mammogram without the exam, Lloyd!  I remember the one Mom had on her old Maytag washer was a hand crank type.... at one time Maytag was trying to find "the oldest model still in use" and Mom was sure she had it~  Don't know if she got the serial number to send in but she hated to part with it.  Many years later (she kept it stored in the basement), Dad decided it would be a great walnut washer.... they had a walnut tree in their back yard & Dad would save half the walnuts for the squirrels & other half he would take hulls off & then wash, had a metal lathe that he set to a certain strength to crack the walnuts to get whole nuts out.  A lot of work but they enjoyed doing things like that. 

They added a garage on one side of the house & bedroom with bath on the other side (for their old age).  Dad insisted on garage doors on front & back so he could drive through to park in back.... had gravel from the garage to a work shop a few car lengths back.  Great idea, and they had screens made to cover both doors so they could put up long tables in the garage for big parties... (family reunions).  He discovered that putting the walnuts on the ground & driving over them got the hulls off very easy, but cleaning them out of the gravel was not so easy.   

Callie, our wind gusts were 50-60 mph yesterday, absolutely drove me nuts, a little calmer today but will wait & hope for better day tomorrow so I can water the grass & hope it actually lands in MY yard. 

I would put my clothes out on the line at night, when we lived in England, because the neighbor said "if they freeze they will be whiter".  I had not turned 20 when I got there so when the first baby came 2 years later I really appreciated the advice.  Sometimes I would haul wet clothes (had to wash baby things in the bathtub & sent OUR clothes to the cleaners in the first apartment) down 3 flights of steps (our apartment was the original attic)... over & over because of the weather.   We had a little 8x12" electric heater built in the wall in the living room and bedroom, no heat in the kitchen or bath, but I did have to get a wooden rack to hang baby things around to dry, long before the diapers of today.  I was thrilled to have my very own lines in the next house in High Wycombe! Sounds like we all had the same experiences with living, a good life but I am grateful for the advantages of today.

When we lived in western Kansas and the last baby was born, hanging diapers & sheets in that wind was a constant battle, and even after we moved to Wichita & built a new house, hanging sheets on the highest road around the city limits was a challenge to not end up on the acre next to us.  Some days I would start hanging and by the last thing up I could start taking down. I got my first (gas) dryer at that house, guess in 1967, and would you believe, still using it?  Cas put on 2 new belts & think it is about to need another. Son, Andy, insists when it needs one he will fix.... 50 years & still drys faster than anyone else's that I know of.

I have to go feed cats, they are outside and I don't want Tommy to go catch his own supper.  This morning he brought me breakfast to the pool door.  A full grown rabbit that he ate part of the head, body still warm.... YUCK!  Don't know how he gets them over the fence around the pool, has to climb the posts & over the more than 5' sort of plexiglass (Lexan) between the posts.  Normally he brings them in alive but one got away from him & drown in the pool last year.... it was about as big as he is.  He looks so sad when I gather the body into trash bags & put in the dumpster.... "all that work and SHE doesn't appreciate it".

Such is life in my corner of the world. Shirley 

Good evening....here I am just getting in here late again.  I haven’t been worth a darn all day long.  I thought maybe I was getting better but as the day progressed I started feeling much worse.  More pressure in my head, coughing more and my ears are bothering me too.  I guess it is just the meaness coming out😩😱

We had a terrible fire in downtown Denver this afternoon.  It was a new apartment complex with just the wooden structure showing...they think it was started by a cigarette from one of the workmen.  It was such a big fire that it caused many other buildings to catch fire plus vehicles.  Even car windshields were melting.  There were several injured and at least two fatalities.  They were sayiny how thankful they were that we did not have the terrible winds today as we have had the last two days. 

LARRY, the meal at church tonight sure sounds good to me.  I am glad Scott is going to help you do the Costco shopping and hopefully to install the slide outs for the kitchen.  We were at Costco a couple of days ago and I saw a sign in the meat counter saying take $10. off each package of some steak item...well 10$ was nothing.....the price on them was well over $100. That steak must have been filled with gold.  I do not think I could enjoy eating something knowing it cost that much! 

LLOYD,  I knew a lady that also had the same expierences with her wringer washer and it sure made me be VERY careful to not get near the wringer with any body part. 

I, too, broke a few buttons like you, SHIRLEY.   One did have to learn the tricks of the trade didn’t they?  Oh my, I am sure glad my kitty is not a out door boy as I am sure he would bring me a rabbit out two occasionally.  Between the squirrels, birds and rabbits he is driven pretty crazy and would sure like to get out and chase them. 

Growing up in a small town in southwestern Colorado, (Cortez), we never had snow equipment to remove snow from the streets so many times when walking to school I had snow well above my knees to get through.  My brother had a paper route and I would go with him when the weather was bad and it required us to stop many times to clean the snow out of the spokes and fenders.  Now you know why I wanted to move to Arizona to get away from the cold winters.  And WHY am I back here again?  To be near FAMILY, and of course being retired we are not required to get out if we do not want to and we live in a community where we have snow removal. 

I wish you all a good night of rest and I hope those of you that are having storms will not be too put out by it.  Hope your internet, cable and electricity stay on. 

Jenny

How I have enjoyed reading about your day. You are all so special, and I am so happy to be able to share our days together. I had a very good day.....Up early and into a nice warm shower, then into my recliner to use my first dose on the breathing machine. I use it twice a day..early morning and at bedtime. Then I get that first cup of coffee, and do my morning devotions and sing a hymn, just because I want to. Then breakfast and a bit of t.v.  Today was Bible study with Jeff..a young man about my son's age. He and Gary take alternate Wednesdays, teaching us. I love it. They both have eager personalities, that brings the Bible alive.

Had a big lunch downstairs..soup and a BLT, and banana cream pie. Had a couple of good walks,  Right now it is 6:30, and time for me to have a light supper at home.

May God Bless us all with a refreshing nights sleep, and a happy tomorrow.
June

well Ladies I am glad I was Abel to make your day without you having to exprince the pain your selves. it is time I go under the mask and hope it works proper tonight. so good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

The temperature is heading for the low 90s today and we are heading to Acco, or Acre as it's sometimes known. This was a base for the crusaders way back when.
Then its back to Haifa, especially the B'hai shrine and the shrine at Mount Carmel.

Good morning everyone. Snowing hard still and looking out the window everything is white. Does not look windy but the trees and cars and everything are covered. The maintenance man is already out with his little plow clearing the walkways. I fell asleep with the sound of it and heard it again when I woke. Have my first cup of coffee and the local news on. Weather man said we have 6½ inches of snow and 30° and roads are very slippery. One man is out clearing his car and I can see that sometime during the wee hours the plow had been trough the parking lot. Lights blinked once so now I am keeping a flashlight hanging on my rollator. Maybe I should post this anfd then get back to reading the posts.

Good  Morning everyone. I see Radioman34 and Gloria are here reporting. Gloria you may keep the snow down there please, dose sound like you have enough to make some good snow cream though. but do not go out you self to get it, have some young addle person get it for you. we have 24º and mostly clear going for high of 41º and partly cloudy today. I had a good drink of water and am going back to bed see you all later.  Have a great day.

Lloyd

LLOYD  always good seeing you here but I would not call you a bad penny. I know  lady who baby sits a great granddaughter. That  is one 4 year old wh should have he hands or bottom spanked. When she was born the parents told everyone to never scold her for anything. She is a terror, even throwing things and this woman.

MARY ANN  a few of us were talking about years ago when there were no forecasts like today and you looked out in the morning to see what the day was like. These days when snow is in the forecast people panic at the thought of even  inches of snow. Heck a snowfall of at least a foot of it was normal in the winter. Even my 3 remember the roads here before plows. Then they would have dump trucks loaded with sand and 2 men in the back shoveling sand from the back onto the roads. Where we lived when I was young was a mill town. If the weather was really bad at 7 in the morning they would all blow their whistles once  but if it was really bad they would blow it twice, that meant no school.  That did not happen often. My MIL had one of those spin dry washers, better than the wringers.

CALLIE  things to do inside are better than going out in the cold and freezing. I know my son will go to work this morning and how I wish he would stay home. Then a snow storm never kept me out of work either. Glad other son is retired and does not have to get out. My grandson works from home so he will be OK, too. Having a job working on computers the company has cut back on office space and some of them work from home now.

SHIRLEY  glad the wind was not bad with this storm, about 20mph tops so that might help to keep power running.

JENNY  I saw about the fire in Denver on the news this morning. Huge one.

JUNE  glad you had a good day yesterday. Wish your days could all be good.

DON  reading of the places you go in Israel and the history  there makes me wish I could see those places, too.

LLOYD  latest update on the TV is we now have 13 inches of snow. One channel was 6½ and now the other one says 13. Crazy.

Think I have been up long enough now for breakfast. Have a great day.

Broken...still beautiful
Bob Perks

My wife, Marianne, loves hummingbirds. I've watched her sit on our deck for hours waiting for one to come by.

We get the magazine, "Birds and Blooms" and in it are pictures of people hand feeding these magnificent creations of God.  I also see photos of many gathered around colorful feeders in back yards.

We get one.  Just one bird flies by the three feeders we have placed in the proper location in our yard.

Still, waiting for that one is a thrill.

Like the one I ordered from my friend, Don Merrell.   

The hand blown glass ornament delicately crafted by the master craftsman arrived today. I was so excited.  It was a surprise for my wife.

I carefully opened the box and cleared away the styrofoam peanuts to find a box inside the box.  Like a kid at Christmas, I was anxiously awaiting to see the gift inside. Opening that box, I found dozens of soft, thick tissue wrap cradling the treasure. As I unfolded it I could hear a "clinking" sound.

"Not good!" I thought to myself.

One after another I unfolded the wrap until I discovered that this incredible glass ornament was broken.

So was my heart.  Not just because I wanted to give it to my wife, but because so much work went into it.   The colors were beautiful.  The intricate detail of the bird must have taken hours to perfect. But there it was in three pieces.

I immediately took a picture of it and emailed it to Don and followed up with a phone call. Within a short time he returned my call.

I had never spoken to him before, you see he's one of my "friends I've never met."

"Don, I am so sorry!" I said immediately.

His calm, deep voice began to sooth my spirit. I was more upset about it than he was.

"Bob, it doesn't happen often, but it does happen," he assured me as he chuckled a bit.

It came all the way from North Carolina, from the hands that made it, wrapped it, carefully boxed it and shipped it to arrive here in three pieces.

"Don, I'm sending the piece back to you today," I said. "Maybe you can reuse parts of it for something."

Later when he replied to my email, he wrote, "You were right.  It really took a hit!"

He kept apologizing to me.  It wasn't necessary.  I know firsthand that these things happen.  I've shipped many of my mugs to customers and over the years a few arrived broken even though I, too, packed them carefully.

"I have another in that color.  It will be sent tomorrow," he said.

We talked for a few minutes and when I hung up I felt better about the whole thing.

But here's the most remarkable thing about this.  Even though this fine piece of art work was broken, it still was beautiful.  I mean, in three pieces, it was stunning, so now I can only imagine what it will look like whole.

There's a deeper story here.  You know there always is.

There's another Master Craftsman.  His handiwork is undeniably beautiful.  He painstakingly creates it, too, and sometimes as it travels through life it gets damaged and broken. But these pieces cannot be replaced.  They are much too valuable, unique and created not just to add to the world, but to be a reflection of the Creator.  An art work with a purpose.

They can't be sent back for repair, He does it right where they are.  Some are slightly chipped.  Some broken in two.  Sadly, others are broken in a million pieces, but that does not mean it can't be whole again.

Come on, you know what I am talking about.  You!

You've been broken.  You've been whole and broken again.

But just like that glass ornament you were still beautiful.

Give the Creator a call.  You'll hear a calm, deep, voice. He'll tell you "it's okay, it happens.  You really took a hit!"

Then if you permit Him, He will begin to repair your brokenness, but He can only do it if you trust and believe. Like my friend who creates from glass, it will take time.

In the mean time remember...you may be broken, but you are still beautiful.

Good morning everyone..

Where is Jane???

Woke up to the ground covered in snow, not a lot maybe 2 inches so Mr Shovel and I shall waltz.  Yesterday was long and so was the drive but now that is over with for 6 months till hubby has to go back. Today is back into town for more blood work for hubby, he is to not take his meds till after the test is done. Then home to chase dust bunnies.

Joy I am glad we didn't get several inches of snow.

Gloria hope your power doesn't go out on you.

Lloyd, hope you caught more shut eye.

Better get dressed and outside to clean the walks and driveway.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning to Amy, Lloyd, Gloria, and Don.   Nice to see you all here early this morning.  And good morning to all the friends who will be here later.

Don, your travels today sound very interesting.  Will look forward to some pictures.

It is a pretty sunny morning, but still so cold.  And, now they are talking about another storm next week.  I am so ready to just run away.  SO, tired of the cold and messy weather.

Nothing special on my plate today.  Just trying to get moving.  I am just so slow and lazy in the mornings.  I was up early so that I could go down and get my mail from yesterday.  I was expecting a package, so wanted to pick it up before today's mail came.   So,  I am sure a nap will be on tap for later today.

I have an on-line order ready to be picked up at Walmart, but I told my DIL that it can wait until Saturday.  She is feeling better, but still coughing.  It is good that I can just keep adding to my grocery list, and don't have to check out until I know when it can be picked up.   My pantry is almost bare, but I can make do until the week end.

I hope everyone will have a good day.  Stay warm and dry if you are in one of the colder or wet areas.  I know everyone is ready for spring.

Joy

Hi Everyone. We woke up to a really chilly morning and we had a freeze last night.  Today we will get only into the low 50's but it is a nice sunny and clear day with no wind.  The only thing on the agenda for today is to go to coffee.  The old fellow I pick up to go to coffee with me celebrated his 88th birthday last night and everyone at the dinner sang Happy Birthday to him.  His daughter had brought in cupcakes and he called me over to his table and shared one with me and one for Pat although Scott actually ate here.  Later today I think Pat and I go and both have hair cuts. We did have a nice dinner last night at the Church.  The fried chicken was very tasty.

Scott has a new tenant for his apartment at the back of his house and I invited him to come and have dinner with us and then he came out for the evening and played Farkle with Pat and Jennifer while Scott put in a couple of the shelves.  In the other cabinets the top shelf is removable which makes putting in the bottom sliding shelf fairly easy.  However, the ones he worked on last night had the top shelf permanently attached so the bottom shelf was very difficult.  After he had installed it we found that it was too wide and I should have gotten one not as wide.  So that one will come out and we will use it in the bathroom.  Pat did get her new phone and it is really nice as has big numbers and a larger screen on the front.  She can also answer and end a call without opening the lid and it has three present numbers.  I think she is really going to like it and it is red, which is what she wanted. 

Joy, glad your roads stayed clear from the snow.  My son was a huge help to me yesterday at Costco and he says he will go with me anytime I need to go in the future to do any shopping.  I think our pantry and refrigerator/freezer are pretty well stocked for the rest of the month. 

Lloyd, I guess the size of a town has little to do with the dangers to our policemen. 

Gloria, I sure do remember seeing the snow come down and wondering when would it quit.  I remember a few times we had very deep snow.  I also don't remember our school being called off very often as the kids all walked to the one room country school house and could wade through pretty deep snow as there often had been no traffic on the roads since the snow.  I hope your area is OK today.  Brainsbreaker 4 still works well for the jigsaw puzzles.  Pat and I had used it for many years and I finally decided to get the version.  The changes probably aren't worth the $20 it cost but that helps support the man who created it and continues to maintain the site.  I really enjoy sitting in my easy chair with my laptop working the puzzles as does Pat. 

Callie, why do the solar lights need batteries?  I thought the sunshine recharged them.  It sounds like you are chilly down your way like we are here. It is cold enough here this morning for my leather coat.

Shirley we had a walnut tree out in one of the pastures that produced many walnuts and in our yard there was a hickory nut tree and I loved to eat the nuts from both.  I can't even guess how many quarts of walnut halves my grandmother must have prepared over the years.  I think cats like to reward their owners with gifts that they have caught. 

Jenny, have you seen the doctor.  That sounds like pure misery you are enduring.  I did need Scott's help yesterday with the shopping.  I was able to get a riding cart yesterday at Costco as not sure I would have done very well walking the aisles and had several things to get.  I especially appreciated his putting the things in the car and then unloading them and getting them into the kitchen.  I suppose there are a lot of people who wouldn't think anything about the $100 steaks. 


June, always pleasant to read that you have had a good day. 

Don, I hope you and Bubble have a great day and don't get too hot on your outing. 

Gloria, hope you don't lose power today and get too much more snow.  That poor child you spoke of with no discipline in her life will have trouble when she grows up and find the world is all about here and what she wants.  All children need to know the rules and learn the boundaries.  Working from home certainly has an advantage during bad weather.  I did that for 18 months before I retired and it worked very well.

Amy, I hope your roads are good as you go for the blood work to be done for your husband.  I hope those dust bunnies aren't too ornery today.   

The Centipede

A single guy decided life would be more fun

if he had a pet.

So he went to the pet store

and told the owner

that he wanted to buy an unusual pet.

?
After some discussion,

he finally bought a talking centipede,

(100-legged bug),

which came in a little white box

to use for his house.

He took the box back home,

found a good spot for the box,

and decided he would start off

by taking his new pet

to church with him.

So he asked the centipede in the box
"Would you like to go

to church with me today?

We will have a good time."

But there was no answer   
?

from 
his new pet.

This bothered him a bit,

but he waited a few minutes

and then asked again,

"How about going

to church with me

and receive blessings?"

But again,

there was no answer

from his new friend and pet.

So he waited

a few minutes more,

thinking about the situation.

The guy decided

to invite the centipede

one last time.

This time he

put his face up against

the centipede's house and shouted,

"Hey, in there!

Would you like to go   
?

to

Church with me   
?

and learn about God?"

 
 

YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS 
   
......


This time,   
?

a little voice

came out of the box   
,


"I heard you the first time!

I'm putting my shoes on!"

hahahahahahahaha........

Lloyd:  Cute joke - Shirley is still laughing. 

It is so interesting to read notes from around the world.  Different living conditions, weather and all sorts of news. 

A chicken carcass with a lot of meat is simmering in the crock pot for soup.  The weather is beginning to warm a bit in Tucson - Jenny:  You would like this temperature as it doesn't get as hot as Phoenix. 

Don just returned from a walk - he met a javelina scooting by and that is a bit unusual in daylight.  Both son and DIL have rough colds - so far no flu.

We are all different:  we are all the same.   

Both dogs just came in with their backs covered in snow. It has been snowing most of the day, lightly, but now it is getting serious! I shovelled this morning  and I think I will do it again tomorrow morning . While out this morning I heard a robin and hope it will find enough to eat!

Jane, is having trouble trying to get in S$F but she said she will keep trying.

June, loved the punch line and couldn't help but think if the centipede has any tap shoes

Carol,hope your son and dil feel better soon...lots of fluids and chicken soup helps

Carol I am lost I have no clue as to what you think is a joke. Shirley was not relay laughing ,I think she was just lightening up a true fact about my mother leaning over the wringer of a wringer washer and getting her bosom caught in it and I had to reverse it and get her loose. true story. Shirley was comparing it to getting a mamagram you ladies have to do getting tested for barest cancer. hope that clears things up.

Lloyd

June, I join Shirley in laughing, that was a cute one.


The sun is in and out to day, more snow on the ground, it is very heavy, two trees when down in the yard next to me. As of this morning 38,000 people are without lights. Some as much as 5 days.

Larry, yes pets do catch things thinking they will make you happy.  Taffy one more laid a mouse next to my chair, where I was going to set and have my breakfast. Larry, think I wrote this before my mother never had a washing machine,  When Cyriel and I got married and moved back to Long Island when he got out of the service.  we went on a waiting list first for a refrigerator we had a ice box this was 1946, after we moved to the Lighting Co, Dennis was 6 mos. old and we went into Jamaica to Macy's Dept. store and bought a Maytag ringer.  When it was deliver out to Ronkonkooma I went to plug it in, but there was no cord.  My husband checked the machine out and there was no motor. It took over 6mos. to get that straighten out, no one would believe us.  the store even threaten me when I would not make payments.  Now people think I am a little crazy if I look something over and check for a motor.

The first washing machine I remember my mother using was a round galvanized tub that she has setting on two kitchen chairs, with i big scrub board sitting inside with Hot soapy water.  I don't recall how she rinsed anything...I was probably about four years old. My brother and I were bathed in this same tub.....together. Wash day was usually boiled white beans with pork for supper. How times have changed. My Mother lived for 90 years, in spite of the labor she had done in her life time. She remarried in her late forties, to an oil driller and they moved to the Persian gulf for about 7 years, where she had house servants, and she played golf on the desert sands. Compared to my mothers life, mine was dull. Elec. everything, but no servants.

We had a memorial service at our Chapel this afternoon. It was quite a new experience for me. The lady had been a resident here for four years, but the Chapel was filled with other residents and family and friends. a beautiful service with three different Ministers speaking.

I am making a light supper at home...something new....I am trying out hard boiled eggs in the microwave. I found out "how" on the computer. So I had  better go eat them while they are still warm........

June, you reminded me of a setup my mother had for washing.  I've told that she had a spinner washer.  She also had two galvanized tubs that sat on a rack and Mother would take the clothes from the washer and put them in one of the tubs of hot (warm?) water for a first rinse, then put them in the second tub for another rinse.  She would put the clothes in the spinner section of the washer and she may have  put additional water in there and all of the water would spin out.  I think it wasn't as hard a procedure as I've made out.  I still have one of the galvanized tubs and I have the stick that my mother used to get the clothes out of their various tubs.  I don't know what happened to the second tub but I seem to remember someone filled it with water softener salt which didn't do the tub any good and it probably was disposed of.  The salt may have been wet.

Mary Ann

Good evening.....

Still suffering with this cold.  Did not sleep well at all with the coughing and horrible sore throat.  It was a beautiful day here so around noon i got dressed and we went the Zoo to get some fresh air and some sunshine.  I did not feel any worse being out than I did sitting here in my chair.  Tonight I am no better....same issues.  I really do not think I need to see my doctor, but I will see how I am on the morning.  Not sure what a doc can do for me....to be honest. 

I have the worse irritation on the outside of my throat...under my chin.  It itches and is so irritated...I have put Benidril lotion on it and it hardly helps at all.  Not sure I have ever expierences this before....it is very strange and extremely annoying. This is in addition to the horrible burning and itchy throat....
Maybe I do need a doctor😢🤣

MARYANN, is your arm feeling better now that you are not doing the PT and irritating it?  I hope?

Cute joke, JUNE.

Enjoyed your Broken...still beautiful, GLORIA.

GLORIA de, you need to tell us the rest of the story about that washer with no cord and no motor! 

Pleasant dreams to all. 

Jenny

Denver you rushed the good night time last evening. my page showed you at 11: something you usually check out just after midnight, that is ok just so you stay on board. I am pretty sure I am older than you so i will keep on running and you can keep on following. just so we stay in touch. Have a great day I am going to get another drink of water and go back to bed, the tattle tail on my breathing machine said I have only had 6.33 hours of good sleep with no mask leak and good humidity. see everyone Later.

Lloyd