Jane, congrats on leaving the "dippy" stage.  You've been a busy girl recently, so take your well deserved rest. 

Mary Ann

Good morning everyone..

Chilly here with a temp of 8° F but sunny..

A day of rest and Remembrance here. Need to do a few things first dust bunnies have come in for the winter and that just won't do!

Enjoy your day everyone..

Good morning on this 100th anniversary of  Armistice Day !  That is what it was called when I was growing up.  I remember my mother talking about this special day.  Now, of  course, it is called Veterans Day.  A day to remember all the Veterans.

Amy, I should be getting rid of some dust bunnies, also.

Jane,  I was watching the Hallmark movie with Leanne Rimes, and never did see the end.  I woke up and it was 2 a.m.  Never did get back to sleep.  Finally got up a little after 6.  So, I know a nap will be forthcoming.  Glad you got all your crackers dipped.

I do hope I will be able to stay awake to watch the  movie tonight on the  other Hallmark  channel that shows movies and mysteries.  It is called A Veteran's Christmas at 9 p.m.  EST.

June, hope you got to the music program last night.  Sounds like ""our" kind of music .

Have a good Sunday.

Joy

Hi Everyone. We have a bright and clear morning sky and it is 44 degrees here at my house on this Veteran's Day.  I am pretty sure we escaped the light freeze last evening. Yesterday was a quiet day although we did get out around 2:30 and went to have our main meal at the Monterrey Mexican Restaurant downtown. I came home and watched football until about 10:30 last night with Georgia and Clemson winning but the University of South Carolina losing to Florida as although it was a good close game.  Today is Church Day and as of last night Pat planned on attending Church.  However, her Fibromyalgia has flared up in her neck and shoulders so know that will be a factor in her final decision. 

As usual I am a bit rushed on Sunday morning so probably will not make comments to those I commented to in Norm's B&T.

Jane, glad you were able to sit down for your job in the 10,000 meal packing project.  Many hands make short work of major projects.  It sounds like it must have been well organized.  For a couple of years Pat helped with a pillow making project that the Church Circles do each year and they made many pillows in a couple of hours as it was very well organized. 

deAngel, is it each homeowner's responsibility to keep the walks clean of snow and if so does a neighbor do that job for you? 

June, I had the opportunity to met Katie, P. Roe and Kon as well as Papa John and Cornelia plus quite a few of the other Seniornetter's back at the Atlanta Bash in about 1998.  I hope you were up to attending the Chamberlin program and hearing those old songs is always enjoyable. 

Mary Ann, we probably won't watch much golf until after the first of the year as I like to watch football and now the college basketball programs have started.

Jane, at least you can be a bag lady in your own home and only for a short time.  Thanks for sharing them with us. 

Amy, BRRR!  Those dust bunnies have to spend the winter somewhere and you wouldn't want them to be cold would you? 

Joy, I see that our President is in France to help observe Veteran's Day (Armistice Day) along with several other world leaders.   

Good Sunday Morning Everyone,
from the cool and cloudy, rocky coast of
Maine.   

I can't believe that NEXT WEEK is Thanksgiving Day,
here in the USA,  and the Holiday Season is
upon us.     The good news for me means that it is
coming and so going so very fast this year.   

Wow !!

Today is Veterans  Day,  which we celebrate
tomorrow for convenience sake (?)...
My how time flies!   

Have a good week,  everyone. 
Sandy

Happy Armistice/Veterans' Day. Remember all who served and did not return and those who came home wounded and those who survived.

Good morning everyone, a cold morning with windchill feels like mid 20's but it is sunny for a change. A little rain overnight and on TV they are telling drivers to beware of black ice. Yep winter is showing up already. As Joan would have said, time to get the "Geemagotchees" out. Had another day of power going out at  times. Happening too often lately. The power company tells us nothing so don't know what is going on. This section of town has it's own power, not part of the National Grid. Never had so much going out before.

Terrible fires again in California, don't have to worry about my daughter there now but am relieved that my 2 grandsons there are  in San Diego and not near the fires.

LLOYD  know what you mean about the low stool. When living where I was I had that problem and went online -maybe to Walgreen, and bought a 3 inch Styrofoam thing that fit under the toilet seat. Made a big difference.

MARY ANN  with the stock I have with chicken in it I can make either rice. noodle or vegetable. What ever I am in the mood for and not too much sale and no preservatives.

JOY  like you I have Old Bay seasoning in my spices. I never liked anything too salty but like flavor.

GLORIA de  there is quite a bit of salt in bouillon cubes, that is the first thing listed in the ingredients.

DON   it is wonderful to see your post. I am glad you have your CD collection. At least you can always listen to them. Books do take up more room. I know I had to get rid of a few thousand of then when I moved here. Glad there is a library here but I cannot reach the 2 top shelves to see what it up there. I have been here more than 4 years now and it took time for me to feel Comfortable and get used to the others in the building. At times we have to push ourselves to keep going. Take care of YOU and post when you can. We all miss you.

AMY  OK want to have a snowman building contest?

SHIRLEY  Andy must be like you, will fight to get better. Still hard to believe he is back to work already. Prayers continue for him. Gee you had snow before we have here. Getting cold though.

BUBBLE  thank you for the link. Beautiful snow but glad I no longer have to go out in it.

LARRY  sunny here but might not get lighter than the low 40's. When I need paper or heavy items I order from PeaPod and pick the delivery time. My CNA can pick up smaller things at  the market for me. She loves to shop.

JUNE  sounds like my kind of songs, the music I grew up with in WW2.

Have a great day.

Gloria, our snow is somewhat melting, on the driveway anyway. No doubt we will get a lot more before winter is out.

Jane, I managed to get 4 more gumdrop cakes done  and one banana loaf that is in the oven now. I had a dab of pineapple leftover and some bananas so put the two together into a loaf. I was going to make some Moose Farts but that is for another day.. A no bake  cookie  that makes the young ones giggle 

https://www.rockrecipes.com/moose-farts/

Larry, happy to read you are feeling a lot better. I looked out this morning and there was a robin all fluffed up, I thought maybe he was hurt but when I went near he flew into the tree. Hope he makes it through the winter. We have crab apples for him to eat and if he is still around tomorrow I will put out cranberries will google and see what else I can put out. He was into the birdseed I put on the ground for the coves so maybe there is something in that they eat??

Good afternoon  sunny but very cold.   Yesterday we had snow for about 5 min.

Gloria, if you had snow I am sure you had to look fast as I did.mmIy got very black over the sound, toward your way.

Joy at my age I still say: Armistice Day, also Decoration Day

Sandy, You know people have to have a reason to go shopping

Amy, now that is too cold for this old gal

Larry  Management owns the land, but we still have to pay the tax on our part.  winter is rough on us as we are expect to kep walks and driveways clear,  Even though their trucks come by and fill the drive way in again. I still watch golf, Matt K. is looking good today. Did you read where  Saudi Arabia offered Tiger  3 million to come over there and play golf, and he refused 

HAPPY VETERANS DAY.  🇺🇸🇺🇸  Thank you to all who have served this great nation of ours, and to the families that supported them❣️

It is a snowy Sunday......not that much snow on the ground here at our home, but other areas did get quite a bit.  It is very cold and will be for a couple of days, then we will warm up a bit.

Thinking about all of the poor folks in California that are faced with the awful fires.  All of our family are safe at this point, but it is really frightening how much area has burned, and sadly may continue to burn.  The smoke is very bad in Paso Robles where Mark and Megan are.  It is just frightening. 

Incase I missed thanking you personally for all of your very kind and supportive comments about our soon to be Eagle Scout, I thank you very much.  We are very proud of Matt and the project he chose, “stop the bleed”, for his service project.  He will be working now to get all of the emergency kits in his school supplied with all of the needed items to accomplish this task. The feed back he has received from the staff at his school has been phenomable.

DON, it is good to see your post.  I think of you often, especially on Sundays, when so many of us used to always enjoy your radio program so much!  Glad to read you are settling in and am happy that you were able to keep your CD collection.  I think you are making the best of your situation.  None of us are ever ready to make that change in our lives, and yet, in most cases we are blessed to be in a nice safe place, just the same!  You take care and know that we love to have you join in here anytime you feel up to it.  Hugs, dear friend.

JANE, I am glad we no longer need to refer to you as “Dippy Jane”!  Wow what a job you had of getting all of your treats made.  I enjoyed tasting them, so thank you for sharing.  I did enjoyed them but was rather glad AMY did not share any of her “Moose Farts”! Just kidding, of course, Amy🤪🤪. You did a great job of helping to pack the 10,000 meals yesterday.  When you have enough volunteers a task like that can go pretty smoothly. 

SHIRLEY, why am I not surprised to read that Andy went and taught his class?  Sure glad he is feeling strong enough to do this.....but I do hope he is not over doing it.  You have so much on your plate as you  to prepare your place for winter!  Speaking of over doing it! 

LLOYD, I do hope you are enjoying your time on the res visiting your son and his wife.  I look forward to hearing how you two are getting on. 

No Bronco Game for me today, LARRY.... we have a bye week.  They sure would not want to be playing here today as it is really cold out there. 

MARYANN, I have to agree with you in that it is beautiful to look out and see the snow on the pine trees, especially since we do not have to get out in it and drive like we used to have to do.  I do complain about the cold, and know that I shouldn’t......but, I do. 

I hope EVERYFRIEND has a good  rest of your Sunday.

Jenn

Wouldn't you love to be so wealthy you could refuse a mere 3 million to "play" anything? 

Been watching for the rain turning to snow but not here yet.  At least the wind isn't blowing leaves into the pool like yesterday. I couldn't get the skimmer basket out to empty one time, suction so strong, so had to turn the pool pump off to get it out & then it didn't want to get pressure so had to lube the big "O" ring in the pump... hands were frozen by the time I got back in.  Looking out back the view went from bright yellows & reds to brown so fast... several months & the trees & ground will have that light green haze of spring.  Guess we all heard "the older you get the faster the seasons go".... they are zipping by for me!

Anyone in here make the German chocolate cake from scratch?  I was shocked to find none of the Baker's German sweet chocolate bars (in the green wrapper) but had several other types... found the empty box that held what I wanted. And my store no longer carries the Baker's Angel Flake cocoanut.... what's this world coming to?  I've checked online with Target & Walmart but finding little "Out of Stock" notices with them, too.  I've been baking this cake for about 50 years so upset MY stores are not offering what I need.  One more place to look, off my beaten path but have found things there that aren't available at the bigger stores.  Will have to work around the pool man coming because that cake needs to be in the oven on Thursday so the Turkey can roast on Friday to finish up with noodles on Sat.  Nobody really interested in the turkey, just the flavors one needs to go in the turkey/noodles.  I put a little of every herb & spice used to make Pheasant Under Glass, along with fresh garlic, onions & celery.  The broth is SO yummy.  Bought a turkey breast yesterday & am going to get a turkey since the breast doesn't have the giblet package... that I boil & chop to go into either gravy or noodle dish. 

Looking dark & threatening out right now... hope we don't have an ice storm with the trees in my yard still full of leaves, will break limbs off, for sure.  I picked up 4 of the biggest bags of leaves & dumpster full for the trash pick up this week & yard is totally covered again & trees don't look like they are missing any.... Most of the neighbors don't pick up but one time, I've often thought of hauling the bags to their yards since my trash service limits me to "4 bags or bundles plus the big dumpster".  The way this house sits, leaves from the west just stop at my front sidewalk & stay.  (gripe-gripe)

Amy, when we have robins come too early or stay late, I fix the ones that knew us some scrambled hamburger & egg... since they can't get worms or bugs.  When we first noticed a robin eating from the snack tray (on the ground) where I fed the baby ducks, it was eating cooked rice & just about anything I put out for the ducks. I put water in the tray since the ducks slurp up food along the river edge... bread, etc.  Started keeping track of that robin & sure enough, it was hanging around to share. She came back for 8 years (I went back through videos & still photos), such a neat thing....  I'm laughing so hard at your "Moose Farts" I can hardly type.... pray tell, what are those ingredients???   

You do keep busy, Jenny, & think Matt chose a good project. Andy's son organized a place in the county park, to sit & listen to lectures on the surroundings, etc.  Paths that led up to it & all the wood chips, etc. & benches to construct.  Turned out nice & they do find out it is a job to "organize" all that helped.  Someone said, "like nailing Jello to a tree"...  

Well, I'm all finished being a "bag lady" for today!  While I was working on bagging, my daughter stopped by and while we talked she helped so the bagging went a little faster. 

On my way home after church, I stopped at the Farmers Market looking for Crook Neck pumpkins and couldn't find any.  This was my last hope.  They make the best pumpkin pies on the face of the earth.  My parents and grandparents swore by them.  There have always been lots but not this year.  The man who runs the stand walked by and I said, "What's with the crook neck pumpkins this year?"  He said, "we can't get any.  They're rotting in the fields."  I must have looked crestfallen because he asked me if I'm from around here.  I said I was and he directed me to a farm stand where he'd seen some.  He said it was self serve so I could go on Sunday.  I went right over and they had 2 left.  So now I have some to send to Texas.  I've been sending them to my daughter ever since she moved there and couldn't find them. 

So tomorrow, I'll be a BOX LADY!  One to my daughter and one to my granddaughter.

Also, tomorrow is a work day so I'm hoping to make it to UPS before I go to work.  They used to be right across from WM but they moved and it's a little harder to get there. 

SHIRLEY, I'm sure glad I don't have your projects to do this winter.  You make me tired just reading about it!

AMY, I copied the MOOSE FARTS recipe.  They sound good but I wonder if I might end up giving them an American name?  What do you think about Country Snowballs?

Jane, can you post  a photo of the crooked neck pumpkin please. I have never heard or saw one. Are they like the crooked neck squash, which are so delicious!![

LOL, you may call them whatever you wish, just bear in mind they are rolled in graham wafers so they would be dirty snowballs  /size]

Hi Everyone. I am going to post this evening as expect to be pretty busy tomorrow morning.  We are expecting a pretty rainy day tomorrow.  I have an 8 am meeting with a friend who will be here for an hour or so.  Then later in the morning it is time to get my toenails trimmed again and the doctor's office is about 25 minutes away.  I am glad to see the appointment occur as a couple of the toenails have been hurting my toes.  I should be able to wear my house shoes again after the appointment.  Pat wasn't feeling like going to Church this morning so I went to Sunday School and stayed for the Church service.  We had a presentation of the American flag and a later recognition of our Veternan's and their spouses.  It was a nice service. 

Sandy, Pat and I were talking today about how when we were young it seemed there was a long time after Thanksgiving before Christmas arrived.  It doesn't seem that way anymore.  Rather it seems like we just celebrated those holidays as the days go by so quickly.

Gloria, it must be frustrating to losing power so often.  We don't every often have power outages here and we can call and get an idea of when the power should be back on in our area and it is usually before the indicated hour.  I have two cousins that live somewhere around the San Francisco area so sure hope they are safe from the fire.  I know what you mean about having to push ourselves to keep going on certain days. 

Amy, it sounds like the robin could have a rough winter.  Is it normal for them not to migrate for the colder times.  It sounds like you are baking up a storm. 

deAngel, I did not read about Tiger being offered such a large amount to just come and play golf there a few days. I am sure three million means nothing to him since he is so rich.  There is an unbelievable amount of money in professional golf and much more available in endorsements and advertising some of the players do for various companies. 

Jenny, you all have such varying weather from cold and snowy to much warmer days.  Glad your area avoided any heavy snow.  That sounds like a very worthwhile Eagle project that Matt has undertaken and sure his Dad had some influence of his choice.  The football teams don't seem to let the cold and snowy weather keep them from playing.  The weather is probably harder on the fans in attendance although getting slammed to the frozen ground can't be any picnic. 

Shirley, it sounds like winter is coming your way quickly.  Your job with the pool sounds awful.  It sounds like you have a lot of cooking ahead the next few days.

Jane, nice to read that your daughter was there to help with the bagging of the crackers and helped shorten the work involved for you.  . 

Each year, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month,

we come together to remember and honor those who have answered the call in defense of our nation.

These American brothers and sisters often see the worst

conflicts in world and have to look evil directly in the eye,

but somehow never lose sight of the principles they fight for.


   Pause to pay tribute. We pledge to never forget.

This Veterans Day, and every day,

we will keep those who made the ultimate sacrifice, their families, our veterans.

AMEN to that Mycheal.  Well said!  Thank you!

Larry, he refused because of the situation over there.  A few other athletes have turned down offers also because of the murder in Turkey, I just happen to be reading a sports column

Mary Ann and Gloria de, The fish dinner was very tasty. Gary does my grocery ordering now, and he chose that particular dinner.

I did go down to listen to Mike Chamberlin and loved it. I went with my mind made up to NO'T dance…just sing along as we are invited to do.  HAH ! toward the end of the program he played and sang the Tennessee Waltz. My body took me off to the side and my cart and I did waltz. This body rules  and over-rules my good intentions.However, after the program Mike came over, gave me a huge hug, and thanked me for dancing…he said it added to the  program. WOW…was I surprised. I did have trouble falling asleep that night….mind wouldn't close down.

Went to Chapel services this morning, had a good ham dinner with friends, and then just crashed. slept, woke, slept again, and that was my day.Now it is supper time, and I have no appetite at all. I will have a carton of peach yogurt and call it supper.

Janie, your family and friends are so fortunate to have you making all that lucious dipping you do. Besides going to work away from home, you certainly don't spare yourself at home. I feel like a big zero for the little I do anymore.

Joy, the entertainer we had last night has quite a background. I typed in Mike Chamberlin on my computer and enjoyed reading his page. We all did a lot of singing along with the favorite songs of that era….brought back many memories.

Larry, I have never personally met any of our "family" members here on The Soda Shoppe, but i feel like I really "know" most all of you. I have even forgotten what we were named way back then…..aha…I have paper work from 2002….we were Bis'Nest. And I also have pictures..a collage of 24 members. I wish I knew how to share it. It is just a printed paper…..not on my computer.

Time to decide to have a bite to eat and on to an early bed-time. Sleep well dear hearts. I love you all. May God give you peace in your lives. June

I finally found a box to fit the second pumpkin.  The first is packed and ready to go and I'm going to do the other one in the morning.  I'll have to get started no later than 9:15 in order to get to work on time.  I think it's doable.

AMY, I couldn't remember how to post so I sent the pumpkin picture to you in an email.  That one will make about 4 pies so she can have them for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

JUNE, it sounds like you show was a hit...at least with you.  I hope you were able to listen twice...once for you and once for me.

LARRY, it was nice to have help with the candy packing and all it cost me was one cracker for her to eat when she was finished.  But even nicer was the visit with my daughter. 

Now I'm off to Dreamland.  I wish you all a Good Night and a very GOOD Tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

I'm up and attem and both boxes are ready to go.  Now I have to go get me ready to go.  I'm kind of like Alice In Wonderland's white rabbet this morning…."No time to spare, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"  Well I'm not late yet but I better get moving or I will be!

Enjoy your day everyone!  Ours is COLD!

Good morning everyone..

Cold and overcast here this morning..snow is still on the ground.

A day of catch up here ,nothing planned...yet.

Jane, I have never seen a squash like that, I should look for seeds for next summer. I bet the pies are tasty from that squash!!

June, makes one so happy to read you had a good day and a great dance to the music..

Larry, hope you don't make yourself tired with all you have to do today..

We should soon hear from Lloyd I would think.

Shirley, the recipe is with the post..and he has a lot of other great ones there. I am going to try the cherry cake next .

Better get a move on here.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning everyone, a warm? 24 this am at  8:30. The cars and roofs I can see are all white. Go t an email from my grandson yesterday and he said he will be here with my greatgrand this afternoon to check out this lemon again. Yippee.

AMY  I got side racked right off when I got here with the link you posted. Hope you don't mind if I send the link to my daughter. I really had to check those recipes and my mout h was watering over some of them, the snowballs looked like what I used to  make but mine had dates inside gut with the fudge I bet it is wonderful. Nothing like home made fudge. My son had robins in his orchard all winter.

GLORIA de  we had no snow yet. Yesterday was a bright sunny day but cold. Like you with me it is Armistice and Decoration days too.

JENNY   seems like we feel the first cold of the season a lot but as winter gets here we do kind of get used to it.

SHIRLEY  I used to bake the German chocolate cake but no longer bake much is anything. Sad how they stop making things we love.

JANE  gee from a bag lady to a box lady. Hope you keep warm in that box. When I used to send the boxes to California I collected containers all year to have enough to fill for the 4 of them.

LARRY  I could call the light company to find our about the power but it would no help the power come on any faster. 

JUNE  glad you had an enjoyable time and even got a dance in.

Have a good day, stay warm.   

Good chilly afternoon. I just wish the wind would die down

Gloria, it was 26 this AM. I use to like German Chocolate cake. I remember when I was little, I would go to the cemetery on Decoration, and she would put pansies on my grandfathers grave.  Also there would be a couple of flags on the radiator cap on the car. I do not know if it was a clip on or a special cap.

Amy, good to read you had and easy day

Good Morning dear hearts. I have a free day today, till 5 P.M. and then I have to go down for the November Birthday supperl. Each month they give a special supper with balloons and little presents for the residents. So though my B.day isn't till the 30th. all of us Nov. babies will celebrate today.

We are having strong winds again today...not good news for the areas of fire. So I will add some prayers. Hope you all have a great day. June

Merry Monday while watching four bright red cardinals and their ladies at the bird feeder - making bright spots against the wintery sky and "sloppy" snowfall (hasn't covered the ground and would be rain if the temperature were a few degrees higher).

Have been spending my time reading e-books, playing Bridge, watching t.v. and generally being "leisurely"..  This week looks to be about the same.  Ho Hum

DIL had successful knee replacement last week and is doing well with P.T.  Wish I could be of practical help but it would be the "lame leading the lame". 

Yesterday,  I enjoyed  phone chats with Miss Emily and Sir Carson as they were on their way back to their respective schools after a weekend at home with their Mama - as well as  a nice text exchange with Miss Ellen in NYC.

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere an Enjoyable Day.

Hello Everyfriend!  And Merry Monday to you, CALLIE!

I had one hard register and one easy one today so I was only half as tired when I came home.  My daughter met me in the driveway with the local newspaper with an big artical and pictures about our food packing on Saturday.  It really was a fun morning and much easier than I thought it would be. 

I've had a short nap and now I'm waiting for the pesty dogs to tell me it's time for supper.  They can tell time, you know.

After supper, my plan is to make up the rest of the centers for the cups so that once I start, I can keep going until I finish that.  And after that's done there isn't much of the candy left to do.  I kind of said that like the pb cups etc. wasn't much of a job but it is.  However, it goes pretty fast once the centers are all sectioned. 

I sent Ali and Cindy pictures of their pumpkins and asked them if they were ready.  They both answered with a big "YES!!!"  The one to Dallas is to be there Thursday and the one to Tulsa on Friday.  They must both go the same way just like my plane was going to go when I was thinking about flying to Tulsa. 

The doggies are on the prowl.  They just went out so I expect when they come in they'll be telling me it's supper time.  Enjoy your evening or your late afternoon or whatever it is where you are.

well we are home and wore out. all in all we had a good trip. I was tired when i came home but more tired getting this computer to go back on line, but is now I think.going to hit the sack soon and will see you all tomorrow. we pulled up and
Parked the RV in the drive and left the generator running to keep it all warm so we can take our time tomorrow un packing it. we woke up this morning with it raining , but it turned to snow. did not get slick and the traffic and salt soon had the highways clear. sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone.
Welcome back home Lloyd. Going to make this a quickie as I have a date.. Remember the dances I had last winter??Well, they have started back up again and I need to to a waltz with......hmm not sure if Mr SB or Mr Shovel with get the first dance. Be back later.

Enjoy your day everyone.

I'm up and attem for a bit but had things to do. 

AMY is waltzing with SB and Shovel.  I've been having a session with BILL...you know, that guy that wants all my money.  He sure is greedy.  I'd like to show him the door but when I do, he finds his way back in anyway.

AMY, all your snow showed up here as rain.  While I've had my fill of rain, i think I still prefer it over snow.

Sorry, the boinger went off to feed the doggies and when that happens they get all excited and I drop whatever I'm doing to tend to their needs.  I'll be out and about doing some errands today and then I'm going to deal with a container that I took out of the freezer because it wasn't labeled and it turned out to be cut up chicken in broth so I'm going to turn it into Chicken Corn Soup for supper.  Then I'm going to get a start on rolling peanut putter cup centers.  I wish I could think of some automated way to do that but so far I've come up with a big NOTHING!  So I still do it by hand.

I hope you all have a good day doing whatever suits your fancy!  Enjoy!

Good morning everyone, 20 degrees warmer than yesterday but of course it is raining again. Wind is supposed to be bad later but mostly along the shore. Once again the forecast is for 1 to 2 inches of rain.
I had visitors yesterday, My grandson and great grandson. Loved it. My grandson worked on my PC once again and I now have 1 drawing on my fridge and one with different shapes glued onto a paper from my sweet little one. Been many years since I had things like that on the fridge.

GLORIA  de  my family moved so much there were no family graves where we lived when I was growing up so we never went to cemeteries and my father never had a car to go anyplace.

JUNE  nice to see they celebrate everyone's birthday like that.

CALLIE  I have not seen a cardinal since I moved here and I miss their bright color. Have seen few birds since the witch will not allow any bird feeders in the front of the building anymore. In the back it is different, feeders and big pine trees and many other trees down to the river back there so  more wild life, even deer at times and wild turkeys.

JANE  I envy you still making all those goodies for Christmas. I enjoyed doing that knowing my family enjoyed them and looked forward getting them.

LLOYD  glad you are home safe and sound. Hope you slept good last night.

AMY  if possible enjoy your dancing today. Just heard on the news that we might see the first flaked Wednesday night into Thursday morning. What a welcome home to my son and DIL.

Have a great day.

I'm impressed, Lloyd, back home & no terror tales of things going wrong or falling apart on your first long trip. That man you bought the RV from must have taken care of all the warranty work as needed.      I was concerned that you would be caught in the snow in Kansas... the whole state was covered yesterday & night before, with temps in the teens & feels like in single digits.  Wrecks all over Wichita but worst on the overpasses & highways.  I'm surprised at you leaving the generator on overnight, I have a heavy duty long extension cord that plugs in the garage & just open the little side panel & back to having power for frig, etc running until I am ready to unload.  Guess you will be looking forward to more trips soon, most around here go south to the Gulf for several months, have all that fresh fruit & veggies. 

Jane, glad you are so far along with your Christmas cooking... I'm still trying to get through the Thanksgiving bash here.  Must get out today for a whole list of supplies but gave up on finding that Baker's German sweet chocolate bar (daughter is flying it in on Thursday) & will check one more place for the Baker's Angel Flake coconut.  Need to get the turkey, & case of bottled water & must make at least 3 stops to get everything. 

Radio just said the "streets are snow packed & black ice", so think my shopping will come a little later in the morning.  I'll give the people that have to go to work a chance to wear the icky stuff off.  Youngest son said he got a couple miles on his way to work yesterday morning & so many cars off the road he turned around & went back home to work from his computer until noon, then it was no problem getting in.  The strong winds keep blowing the snow across the roads so until they warm up or get a chance for the melt stuff the city spreads (our side streets don't get treated), we have to tip toe when moisture hangs around.

Mama Callie spent the night in the house last night, didn't move away from that furnace vent under the kitchen sink. I got up at 2:00 am to make sure all was well, all 3 closed in the east end of the house.  Nobody had used the litter box & no smell of anyone having an accident, so I'm going to take them out for a visit to the big grassy litter box in back!  Callie is cleaning herself up.... I fed them salmon about 2:30 before I went back to bed, fixed myself an egg & 2 pieces of toast & fresh pot of coffee. 

Amy, when the pool man comes to winterize & gets the new cover out of the storage shed, I must remember to get the snow blower out where I can get to it if we get a bunch of snow.  Need to move things around in the garage to make room.

Everyone used to be surprised that my father would drink coffee & go to bed & right to sleep.... works the same for me.  My sister couldn't drink coffee in the afternoon & go to sleep at bedtime, she finally gave up coffee completely because "it made her so nervous".  Think I'd better stop & take the cats out, want to make sure they know the routine so will wait & watch.  Have a Terrific Tuesday, everyone!  (Thanks to Callie in OK)...