Jane S...a good Tuesday morning to you...time here at typing is 6.am....Bubble is next to come join me as her day starts...

Good morning, Jackie. Can't blame the cats for wake up this morning, just me thinking about all the things needing done & finding good help is not possible. I am so disappointed in the yard work yesterday, had high hopes this man & crew actually knew how to work BUT. And so it goes..

Tom was waiting to come in but the girls (Tiger & Callie) must be in be front. When Callie stays out she likes to come thru the front door or garage door, still won't hang out in the pool area unless I'm out there. Here's Tiger so guess it's time for their breakfast. Callie will come in, she is usually close.

Wishing every friend a happy day, glad to see Bridget is coming along okay, thanks for the update, Jane.

Don't have anyone to show up early this morning so if all goes well, I'll go back for more sleep. Fitbit says I had 4 hours & 40 min sleep, not quite enough.

Shirley...good morning to you, shoosh, you beat our Jane, touching 11.am here...As the wise old saying goes, those " yardmen " saw you coming...meaning, they took advantage of you..

Good morning Jackie and all others that follow today. Our weather Is 86º @ 5:38 AM. and sunny the weather guesser Is saying. I got 7.5 Hours sleep the tattle tail says. Hope you all have a good day just like you like it.

Lloyd

Good morning..

Another nice day in the making here, starting off cool but will warm up.


Sept is just about gone and trees are wearing their fall outfits...some just starting others  in full colours now.

Work around home this today. I have a date with a fridge this morning...

I just have 3 more rows of blocks to sew then I can put this quilt together and on to another one.

Patricia, pepper spray is outlawed here also. One can use bear spray and yes, keys clenched tight in hand is what I do when walking.

Jane, that is good news on Bridget..lets hope she is on the way to recovery . My friends daughter will eat plain rice when her crones gives her grief.

Better get going..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

This morning no unread replies are showing up, but I know they are here. Had to find this one a different way. Maybe if I restart everything it will get back to normal.

Good morning everyone, wish the weather guessers would stop guessing. Last  week end t hey said a cold front  coming in but it was in the upper 70's both days. Yes terday said rain and the sun was shining all day, today showers  this morning and "heavy thunderstorms" all afternoon. First time I ever saw a t hunders torm called heavy, Oh well I will still look out the window  to see what  the weather is like.
Today is shopping day for Yvette and seems like I am sta rting to run out of a lot  of things so she will have a lot of shopping to do. Wish I could go with her. Things are getting crazy in this s ta te. T here is a mandat e that all firemen and police have to be vaccinat ed and many say they will qui t  their jobs. Imagine a small police force wi th all  the shoot ings and killings going on now or a fire wi th only a couple of firemen to fight  it ? Except for in t he cities in all  these towns the firemen are volunt eers, how could they qui t? just  not show up when the alarms alert them?

AMY lemon pie? I like that , too. I just love mos t pies but  never mincemeat or raisin. I made more pies  than cakes all the year s I cooked/baked.

PATRICIA  no candles here either. I have Sensy warmers that have 15 wat t bulbs just big enough to melt amall squares of scented wax.  For a cou ple of years when the manager came in for a look around when my lease was u p for renewal ahd said no candles, told her each time it was not a candle. Now she says nothing. We are no t allowed to open windows once the heat gets  turned on and it  seems to me t he air inside ge ts a stale odor so I like  to have some nice scent  going.

AMY  if yo u like a swee t apple you will like the Honey Crisp apples.  My son has some trees still alive and he and my DIL pick those as their favorites, I rather have a tart  one.

PATRICIA  people are st ill putting items on the table in the laundry room. I look at the things but nothing I ever want or need and I would never take any of the food put there. One time someone put a bag of bagels there and even from a distance you could see  the mold on them.

JANE  so glad t ha t Bridget was able  to finally eat some food and keep it down. Prayers cont inue for her.

JACKIE  hard t o keep up here at times for who is posting or not.

LLOYD  good morning, we just had a brief shower, going to be like this all day.

AMY  I keep looking at the maples at the end of the parking lot but the leaves are still all green. They turn a beautiful red when they  change.

Have a good day ands tay safe.

Gloria, my son and I love raisin pie but when I make it I leave out the sugar as the raisins are sweet enough. Same when I make date squares ,leave out the sugar as the dates are sweet.
I did try a wee piece of the honey crisp ,just to try it and although it was tasty not an apple I would choose.

Lots of lemon pie to share..look in the hidey hole.

I think I would crack a window just a bit as long as the "witch" couldn't see it.....fresh air is nice. In the winter my Dad would see us kids to our room, open up the doors and let the cold air through.....just to exchange the air in the house.

Better get back to work.....jobs changed and outside work is now on the menu. Birdbath   needs cleaning and turned upside down, solar lights put away and water barrels emptied for another year.

Well, I'm still locked out at the front door but I managed to come in the back door.  so if BUBBLE comes by to say I'm missing....I'm not...unless it won't let me in the back door the next time.

Good Morning to Everyfriend!  I hope you are all having a great day.  It rained here almost all night and was still raining early this morning but it has stopped now. And our temp has reached its high for the day of 70º.  Uh-oh, it just started to rain again!  I was afraid it would because it still looked threatening out there.

I'm catching up on stuff that got ignored while I was in canning season.  I didn't realize there was so much I overlooked.

Now I think I'll close my eyes and listen to the rain!  Or maybe I won't hear it when my eyes close.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.

Jane, happy to see you could use the back door. My date with the fridge didn't happen ,instead we took down the gazebo but left the table and chairs for later. Rain barrels are put away for another year. Planter,bird bath and tender plants have been dealt with.
 Phyllis,  hope you are feeling better and find time to say hello.
Time to go let Jesse tire my arm throwing his Frisbee.

I'm heading for the haystack early tonight.  I never did get to close my eyes and listen to the rain.  Phone calls and texts started and I was busy answering them.  And my sister and I talked for over an hour about Bridget being able to come home!  It was the highlight of our day!

Now I'm heading for the haystack!  It's all nice and clean and full of zzzzs.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow!  And may God bless us, every one!

Jane, that is great news! Bridget must be doing alright for the hospital to send her home.
Patricia, you can turn the lights out please.

Well 24 hours after my last posting, i am back in the forum again....UK time 5.50am...so a good morning to Jane S and Lloyd when you eventually arrive after me...Now i am going to collect my first morning mug of tea waiting for me in the kitchen before it gets cold...

Good morning...

Starting out at 41° this morning and will be a cloudy day for most of the day. We are off to the city this morning as Kyle has two appointments. Will check to see if anyone has canning lids for next year  if I get time. We are dropping off items at Sally Ann's and there is a Dollerama close by so will check there. Lunch just may be at the Swiss Chalet if time permits, then on to the next appointment.

Next month Kyle has three appointments and you sure will hear us yell if the next from the oncologist is what we want to hear. The Dr is no bigger than a minute but sure knows her job and works with the patient. We have a long drive to the hospital and they wanted us to come one day for blood work and if ok, come the next for the chemo. We asked if it could be done on one day and she said we could try but if too much on Kyle then it was a two day trip.The trips alone are tiring. The one day was fine for him, mind you he slept most of the way home after chemo and wearing a bottle of chemo home.

Dogs have both had their breakfast, opened up a jar of food that had all the different meats in it, yes including the prime rib. : Didn't take them long to make their food disappear.

Better get ready to meet the day and load the van. Water for dogs, water for us, boxes for SA  then us.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Up but not attum yet. Tom was only cat out, don't see him but he brought a mole or something for my breakfast. YUCK! At least he didn't eat any of it so will grab a plastic bag to pick up & put in the dumpster.

Glad to hear Bridget is doing so well, Jane. Have a neighbor our age that's had all the surgeries & still going so sure is a pain but, like my daughter, can be controlled.

Amy, don't have any of my outside jobs finished so far. I'm disappointed in my tomato crop this year since 2 of the 3 plants produced nothing. One still blooming & lots of little ones but they were supposed to be BIG! I didn't inherit my parents green thumbs, Dad's tomatoes were plate size & since I have to peel (my tummy doesn't like any skins), not much left after peeling these little marbles so most have gone to my son. Good luck with Kyle's tests.

Jackie, your last post says "yesterday at 11:49pm"... not sure whose time they are using! Right now it is 6:00 am in Wichita, Kansas USA. 

Time for me to move along, mower to be here early so I have to get out & unlock gates. We have a language problem & he only understands what HE wants and I don't take bullying very well.  I am not at all pleased with what he did yesterday so do not think this will work. I waited all day for him to show up yesterday & did not get any of the jobs done because I was afraid I wouldn't hear him. I had gates unlocked but not hanging open with a pool, so he pushed against the gate with the bar that goes into the ground instead of the one that opens first, & broke the wooden board, so now I have another job I hope I can fix.

Gloria, I have one of those warmers with different smelling squares of wax. Had it in the bathroom my daughter used when she stayed during cataract surgery. Mine was a gift from the youngest son so I couldn't send it home with her but she found one like it on AmazonI . I clean the litter boxes every time they are used but the aroma lingers.  I bought more wax scents at the Dollar Tree but so far none have much smell to them compared with the original.

I got the new iPad Pro while my daughter was here last week & had her set it up so I can come in here when I'm out of town. Have not tried it yet but she says that as long as there is a signal I should be able to hop on. (She makes it sound so easy!) Taking the laptop is more trouble for no longer than I'm ever gone, but texting is easier on the iPad than my tiny cell phone, got the keyboard with it.

Shirley...just done a check and it tells me you are six hours behind me, UK time now is 12.45 noon, just back from morning church, and about to eat my microwave meal..

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Where I am it's now 8 a.m. and I got up late so I'm ready for some breakfast.  I wonder what's out there to eat.  I'm trying to finish up all the leftovers in the fridge so I'm not eating normal meals but this morning, I crave a scrambled egg. 

AMY, drive carefully and come back home safe!

When I checked out my email last thing last night, it said that my new electric pressure canner had been delivered.  I had not been out that door since I collected my mail around 2:30 so I went to check.  And sure enough...there it was!  And the box was BIG.  I had a little trouble getting it inside.  So today, I'll be opening it, checking it out, making myself familiar with it.  I'm still not going to start the squash soup until the weekend but I'll be READY!

Now I'm off to get dressed and have my breakfast.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.

Jane S...i am 5 hours ahead of you in Pennsylvania...Looks like you are going to be busy with your new pressure cooker...

Good Morning everyone. It Is 65º and bright sun here this morning I am just up never looked at tattle tail to see How much sleep it said I got but I feel pretty good. Nancy has a beautiful flower bed out side our apartment. the are marigolds and zinnia's. I am going to shop and work on Making a new work bench and setting up my chop saw for wood, so can Make some more recipe boxes to sell and give away. Have a great day just like you Like.

Lloyd

Good morning!  Sorry I haven't been here for a few days but it has been a little bit of a down time for me.  I doing a little better now.  I take it one day at a time and do what I can, when I can.  Thanks, Amy, for thinking of me.  You are one of the nicest, most caring people I think I have ever known.  I don't know how you do all that you do and still find time to think of everyone else. 

Good news about Bridget, Jane.  I hope she continues to do well.  It is a long slow process to learn a new way of living her daily life but she has dealt with it for a long time and will learn what she needs to know to get along.

Shirley, when the tree cutter damaged my deck this summer I withheld the payment until he fixed it.  I felt that he broke it so it was his responsibility to fix it.  When I told him I would pay him when he fixed it it was repaired immediately.  You shouldn't have to fix something that your yard man broke, IMO.

Take care, All.

Good morning from a crisp Interior at 14 degrees for 8:25 this morning! I was out all day yesterday due to the site's issues and due to Insurance paperwork, I'd avoided all month. I finally snuck in due to Amy's back door entry, thank you, Amy. Lights were shut off and the room was tidied before leaving. 

Gloria, there are so many senior programs here, Meals on Wheels, church pantries, federal and state food programs, etc. A long time ago, I was a building volunteer for the Salvation Army who acts as a conduit between the different programs and the residents. I collected the food when it was delivered here and brought it to five shut-ins. They, the shut-ins had shrunk to two when I had to quit delivering. What I see now is you can always tell delivery dates by the amount and type of food showing on the donation tables. Donations were closed recently by the pandemic surge.

The donated food was either fresh, canned, or boxed. The Meals on Wheels, seem to be paper trays covered with shrink wrap and either cold or hot. When they are donated, I always wonder how old they are and how long  without refrigeration? I've collected some canned food at times after checking the expiration labels but wouldn't touch the others. Within my circle of friends, there is a safer chain of garden extras or bartered foodstuffs. Which is how I, unfortunately, ended up with 9.5 pounds of dried highbush cranberries.

One of my favorite pies is mincemeat. I grew up having the actual meat version but have enjoyed the later fruit one too. A real favorite is a lemon meringue. Sweet potato pie is a more recent favorite from church suppers. I never had that growing up.

I have a good friend with Chrohn's disease. It's a cruel disease that has you starving to death no matter how you eat. My friend was hospitalized and we were told to expect the worse but somehow a miracle was wrought and she's still with us today.

I know why landlords request the windows shut when the heat is on but could never put it into words. Then I found this site,  https://grist.org/green-living-tips/2011-11-14-ask-umbra-is-it-bad-to-leave-a-window-open-when-the-heat-is-on/

"The basic idea of a heating system is to put warm air into a space until that space reaches a certain temperature, recognized and governed by the (programmable, we hope) thermostat. If the warm air is wafting out into the cold, as warm air is wont to do, the system will keep cranking away, merrily burning oil or gas or what-have-you. I checked with Max Sherman at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, who confirms that this habit will certainly increase your heating costs, in some cases even doubling them. One of the key things we should all do to make our dwellings more energy-efficient is seal up leaks; open a window or two, and all that work is for naught."

Good morning, Lloyd, Shirley, and Phyllis!

We had a grand day, weather co-operated just right for the dogs and driving. Hit the appointments on time and we did get to actually sit in for  a meal at Swiss Chalet.......and very little supper is needed tonight! The waitress was a gem, helping us to chose a meal that wouldn't take to long to cook due to Kyles next appointment. We didn't get any frost overnight but as we head south there was frost on some roof tops. Leaf colour is starting to blossom some dull but the maples are starting to show off!

Jane, have fun and let me know how you like your pressure canner.   

Phyllis, good to see you here and hope each day is a better day for you. I agree with you ,the hired help broke it and so should fix it  and at their expense.

Shirley, I think it was hit and miss this summer with gardens. Some folks had an abundance of vegetables while others  very little.  Thankfully my neighbour shared her cucumbers and zucchinis with me as ours were not all that great! Your comment  on what HE wants to hear stuck me funny . The audiologist has  what has ears but doesn't hear on a sign...the answer was corn. I went in and told him that the sign was wrong.......the answer is MAN.

Gloria, where are you?

Patricia, thank you for turning off the lights and tiding up.  Crisp is not the word for it!! Brrrr.
We have Meals On Wheels here also plus there are frozen meals that the seniors can buy. Although they said Mon Wed and Fri accepting at the SA they were closed for an indoor meeting.......so back home everything came. Will try again another time and more than likely they will get more!

Better go see what needs to be done..

Well, I won't be enjoying my new canner because they sent me the cooker instead of the canner.  It's one number different and I checked my order.  I ordered the right thing.  They screwed it up.  I wish I could say I'm not paying until I get the right thing but they already have my money.  I'm so down about this. 

But I'm still UP about Bridget!  She's home and happier!  Still needs prayers.  Thank you!

AMY, sounds like you had a nice day.

PHYLLIS, I missed you, too but I'm sorry, I never said so on here.  I just said it to myself and breathed a prayer that you were OK.  I'm glad you are!  Welcome back!

I'm going out and take Cooper for a walk now.  And then I'm going to feed hime when we get back.  He eats early at his house.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Jane, I hope you can return the cooker with no hassle and get your pressure canner and soon!! What a disappointment for sure.

Jane, bet someone along the way decided since they didn't have the canner they'd just send you the cooker & maybe you wouldn't notice the difference?  Naw, THEY didn't know the difference!  I do believe that's what goes on at the pool stores, so much stuff they don't have right now so they just replace "what you need" with what THEY have!

#2 son is supposed to come over tonight so I need to clean a path, make sure all litter boxes are clean & tidy myself up. I still have to vac the pool before I can go to bed & I am already snoring.

Phyllis, sorry you've been bummed out. I still think of you as my Kansas buddy. I had already given up by the time I realized what he was saying about my gate, standing right there & he said, "your gate is broke".... but it wasn't before HE broke it. I expected his work to be so much better, it was when he dealt with my husband! He insists he wants to send a statement for the mowing but I think I will see if I can just pay him off and find someone else. Too stressful to deal with someone that only hears what he wants.

Better move along, getting dark so early I can't get anything done in the evenings.

Good morning.

Another overcast day starting out at 43° at the moment. Crows hollering for their breakfast was my wake up call.They don't know how to whisper!

Not sure what the day will bring today.so we shall see what jobs get done and others wait for another day.

Jane, hope Bridgett spent a good night at home..

Need to get a move on..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Another day begins...Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's going to be a busy one around here....phone calls to make, errands to run, paper work, doggie walks...

It's still in the high 40s, up from the mid 40s overnight and only heading for a high of 64 today.  Fall has arrived! 

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Daylight delayed because of clouds & rain. Tom is hiding, (he is terrified of rain/storms & just about everything else). Looks like no sense cleaning the pool because rain will wash all the stuff the guy blew out of the gutters & onto the grass carpet around the pool will wash right down into that water I've spent weeks trying to make pretty. Pretty hard rain right now, so won't need to water, right? Thunder & lightning, wish I had the pool pump off, I can still hear my father telling us to turn off all electric appliances when it stormed. Probably everything has built in protection now. Goodness, that rain is coming down!

Hope everyone has a great day with a lot of feel good moments. First of Oct tomorrow & I go into fall mode. Haha, even tho the stores have had Halloween stuff out since mid-summer!

Good Morning girls.65º and Sunny here In central mo. I got 8.5 hours of sleep again last Night. feel pretty good. we Have one item to return back to Lowes. And maybe I can get some work done in the shop today. Hope you all have the best day just like you like It. Nancy Is out taking her morning exercise walk.

Lloyd

Good morning every one, had one of  those sleepless nights and finally fell asleep a t almost  5 am. The CNA is due at 11:30 today. I so dislike all the different hours t ha t the "boss" at the place  that sends them out has been sending Fran a t all different times. I like things at the same time every day excep the time I wake up. Think I like routine? Half of the parking lot is closed off today, the yearly resurfacing before winter and snow get here.
Tomorrow I might not make it here, between 10 and 12 we will be getting our flu shots down in the community room.
Better go get my breakfast and get dressed for the day. A short post from me for a change, not  long winded as usual.  Hope I can get a nap in this afternoon for a change, Have not had one all week with  the odd hours Fran has been coming.

Have a good day and stay safe.