Rick, I need help fixing my brain, please!  I think the wind has just sucked them outta my head. Any hope for me?      

Made it thru the morning and seriously thinking about a nap. Did one load of laundry, up & down the steps to turn on sprinkler system..... crazy in this wind but it does land somewhere in the neighborhood so should help with fire danger. Supposed to warm into mid-70s tomorrrow & on up to 85 next Tuesday before it goes down again. BUT, frost warning for tonight! Time to paint Mother Nature a mix of red & purple, not a nice little ole lady this year!

Quote from: Shirley on April 08, 2022, 01:25:08 PMRick, I need help fixing my brain, please!  I think the wind has just sucked them outta my head. Any hope for me?

Brains are pretty much random things.  The best I can offer is to put your fingers in your ears when the wind starts blowing.  On the other hand, ----- a nap never hurt.

Fast thinking, Rick, thanks!  Why didn't I think of that? 
      

Not a lot of activity in here today.  We had a bit more rain tonight but it held off until Cooper went home so I didn't have to walk around in it.  I won't have him tomorrow because Frankie is off.  She might come and take me to do a couple of errands tomorrow afternoon.  I hope so but I told her to sleep until she's ready to get up or until Cooper tells her it's time!

PHYLLIS, I finished the book and I LOVED it.  Thanks for the recommendation!  I'm going to look for more by that author.

Now I'm heading off to the haystack.  I don't have to get up at any specific time so I'm not setting the alarm.  It probably won't matter though.  I'm an early riser and it's a habit!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!  And may he look after the Ukrainians!

Good morning everyone. Yesterday was another nothing day except I talked with Yvette for more than an hour. They changed her PT into a pool and it has worked much better for her. After all this time they thought the water exercise would be better I am awake too early. Coffee did not wake me either so I think I will lay on the couch and fall asleep to the TV on.
Have a good day and might get back later.
Stay safe and healthy.

Good morning

Doesn't look as though we will se the sun for the next couple of days but who knows weather guessers are not always right.

Laundry and friends dropping in later on. Need to get some sewing done also.

Rick, sound advice for Shirley.

Shirley, hope the nap helped.

Phyllis I think the weather is crazy all over!

Patricia, gosh you talk a lot.  

Lloyd ,how did it go with the raised garden beds?

Gloria, when one owns a car there is so many things to fix/repair/fill up/put on /take off. This is the first year that we do not have to get plate stickers for our vehicles. They even sent a check with the money that we did pay for stickers last year!

Jane enjoy your day out if you go..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm up and attem and I slept better last night than I have in a long time.  And that's all I have to say so far today.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning, WORLD!  I'm holding off on watering the yard since we had a freeze overnight & maybe some sprinkler heads might be frozen down. Don't need the water pressure to back into the basement & flood. EEK! Supposed to start a warm up later today so can wait, except the wind is already starting to pick up & was so still earlier. That's life out here in the flat land.

I have 2 new bags of Miracle Grow "for veggies & herbs" waiting to go into the trug. Got to pull the roots of the tomato plants out & that will be a struggle. Have my packages of lettuce, endive & spinach to plant, was SO good last year. Need to get my red wagon out of storage & put in garage, I'm too short to lift a wheel barrow so gave it to the neighbor, both sons have one. I had hoped to get the crepe myrtle moved & put the top layer of the trug in that spot.

So far I haven't found someone to work in the yard for ANY amount of money & won't ask my sons to do it since they have their own yards to take care of. The one guy I hired last year did more damage in the 2 times he mowed than I could afford. The neighbors came over to back me up when I fired him, he was such a bully they dared him to come back!

Better get moving. Have a happy day!

Good morning. Nothing new here other than keeping up with the day-to-day chores. It's like that old game of Whack A Mole! Every time you hit one, another pops up. Both Farrah and I are fine, although mother nature has seen fit to put us in a deep freeze for a week, and the last expected snow didn't occur.

Good Afternoon,

I've been reading posts but have been a bit OBE (Overcome by Events) and seem to time my replies just before Bubble takes us to a new page.

Have had the same temperature ups and downs as Shirley has, as well as the horrible winds.  None of the gardening neighbors have put out plants yet - and Landscape Designer son says I shouldn't try planting my "pot garden" until closer to the end of the month.

My lifestyle is much quieter than most of the regulars here.  I'm mostly at home by myself and am getting used to the "leisurely" pace.  However:

This is the first day in (literally) a week when I haven't had to be ready for someone to come or had errands I really needed to do.
Hasn't been anything awful - just more than I'm used to.  Had out of town company last Sunday afternoon, son came for "dinner-date" on Wednesday and, after putting it off twice because of weather, a friend came for lunch on Thursday.  Had great conversations with all of these people.  Had workers here Monday and Friday. Did necessary errands on Tuesday  and Friday afternoons.

Was planning to have a "leisurely" day today.  Changed sheets, put in a load of laundry and ordered groceries to be delivered this afternoon.  Then neighbor rang doorbell just as the grocery "shopper" texted that he was ready to start filling my order. Wasn't long until he texted he was "on the way" and neighbor decided to leave.  So I was saying "goodbye" at the front door and "racing" to get the garage door open so shopper could bring sacks into the kitchen.  They do not tarry!!!!!! 

Now need to check bird feeders.  Then - maybe - I'll settle in to read one of the four e-books on my Loan list.

I hope all the Soda Shoppers are having an enjoyable day. 

The eagles I have been watching moved and basically abandoned their old nest.
SO at this site you can find a nest of Canadian geese which should start hatching about April 25th....such a treat.  She is incubating 6 eggs.

geese..www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/decorah-eagles/

Mycheal

Great link, Mycheal, I checked around & will keep track of that one.  We used to have so many baby geese & ducks around here but hardly any the last few years. Not sure why but a lot of people turn their dogs loose to jump into the river & chase them & think it's funny. I used to have a camera with me to take photos to send "someone" because it is against the law, but like seineing the fish out of the river, they don't enforce the laws any more. I used to buy racks of day old bread to feed the ducks, geese & fish but quit, somewhere I have photos of the geese bringing their babies across the river for me to feed them.

Good morning..

Another cloudy day here, guess it is the suns turn to stay in bed for the day.

Yesterday our friends came and we had a nice visit and exchanged items. I ended up with a lot of fabric to play with...nice job.

A day of rest here..so I shall sew.

Shirley ,the geese are here and lots of them. We do get to see the fluffy babies a little later on. I have only seen one loon so far,I think once the ice has gone out of the lakes we will see and hear their echoing calls across the lakes.

Mycheal, thank you for the link. I have bookmarked it .

Callie, it will be another month or more before we can safely put items out. Jack Frost likes to linger or rather he wears out his welcome.

Patricia, we had snow pebbles yesterday and but the look of the neighbours truck we had more overnight.

Better get going.

Enjoy your day and stay safe. 

This will be a quick "Good Morning Everyfriend"  Yesterday was "one of THOSE days" and I don't even have anyone to complain to.  Things just HAPPENED!  And now I have to go get my shower and start getting ready for church.

CALLIE, your week might make me put yesterday in perspective and get on with things.  You really had "The Week that was"!!!

AMY, have a nice day today!

MYCHEAL, I couldn't see the link.  It was too dark but I'm going to try again after I have my eye drops in and my focus is a bit better.

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

GOOD mORNING GIRLS. and all else that show up.well it is 60º suny and clear here now. Nancy went to church and left me asleep in bed. I woke up and came in here at 9:10 am and took My vitials and sent them to VA. It is amasing how the Machine dose it. It is not hooked to any phone line. I just push the button to start It and it talks to me askes questions and telles me what to do. Like when to put the oxygen clip on my finger. and gives % of oxygan reading then when to put the blod pressr cuf on and tell me reading .and it puts what the readings are, and tells me it is sending them and when it is done. Have a good day everyone. see you all Later on today.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone. sun is trying to get through the layer of overcast, hope it makes it. It was raining when my son got here yesterday. Weird day. we were sitting in here talk and all of a sudden it was pouring and hitting the windows and sounded like it wanted to break the. It stopped and he thought he would leave in case the cloudburst came back. After he left I went to the window where I always wave to him when he leaves the building. What I saw surprised me. That hard rain was not rain but hail. all the grassy area and the roofs were white. When he went out he got a step on the walk in front of the porch and slid but luckily he did not fall. He picked up, up and yelled up to me that they were big pea size. Last night on local news we were n the news and they were showing the hail. This village in this  town was the only place that got the hail. The sun came out after my son drove away. 30 minutes later it got dark again and we hat the second outburst of hail. On top of what we already had on the ground it really looked like snow.

AMY  I well remember the cost of having a car.

CALLIE  newsy post from you at last. You are still busier than me. I ether sit at the PC or read a
book most of the time, Of course I have the CNA's I have to keep an eye on.

LLOYD  great they can do with connections these days. doctors can tell your health without you even boing to the office now.

Sun is now shining but the sky is a pale blue.

Have a good day and stay safe and healthy.

Good morning, it's seven degrees in the Interior, and it snowed yesterday into this morning. The sky is still totally white, so I expect more snow but little accumulation. Everyone is up, texted, cleaned, and fed, but that's as far as I've gotten this morning.

I had to reset my computer last night as I was having programming issues with my PSP, so today, I will be putting programs back on and, hopefully, a smoother performance. Locally, no one plants outside until Memorial Day. The way this year is going, it may be later.

Ya'll I forgot to mention the hatching of the Canadian geese should begin on or about the 25.. (six eggs)
This tree is about 80' tall, so cannot wait for a new experience them drifting to the ground.. Such super creatures
Mycheal

Good morning...

Making this a quickie as I am off and running this morning. Taking Kyle to pick up lumber early this morning then home to go to work with my neighbour. I have a feeling this is going to be a long day but I shall sleep like a log tonight!!

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm up and about!  Frankie spent the night here last night so I had a furry bedfellow and he's been fed and is ready for his morning walk.  So i'm off to get dressed and take him where he wants to go.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

GLORIA....HAIL?  Please keep it there.  I do not want it! We had a cold day yesterday and another one today!  Please...not tomorrow!

Good morning everyone, looks like everyone has been busy except me. Think I should start calling myself LAZY I do feel that name describes me these days.

Something happened in here. Every day when I get here the  opens to Bubbles post of her starting a new page to March 1st. It always opened to my last post and that was what I always thought it would be. I did go to my profile and looked at everything there and nothing looked changed. See. even that I can mess up with me doing nothing. Think I should quit the computer? As long as I can see and read a book I can be OK-just thought even if I went blind I could get the ones where someone reads the books to me. Sorry for sounding down, think I need a change of scenery break and Yvette back so I do not have to teach  a cna how to wash dishes and counters are clean after dishes are done. Some acted shocked that I want the counters clean. Kitchen in so small I leave my rollator at the doorway and hold onto the counters to get around so of course I feel the dirt and sticky places on them.

I know I am a grouch so will be back when my mood improves=hope it doesn't stay. I sure don't like feeling like this.

AMY ever wish you could stay home all week without going out on errands?

JANE  I think the weather we bet seldom comes from the east and then it is a Nor'east storm. Normal is west north-west or southwest.

Much to my surprise I got right in this morning. Sent an SOS to Amy last night when my computer kept telling me "this site is not safe!" & wouldn't let me even read. I'm joining Gloria's banging my head    .... if it ain't one thing tis another!

I went out to run sprinklers again this morning in hopes of keeping the young trees alive & found one stuck & pounding the neighbor's house. Not a good thing & will be honest, I have not checked when running for several times so no idea how long it's been going on. My only fix it to give a sprinkler a tap (okay, a kick) with a toe & it joins the rest going around. I may have tapped a little too hard cause the top blew off & went into Old Faithful mode. Had to rush back to basement (sure, rush) to turn that zone off and to top the whole hateful morning off, Fitbit didn't get me credit for going up & down those steps twice, not even once! I went down twice & up twice, that a lotta steps in a few minutes, besides having to circle my whole yard to sneak up behind that sprinkler to give it a kick. Busy morning for an old lady.

Win one (at least my computer saw fit to let me join y'all) and lose one. I really should get that exercise every day but I'm old & gonna go sit in the corner & suck my thumb!

Cats had their bowl of milk but I haven't eaten yet. All of a sudden it's cloudy & radar showing rain not far west.  The redbud next door is almost full bloom but ones across the river not at all & mine are only half open, that's why I'm watering, they are too dry.

Have a great day, everyone!

I might not be around for the rest of the week.  They're picking up my computer stuff to work on it in the shop and I'm pretty sure that's tomorrow...maybe Wednesday.  The only contact I'll have is the stuff on my phone and I have trouble seeing that.  I might try to read what y'all write but answering will be hard.  And then I have company coming for the weekend and my computer back on Monday...I think!  They'll clear all that up when they come by!  But I won't be able to clear it up with you. 

SHIRLEY, are you "kicking" too much!  Maybe you should "tap" easier!

GLORIA, we're all hoping for the day Yvette comes back!  She must be very good at her job!  I know you miss her!

I think, while my computer is out, I'll give the office a good going over!  If I can find the time!

well I hope you all have a good day and a better tomorow. It is overcst here andcloudy and 57º F here. we lost our bettle at the appola court. I do not Know why the judge changed his Miend, I suspect $$pay off. the fellow we got out of our house, said bobs pockets are deeoer than ours. Must be right. thank god and our grand deaughter and here husband got this place and put us in it. well we will be here untill god wants us home, and most days I hope that is soon. Life is not much funn any more. see you all later.

Lloyd

Good morning, another cold morning in the Interior at plus six. At least the skies are back to a watery blue from the weekend's white. According to local weather forecasters, we will have significant warming during the days, melting the snowcap and "ponding" the roadways, only to have temperatures drop during the night and refreezing those ponds and roads. This should be interesting.

Otherwise, nothing new here; daily chores, and computer rearranging predominate

My day and I have a lot in common ,we are both done. After getting the wood for another trug I went with my neighbour to give her a hand getting a house with 3 levels ready for sale. We worked non stop 6 hrs and had a lot of fun.

Tomorrow,my friend is picking up a quilt to take to the lady to long arm quilt it. This one is for my sister,she loves dinosaurs and cats,great combination! I was lucky to find a panel of dinosaurs and fabric with cat faces.

Time to put my feet up.

Good night Everyfriend!  It's gonna be an early morning tomorrow for Cooper's arrival and then I have to get ready for pickup by DIL Sarah to get a few shopping chores done.  She's been kind enough to offer to take me and I'm taking her up on her offer.  I'll get most of what I need for Easter dinner.  Christy will be here to help me with my part and Sarah and son Phil are doing some side dishes. 

Anyway, I better get into the haystack and catch some zzzzs so I'm ready. 

LLOYD, you're definitely not ready to go yet.  Who would that little boy who loves you so much beg from?  You know he'd miss you so don't even think those thoughts.

AMY, I bet your friend was happy to have you there to help her!  What a nice thing to do!

I'm off.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!  And may he be with the Ukrainians!

well I am slow again tonight, Bidding you all good Night. good night and sweet dreams. hope to see you all tomorrow, In good haelth and spirets.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm up and attem this morning.  I've had my coffee and I'm ready for Cooper's arrival.  It's going to be a busy morning.  I have to be ready for DIL Sarah by 10 and that means feed and walk Cooper, get a shower and get dressed and get something out of the freezer for lunch and get started on the cleaning for tomorrow's pickup of the computer and weekend company! 

The temp today is supposed to hit the low 70s!  I'll take it!

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

Good morning...

I did not want to get up but... dogs are now fed and just waiting on our friend to drop by. Need to go into town and pick up clothesline, Kyle uses that to hold the top back on the trug ,not letting it fall too far and stress the hinges.

Looks like laundry multiplied so will deal with that..

Jane, we had a lot of fun making the job much easier. Sounds like you have a busy day and a busy weekend coming up.

Gloria, yes, I would love to stay home...but there is always something going on.

Shirley, happy to read your computer is behaving. Maybe it was the site and not your computer???

Lloyd, too many people depend on you.....your wife, children ,grands and great grands , and we do also. Don't let that so called friend take anymore of your time up..he is not worth it....dwell on the good times in life.

Better scurry.
Enjoy your day and stay safe.