Thanks all for the CC comments.

Gloria, sometimes what it takes to make the world right is a good friend to talk to! So glad for you Yvette is back.

Rick, I avoid anything I can hide from on the computer & when in need, call one of my sons.

Bubble, saw a photo of Don on here someplace & wondering how he is doing. We've had so many good people around over the years, nice to think about them and the world they shared with us.

I splurged on myself today & bought the prettiest T-bone steak. I will fry it in a tiny amount of Crisco in cast iron skillet, eat that little tenderloin part (I don't buy unless that is a nice big chunk of that), will have a baked potato in the microwave & some Birdseye veggies with a fat pat of butter melted in the bag, peel & fry those 2 apples in butter that need to be used, couple tablespoons of brown sugar make them melt in your mouth....

Then the rest of that steak I will cut into bite sizes, & use all the brownings in the bottom of that cast iron, add a little butter to brown a couple tablespoons of flour, when brown enough start adding water until it thickens, put the steak bites back in, add a clove of garlic, salt &  pepper & simmer till you hardly have to chew.

The other half of that big baked potato will get added to the steak & gravy & it will go into 2 Ziploc tubs to freeze for another day. These meals taste SO good out camping, can heat in microwave or on top of the stove in a little pan. So there's my plans for the next hour or so. Really isn't extravagant when it makes 3 big meals.

Oh, Amy, have enough of one kind of spinach to pick tomorrow so will try to remember to take a picture right before I start eating. I can hardly wait. I do love to eat.

Yummmm Yummmmm

Good Night and sweet dreams everyone. well wehad a good day. Nancy and I went to sams club and got a few grocerys and renewd our membership for a nother year. It Is still 71º @ at 9:20 PM. I off to take My meds and inslan shot and to bed. Hope to see you all In the morning in good health and spirets.

Lloyd

I'm off to the haystack, too.  After we had supper and cleaned up after it and Cindy did a little more computer work and then left to go over to Cathy's for the night, I conked out!  When I woke up, I did a few things and then stopped in her to check out. 

SHIRLEY, your meals sound yummy!  And that's how I cook, too...one to eat and two or three for later!

Gonna have a full house tomorrow night.  Frankie is spending the night and Cindy is moving over here and her daughter Courtney is coming up from West Chester, PA for the night and the next day.  Also, Cooper will be here!  Fun! 

I better get to bed.  It's an early morning tomorrow!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

Good morning.

Shhh... it isn't raining ....yet. Gives us a chance to cut the grass ,it didn't stop growing in the rain.

Outside work till the weather puts us indoors today. Lots of choices to work at, what gets done gets done the rest can wait.

Shirley, your spinach will taste good! Are you using it in a salad? I did pick up another package of swiss chard and now to find a spot to plant it. This one is called Bright Lights and has red, orange, yellow and white stems on it. Will know better after it comes up.

Gloria, does Yvette know how happy she not only makes you but us also? We are glad you have not only your worker but your friend back.

Better get at the work before the rain comes.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.
 

Good Morning to all my friends who are here and to those who will arrive later.  Cooper arrived, had his breakfast, went for a walk, was a good boy and now he's resting.  Cindy arrived and is on the computer putting in her day's work.  And Courtney (granddaughter) will be arriving later today.  Gonna be a busy one!!!

I wish you all a good day, no rain (or light rain) and stuff to do that isn't tiring and gives you pleasure!

Good morning everyone, 61° sun is shining and the sky a beautiful blue, the color my Mom's eyes were.

SHIRLEY  T-bone and Porterhouse steaks are the same price here so I always bought a Porterhouse and looked for one with the biggest tender piece. Now with the price of $13 a pound I just look, I never was a big meat eater.

LLOYD  hope you slept good last night.

JANE  nothing like a full house of family. I can pictures all of you sitting around the table talking and laughing. That's how my family was. Always sitting around the table was natural in my family, my in-laws never gathered like that except holiday meals.

AMY  Yvette is a caring person and lives to help others. She also loves shopping. Yesterday I mentioned something I needed to ask Bill to get and bring here when he comes Saturday. An hour after she left she called me and told me what she was looking at and asked if I wanted her to get it. OK and I will pay her for it today.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Jane, finally I did get to making the rhubarb juice. I have 14 pints, one canner full and more to go in after they are done. I would have had 15 pints but I kept some juice for us to try later.

Gloria, I just fried my steak, couldn't find my cast iron skillet after looking since ALL day yesterday when I got home. Called my daughter to make sure I didn't give it to her when we cleaned out cabinets the last time she was here. Answer was NO and she had no idea where we might have moved it to. My cabinets are deep so I've been going underground & decided I was hungry & it would fry in this Circulon skillet, bought a set on sale before Cas died and was still thinking of them as "new".... near 10 years old!  As I looked at the package of meat it surprised me to see one was Porterhouse & other T-bone!  I fried the Porterhouse and that tenderloin part melts in my mouth. I will still make the gravy to put the other side in, won't hurt that skillet to scrape the brownings off gently!  So back to the plate & stove! I probably would not have noticed the package held BOTH kinds if you hadn't just mentioned! YUMMY!

Good afternoon.  I typed a post, got a phone call, came back post gone‼️😩 Darn gremlin's 🤪🤪

JANE, enjoy your family visit. 

SHIRLEY, you had me drooling while I was reading about your planned meals 🥰🥰. 🤷  It is not like a iron skillet can just walk off 🤷

AMY, do you drink rhubarb juice just like apple or orange, or do you add it to something you are making?  Sure sounds good.  I love eating cooked rhubarb.

Last night we had a beef roast, gravy , mashed spuds and a BIG bowl each of beets.  Oh my goodness how tasty it was.

Have a good weekend EVERYFRIEND.  We will be going to Granddaughter Kate's dance recital tomorrow.  It is in a professional theater.  They will do three different shows.  We chose mid-day as it was to include her solo.  $36. a ticket.  Yesterday the schedule came out and her dance is in the third one😩😩.  Nothing we can do about it other than buy another ticket in the 3rd show each😩

Loving your stories about Yvette being there, GLORIA🥰🥰

Jenny

Something to think about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcj9IGY6Etg

Good morning...

Beautiful sunny morning here. Usual chores this morning ,laundry and look out dust bunnies here I come!!

Patricia, that is food for thought!! Interesting article.

Jenny, Jane posted the recipe and we just had a small glass of it with supper last night. I think it would be good mixed with a bit of ginger ale also. I will be making more of this!

Better get on with the day..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

 

Good morning everyone. Son not coming today. The pollen in the air is so bad he can hardly breathe when he goes out. I have told him for several years if he does not feel well to stay home. Don't know how I slept last night but my back is bad this morning and I will try getting some of the arthritis salve on and hope it helps. Cold and damp, gray sky so not nice. Think I will get a blanket turn on the TV and get comfy on the couch, and sleep the day away. Even hard sitting here.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good Morning  Gloria and amy and anyone that follow. good to see you Ladise, the temp. is 74ºsunny and not a cloud in sight. I am going to put the battery charger on the rv today that I did not the other day. I have done my vitials and sent them off to TV. weare going to deaughter's and son in laws anuvicery party this afternoon. It is there 40th. that should be fun time. Hope you all have a great day.

Lloyd

Good Afternoon!  I think I'm all packed; all cleaned up; and all ready to leave at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning.  Cindy is having a last visit with her friends before she packs the car and gets some sleep tonight.  I'm tired up the gazoo but I can sleep all the way to OKLA. if I feel like it.  I think we're stopping over about half or 3/4 of the way there.

This will probably be my last entry until afer we get there.  When Cindy gets back, we'll be packing up the computer to travel.

AMY, I think you shooed all those dust bunnies down here but I'm not going to worry about them because Frankie said she's going to give my house a "deep cleaning" before I get back.

Cindy and I went to a memorial service this morning for one of my long time friends.  Her kids and my kids all went to school together and she's been not so good for some time.  It was nice to see her kids again and to have a chance to say "Good bye" to Nevy! 

I guess I better get off this thing.  Cooper's barking as if someone is coming and that's probably Cindy coming back!  I wish you all well for the next few days until we can communicate again! 

Jane,  ---  Stay awake for Cindy if you can.  A long drive with someone sleeping next to you can be rough. 

Other than that, enjoy the trip.

Safe travels, Jane. Looking forward to knowing you've arrived. Be prepared!  Heat index ("feels like"..) is over 100* and it's humid.

Good morning..

Listened to the sound of rain softly falling and didn't want to get up. Something so soothing about the rain quenching the ground.

A day of rest here, hope to play in my sewing room.

Jane,safe travels. Enjoy your time away.

Gloria, my son had/has allergies but so far so good with him. He used to go get an allergy shot ,his were so bad at the time. I think he out grew the severity of them.

Patricia, how are things your way?

Better get on with my day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Mystery of the missing cast iron skillet solved!!!  I've been telling/nagging/teasing my daughter about "she has the skillet & doesn't know it"... and turns out she was in her basement when she called, noticed a box that had a plate on top that she recognized from when she was little. She discovered MY SKILLET under the plate & knew it came out of the same cabinet we cleaned out the time before when she was here. I don't think she realized I put it in there and had just taken the box to the basement when she got home that trip & was back here about 10 days later for another special occasion for one of her grands. Anyway, she heads to the east coast tomorrow to babysit her other 2 grands. She cooked the whole time she has been home, all her husband's favorites (he does appreciate & is so sweet to her about all the traveling since she retired).He doesn't want to retire, they've already traveled the world so content be home with a full frig!... They always come here for the 4th of July since we can still shoot fireworks, have a big family gathering usually at her oldest son's house. Lots of food & goodies and lots of fireworks. Think we have his neighborhood content to watch the fireworks from their own yards because nobody complains.

Jane, it was miserable hot with warnings today so hope you girls have NO car issues that would strand you on the highway. My 10 day forecast shows nothing but HOT. Tell you one thing I do is refill a tall bottle of water to an inch from the top & freeze it. They work as "freezer packs" and can drink the water as it melts (I fill with Brita pitcher water). I also have some of those long ago Tupperware "squares"(cubes about 6 OR 8") that I freeze & leave in the Tupperware because the bigger the square the longer it stays cold. If you lay a thick washcloth on top you can cool your face anytime. I have some of those thick styrofoam coolers that don't weigh anything & I just munch my way across the country! If in the motorhome the frig & freezer handles everything but back in the old days the red Coleman cooler kept the best. I'm sure you'll have plenty of giggles all the way. I've got several sets of those sun shades that mush up against the glass & can still see traffic thru. My body temp goes up with the sun shining on my skin so a battle of taking photos out the window or hiding behind dark screens! Be SAFE & enjoy. Did you say how long you will be visiting?  Any idea the route you take? 

Can't believe it's past 10:00 & I didn't really eat supper. Need to get my act together. Sweet dreams & God Bless. My computer is acting strange. I told Google to turn the pool lights on & Google said, "something went wrong, try again later".... So went to the bedroom & told that Google clock to do it & it said, "Okay"... Andy said to unplug & let the sassy one reset... so will give that a try. Now the curser is skipping from one line to another so if you notice letters inserted that don't belong in a word, blame the little gremlins in the computer!

Shirley I blame my mes up's on little keye and fat chubby fingers I have nothing said aoubt Lack of cordsniton and or old age, Good night and sweet dreams. sory for being so late posting.it is stright up1200 midnight time to go do a quick bath and get in bed. see you all tomorow. we had a great time yesterday at deaughter's and SIL's 40 th year weding anuvercey.

Lloyd

Good morning..

Going to be nice this morning and then we may get rain later on today. We have folks coming to pick up a trug today and we need to do a dump run.

Shirley, when I talked with Jane Fri night she said it might take till Tur to get her computer set up and running.  I believe she said she is staying until Aug. Glad you found your missing pan!

Patricia, does Farrah mind storms? My sister's  don't pay attention to them but I know some do.

Phyliss, hope all is well there.

Gloria, are you having computer problems again???

Better get ready to enjoy the day.

Take care and stay safe. 

Good Morning AMY and all else that stop by. sun is high and bright 81º already say going to the mid to high 90's. I am working yesterday, and am going to again today, on the RV. we are going to try to trade down size, nancy wont drive the one we have now. it is 37 foot long. she wants to get a littler one ton dualwheel. she thinks she will drive it. She was telling me there was a 93 year old ladie, not driveing it but rideing with a young man on a motre cycle. I was still driveing one in my late 70y's, but that is a thing of the past. i do how ever have a leagale licens. but do not think i will exersize it any more. I do think i could still drive one , ok . have a good day.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone, sorry I have been AOL. All I did all week end was lay on the couch or the bed and sleep. Did not even get out of nightgown and robe. Just plain lazy.

AMY  no one in my family had an allergy or in my in-laws family either. But Bill now has COPD and the pollen got to him this time. He has worked outside most of his life and even since he retired he still spends a lot of time outside.

RICK  a few years ago my oldest son and wife went to Arizona to see my daughter. He wanted to drive to see the country but my DIL would be asleep 5 minutes after starting out. She has always been like that but as long as she is driving she is wide awake. They ended up flying there and renting a car. They wanted me to go with them but I can no longer travel.

JANE  enjoy your trip, will be looking forward to your return and hearing about all the fun you had.

AMY  computer OK for now but I still do not like Dell computers. Should have asked my grandson to get me anything but Dell.

LLOYD  71 now and high to be 82 and it is very sunny.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Gloria --- If Bill can tolerate one of those masks they have been using for Covid, it should help him with his pollen problem. Be sure the mask fits properly.

Good morning, we have sunny skies again today, but the smoky haze from fires burning further south hides them. Every time we get a little heat, we have fires. The past three years have been in the record books for one thing or another, and frankly, I'd enjoy a month of peacefulness before breaking another climate record.


Amy, Farrah used to startle and hide from the fire alarm or construction noises outside. Now the noise is ignored unless she sees construction workers riding one of those rising contraptions close to her window. Two years ago, I had her hearing tested at her checkups. The vets said her hearing is excellent, so that's not it. She checks my behavior, and I believe she goes by that.

Today is another day on the computer, and I have no need or desire to go further. Several little day-to-day tasks can wait another day.

I hope everyone has a great day; as Lloyd says, "Just as you like it."

"No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words."
Author Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light.

"If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it."  Novelist S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep

Smoke from dozens of wildfires in Western Alaska began spreading across the state over the weekend, covering the skies with a reddish tinge and leading to unhealthy air in some regions.

45 active wildfires in Western Alaska had burned more than a quarter million acres as of Sunday, according to the state Division of Forestry. They include the 150,000-acre East Fork Fire, one of just three fires in the area that are being manned.

Smoke from those fires reduced air quality from the Kenai Peninsula to the Seward Peninsula and the Brooks Range, with some of the worst particulate concentrations in Fairbanks as of Monday morning.

The concentration of smoke particles in the air in downtown Fairbanks was measured in the unhealthy range on Monday, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation monitors.

That means people with asthma and children should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion.

RELATED: St. Mary's residents pitch in to keep their village from burning

Smoke is expected to start clearing by Monday afternoon in Interior and Southcentral, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bobby Bianco.

But the shift in winds that's clearing the smoke is also expected to bring warmer temperatures and lightning strikes to the Interior.

"There's a danger of dry lightning starting new fires across the Interior," said state fire spokesperson Sam Harrel. 

Harrel said a lack of lightning in the Interior so far this season has resulted in fewer wildfires in the region, but over the weekend, crews did start work on two new human-caused blazes off the Steese Highway north of Fairbanks. Harrel said a fire investigator is looking into the source of both starts.

RELATED: Vulnerable residents flown out of St. Mary's as major tundra fire closes in

In Southcentral, southerly winds are expected to start clearing smoke Monday evening as well. National Weather Service meteorologist Ray Christensen said that the improvement will be moderate at first.

"It won't completely go away but I think you will see improvement over Southcentral over the next day or two," he said. 

As of  Sunday 460,000 acres had burned statewide in Alaska, the 2nd highest amount at this point in the wildfire season, in the past 30 years.

Good morning.

Today is starting off great then rain /storms by 10pm.

Meeting friends today, swapping "goodies". She has gone through her fabric scraps and I get to enjoy them. We both kid that is just like Christmas when we do this.......she doesn't know what I have for her and I am sure I shall hear about it.

Jane, you are dearly missed!!!Hope you can post today.

Patricia, that is a lot of fires. I hope they soon get them all under control. We certainly could share the rain if only we could. CA sure needs it also.


Better get a wiggle on..

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Been up a couple hours with nothing to show for time but a full tummy and a happy cat. The wind is bending the trees in circles, I swear it looks like it's trying to unscrew them from the ground! Temp was 80° when I woke up, what the computer says now. Not going to get any better~~~~~~wah..............At least I'm sitting in AC while that poor robin sits on her nest she built over the light fixture right on a brick wall. She gets the morning sun until about noon since it's on the south side of the house. All the birds look miserable yesterday & so far this morning... looking for food & I'm not dressed to feed them yet. So that's it for south central Kansas.

Wish Jane would have mentioned if they plan to come thru Wichita before dropping down into OK. The turnpike is on the other side of town but I'd love to meet them.
Actually, there is a by-pass around the city that joins the turnpike on the south side as it heads to OK.