I started to stop several times today but every time I sat down by this sliding door the view of REAL raindrops was so pleasing I'd head off to the other end of the house for a nap.  I finally had lunch about 3:30 so that will throw off supper until bedtime.   
Weather Bug is saying it's 59°, that is almost a dream! I'm ready for another nap!  

What ever you are seeing/feeling in your special part of the world, I pray you find peace and contentment. I still feel like we've had a death in the family, that a special person is gone, a family is without their loved one and I share their sadness. I'd feel the same for anyone grieving, but I've known more about this lady than I did some of my own relatives.

Hugs to all of you, I probably won't be in again tonight, good sleeping weather & my alarm goes off at 5:00 am. Just had a text from #1 son, they arrived at their condo in Breckenridge,CO for a week. They got a 2 bedroom so a friend can stay a couple days with them, she's had a bad year. They've been there enough times they know the territory so enjoy visitors. Wah... I'd love to be there but Doc doesn't think oxygen will help my breathing so it's a stand off.  God Bless!                   

Time to hit the haystack.  I finished some of my paper work but I still have more to work on tomorrow.  I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow but my eyes will answer that question.  You can go out an buy new feet, legs, hands, arms.  I wonder if they have a head store somewhere that I'm missing!  I need eyes, ears, a chin, some teeth...I'll look around if I ever find that store.  In the meantime, I'll just be thankful that I don't need any of that other stuff!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

Good morning..

Overcast here with the threat of rain.

A welcomed day of rest here. Visiting friends after stopping a SIL for a short visit. Then home to work at doing nothing .

Leaves are taking on their fall clours, not a lot as of yet but starting.

Patricia, around Halloween is when we aslo get some snow..

Jane, if you find that store send the address I am sure a lot of us can use it.

Shirley, we sit and watch campers/ trailers go by and think of all the travelling we have done and nope I am content right here.

Better get ready to meet the day......loon call is echoing across the lake at the moment.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning AMY and anyone else who poke his/her head in later!  I'm up and attem.  It's a tad chilly and we're getting some very soft rain showers.  They started sometime during the night and predicted to continue most of the day. 

I have to go get ready for church.  Cathy is dropping me off.  It's her last chore before she heads out for vacation tomorrow morning.  Next week I'm sort of stranded because the people who I have to depend on all work full days.  If I have an emergency, my son will either leave one of the guys in charge of close the store.  I pray there is NOT an emergency!

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

Good morning everyone. IT IS 66º and sunny here at the moment,not a cloud in sight. Nancy Has gon to her church,I am going to go eat and then turn the same preacher on Live that she drove to watch and listen  to and i do not have to get spit and pollished to watch and listen to. have a good day just like you all like it. as I set here posting and watching out the office wiendow at the birds we have at least a dozen robbiens hopping aroun it the front yard picking up somenthing and eateing it. where I can see them

Lloyd

I have a question,why dose this sight not post into the current day,and not have to scrole past severial day's to posy? Like it used to.

Lloyd

Lloyd, --- Up at the top on the right hand side there are the words "Unread Posts".  Click on that and it will show the posts you have not read/seen yet.

Lloyd, Soda Shoppe (and all other forums) always take you to the top of whatever page it's on (current one for Soda Shoppe is 4 - may be 5 or 6 by the time you come back).

 On the left side next to the small picture (which changes frequently), you should see a box with "Go Down" in it.
If you click on it you'll be taken to the last post made on that page and the Quick Reply box should be just underneath that one.

However, it will NOT take you to the last post you read so you'll have to scroll back up to find that one.

One issue I have is that the forum changes to a new one every two weeks.  I don't always remember what was posted in the former one.

Downright CHILLY in central Oklahoma this morning!!  High temps are supposed to climb back up during the week but the season is definitely changing.

I've been sorting out some file folders - which is making me      Otherwise, it's the same old routine - except football season has begun for my Oklahoma University Sooners and All My Children's Oklahoma State Cowboys.  Hate it when the game is "streamed" rather than being on a "regular" channel!

Enjoy your day, Everyfriend.

Good morning.  Everyone has so much going on in their lives and such warm temperatures compared to here. We have cloudy and 35, and I have another day of legal and seasonal paperwork, with one related appointment Monday and a last on the 19th.

Last week's cold spell and days of rain brought out the orange colors in the greenery, and I expect the other colors to follow soon.

Good morning...

Cloudy and may get rain along with a thunder storm they say.

We had a great time visiting with friends yesterday and seeing how their new home is doing. The trusses come  next week and once the roof is on everything else falls into place faster.

Daily chores here..I am so excited .

Better get at'tem

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning to all who are left in here and who might read later!  Our numbers are dwindling and I really miss everyone who chooses not to visit the SS.

Cooper has arrived and had his breakfast and now he's sitting there, patiently waiting to share mine!  He knows he usually gets the last bite.  I'm eating something I can share with him...scrambled eggs and bacon!

AMY, we've had a day and a night of gently rain and it's predicted to last most of the week.  That's OK because I can hear the ground slurping it up and it's not too heavy to walk doggies in.  Otherwise, I'm stuck here except for an emergency...I pray there isn't one!

I'm off to more paper work this morning and I'm hoping to finish it off this morning...PLEASE!  There's no Monday newspaper to draw my attention from it so.....

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

Good Morning everyone. IT IS 53º and clear , Not a cloud in the sky here. JaneS I am glad you are getting some easy rain. when you get what  you need send some on east to us at Lature MO. we sure can use some we are gettin very dry here. Have a great day.

Lloyd

Good morning; they say the latest cold spell has moved east and our overnight low rose from yesterday's 35 to this morning's 47. However, in an arctic August, the rains will return. Radar shows it all around us with the bulk to the northwest.

Brown colors have joined the intensifying orange colors in our outside greenery with the orange carnations pulled across the street and their beds winterized. With the last two record-breaking winters in mind, everyone is preparing for more broken records.

Claire and her neighbors are busy preparing for winter, and most of the nearby grounds have been cleared, raked, and turned over. Dora, Alan, and others in the foothills are also finishing their winter grounds preparation. It's as if everyone knows that the shoe will drop, and they want to be ready for it this time.

Nothing newsworthy here other than I'm finishing a round of inspections, meetings, and paperwork. Monday's appointment on the 19th and two forms are waiting to finish, and I can officially end this summer.

well it is 75º& bright sun Here now at 12,05 not a cloud in sight, Iwish we could get some of the rain yuo are talking about, we are  very dry here at Lature. we are having to watter the raised beds and every thing in are going bad.

Lloyd

Well, it's raining here and thundering, too!  We will take the rain but I liked the soft, easy stuff we've been having and I would rather not have the thunder with it.  Cooper is spending the night with me and I think he doesn't really like the thunder either.  He's not hiding but he's sticking to me like glue!

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

It't been a long day, had a tree cut down that was into power lines & the underground sprinkler system in the back. They did a good job but certainly cost enough to get it down & hauled off. I told them I'd fix 'em lunch so I spent the morning cooking a pot of chicken & noodles & opened the motorhome & cleaned off the table so they could eat out there. 

The neighbors across the street bought that house a year ago & have been totally remodeling ever since. The doctor that lived there died & wife moved into a nursing home next day but the kids replaced all carpeting & remodeled to suit them but not the new owners. They had a company that does jack hammering take off the whole brick front porch today. Sure looks different.

I didn't get quite 3 hours sleep last night & short nap before the jack hammers woke me up!  I am off to bed right now, so sweet dreams to all and God Bless. That was a short fall we had yesterday but blistering sunshine today.  I gave up while ago & turned the AC on to air the house out. The house has dark tinted storm windows & sliding doors so the temperature stays pretty steady, when it's still too long it gets stuffy.

I brought Lloyd over from New Members' Introductions...


well It Is 9:56 pm mon. sept the 12th, I am going to go watch a moovie of the , LIFE AND TOMES OF GRIZLEY ADDiMS. it is a very good seares to watch. good night and sweet dreams,

Lloyd

Good morning..

Went to be listening to the falling rain and woke to the same sound.

Kyle wants to go to a town about  90 min from here. Many years ago and I do mean many the farmer I worked for would come into town and sell eggs. They would send me one way to deliver and pick up money. Remember the day when we did leave our doors unlocked?  You would walk in, leave eggs and money would be there.The town has changed since then,downtown area is not thee place to be,businesses on the outskirts now command the flow of buyers.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Cooper spent the night and we have just finished our breakfast.  His next request will be for his morning walk.

I went to bed in the middle of a thunderstorm and it looks like we had rain for most of the night. More is expected today so I'll need to get a good walk in before it starts or root out my raincoat and park a towel by the door to wipe off a wet doggie.

AMY, I remember those days of leaving the door unlocked.  I remember putting cash in milk bottles for the milk man to pick up in the morning and sometimes it was out all night.  I also remember taping a check to the trash can for the collector to pick up when he picked up the trash.  Lots of other memories of cash waiting for someone to pick it up and always picked up by the right person!

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

good Morning everyone. Nancy has a appointment with the foot docter after while. sun is bright and clear not a cloud in sight.. shirley I shurewish you can send some of that new easy rain on over here. we sure are dry. see you all later on today I will check back after noon.

Lloyd

I recall visiting a friend in Mid-State NY years ago. My hosts had left for work and I was sleeping in after being out most of the night.  Apparently it had started raining, and a lady that was just walking by noticed clothes out on the line drying. She stopped and brought the clothes in and left them (dried) on the dining room table, and then continued on her way.  Being a Down-State City boy it really surprised me. I don't think anyone there locked their doors.

Today was fantastic!! Overcast for the most part then a shower on the way home. Managed to pick up all we went for and then some!!
Kyle wanted (remember I said Kyle) to go up a road to see if any houses for sale. we followed the road to??? getting ourselves misplaced. (woman doesn't say lost) but we did travel a nice country road enjoying the scenery.

Came home to phone calls to catch up on and now to relax.

Rick,  as kids many times during the summer we would wake to find our aunt ,uncle and their two children from Buffalo NY asleep in the livingroom. They would leave after he got off from work and head north. Our doors were never locked back then.

After we moved to Lewisburg from Williamsport (about 25 miles), we used to enjoy going shopping in Williamsport on a Saturday.  Back in those days there were not as many public toilets and the ones available were not so nice.  So we usually stopped at Aunt Edie's house and sometimes she was there and sometimes she wasn't but the door was always open.  My sisters and I would run in an holler "Hi Aunt Edie...if you're home.  We're using your bathroom."  If she was there, there would be a nice snack on the kitchen table when we came down and some good company.  If she wasn't, it was back in the car and head for home!

No cell phones to say "we're on the way"!

Well, here I am again, talking to myself!  I'm heading for bed a bit early tonight because I didn't manage to sleep through any of my TV shows tonight.  I read a book instead and it's one of those "can't put it down" books so now my eyes are tired and ready for bed.  I guess that's good because Cooper will be arriving before 7 tomorrow morning.

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

well it is a 1/4 till ten,and i am going to hit the hay stack my self, the grand son is not back from colorado elk hunting and nicole has her hands over full right now so i can not get help with this computer. RAMMEL and I do not see that up top as you said. so we will addres it another day good night and sweet dreams,

Lloyd

Good morning..

Kyle has physio this morning then hope to make chicken soup. We have a bbq chicken that needs to be dealt with so soup it is. I have been wanting cornmeal muffins so hope to make those also.

Jane, I talked with a lady in a store about canning and she said she found a recipe for bread and butter pickles and they are delicious!! Here is the site.
https://www.browneyedbaker.com/bread-and-butter-pickles/

She canned them even though it say refridgerate.

Patricia, soon be time to bring out the woolies your way..

Shirley ,any word from Glorias daughter?

Better get going.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Every time I tried to post yesterday the computer "locked up" and not only wouldn't let me finish a post but couldn't get to any part of re-starting or anything!  Finally last night I checked in on the old computer that is running only because it has the printer attached, and IT had ATTITUDE. Told me not to turn the computer off because it was doing an update. Then I realized what was going on and sure nuff, everything has the new screen showing this morning and all's well. I'm sure the phone would have wanted one but I only turn it on when I want to use it & when I do I have to face those updates. Better do that while I think of it, while I have time.

Lloyd, my father used to go elk or antelope hunting in CO every year with a bunch of guys that were my youngest brother's friends. Brother didn't want any part of hunting but Dad loved to go & the guys knew he could fix anything that broke or went wrong so glad to have him along. He never failed to get his game & probably one for anybody that didn't. Last time he went they got snowed in an extra week & their guide couldn't get to them. They had a house size tent with a stove inside to cook on & for heat, plus room for cots for each guy, but I'm thinking 3 weeks in the snow was over the top. Dad didn't complain but he never went back!

Much to do today so better get a move on. Still no rain but wind supposed to pick up & back to mid 90s. Yuck.......... Have a great day.

Jane, you've enjoyed sharing a dog so I mentioned to my son the other day that "when I get a dog he'll have to take her camping for me". He smiled from ear to ear. His wife does not want a dog yet, she just retired. He always took care of all pets & they have 2 cats given to her as babies when her father died 12-13 years ago. A "co-op" dog has been a good thing for you, hasn't it?

Amy & Patricia, love hearing about fall creeping in. Not pretty here with the elm trees nearly stripped of leaves, bugs of some kind. The grass that doesn't get water is brown & looks dead.

Rick, are your birds going to hang around all winter or with they migrate. I saw MY 2  robins yet yesterday, their parents didn't hang around long enough to explain to them about going south. The whole flock of them left the day these guys got out of the nest.

Amy, I was wondering the same thing. If I remember right, the last word anyone had was Gloria or daughter sent Bubble a message & she was fed up with computers.

Good morning everyone. RAMMEL I do not see what you are talking about on my page, and have to scrole down past a lotof old postes to get down here to rply. no matter i get here and I have more time than money. it is already 61º and clear skyes, not a cloud in sight. the foot docter told Nancy to stopall salt and very very light in cooking. we use what is saying light sodaim salt. i am going to try to get in touh with docter and see what to do about blod sugar, is up on the rise today. 210 this morning. @ 8;00 am when igot in here in.the office where my device is. that i post on and goes via sadilait to VA.and I have my every day headace. I hope you all are haveing a better day than I am. see you all later today, i will chack back later today.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's still morning for a bit where I am.  Cooper arrived early this morning and we had breakfast together and then took our morning walk.  I was still a bit sleepy so after I read the paper and put in my eye drops, I curled up on the sofa with him for a bit.  Now I have to "get a wiggle on"!

SHIRLEY, it's been a life saver having Cooper here after I lost my doggies.  I don't know what I'd have done without him.  I'm sure your son would love sharing with you!

I've also been wondering about Gloria and we seem to have lost JOY without a word.  I tried a couple of times to reach her son and DIL but did not get an answer.  Every time I run across her phone number, I wonder about her! Many of the ones I miss are over in Norm's place. So at least they're around!

Now I'm going to go do "something" that needs me!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Lloyd, --- Look up at the top below the coffee pot - you should see "Unread Posts" - click on it.