Good morning everyone, finally slept right last night. After CNA left yesterday I did have a nap, good thing I did not get on Skype because my daughter and SIL went into town for groceries. I slept through the time we would have been on. It is 32 now but with wind it feels like 22. Another day of not going out for me. Watching local news and showing an outside view and the outside camera is really bouncing with the wind. This state suddenly is getting more cases of the virus. So glad my CNA can still come.

AMY  you are not the only one who gets side tracked into do doing something else.

LLOYD  this is not a time for travel anywhere.

JANE  I really have done nothing much to write about. I would love to get into a bath tup and enjoy a nice long soak in warm water bu no tub here just a shower. No heat in the bathroom and hate getting out of a warm shower into a cold room. I cannot move fast enough to get warm. We all complain about that in this building.

PHYLLIS  it is sunny here but the wind in keeping the sun from warming up.

SHIRLEY  you make me glad I have to fur bay to cater to these days. Hard enough just take care of myself.

JENNY  my CNA  has a pool and her 2 grandsons keep asking when they can go swimming.

JANE  if anything goes by alphabet I an at the end with a Z for a last name. If I took my maiden name back with my divorce I would have been a B.

SHIRLEY  now why not with you in the video feeding the fish? We wou ld like to see you  and not just fish.

AMY  you should hear the fridge in here every time it runs. Drove me nuts at first but after almost 6 years I am used to it.

LLOYD  I think we are all praying for the virus to die and not us.

JOY  I have had a camera sttached to my computer so long now I cannot remember when I bought it. I got it so I can get on Skype every day with my daughter.  Mine does not clip to the top of the monitor but sits on the desk under the monitor.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good morning everyone. well I had a hard time getting to sleep even with the night time pill have not been up very long, but I may take a nap right after noon. Have a good day everyone.

Lloyd

Sunny day here, too, and no wind....at least, not yet.  This April has been more like March.  It's been very windy.

I'm doing fine with no vertigo yesterday.  Baked a loaf of bread with the last of the yeast I had but, have some more coming.    It should be here tomorrow....fingers crossed.  Also, I managed to find a supply for 15 bean soup mix (none at all in the grocery store) and they arrived a few days ago so I set the beans to soak overnight and will make the soup today with leftover Easter ham.  I love Potato Soup, too, Jane, but I think a good, hearty Bean Soup is close to being my favorite.  It doesn't matter to me whether it is cold weather or hot....soup is the best comfort food in the world!

David picked up my online grocery order yesterday and I got only about 1/2 of what I had ordered so I'll need to try again today.  The available pick up dates are so far in the future it is making it difficult to plan that far ahead but we are managing. I finally managed to snag some dishwasher detergent yesterday. Yay!  I am purely tired of washing dishes by hand especially with all this extra cooking that I am doing.  But, all is well with my world....for the moment.    

Take care, Everyone.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  We've been up and attem for a while now but this is my first chance to get in here.  Mickie's been out and fed and out again and I need to go get dressed. 

Don't know yet what's on the agenda for today besides our computer visit with the Physical Therapist at 4.  I still didn't get the breakfast casserole done because I had chopped broccoli on my shopping list and my personal shopper (Cathy) got me broccoli crowns. She knows I like to eat them and didn't realize that I was trying to avoid the chopping process.

I'm on my way to go get dressed for the day.  It's a lot slower process than it used to be "pre-fall". 

Thanks, JOY for the information about the computer visit.  I called my daughter and read it to her and she says "thank you" too.  It's good info.

I wish you all a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!

And don't forget to share it!

Quick Addition!  PHYLLIS, I'm so glad you're feeling better.  I think, if I had to pick a fav soup it would have to be home made vegetable soup.  I collect vegetables all summer and make a huge pot in the Fall and can it so I can have it whenever I want it.  Frankie also loves it and has some whenever she's over here and sometimes take a jar home with her.  I also contribute 5 quarts to one of the monthly soup sales that we have after church.  The proceeds go to local Outreach projects and that's where my heart is.

hello everyone, It is light rain here @ 8:P M. and 57º. I most likley wont be back in this evening so I wish you all a good rest of the day just as you would like it.hope to see you all tomorrow. good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Well, I almost came in here to say "Good Night" to myself!  Where is everyone?  I'm off to get myself ready for bed and I was hoping to see that SHIRLEY had received my recipe for Potato Soup. 

I want to tell you that today, for the first time since my fall, I'm wearing jeans!  I've been sticking to stretchy pants with no zipper and elastic waistbands and today I decided to see if I could get into the jeans and see how it went.  It felt great!

Now I'm off to change into my jammies and hit the hay!  I'm tired for some reason and I don't think I did anything different today except to walk around the yard several times while Mickie was out.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

well good night and I did not see where SHIRLEY  had posted about Potato Soup either. I do not if this will do for you, But following is how i do it.and is good if i do say so my self. ( peel and cut the potato's into about 3/4 cubes, cover them good with water and salt to your own taste. boil them until they are good and tender (test with fork) pore off about half or beater of the water, bring back liquid level with Milk a dash of pepper  and depending on your volume of soup put in a goodly amount of mild cheddar cheese and bring back to  light boil to melt the cheese. good soup. this is all for tonight, good night.

Lloyd

Good morning every one. Another early morning for me. Starting to go to ed early so I am getting sleep but getting up at 2:30 in te morning is a pain. I try being very quiet so I do not wake  my neighbors.
This wind is getting to be a big pain.  34 but windchill is 25. When it finally stops maybe I can go outside for some fresh air. I will wear my mask, too.

LLOYD  hope you slept better last night.

PHYLLIS  we are having a combination of March wind and April rain. On late Tuesday afternoon we had a thunderstom with very stron‌g wind, even some hail then the temperture dropped like old man winter was blowing fridgid air. I think we are all ready for some nice spring temperature and sunshine. I love that 15 bean soup. Not long ago I got a bsg of it and then it dawned on me I did not have a pan big enough any more so gave it to my oldest son and he made it and gave me some and boy did I enjoy it. I agree, I love most any home made soup. My daughter and SIL went grocery shopping in town Tuesday and she went to 4 markets trying to get every thing her list. They make that trip almot every 2 weeks mostly because she cannot keep produce much longer than that. She is well stocked with everything else.

LLOYD  hope you slept better last night.

Hope Shirley is OK. Not like her to miss p‬osting every day.

Have a good day and stay safe.

 Gloria you have gotten us in a bad habitue of not sleeping well. I know it is your fault because you get up before me. i woke up about 5:00 AM. doing a bad dream. oh well I am up now and am going to go take my blood sugar test now, and fiend something to eat, after that. our deck is wet ,but not raining at the moment,weather guesser is saying 54º and cloudy now and going to 74º and mostly  cloudy for the day today. grand children called last night and told Nancy the found a good mess of mushrooms for us. wow that has my mouth watering. I have been a couple times this year but had no good luck. when it gets light I am going to get on the four wheeler and go where we usually fiend some, cant have too many of them morels. Have a good day.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  This will be short because we're waiting for the boinger and then it will be time for breakfast and Mickie won't let me forget that!

I slept pretty good last night....got up once to answer nature's call and went right back to sleep.  I was really tired last night and I don't know why.  Maybe it all caught up with me!

GLORIA, we're having the same kind of weather you are and I know it was warmer last year at this time because my Maryland daughter came up to celebrate my birthday by helping me to clean up flower beds and replant them.  It's been a strange Spring in more ways than one!

I'll try to come back later for a better visit.  Right now, my day begins!

I wish you a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!

And come by and share it with your friends!

Good morning everyone..

Beautiful sunny day here and no wind!! Temp id 10 °F and the sun will son make that rise. I have an appointment this morning and then I think if it is ok with Kyle we will go for a wee drive. He is on his last piece of Old Sharpe cheese and a drive will be nice for both of us.

Jane , now that is an accomplishment with one wing, to do the zipper and button up. How is the arm coming along? Does it bother you at night?

Gloria, we also like soup at any time of the year. The trees are slow to bud here and I am looking forward to all the lilacs in bloom.

Lloyd, enjoy your mushroom hunting but be careful out there.

Phyllis, happy to read your vertigo has gone, now for it to stay gone forever!

Joy, Kyle has had a visit via internet with his specialist but due to his hearing Kyle had problems with that. Other than that the visit went well with the Dr nurse taking vitals and other information. Modern technology!

Better scoot.

Enjoy your day everyone..

Good morning to all. I've been up over an hour, taking care of cats & actually combed my hair! I cut it yesterday and feels so much better. 

Didn't realize I had not posted in here, think I must have left a post over in the Bait & Tackle when I was thinking of Mary Ann. She was so faithful about keeping it running after Norm died.

It has been hard to make the rounds this past week with sleeping so much. Think whatever I had is over with but have you noticed how much harder it is to make up for what didn't get done the day before?

Gloria, that wind sure gets on one's nerves, we have had more than normal this winter. Never did have any ice on the river so will have a super crop of bugs this summer, top that with wind & takes the fun out of being outside. I slept the past week away. Hang in, wonder if our lives will ever be the same....

Jane, I did get your soup recipe and thought I replied with a big thank you... but wouldn't be the first time I forgot to hit the send button. Like you said, can think of multi ways to change a tad every time... my fav kind of recipe! Thank you so much for taking time.  Three cheers for getting the jeans back on. I've been living in "sweats" the past week except for the time I got out to go to the store. Need to do laundry today and start dragging out the summer stuff. Hate this time of year when clothes pile up from both seasons. 75 one day & back to freezing the next.

We needed the rain yesterday but will be a few days before river goes back down to talk to the fish. Can't believe this is Thursday already. I'm pretty sure it was Wed night a week ago I got so sick & absolutely lost the whole week.

Phyllis, glad you are doing better. Think you will be getting the rain. Heard on news that tornadoes hit just south of Callie (in OK) last night. This may be the year for them, has not been too bad last few years. I have certain things I haul to the basement when the warnings get too close. Older I get the harder to drag those bags down & back up next day. You remember the drill, always at night.

I think when we already don't feel good, a death can affect us so much harder. Besides my brother and Mary Ann, I called to check on another 94 year old long time friend and told she had died about a month-6 weeks ago. All had been positive type people.

Lloyd, your potato soup also sounds good. I love potatoes any way fixed. Have a pot of chives in the berm that survived the last few winters outside, already brought some in to chop on a baked potato along with some sour cream, big chunk of butter and a hand full of shredded cheese. I am always good to eat that when nothing else sounds good.

I have another problem to face. Old Callie cat slipped into the bedroom end of the house and marked her spot for spite. The smell is awful and I can't find it!!! I will have to move every piece of furniture & clean carpet... and hope she didn't back up to one of the 2 big LazyBoys in the sitting part of those 2 rooms. Cas had 4 LazyBoys when he died, all like new and way too big for me. I gave away 2 & kept the 2 side by side back there in case company is here to spend the night. That hasn't happened because my daughter stays in the spare bedroom at her son's house so she can wake up with her grands. She used to often sleep in our bedroom downstairs but not since the kids got a bigger house about 6-8 years ago. Anyway, I am just sick about the cat smell, can not wait to start the clean out, but wish it happened AFTER the virus problem, I will need to hire a cleaning crew to help with that mess! The original owner added a full size room onto the master bedroom end of the house so a lot of space to work on. The carpet in there is about 8 years old so hate to have it taken out, just don't know where that smell comes from but it's gotta go! I can't be mean to these cats and they are a problem. Not sure how much longer I can cope with them and know the only solution is having them put to sleep. That would be hard if they are not in pain or really sick. All I can say is I understand why my mother never allowed me to adopt a horse... animals have always been "people" to me...

Okay, time for me to eat and either get busy or go back to sleep. It is light out and the day is waiting!  Wishing all of you smiles, 6' away....

Ah, you made it in, Amy, was wondering where you were. Love to just go for a drive & was thinking of even rolling the RV around with price of gas so cheap.

Lloyd, my father loved mushrooms & so does one son, Dad hunted them but son NOR me, would know a poison one from good. We have toadstools the size of plates that grow "out back" here, I'm sure not good to eat but seems a shame since they LOOK pretty.

testing

Talking to myself like Jane!  Miracles do happen. This morning I was trying to find summer clothes so I moved the Shark vac I had dragged between the closets and all of a sudden I realized THAT was where the odor was coming from! Callie hates noise, she marked the little Shark Navigator I keep in the kitchen, shorted it out, had to buy another. Last week I had the Black & Decker hedge trimmer out back, cutting down the tall grass. I sat it on the ground for a second to pick up the pile & put into the dumpster, looked over and Callie was standing over the hedge trimmer drowning it!!!! I screamed at her, ran inside to grab paper towels & dried off, she did not short it out this time, I hope! I haven't turned that Shark vac on yet, but would actually be a relief it that is the only thing ruined! Bless her heart, she is laying outside the door right here, so happy to have a home. We know she is old and I know abused along the way, she just does not understand she has to KILL everything that makes a noise!

So, I went shopping to Sam's Club. Boy, this virus has changed the world. They had NO hamburger, I have wanted a T-bone or rib eye steak for weeks.... to me a luxury I'm not willing to spend for very often so want a good cut. NO T-bones at all and the rib eyes were pathetic. I asked the butcher if I went out into the Flint Hills & rustled up a steer, would he butcher it for me? He shook his head & rolled his eyes. Well, getting desperate. I have a feeling because of the problems at the packing houses, we may have a shortage of beef this year. So that's my news. The Shark vac is one my husband bought, bagless & last time used on the grass carpet around the pool. I may not have cleaned it out good, could that be the smell?  Don't think so, I think Callie attacked it.

This was a grand day..no snow.no wind and the temp did rise!
No road trip today..ended up working here . Asked the neighbour to meet me at the fence..to measure up for a mask...have two made for her  and will get them to her tomorrow. My machine was acting up so after a clean ,a "whatsa matter wit you" I finally got it going again.

Shirley, I don't know if it is poor Shirley with the seek and find or poor Callie for her problem with noise. Glad you found the spot! Maybe another market may have your steak?  I know my friend wanted chicken from Costco but none to be found.

Well time to relax a bit ,see what is on tv..

Enjoy your evening everyone..

Good afternoon everyone. this is the third time I have tried to post and away it goes. I have a question what has this world done with common since and freedom of religion. when a preacher gets arrested for holding church for people that exercise there to right to go to there church of there choice with others that are there of there Owen free will. we the people need to do a better job of whom we vote for to do our desire. tomorrow I am going to call our congers woman and ask her secretary about that. I know her in person  and also Vicky Hartsler. when attending the army reserves Her husband was in the reserves as I at the same time,

Lloyd

I'm off to Dreamland!  It's been a busy day. I finally made the broccoli/cheese quiche and it's delicious.  I sent a picture to all my kids and invited them for lunch.  The girls all said they'd be right over.  My son didn't answer but when he came to take Mickie for her noon-ish walk he stayed and had a nice piece of quiche  for his lunch!  He pronounced it "excellent". 

AMY, the buttons and the zipper on the jeans were easy but they really needed a belt and I couldn't figure out how to get that around my waist and then buckled so I spent the day hoisting them!  Tomorrow, I'm going to take my time and find the ones that I know don't need a belt.

SHIRLEY, I did get your answer but my email has been  bit slow this past week.  I think it's because Cathy's been working on it to get me set up to receive on my phone and my iPad, too. 

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

I dropped in to bid you all good night and sweet dreams and see JaneS has already beat me to it. well I am going to take my night time shot and take my evening Pills. and go to bed. Nancy took can of large Instant buckets an made fried pies.we role them out thin like pie dough and put cherries or what ever filling on them you like. on 1/2 and fold them over, and cook them in cooking oil in the skillet on top of the stove. see you all in the morning

Lloyd

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rammel were you going or cumming @Today at 12:36:41 am ? It is now 4:37 A M and I am up for dry mouth and Nature call and just thought i would check in and see what if any thing was going on.and seean you thought i would bid you top of the day.I am going to take care of the dry mouth now and back to bed to catch a couple more winks,

Lloyd

Good morning everyone. It is 39 now and raining again. Looks like  it will rain all day. The ground must be saturated with all the rain we had this year. I know the grass here is a beautiful  green from the rain. Some of the flowering bushes are showig flowers already but not from the sunshine. With the wind this week the sun we had did little to warm the air.
After I got off Skype with my daughter I laid on the couch watching the news and woke 2 hours later. Had something to eat and went to bed, slept till  5:30 this morning. Good night's sleep for me.

LLOYD  I never had wild mushrooms, would not know the safe o from the poison ones from safe ones. I will stick to the ones from the markets.

JANE  I don't remember an April this miserable weather before.

AMY  since moving here I miss having some lilacs in my home when they are in bloom. Love the aroma of them.

SHIRLEY  I don't think any of us will get back to normal anytime soon with this darn virus. At times the last couple of weeks I felt like I was locked up in jail. Have not gopne outside and only went down for mail twice and had to wear a mask just to go out my door. This keeping a record of who we have been in contact with is easy for me. My 2 sons and my CNA. No one is sitting in the lobby either, if they were tey would have to sit on their rollators and not everyone has one. Like you I would not know a safe mushroom for a bad one so just buy them when I want. I have a nice Porterhouse steak in my freezer, do you want that? Come and get it.

AMY  sorry you did not get your drive in yesterday. I know I would love to go for a ride down to the shore and smell that salt water breeze coming off the Atlantic.

JANE  I have never had quiche and always wabted to try it. My daughter makes it and my SIL likes it.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good morning everyone..

Woke to the sound of the loons flying over. I have a list of to do's but will see how they get done. Need to shop for my friend and meet another at the fence  ...so will just take the day as it comes. Then if I get any thing else done it will be a nice surprise.

Gloria, we used to eat puff balls. They are a huge  dinner plate size mushroom. Mom would slice it and fry in butter. My cousin he would slice it thin, butter it with mayo and eat it that way.

Jane the quiche sounds good. I have some baby spinach to put in one....when ever I get around to making it.

Better scoot.

Enjoy your day everyone

Stay safe.

I slept better last night than I have in a month of Sundays!  I was only up once and I went right back to sleep.  Slept from about 11:30 to a little after 7 this morning.  I ready for the day!

GLORIA, we're having a rainy day here too.  It's supposed to last most of the day.  It's not raining hard right now...just a drizzle and I don't think it rained hard overnight because the porch isn't wet.

Today, I'm going to do some laundry.  My button up pajamas are all in the laundry basket and it's time to do whatever goes in with them.  Then I think I'm cooking pork chops for supper.  I haven't decided what goes with them yet.

I hope you all have a lovely day!
Make it your own in every way!

And be sure to share it with all your friends!

Note to AMY:  Nice to hear the loons are back.  I've heard the Mourning Doves several times now and that's my sign of Spring!

Meat is getting scarce here, too, Shirley.  One of the big chicken farms east of us (Tyson ?) has been bringing in refrigerated semi-trucks and selling right from the trucks here in Raleigh area.  People have been lining up in their cars the night before the sale opens and waiting all night.  The state police have had to come out for traffic control.  It's been crazy.  Not much available in the stores, I understand.  I buy most of my meat from Schwan's or online and most of their meat is now "out of stock".  We eat a lot of pasta and soup.

We had warnings of severe weather for yesterday but it never happened.  Only a little bit of rain.  Today it is cloudy but supposed to clear and be sunny later in the day.  We've had storms and storm damage all around us this Spring but nothing right here and I'm really grateful for that.  One neighborhood just a couple miles away had wind damage and power outages earlier this week but nothing at all here.

I did a lot more cooking yesterday and both fridge and freezer are groaning.  So, other than baking some potatoes that are beginning to sprout I don't plan to do any cooking.  I'll just let the microwave do some reheating.  And I'm not going to bake  anything else, either.  The yeast didn't arrive yesterday so I can't make any more bread.  One piece of good news....we did get a huge box of dishwasher detergent from Amazon!  No more hand washing dishes.  I'm doing a happy dance!

Jane, I forgot to answer your question about the stimulus money.  Mine was deposited on the first day that they released the funds.  But, I file my taxes online so the gov't already had my direct deposit information and that made it go faster.  If the check had to be mailed to you they said it would be much slower to arrive.

Take care. All.

JANE, what about browning your pork chops then put in crockpot and add mushroom soup  and onions and let it slow cook? OR you can stuff them with dressing and bake....

Callie, where are you? Hope the tornados stayed away from your area.

I forgot to take notes as I read messages from when here last.. got all excited about that link, Rick.... have never seen anything like it so bookmarked and will order today! I do have the spray my son told me about, think it kills odor and supposed to keep them from returning to repeat their mess in that spot. To be honest, that spray doesn't smell too good, either. Thanks, Rick, that will be a big help as long as Mama Callie is here. She honestly believes she is protecting me, I think.

We have had rain all around, sometimes heavy with street flooding. The river didn't look high last night but think they got enough rain west of us that should flush out the trash. The beaver leaves a lot of wood that it can't get out to the water, really needs to be burned but would not try by myself. I'm surprised they don't do something about it to keep from clogging up the dams.

Gloria, don't you wish we could just zip around & visit each other?  Guess I'll have to wait until able to mosey around the stores to find a good steak, we have one meat market west of town that does their own butchering and raise their own cattle. Good idea, will give them a call and might be a chance to take a ride like Amy! I need to see what Callie cat will do in the RV, am so torn what to do about her when we head to the mountains.

Jane, I also need to do laundry, going from 2 seasons of clothes has left little piles here & there. Sure be glad when we can get past these germs. Right now I won't let anyone come inside my house since I don't know what I had. Soon as the rain is past I plan to open & air the house. That was my mother's cure for a winter of germs. Take all covers off the beds & air them, too. Somehow it is a much bigger job that 80 years ago. 

Next time those big mushrooms/toadstools pop up out back, I'll take another photo. Have some from last year but no idea what SD card or thumb drive they would be on. Not kidding, they get as large as a plate between mowing times. I think my father said the good kind grow in shade with lots of ground cover, etc. These grow in wide open spaces.

Breakfast time. Glad the loons are back, Amy, our egrets are as well. Have not see the great big ones or the blue herons yet. City tore up their nesting ground so they may not be back. So awful to have such a place destroyed, an old farm that the city surrounded, put in housing & "they" didn't like the smells caused by so many big birds. We had more birds nesting in that one spot than any of the sanctuaries along the Gulf Coast.

Probably be a few posts ahead of me but I will not comment more, tummy growling. Been sitting here more than an hour, looking out the door, watching cats & clouds rolling back in. Need to get in gear and quit playing lazy. Have a Fantastic Friday, Every Friend!  Love ya, Shirley  Phyll, I have a niece living in your area, retired Dr of geriatric medicine, her husband has cancer. Have not seen her for years. Our doves stay year around & have been putting seed on the ground under the feeder. They won't eat out of the feeder. Was not going to talk any more so I'm outta here! Amy, I fixed a huge skillet of pork chops like that out camping & sons loved it.

Just marking my place.  I am doing as good as all the rest of you.  Slept in later than I usually do. I ate lunch instead of breakfast. Now need to get dressed and do my exercises and go walking down the hall.  It just takes me so long to get going in the morning.  I am just not a morning  person.  By late afternoon, I do wake up. 

I just hope things don't get worse again, if places open up too quick.  I do miss my seeing my family. 

Please stay safe.

Joy