Good Morning everyone. Amy I will try to follow your advice. It is 53ºF and cloudy here this morning. we are suposed to this evening have bad weather moove in about 9PM. hail thunder storms. we need the moisture but can do without the Hale and bad weather. Like we have a choyce. Hope you all have a good day and a better tomorow.

Lloyd

It is 66° and going to 85° today so gonna be warm for sure! Storms tonight & lower temps the rest of the week. The wind is blowing the white petals off the Cleveland pear tree & the grass carpet around the pool looks like it snowed. The trees down along the river are swaying back & forth like dancing, tall & skinny trees with a haze of green showing. We made it through another winter.

Busy days ahead, going to fix an Easter basket for my sons & wife/significant other... just a couple dyed eggs each & some wrapped sweets, none of them eat candy anymore trying to lose weight or eat healthy. My daughter has her oldest daughter & family coming to their house for Easter but she will be in Wichita the next week. Everyone busy with their own plans & needs.

Good morning everyone,  I am getting so I hate coming in here every morning. I get to S&F for March 1and have trouble getting to the current page. No idea why this is happening I did not change anything in my settings. Waste of time and my patience to get here. This has been happening about a week. After years of opening to where I last posted this is very aggravating. I am too old to get these changes without knowing why. Now you know I am really getting grouchy.
Having a Lunch and Learn here tomorrow. A new medical group opening in the city near here Doctors and NPs even transportation. I am getting so the NP I have is not doing much anymore. Only see her once a year and she no longer will talk to us on the phone. There is I one doctor here one night a week. We get more people moving to this town and less medical help. We had 6 doctors here before and all GPs. Bigger population and  one doctor and NPs. I signed up to go, more for the learn more than the lunch.

PATRICIA  Memorial Day is when people plant here and even then we have had frost later and even snow.

JANE  Yvette is more like a good friend or member of the family than just someone getting paid to be here to help me. I had a couple that were OK while she has been out but most are just lazy and want to sit and do nothing and act putout when I ask them to do something.

I have to get my shopping list done so this CNA can go to the market and out of my hair for a little bit. I need  nap already and she is here for 4 long hours. Now if Yvette was here for 4 hours they would fly by.
glad I am not the only one having a problem getting here to the SS every morning lately, If things are working good when changing anything thinking it will make things easier or better?

OK  I'll leave before all of you with I would shut up and stop complaining.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good morning. Our highs and lows have each shot up twenty degrees, and whatever melts we have during the day tend to refreeze overnight. There is a lot of road ponding during the days, and meteorologists on the news are warning everyone, especially those in higher elevations,  to be careful.

The only thing I have going on today is to sign up for the second booster during the last half of the month. They will be coming to the door of those requesting one and request you bring a chair, and they will have a cart and a minder to handle everything in the hallway. This is good news as the second variant since Omicron was recognized recently.

This city itself is only recognized as 33 thousand, yet inside city limits, uncounted;  are portions of two military bases with two others close by. We also have a forested swatch of the wildlife sanctuary within those city limits. There are also those living on the foothills, ridges, and riverways within fifteen to twenty miles, so the area is over one hundred thousand while not included in that census population.

We have the people traveling to and from the villages, to and from the Bering Sea fishing grounds, and for the University on the ridge above our city. That is a lot of people and why we were the highest in the state for Covid for the last two years.

No expected changes for this weekend and the following week. Funny how we used to have seventy degrees and sunshine by Easter back in 2019.

Special Weather Statement issued April 12 at 6:04 AM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks

...WARMER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE INTERIOR...

The warming trend in temperatures will continue, with highs in the upper 40s to near 50 today and again on Wednesday, primarily south of the Yukon River. There will be a gradual cool down on Thursday and Friday, with highs falling into the 30s to near 40.

The warmer temperatures will help to continue the snowmelt process during the day, causing areas of ponding on some roadways and near some buildings in and around Fairbanks.

Gloria - This is the link that will bring you to NEW things 
 https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?action=unreadreplies 
 If you can't verify this is what you have maybe you can get someone there to help. [/color]

Good Night Everyfriend...for tonight and the next 5 nights. They are coming at 10 a.m. tomorrow to get my computer stuff and then not returning the new stuff until Monday Morning.  So don't be looking for me.  I won't be available.  I can read what you write from my phone but I can't see it well enough to reply from the phone.  And I don't even know if what they are doing to the computer will interrupt what's on the phone or not! 

I wish you all a Happy Easter and good days coming up!  Enjoy your time with families or whatever you do even if you do it alone!  I had a good shopping time with my DIL this morning and we got a lot done.  She told me if I ever needed her help again to let her know!  I sure will! 

I'm heading for the haystack and if I have time in the morning, I'll pop in to say Good Morning.  For now, I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  GOOD NIGHT! 5 times!  I miss you already!

Jane, we can't do without you that long. Tell Frankie we need her to post for you when she stops by, does her phone know how to do that?  Mine does but I don't.   

Jane, we aren't happy to see you go, but we'll be glad to see you back!

I'm sure you'll find plenty to keep you busy off the Internet, and we'll be waiting to hear about all you've gotten up to!

I'll be busy the next two days as apartment inspections are going on for this floor and the one above either tomorrow or Thursday depending on how fast they go.

Quick Good Morning Everyfriend!  Cooper's here and he's ready for his morning walk.  I have to jump into some clothes and take him and then when I get back, get my shower and get ready to meet the computer guy. 

I also have dishes to put away from the dishwasher, a bed to make and lunch with my former office friends today.  Gonna be a busy one!  Enjoy yours!  I'll be back when I can!  It's nice to know I'll be missed!

Good morning everyone, once again I had to hunt for yesterday's post. I keep coming in to March 15. Since the SS is about the only place I come in here these days I just do not understand why. But then I do not know why anything in a PC works anyway and this PC is not all set up right yet. My grandson guru was doing good because his job slowed for a couple of weeks but now he is working 24/7. That is what happens when one is on salary and a boss on top of it. He also got me a new Kindle and got it started but it is at his house, glad I also have the books on this PC so I have plenty of books to read but only sitting here.

RICK  your link is good but I mostly just come to the SS and that covered everything. I think my brain is telling me to just forget it and go have a nap.

JANE  I have one great DIL who is right there when I ask her help but haven't asked her to take me shopping in a few years. Too hard on me to get out anymore but she comes here when I tell her I need a haircut. She does a better job cutting hair than some hairdressers I have had. Hope you get to see my Happy Easter to you before they take your PC away.

PATRICIA  they are supposed to notify us 24 hours before they come to  our apartment and they never do, They just show up at your door any day and any time. It is in the rule book but the witch does things as she wants.

Don't think I will go to the Lunch and learn downstairs later. Talked to the lady I had to call to register for the meeting. This medical facility will cover most insurance beside Medicare and Medicaid but not the one I have. I  like what I have and am not about to change.

time to get breakfast, getting hungry.
Have a good day and JANE  enjoy your time with no computer.

Stay safe.

Good morning..
Starting out at 39° and I don't think the sun will say hello today..
We have a man coming to pock up one trug, and the other is going  next week when arrangements have been made.

Not sure what else the day will bring ,know there is a lot to do inside and outside.

Jane, you will be missed but you know who will be talking with you. Enjoy your day with your friends today.


Patricia, covid is starting up here again also.I have signed up for the 4th vaccine and I am sure we will be getting another in the fall.

I had better boogie or I will get behind in my chores.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning everyone. It is 51º here and cloudy. we had a little thunder boomer last night, not very much no watter puddles in the driveway. the wendis shacking the trees pretty hard. Hope you all  Have a good day. amy how Many $$ dose your sweetheart get  for his raised beds he builds.

Lloyd

Lloyd, I can't answer for Amy but here is a link to the one my kids bought me last year.  I am sure Kyle's is much better. This took quite a bit of putting together & think it took 7 or 8 bags of potting soil. Pretty heavy work to build & move around. I had trouble lifting those bags of dirt so would scoop out the first half & then could manage the last 20 pounds with one "heave" & shake the bag! I had some delicious salads but not a single tomato to eat! I bought some off brand tomato plants that produced marble size (supposed to be bigger than my hand). So far this year I can't find the Burpee seeds for lettuce. https://www.gardeners.com/buy/vegtrug-patio-garden/8609777.html?VariationId=P_5637153228&SC=GGLPLA

Darn, got busy looking for the link to my trug & forgot about the other post I started to everyone.  Duh, can't think of everything! 

Gloria, I'm about in the same mood as you are with computers & phones. I do use my kindle all the time for solitaire "at the other end of the house". I wore mine out so my daughter came in with one she didn't use anymore.

After 85+ degrees yesterday the temps have dropped to 36 but snowing just to the west of us. Oops, flakes showing up here now but sun half way out.

I'm gonna go trim my hair, take a shower & see what Mother Nature has showing when that's done!  Have a couple errands to run but need to catch the weather somewhere between heat stroke & blizzard, coat or sandels?

Good mid day everyone. we are at 51º and cloudy. sun sure is not trying hard to shine. In the night Last night we had loud thunder bumer's, but did not leeak any. it is still dry. we sure could use some moisture here. well we will get what god wants. weare going to live  as long as he wants. good dayas long as god wants us to. have a good day.  this computer is acting up again,puts crazey things on screan no matter what key you push. see you all later. It Is clouddy and 51º F here now.

Lloyd

either My computer is still not working corectly or everyone  has taken long naps and then went to bed with out checking out, eitherway. I bid you all good night and sweet dreams. It Is 10:15 PM. Good night.  I hope to see you all tomorow.

Lloyd

GOOD NIGHT FROM MY PHONE!

Good morning  everyone. This might be very short. I fell on the kitchen floor yesterday when Fran the second best CNA after Yvette. Hit my head on the edge of an old fiberglass TV tray I keep near the counter. She was more upset and scared than I was. They are not allowed to pick anyone up so asked her to call my son. He was here in about 6 minutes. I did not want her to call emergency because I really was not hurt, she got a throw from the couch and folded it and put it under my head. There I did have a bump but not hurting. I did not have a nap in the afternoon as usual. Mike and Fran kept telling me to stay awake. Went to bed almost 11 last night. Woke early and stiff and sore. Need the  rub I have so will have to wait for the CNA today for that and she really does not know how to do a massage. I tell her where I need it and she does the other side and presses too hard. She does not know left from right or where my spine is. She goes to the store and I told her I want 5 redskin potatoes and she gets me 1 russet potato. I print the list so she can read it--I cannot read my own writing so being careful to print and I ask if she can read it and she says yes. She is American so no excuse. I tell her like I have told all of them if I put a brand name for something that is what I want, nothing else=no substitutes. At least she is clean and not like the lazy one who sat playing with her hair and her phone. I always help make the bed on laundry day, goes faster mand that one told me to go sit down because I did not know how to make a bed. She could not understand why I wanted the sheet and blanket tucked under the mattress on the side she was making. It saves me the work of having to make that side every day especially on days I can hardly stand. Once I get  a comfortable spot when I get into bed I do not move till I wake up in the morning. She called me a liar that everyone moves all night in their sleep. That one did it and I told her to get her things and sign out and go home. She refused to leave so I took my cell phone into the bathroom, locked the door and called the office so when I got done talking to her boss she called that lazy gal and told her to leave and go to the office. From what I heard through other CNAs they had many complaints and mine was the last one, she was fired.

JANE  hope you got to check in before they took you PC to that special place to get fixed. Yes you will be missed by all of us here, even the ones who stop by and read but don't post.

AMY  crazy government. new strain of covid and in the cities here they now have the option of wearing a mask or not in schools. 

LLOYD  there are times I wish I never saw a computer but then I would not be able to see and talk with my daughter every day.

JANE  hooray, at least you can say good night from your phone.

Have a good day everyone, stay safe.

Good morning..
A cloudy day here ...we may see sun by 6 am.
Blood work today and phone calls to make for Kyle. Think I will make a big pot of soup.....seems to fit the day.

Jane, miss your post!

Gloria, take it easy today. Thankfully you had someone there to look after you and call for help.

Lloyd, I did send you an email. I am not sure if you have the same email addy or not?

Better get going,  slept in.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

AMY I got your email and answered it, If i got it corect. I wish I could rember how to do things like I used too. If I got it right, I replyed to your email. and if i can catch my grend deaughter to help me I will take and send pictures of the trees i told you about in the reply to email. Have a great day.

Lloyd

 Gloria I enjoy visiting with you here in S & F and I sepect the rest of the bunch dose also. It is almost as good as in persion.and we are too far apart to talk in person. and if we have bashes any more i do not know about them. and I do not travel any more, except local. I do not that very much any more. Nancy goes to town by her self most of the time.we are thinking about selling the RV. and just be home boddies. My head tells me i would like to travel still, But my bodie aces and pains say to stop driving any more. Have a good day.

Lloyd

Oh, Gloria, so glad you didn't do major damage when you fell. Major is hospital type but sure the pain kind will be with you for a while. With all the other stuff going on (like every day my computer needs to be restarted because somebody did updates)... I will mention how I get around "back to where I read last".  Since MY brain insists on not remembering anything unless someone takes time to show me how, I have to come up with the backward way I learn how to.  So when I come to Seniors I just click on the Soda Shoppe & scroll quickly to the last post and work my way back to what I've read before. Simple.

Lloyd, I'm in the same boat with you about "time to get rid of the RV but my mind still wants to travel".  This would be the best time to sell, except for gas prices. I know if I had a problem I'd have to call one of my sons to help and they really don't have time to drop everything to take care of me. I don't want to take up their time but they would do it without any hesitation. Nobody can decide for us, but if I get a reasonable offer mine will go. Right now it has 4 new tires & 2 that only have about 2 thousand miles on the front & had it aligned at the time so tread looks brand new. It also has a new rubber roof & all new "hardware" that went on top, thanks to hail damage & insurance.

Amy, quick prayer Kyle's blood work comes back good. A big white egret showed up on the river yesterday, always a sign of spring. Heard a mocking bird carrying on this morning when Callie went out so grabbed a camera for a quick shot as it sat on top of the flowering Cleveland Pear tree..... with the zoom I discovered it was a Brown Thrasher or Brown Thrush (we have both & I just looked on the camera & haven't put it on the computer yet, to see if it has the curved bill).

All of a sudden the trees are absolutely still, no breeze at all. Even the flag across the river is doing a half hearted flip, barely lifting to wave. Better move, I'd really like to finish my sleep.

Hey, Jane.... Good morning to you!

A good Maundy Thursday🙏 

I am guilty of being a non poster and I apologize.  So many warnings on here and having issues finding my spot.  I read all of your posts and enjoy them so much‼️

Since I have posted my daddy had his 98th Birthday.  I wanted to be there with him so bad! It just could not be helped, but it still made me feel sad😩

I got through my tests at National Jewish Pulmonary Center. They would not do my CT scan with contrast because it was not in my records that I had a adverse reaction to the dye back in 2006.  Now I go tomorrow for the scan with no contrast‼️‼️  Most of the tests I did pretty well on, however I failed the sleep home study miserably and that opens up a new can of worms😩  The results at this time are that I continue with 1.5 liters of oxygen at night and 2 when I am walking etc.  I am to get a portable concentrator however there are non to be had due to Covid‼️‼️🤪🤪

I will meet with the sleep doctor next week to find out her suggestions for my issue.  It appears ANOTHER seep test but in the hospital with the ability to utilize the different CPAP machines that are available.  I know a LOT of people on CPAP....I just did not want to be one of them🤪🤪🤪🤪

GLORIA, sorry you fell but thankfully you did not break anything.  The soreness is not good and I hope you are doing better.

Your posts are missed, JANE, and I know you are missing being able to post.  Hope your computer is back sooner than expected 🤪

My best to you all. 

Jenny

Good morning; only nineteen degrees now, but that's the cooldown forecast on Monday. We should be warming up again beginning the 18th.

I wear a Medic Alert because of my poor balance. That balance caused my fall in February 2021 and my then 31-pound loss because it was several weeks before I could stand long enough to cook anything. It took 18 weeks to recover instead of the promised 2-4 weeks, and my left leg is still weaker. Falls are nothing to fool around with at our age.

The construction guys' quality control or assessment team came yesterday to observe their company's work. They fixed the bedroom blinds I didn't know needed and the vertical blinds at the balcony needed to be rehung, and the on-top control box needed to be taken down and reput up.

Then later, the body cranes were back, and they were redoing the outside bedroom window fastenings. It took all of yesterday to finish the top floor and most of mine. There are three and a quarter floors to go.

If this is their company's usual practice, the state went with the lowest bid. But what do I know, perhaps all construction companies are this way?

My fourth shot or second booster is scheduled for the afternoon of the 24th. They come and do it in-house, which I like. I've read that there have been two mutations since Omicron, and cases are rising again in Europe.

I did basic chores, cleaned my oven yesterday, and deep cleaned inside all the lower cabinets and cupboards in my apartment yesterday. I have an Amazon order with some cleaners and a kitchen utensil holder coming Saturday, so I wanted to have that done. Last week my motorized grout brush came. It has two heads, is battery operated, and did wonders on my oven. Next week I may try it on the bathroom grout, 

Jenny, please wish your father a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY from Kansas, that's I'm proud to see how well he is doing. Sorry you couldn't be there as well.....  maybe next year?!
Sorry about the sleep/oxygen problem, had not thought about a shortages of the concentrators because of Covid. I've been mouthing off for 2 years that I think it's oxygen & lungs causing my short windedness.... but once labeled as "heart" they don't turn loose of a patient! I wear a Fitbit Versa 3 & it shows my sleep plus oxygen, first thing I check when I get up. I've always been a light sleeper (even when Cas was alive he felt better with ME having the gun in MY sleeping bag when out camping!) all my life so no surprise I get minutes of deep sleep when my kids get hours. Not ALL Fitbits have the same features but the sleep mode is reason I wear (besides keeps perfect time). Another reason for my being shortwinded is slightly anemic, a life time problem but my doctor has not agreed with me since the heart doctors took over.    I've been planning a discussion with him for quite a while, especially since my cardiologist retired at the end of last year & I canceled appointments with others since. In other words, I fired the cardiology team!    All they wanted to talk about was putting in the new valve thru the artery and I didn't agree when there is a new one being tested that has NO time limit. I am pig headed, I know.  The only CT I ever had was done without dye for same reason & they told me "about as good as with".... And that's all I'm gonna say about this for now!

Hey, Patricia, you slipped in. I think you are correct about "all construction companies being this way", they do what costs least & then make up when it doesn't work right. Sure wish I had your ambition to get stuff organized around here. I have bags of stuff ready to take to the thrift store but wasn't sure they were accepting clothes. Had dragged the woolens out when they were needed but past that time now.

I'm sorry about your fall, Gloria.  I hope you are feeling better today and that the aches and pains will go away quickly.

Pollen count is high and so are my allergies.  It could be a better day and maybe tomorrow will be.....for all of us.

Take care, All.

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