Growing Old

Are we as good as we used to be
Is growing old a state of mind
Look carefully in your memory
An answer can be found


There in the glow of yesteryear
Is the pride of what used to be
The radiant youth who laughed a fear
And challenged all so confidently


The brashness of youth we traded away
For a much more impressive measure
The head that is now so wrinkled and grey
Has the heart as its greatest treasure


So now as you walk through the golden years
Go with love and with empathy
Embrace mankind - Confront its fears
We're better than we used to be

Cliff Nielsen

   
  LIFE
 A little laughter,
a little song,
A little teardrop
When things go wrong,
A little calm
And a little strife,
A little loving —
And that is life.

Helen Steiner

   
HAEMIN SUNIM
Just because you have failed to achieve your goal, it does not mean all your efforts were in vain. Failure is meaningful in itself, teaching you many new things.

   
"That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe."
-- John Berger

Bubble, I liked many of today's offerings, but that last by John Berger resonated.

Good Morning!  I can't pick out a favorite from all BUBBLE's new offerings.  I've found something to identify with in each of them!  Thank you for all your good work, Bubble!  I sure wish you lived closer (or I did) so I could give you a hug!

I have to pack this thing up and stow it upstairs on my bed until the cleaners leave.  So have a good day, everyone!  Bye for now!

Good morning

Windows and doors open here this morning, I am sure the  C/A will be on later today.

Not a good night, up every hour with Babe wanting out....hope tonight is better. I think a nap later on in the day will happen.

Need to take the garbage away and then home to work about.

Jane and Patricia, thank you for your kind words. I really enjoy quilting , unless one has  date with Jack The (seam) Ripper. Unsewing is no fun.
All the fabric has been cut for the log cabin blocks and just need to pu them together now.

Bubble, thank you for the new start, you always do such a great job! I like the Helen Steiner Rice ,have a few of her books.My favourite of hers is This Too Shall Pass.

Better get ready to meet the day

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Morning Janie, enjoy your day.

Good Morning everyone. I have a docters appoinment today with my reular V A docter. I am going to aske him and see if he can tell me why my blod sugar stays so high. exampel we went to grand son's four year bith day partey , last evening, and I onley ate one small peice of cake and and a little bit of icecream on it.around 8'30 Pm and @ 7;30 am blod sugar was 180 ? well the sun is out very bright this morning and 76º already this morning. Have a good day just as you like it.

Lloyd

 

Good morning all.  Enjoyed the lead in readings. Soggy here and not hot yet. Must go out later for an Eye Doc appointment.  Gonna be a busy day.

Well, the cleaners left and just as I started upstairs to get the bed cleaned off and bring my computer down, the kids arrived so I left everything until it was time for Mikey's nap and he and Ali left.  Emma is over on the couch with Jim while he watches the TV and she watches a kid show on the iPad!

LLOYD, both my mother and my grandmother were diabetic and it didn't take much to raise the blood sugar level.  I remember my grandmother saying often, "I just had a little bite of that and my sugar is up".  I guess you just have to be extra careful when there's a party!

I think I'll go over and sit by Emma and let my eyelids droop a bit.  I'm having a "call to sleep" and I'm having a hard time ignoring it!

Keep on keeping on, Everyfriend!

OOPS, almost forgot to tell you...Ali brought me a jar of jar of her canned salsa.  She said her husband, Dan wanted me to have it.  So it's going along home with me for a treat one day!

I really don't go lookin' for trouble but manage to keep my feet close to the fire all the time.  Went to Sam's Club this morning for a few "necessary" items and came away with a Power XL Air Fryer Pro/12 qt.  I've watched y'all do wonders with air fryers but didn't pay close attention to brands or what you do with them. I'm not sure if any of you ever baked Grands biscuits in them but was hoping this would be usuable out camping, maybe even on the picnic table.... with electricity at the MO campgrounds or with the generator in Colorado, if I don't get to CO I'd loan to my sons to use out there. Is the 12 qt. too big? Cas used to say that "my (meaning me)eyes glowed when I saw a sale sign"    .... this time the price was $150 marked down to $99 but sale only good through the 3rd. The girl assured me I could bring it back if I didn't like it... and I won't even opened the box until I get opinions from y'all.... so help me, please!  Is this a good one (box says #1 but who trusts boxes?)

This is a day that'll take your breath away... hot & humid and now the wind turned on. I really am a zombie today but got a busy week of chores & no energy to get'em done. All the baby birds are gone & guess the Mamas & the Papas are just goofing off until time to go south, they sure worked hard this summer!

Thought we were going to get a storm but it blew over but will  vist us in the night or tomorrow..

Shirley, that is a good sized one and I bet you will have fun with it. Jane has me hooked on Grilled cheese sandwiches in it. I have her hooked on our canned potatoes in it, lightly oiling then sprinkle garlic powder and parmesan cheese. I like fish, french fries plus baked potatoes. I don't heat up the kitchen either! Hamburgs are great then when just about done thow the bun in with warm it up. I am sure Jane can give you some help here.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/23070/everyday-cooking/cookware-and-equipment/air-fryer/

A few more with your biscuits in it..

https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/air-fryer-bacon-and-egg-breakfast-biscuit-bombs/c8244836-4327-49fb-8418-9c34a02d009c

https://airfryereats.com/air-fryer-biscuits/

https://tastyairfryerrecipes.com/canned-biscuits-in-air-fryer/

https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/air-fryer-cinnamon-roll-bites/40903b72-d966-47bf-be7c-225dec4f9b8d

I've never had a better grilled cheese sandwich than the one done in my air fryer.  Hot dogs are great in there and sausages for breakfast.  I also do zucchini the same way I do the potatoes.  And if you've ever had a Pi-che-am like I learned to make at camp, you can do them in the air fryer.  Pi-che-am = Pineapple, cheese and spam.  We did them on the campfire at Girl Scout Camp but they're a lot easier and a lot quicker in the air fryer.  Spam first, turn it over put the pineapple on it  wait a minute and add the cheese.  You can eat it on a bun or just "as is"!  Lots more stuff to do.  I didn't look at the "click-ons but I sure will.

Wishing you all a good night!  Sleep peacefully and wake to a new day! 

Almost forgot Frankie's favorite in the AF...she craves a ham slice!

Wow, guess I will take the air fryer out of the box.... unless y'all think 12 qt is too big for me?  I will wait until morning, many thanks!

well I am late again those naps watching TV you know. oh well good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Good Morning everyone, Looks Like I put us to bed and am first up this morning or at least reporting in.we have some floating clouds and weather guesser is saying 78 and sunny. Have a good day. vitials finished and sent in to VA.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's going to be another hottie here today!  The temp is supposed to reach 106 degrees!  Cindy has a quickie DR. appt. this morning and she already missed it so we're all riding her about keeping this one.  She said she has notes to herself all over the place.

LLOYD, sorry you had to come in this morning and talk to yourself.  That's no fun!  I hope all's well in your house...NANCY feeling well and your sugar back down where it belongs!

I'm not sure what I'll be up to today but I'm sure it will be fun!  Maybe the kids will be over later or maybe we'll go over there.  I heard ALI say "We have to visit with GG as much as we can this week because she's going home on Saturday! 

Yesterday, we were all in the same room when Mikey called Cindy MIMI for the first time.  We've all been bugging him as to who she is and he keeps calling her "NANA" who is his other Grandmother>  Yesterday, it just came out twice in a row and when Cindy celebrated with him he just laughed and looked at her as if to say "I always knew that!  I was teasing you!"  After that, it came out regularly!  I'm so glad I was in on that!  Lots of good stuff happened here!

Both doggies always come up to my room when they hear me in the morning!  I'll miss that too.  And I go in to say "goodnight" to Cindy every night.  I'll miss that for sure!

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

SHIRLEY, one thing I forgot to say...I bought a smaller A/F but the size kind of depends on how your going to use it.  If you think it would work in the camp grounds, it sort of depends on how many are eating and what size their appetites are.  I also gave Frankie one for Christmas last year and she uses it a lot!

Shirley, 12 quart would definitely feed the family.  If it was just for your use you can get them in 2, 4, 6, quarts and on up.  An air fryer is simply a small convection oven.  If you ever have used a conv. oven you know that you have to cook at a lower temp. and for a shorter time.  I set my air fryer at 50 deg. lower than I use in the big oven and set the timer for fewer minutes and check it often.  It can over-cook things very easily.  Other than that they are great for everything that you might fry or broil because they cook fast.  I use it for hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, french fries, etc.  I tried cookies but it burned the top before it cooked the inside so I still prefer the big oven for that.  I need to do some more testing for time and temp. on that. Also, I love it because it doesn't heat the kitchen and it is easy to clean.  I HATE cleaning an oven and I don't like to use the self-cleaning because it really makes the kitchen hot and smelly.

Good morning from a cloudy Interior. Yesterday about six, after a day of blue skies and a temperature of seventy-five, a menacing bank of high black and purple clouds came in, thunder roared, lightning flashed, and it suddenly poured. It poured so hard that the rain bounced back up a good foot or more. It lasted until almost eight, and I still have standing water on my balcony this morning.

This standing water happens after any heavy rain as the balcony is made of plywood and joists with an overcoating of gray marine paint. Unlike before, there is no place for the water to run off, and it stays until it evaporates. I feel it could become a hazard, and the mud the construction workers had on their boots smears, dries, and re-smears with any moisture. Who knows what will happen if we have any real snow this winter? For me, it just looks terrible and cuts off any view unless you go right up to the window.

Claire still hasn't received the go-ahead to return home, and as the state fair begins in the latter part of the month, those camping with their animals at the fairgrounds may have choices to make as to accommodations for themselves and their pets and stock. Plus, with three million Interior acres burnt and still burning in places, the various farm crops this year, if any, have been abysmal. This summer has not been a good one. And the last two winters and last spring were full of unwelcome record settings and surprises.

I don't have an air fryer because I'm downsizing with a policy of anything coming in equals something going out, so I can't advise you, Shirley. However, I would think of it for how you would use it, daily or occasionally, primarily for yourself or friends and family. For myself, I no longer have a microwave, blender, or multiple utensils, baking dishes, pots, and pans. I primarily use my convection toaster oven, immersion blender, and stovetop. My most used appliance is my coffee maker. I drink twelve cups of strong black coffee daily; that's my drug of choice, and I'm lucky not to have any issues with caffeine or my sleep patterns.

Jane, it sounds as if you're having a lovely time. Have you thought any more about fostering? So, many pets adopted during the pandemic are being returned by their owners, and the need is great. There is a country-wide program that matches seniors with senior animals, getting them out of the shelter, showing them what a real home looks like, and making them a better candidate for adoption plus, it allows the fosterer to have an idea if adoption is for them. And the shelter provides maintenance costs and vet visits.

Just a quickie...PATRICIA, I already have my name in for fostering but it has to be a doggie under 35 pounds so I can walk it and still lift it if necessary.  Not too many little ones available!

Thank you, Jane, that is good news!

Somebody somewhere is having a good laugh and cackling at this city's expense,



Monday's standing water is still standing...

well I must have mised the punch line? good night and sweet dreams. well we went to Nancy's docters appointment, but her docter had some sort of tragedy in her famley ( we do not kno what) so ,no docter's visit today. and they apoliagased that they had not called and alearted us of it. so we went to wallmart and done some grocery shopping and came on back home. was too hot to be out was 101º at the time but do not know how but the car stayed at a good reading on the tempture gauge. and the ac in our house is staying in tune and keeping it comefytrable' good night and sweet dreames.

Lloyd

Good morning...

We were off and running early yesterday....to the city picking up items for us and our friends. Home in time to give the neighbours dog his med. 

Today is another catch up day and meet up with friends to exchange items.

I was never one for hash brown patties but since the air fryer...oh my they are really good!!!

Patricia, standing water on your balcony can be a skating rink in the making when winter comes...dangerous to have!

Hope Gloria is doing alright..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.