Soda Shoppe
for December 15, 2020
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Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking. George Eliot
Autumn melancholy
Autumn melancholy
suddenly falls inside my heart
at the break of a cloudy dawn,
mother of a frowning and sad sky,
after a sleepless night of thoughts,
after a sleepless night without you.
Melancholy of memories that seek you
and float aimlessly in the air,
yellowed leaves
of a golden autumn
that fall,
rejected by life.
Melancholy of a day without you
who, although absent, fill my hours,
with the sweet enchantment of your words
engraved with a brand in my mind,
when, still, I believed in love.
Melancholy of time without you I
breathe my time that wants you
sigh of my time already passed
useless time, useless life
now
,
useless tears,
shed
on the coldness
that now distances us,
useless voice that calls you again,
and softly slips in the wind,
useless voice
that passes beyond you, getting
lost
in the infinity of a lament.
Diana
from Kaleidoscope "Out of the Choir"
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency
-Bill Gates
"Hey Mom?" asked Little Johnny, "Can you give me $20?"
"Certainly not," She replied.
"If you do," he went on, "I'll tell you what Dad said to the maid when you were at the beauty shop."
His mother's ears perked up and, grabbing her purse, she handed over the money. "Well? What did he say?"
"He said, 'Hey Maria, could you make sure I've got clean socks tomorrow.'"
Good morning everyone..
Yesterday went well, we managed to get Kyles cheese and some chocolate. The price on chocolate has gone way up so didn't get a lot this time. Roads were good on the way down and snow started on the way back but nothing to worry about.
Today I am going into town alone!! Poor Kyle said you're leaving me home?? Yes, till I get what I want for him for Christmas then will take him back into town to the bank .My problem now is how to hide the girt if I get what I am going after.
Jane, I am going back to a time when we left our doors unlocked, A time when any Mom on the street scolded you for a mishap ,yet would bandage a boo boo if you fell. A time where you knew everyone on the street. A time where respect and manners ruled. A time where you could watch tv and not have bad language in it.
Patricia, pity those that would believe in all the hype about the vaccine and scams too.
Bubble. love the new start page..thought of Golden girl and Mimi with the first photo. Laughed at Little Johnny....he knows how to work Mom!!
Enjoy your day everyone and stay safe.
good morning everyone. it is 21º and clear headed for high of 35º. I had a good night sleep. according to breathing 7.5 with smiley face, and I do feel Fairley good. Hope you all did god and have a good day just as you like it. am going to to the VA for a hearing test to see if they cab tuen my hearing aids up so I can hear better,
Lloyd
Good Morning Everyfriend! The day is off to a good start! I've already accomplished one thing and the next is a shower and get ready for a quick trip to town. Then I have to move my porch swing and get my car under cover in anticipation of tomorrow's storm. After that....who knows?
AMY, good luck on finding a hiding space for whatever it is that you're bringing home for KYLE.
BUBBLE, thank you for our lovely, Christmas-y new home! I loved all the pictures and all the readings.
I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas." Nice new page, Bubble. Thank you.
The sun is back with us today but I'm afraid it isn't going to last. We will get a little bit of the big storm that will hit the East coast tomorrow but they say our weather will be in the form of frozen rain instead of snow. I'm not looking forward to that at all. Our car is already under cover and later today I'll ask David to test the gas logs in case our power goes out. We can do without lights but can't do without heat for very long.
Take care, All.
Great new start to the week, Bubble. Love the text & the ornaments certainly do "confuse" the eye with the trompe l'oeil effect. Neat!
Radar shows snow to the north and more to the south & west of us, looks like we could get a doozie but weather guessers saying less than an inch.
Can you believe, 10 days it will be Christmas!?? I feel like I lost a whole year. :christmastree: :tissue:
Good morning everyone, a cold 27 frosty one. Sun is shining and now the snow is due on Thursday not tomorrow and could get a foot of it. Yippee, winter is coming fast.
They started giving the new vaccine a t RI Hospital yesterday, first was an emergency room doctor then a nurse. I pray they work. After the front line workers (hospital workers) then I heard it will be the elderly. Hope they go to senior housing places, we get the flu shots here and that is so convenient for those of us who no longer have a car.
PHYLLIS you are so right about being tracked with every thing we do. Big Brother is keeping his eyes on us.
PATRICIA sad world when there's not many we can trust anymore.
JANE 50 YEARS AGO OUR YOUNGSTERS could walk to school safely without getting grabbed and forced in a strange car. Almost weekly we hear about that happening.
LLOYD hope you did sleep good last night. When health isn't the best sleep is so needed.
BUBBLE love your graphics and quotes. Thank you for keeping us going here in the SS.
AMY do you have a neeighbor that would keep Kyle's gift for now so you can go get it on Christmass Eve?
PHYLLIS I would want to be at either sons home if heat is out here. They both have wood stoves.
Have a good day everyone and s tay safe.
Good Morning. Thank you, Bubble for the cheery bright cards in our new Shoppe.
Weather gurus predicted snow would start at 9:00 a.m. and, sure enough, it did! Supposed to snow all day.
Miss Emily left for Kansas very early. Shirley, would appreciate it if you would keep weather under control at least until she gets past the junction east of Wichita and is headed toward K.C. :)
Miss Ellen's flight out of NYC is at 6:15 a.m. tomorrow. Surely do hope they can get up and over the storm moving east.
50 years ago we had returned to Leadville in June after spending a year's sabbatical in Warrensburg, MO so hubby could finish his Master's and get his Specialist's degree in Safety Education at Central MO State. We lived in a student apartment building and there were several other families there for the same reason. 'Twas a fun time.
Oldest son was in 3rd grade and younger brother hadn't yet started school. So once we were back on our mountaintop, the social changes of the 70's didn't affect us much.
Don't have any particular Project du Jour so will probably be a Recliner Radish and read.
Stay ward and safe, Everyfriend.
1:18 PM, Callie, and so far I have not seen a single snow flake. Radar looks like the whole state is covered and the sky looks like it could dump big time... hope Emily is safely in KC by now. OOPS! Spoke too soon, a fine almost misty snow falling now. I love the big flakes but this is so fine you can't see it, would be treacherous to drive on so I will hold my breath till you say she is out of it. I do not envy her driving on the streets of KC in bad weather!
Gloria, I'm with you on wishing for a big snow, just hope we don't lose power like the year it turned to ice. Don't think I have EVER seen snow like this, the grass carpet on the south side of the pool is white but can't see anything falling.
Better get busy, I've stared out the sliding door long enough. Phyllis, I found out that my gas stove worked without power but the oven would not. At least I could boil water!
:christmastree: :snowball:
Shirley, 2:15 and she just messaged that she's at friend's house where she'll be staying. She's actually in Overland Park and so is the college. "Big doin's" tonight with friend whose birthday is today - and who is also graduating - but I doubt they'll be going into K.C. proper. OTHO....who knows with "20-somethings"; they're fearless!!
I always considered OP as part of KC, Callie! Glad she is safe & happy. My brother's house is in OP. When their kids come home from all over the US for Christmas, they usually make at least one trip to the Plaza for the sights, but probably not as festive this year! I'm sure my SIL & their kids will have a hard time with this being the first year without him.
Thanks for the update. So far the snow doesn't appear to have reached KC, just checked radar.
Hadn't thought about Plaza display. Maybe family will go Friday night.[
Water running down street here even though it was snowing. I went to mailbox and put out trash bin with no problem..
Howdy Dooooo! It's supposed to start snowing here tomorrow around 11 and continue for the rest of the day. They are predicting up to 18 inches. I guess I'll have to dig a tunnel for Mickie. She's no where near that tall!
I made a batch of AMY's "Moose Fart" cookies today! That's #1 done! I have all the ingredients laid out to do Sand Tart cutouts tomorrow and if I feel like it, I'll also do chocolate crinkles. I'm hoping to get the fruit cake wrapped and ready for delivery tomorrow too and that will just about be the day.
I hope all the young folks got their travels done safely and that everyone else had a pleasant day. I'm off to the haystack now and I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Thank you, BUBBLE, for our nice festive SODA SHOPPE for the month of December. I enjoyed all of your offerings and thank you for sharing them.
JANE, happy to read you got some "Moose Farts" made today. We mailed a couple of packages yesterday and after seeing the cost to do so all I could think about is how much it must cost you to mail all the packages that you mail.....YIKES!
AMY, I do hope you were able to get your gift for Kyle and were able to find a spot to store it so he can not see what you bought.
CALLIE, happy to read that Dr. Emily has arrived in Overland Park safely. Nor to just get the rest of the family there also🙏🙏
We had snow over night again, but now we will warm up a bit before the next storm arrives in a couple of days
Pleasant dreams to all.
Jenny
good Morning everyone. well according to the breathing machine I have had 5 hours and 25 minutes of sleep with no air leaks, but that is a lie because it woke me up with air leaking all around my forehead. I have my under garments on and am going to put my overhauls on and go fiend a good movie. I bet that will put me back to sleep for a nap. No rain or snow here. says 26º and mostly cloudy here and going for high 37º and sunny.
Have a good day just the way you like it I hope.
Lloyd
G :) :) d morning..
Mercy, tis a tad chilly out there..-4 F at the moment. Kyle just said there is dirty weather coming up from the east...eastern storms are no fun. Maybe it won't get this far.....one can only hope.
Lot of little things to do in the house today and bake the shortbread cookies.
Gloria, the neighbours would let me hid a gift there but I didn't get what I was looking for...so I got a gift card so if the product does come back in he can get it.
Jane,fartin around again.. :2funny: I didn't make them this year.......but now you have me thinking I should . I do have some mini chocolate chips to use. Can make and give them away.
Jenny, I remember another year long ago that I bought Kyle a tool chest........a big one. I waited till he had gone to work, picked it up from the store and then had to get it in the house. What a tussle but I did get it in and hid in the spare bedroom. I know I wouldn't be able to do that now.
Callie, now everyone can rest easy with Dr. Emily safe and sound.
Phyllis as much as I gripe about waltzing with Mr SB I would rather do that than break dance on ice!! Even the dogs have trouble with ice. We do have sand plus an ice melter that won't hurt their paws.
Lloyd, hope you captured some zz's.
Enjoy your day and stay safe..
Good morning everyone a freezing one here at 15. Now that is Brrr. Glad I do not have to go out. The weather guessers are now saying the snow starts tonight and we could get over 12" of the white stuff and winds to 45 MPH with gusts higher. Sounds more like a blizzard. On TV local news showed the plows getting loaded with the salt/sand mix and some places are already canceling for tomorrow.
CALLIE hope your traveling family members get where they want before the storm starts. 50 years ago I had 2 teen aged sons and a daughter fast getting to be a teen. Thank God they were not teens these days.
SHIRLEY I will have Yvette doing a lot today because I know she will not be here Thursday. Odd how a lot of people now are so afraid to go out when it snows, never kept me home from work either. I love watching those big fluffy flakes fall, too. I can sit at the window and watch them pile up.
JANE my daugh ter and SIL will not be going to San Diego to spend Christmas with their sons. When older son was in Az. for Thanksgiving she gave him their Christmas presents to take home with him. Will be the first time in 45 years that they will not be together. Her and my SIL have colds right now and better to stay home and away from others.
JENNY if you use the post office boxes it doesn't cost as much as using plain boxes. Those boxes are free at the post office.
LLOYD other than being cold today it will be sunny. Snow starts after dark tonight.
Did you find a good movie?
AMY you gave me your recipe for the moose farts for my daughter and she made them for a meeting of the ladies of the ranch attheir monthly meeting. They all loved them and when they asked her the name of them and told them they laughed at the name. Thought she was teasing them.
Have a good day and Please God all stay safe and healthy.
I think we are going to be lucky. It is just a cold rain here but only a couple of miles to the west of us the bridges are freezing. Lots of accidents over that way already. But, we aren't going to get all the snow that those of you further up North are going to get. Stay safe, all of you.
I'm staying in and making Butternut Squash Soup today. I got a big squash delivered from Papa Spud's the other day and finally got up courage to peel it yesterday. I always buy it already peeled and diced from the grocery store but this time I bought it straight from the farm. Don't think I'll do that again. Too hard for me to do deal with that hard peel. Ended up David had to come help finish it and today my arm and shoulder are aching from the exertion. But, I sure will enjoy that soup at dinnertime tonight! ::)
Amy, is the recipe for Moose Farts somewhere here on Seniors & Friends?
Stay safe and warm, All.
Good morning to all, I am running slow but only because I do believe I am getting lazy! Weather report says we got just over an inch of snow, not enough to ride the Sno-Nut down the hill but the trees are pretty with their dark branches & snow outlining them. I am still disbelieving Christmas is 9 days off, I feel like I just woke up from a weird dream.
Today is the day to trim my hair & clean up all that mess. I look like a shaggy dog, last couple trims I didn't take time to do the job right, will try to control myself & not cut too much off. I wear a "hoody", ski headband or cap all winter & now with the glasses & mask that need to hang onto my ears, the hair starts sticking out every direction! I was thinking about how to attach that mask without trying to dig my ears out from under a cap & hood, you think clothespins would work? Suggestions welcome!!! As Sophia would say, "Picture it......."
#2 son coming by when he gets off work, he goes home to "work out" so would rather not eat with me but last week I sent him home with a plate full of deviled eggs to eat after. His significant other enjoys whatever he brings & he sounded pleased I offered them again for tonight. She is recovering from serious spinal surgery in her neck/upper back. I will get him to put my new license plate on, got a feeling the dealership tightened those screws too tight for me to get off. I was surprised it came in the mail so quick, the license bureau lady said 2 weeks to a month with all the Covid problems."
I have a table full of bills to take care of today, the usual utilities & extra car insurance. Seems like only a few days since I wrote checks for those utilities! I am losing track of days, used to have days to just go shop/look around but don't do that anymore.
I've been telling my kids I do believe in 6 months we will be back to normal except for all those businesses that can't hang on that long. Thinking back to the polio days, once the vaccine came out we quit being afraid, we quit worrying, but we didn't have the news media to dwell on it every moment of every day.
Had a message from my friend this morning & she thinks she is over the hump. They let her out of the hospital after one day, but she did pass out at home (why she went to ER & was tested positive for Covid) so they want to find out why. Her kids are giving her an iWatch that will monitor all issues & warn them if she falls. She refused the button to notify a company but is okay with the watch. She had been sick for a week before she passed out, had a nagging cought & drainage so didn't eat or drink enought water. Think she was just weak from not enough sleep & probably dehydrated. Anyway, glad she came through the worst of it so far. She will be 86 in Jan just 10 days after I do, nice to have someone to talk to that understands the ups & downs of old age!
Cats fed & so am I. Debating whether to go get a couple hours more sleep. I got exactly 6 hours sleep (Fitbit says) last night but only 6 minutes of deep sleep. Makes a difference when I can get longer deep sleep, feel more rested.
Hope every Friend on the East coast is hunkered down for the on coming snow storm. Gloria, I'm with you that snow never stopped me from getting out. Here I am with new tires and just looking out the doors/windows! What's wrong with us??? haha.. you think we are getting old?
Jane, if you ever make a trip to OK I'll bet Callie & I can find a place where we can get together for lunch. We can think about it, anyway! I can make a day trip & don't have to take cats & RV.
Ah ha, Phyllis, you snuck in. My mother loved the squash soup or just baked, not a meal I look forward to. She also loved egg plant & I gave that a try ONE time. It turned out beautiful but not my kind of food. Maybe because it is squishy, but mashed potatoes & lots of veggies are squishy.... stay safe!
I came in earlier and was looking at the temp to see how I compared with the rest of you. The weather report had changed their prediction of 1 p.m. for the beginning of the snow to "NOW!! Since it hadn't started yet, I jumped into my jacket, grabbed my purse and made a run for Davy's Fresh Market. And it still hasn't started.
I have the chocolate crinkle cookies mixed and chilling in the fridge, the dishes all washed up and the sand tart recipe lying on the counter. They get mixed next because they have to chill, too.
PHYLLIS and SHIRLEY, I can't acquire a taste for squash either. I keep trying different recipes and nothing works. Once I tried a recipe that fried it and I could eat that but not all that often.
IT STARTED! I can't see it coming down but my neighbor has a dark car and there's a definite layer of snow on the roof of the car! And it's only 27 degrees and only predicting a high of 30 so it's definitely going to stay around!
I'm glad I'm going to have the oven going. It'll keep the house warm.
I hope you all have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.
Jane, just talked with son , he is coming through PA and he said he is in snow!! He is trying to get ahead of the storm..
Phyllis, here is the recipe. He has a lot of great recipes on his site.
https://www.rockrecipes.com/moose-farts/
Good late morning here from the cold
and soon to be very snowy rocky
coast of Maine.
We are expecting a lot of snow
starting later today... like, clost
to two feet!!! But then again,
we could just miss it, if it goes out
to sea to the South of us...
I got on the elevator this morning with
a very nasty woman ... she really
affected me because I did not expect
it. I ask her two questions
1: Is this elevator going down.
(i always ask as I am on the 1st floor,
and don't want to have to stay on the elevator
any longer then I need to.
Her response: of course it is going down,
I am on it aren't I....
Ok, so Lets talk about the
weather .... We are suppose to
get some really bad weather, are
you going out?
(wrong thing to say, I guess)
Her reply, "well, I am just going
next door. Is there any thing else
you want to know.
Door opens, I walk out and
say " have a nice day".
We both had masks on, so I
don't know who she is. And
won't be able to recognize her
in the future. (sadly) .
I am still feeling the pain of
her zingers.. I was just
passing the time of day
and do so with some one who
was not happy.
I think that I should feel
badly for her and let it go.
She must be very unhappy, since
I am not, I need to forget about it.
Other wise, things are going
great. Kelly is bringing me
food in a few minutes so
all is right with my world.
Have a good day, Everyone!
:smitten:
Sandy
Sandy, next time anyone is snarky like that just say, "wasn't talking to you but the nice person on the other side".... see how she takes that! Do agree that we should feel sorry for anyone so miserable. I have a long ago school friend/neighbor that has always thought it cute to make hateful cracks. Last time I checked on her (because nobody else will bother anymore) she just texted back, "I'm fine, my girls will let you know when I die".... so I took her off my list of ever bothering again. Even her own mother left everything to her daughters instead of her... but she was the one that taught her daughter to be so hateful. Keep smiling.....life is good if you count the blessings (like our kids).
Safe driving for your son, Amy. Expect he is prepared for anything. Shirley
SANDY and SHIRLEY, you really can't tell how anyone will react when you speak to them. I once had a "lady" come through my line at WM and I heard her answer the person behind her in a nasty voice. When she got to the counter, I noticed that she was wearing an angel pin and after I said "hello" I remarked that her pin was really beautiful and that I'm particularly partial to angels. She broke out in a wide smile and thanked me. Then she told me that it had been her mother's and that it's her favorite.
I always tried to bring customers out of their funk. But I don't think SANDY's elevator mate wanted to lose her funk!
I have the Sand Tarts mixed and waiting in the fridge. I think a nap is in order. I didn't sleep very well last night. Then I can do cutouts when I wake up! Sounds like a winner to me
Shirley, thank you. Yes, he has driven in about everything and doesn't tell Mom till years later.
Sandy,I agree with what Jane and Shirley have said. I also have been in business and will try to bring the person around but some people like to keep on sucking that lemon . Really too bad because life has a lot to give.
I had a young girl working for me and she was a hoot!!
She would make the most terrible person go out with a smile.
Good mid-morning from an Interior at plus four. We have been bouncing between pluses and minuses for the past couple of weeks, never straying far from zero. There has been absolutely nothing worth noting other than yesterday, graders and dump trucks finally broke up and cleared away the snow left on the sides of the roads and even sidewalks since that freak storm in early November.
They spent all day in the streets in my neighborhood. My pessimistic side says it happened due to all the rain and resultant ice, while my more pragmatic side says they're short-handed and finally found the cash and workforce. I hate it when I can't get in a good sulk just because of that bully, reason.
We also have llamas and alpacas here and have some time in the local farms and wood bison and Icelandic and miniature horses. Llamas are not that nice. They tend to be grumpy, and they spit with perfect aim.
Yesterday was the last day of my food restrictions, and while I didn't want to start them in the holidays, I've felt so much better; more sleep and better skin and attitude that I don't want to go off the restrictions! The only item that was promised & never happened was weight loss, and I think it was because fresh, non chemically addicted food is, well, addicting!
Callie, I can't remember if I mentioned Emily's achievement? I know you're very proud of how farsighted and hardworking both Emily and Ellen are!
Shirley, we've never lost power, to my knowledge, due to weather. It has always been something like an idiot crashing into a transformer or something similar. I hope you're lucky not to have deep snow.
Amy, reading about waltzing with a snowblower reminds me there is some good to let others do building and yard maintenance. I have enough trouble wrangling the vacuum!
Good morning Gloria! Phyllis, I've never made squash soup. Do you have a recipe to share? Shirley, about the mask, hairpins?
Jane, I just looked at our weather, and we're going to have a high of plus nine and a low of minus 18. We're to be below zero until early next week.
Sandy, let it go as she was probably passing her mood along. We have a couple of like-minded people here, and they wonder why everyone avoids them?
My older sister is like that. Even her kids have cut her out of their life, and her husband divorced her. Her only topics of conversation are her and what she has or plans to buy. My younger sister is the only one still in contact with her.
Good Afternoon,
Thank you for all the nice comments about Miss Emily. I found an Etsy web site that has gifts for chiropractic grads and got her a key ring with several little charms on it. One is a tiny "plaque" that reads "She believed she could do it and so she did." That describes Em perfectly.
Miss Ellen just arrived - no problems - flight actually landed a few minutes early.
Forecast looks as if it will be pleasant weather for family trip to Commencement.
All is well in Oklahoma! :thumbup: :smitten:
P.S. Shirley and Jane, I'm probably equal driving distance from Wichita and Tulsa. So I'll host a luncheon for a Group Gathering.
Gloria yes I did I found a good guns of will sonnet. and Nancy made some good peanut clusters. Not that I needed them but they sure taste good.
Lloyd
Just curious Callie...what would the distance be from Tulsa to your area? I know, I can look it up but my eyes are tired tonight and by tomorrow, I'll probably forget.
I didn't get either of the cookies baked today because my eggs were too big! I know, that sounds like a weird excuse but that's all I can think of. I had them in the fridge for 3 hours and they should have been set but they were really wet. And by the time I added more flour, and put them in the fridge again, I didn't feel like doing them. I was already involved in something else. So I'll do them tomorrow. I'm sure not going anywhere in this mess. I was just out with Mickie and it's still coming down and not supposed to stop until sometime tomorrow.
AMY, I'm sure being a truck driver, David gets into all kinds of situations on the road. I don't think I'd like having one of my kids or grandkids on the road to "who-knows-where" on a regular basis. It was hard enough just knowing Frankie was driving home from work in her very first snowfall today. I was so nervous until I got the text, "I'm parked and in the house".
Now I'm going to go to bed early because I didn't sleep well last night and my eyes keep slamming shut and I'm getting a headache from all the slamming noise!
I'm off to the haystack and I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free, road-clear tomorrow. It is really pretty out there right now, though!
Nighty-night Everyfriend!
Good evening 🎁
We watched the national news tonight and they were showing all the bad weather headed up the Eastern Coast.....sure hope you all are safe and keeping warm.
Another busy day that came and went quickly.
SANDY, I am sorry the lady in the elevator left you feeling sad. These days you just can not tell who wants to be nice and those that do not. A couple of days ago we were out and I had more than enough time to pull out without causing any problems to the traffic coming along. As we approached the red light ahead this big black truck came by the side of me honking and flipping me off. He got stopped by the same light and continued to hang out of the window and wave his finger at me. I do not know why it bothered me, but it did. It was totally uncalled for for many reasons and that is why it got to me I guess. I just do not understand why people have to be nasty, but I guess we do not know what has caused them to be this way. We truly should feel sorry for them, and I truly do.
CALLIE, happy to read Miss Ellen has arrived . I am holding good thoughts and saying prayers for the rest of the family as they travel to be there for the commencement. They showed some pretty nasty weather around Kansas City.
GREAT....somehow I managed to chop off the lower half of my post.....
POOF it is gone😩😩
PATRICIA, glad you have reached the end of your food restriction time and you feel better for it. The best to you as you continue forward.
SHIRLEY, we have seen new cars here with placards that expired in June and they still can not get in to buy their new plates. I suppose some of those may be avoiding the fee if they are out of work.
JANE, I hope you sleep better tonight.
Pleasant dreams to all.
Jenny
Up early, fed cats & me and wanted to see how the weather is on the east coast. I have a grand & family living in Falls Church, VA now. Just got the cutest Christmas card from them yesterday, photos of the family on their adventures in that historic area. Do hope it isn't as bad as weather guessers predicted.
Jenny, I had a car cut in front of me so close I hit the horn (it works when I have to slam on my breaks)... he made all the cute gestures with his finger so I grabbed a note pad I keep in the big container on the passenger seat... I waved the pad in the window since I could see him watching me in his rear view mirror & motioned to his tag... & he zoomed off because he didn't want to give me a chance to write down his tag number. Gave him something to think about. Of course if he had a gun I wouldn't be snickering at this right now. Some times I just can't handle being bullied. After driving station wagons & vans all the years raising kids I was surprised how many bigger cars & trucks will take advantage of small cars. Crazy!
Back to bed, cats looking sleepy but Tom sitting at the door. He thinks as long as he is in the house he must be eating and when tummy full he should go out (if dark) to hunt. The "feels like" temp was in the teens so too cold for an old Tom Cat to be out. ;D Most of our snow melted with the sun yesterday.
For the travelers I hope any more snow will wait until after Christmas & New Year holidays, but to be honest, we need the moisture. I will have to drag out a hose & water some of my plants if we don't get more snow or rain soon. When we lived in western KS I made sure I watered deep at least once a month. One time it got colder during the day & I had a whole yard full of ice covered shrubs & grass!
Better go get more zzzzzzzzzzs. I have to keep track of my oxygen level & it goes down when I don't get enough sleep. I am doing good when I get 6 hours in a row but that isn't very often. I haven't had time for naps some days & can always tell. AGE has a way of making it harder & harder to keep on doing, doesn't it? :christmastree:
Good morning everyone...
No snow yet and temp is sitting at 6°. We have all our wants and needs in other than meds and may get that later today or first thing tomorrow.
I still didn't get the shortbread cookies done. Ended up doing other things plus cutting up for Clementine marmalade and will jar it today.
https://www.rockrecipes.com/clementine-marmalade/
I am going to cut this short and start the marmalade now.
Enjoy your day and stay safe..
Good Morning Everyfriend! It stopped snowing sometime early this morning. I haven't heard and official report of how much snow we've had but I had to carry Mickie through it to the street this morning. She absolutely refused to go close to the house where it wasn't so deep. But she didn't waste any time once we got on the plowed road.
It was up to my knees and I measured with a yardstick and that's 14 (or so) inches. Add two inches for my boots and we've had about 16 inches. Carrying Mickie and plowing through the snow wasn't easy and I'm taking a break now. At least I don't have to shovel it. My friend Mavis (2 houses down) and my younger friends across the street invested in a snow blower together. We helped pay and he plows. When he finishes the driveway, I'll have some work to do on the porches but at least I don't have to do the BIG STUFF!
I hope everyfriend and their families are all safe and sound and staying warm and germ free! Enjoy your day!
We were so lucky here. Just a cold rain and a really dreary day but no snow and not even any ice here at my area. Sorry that the rest of you on the East coast are not able to say the same. Please be careful. And stay warm and safe.
Thanks for the link, Amy. That's a good site. I don't have any condensed milk on hand but I'll be making out a grocery list later today and I'll add a can of milk to it. Not many Christmas goodies around this house this year and we will miss them. I'll especially miss the homemade Peanut Brittle since I made that every year. Probably better for our teeth. ;) I may give in and order a box of chocolates...we'll see.
The squash soup was even better than usual. I made it in the Instant Pot but it works fine on top of the stove or even in the Crock Pot. This the recipe I have always used and only substitute a can of evaporated milk for the pkgs. of cream cheese because I always keep the evap. milk on hand. There are a bunch of Butternut Squash Soup recipes on this site...take your pick.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12974/butternut-squash-soup/
Shirley, I don't like eggplant either.
Take care, All.
Good morning everyone, looks like we got at least a foot of snow and the wind is blowing it around. A light snow with it being down in the teens so no sticking to the pine trees so not pretty.
not up to talking much. My daughter was late getting on Skype yesterday. She took my SIL to the emergency room and they did a few tests and kept him in the hospital for a few days. He has too much sodium in his system and they wan tto know why. Like me they use very li ttle salt. Wish I was there with her. They had the covid t est a few weeks ago and were both nega tive. I know they both have a cold but that is all I know.
No Yve tte today. her boss texted all of them to stay home today. She called me earlier.
Goodness almost noon and I have not had breakfast yet.
Have a good day and s tay safe and healthy.
Good morning! Partly cloudy here and more snow is headed our way! Thankfully nothing like New England got😳
Just tried to call my son.....still no word regarding his Covid test😤 Doesn't he know his mama is wondering? I did see a picture of his back yard today.....WOWZERS did they ever get the snow!
Yes, please, AMY, I would love some of the marmalade you are making!
GLORIA, I hope nothing turns up bad from the tests they are running on your SIL.
Have a good day.
Jenny
Good afternoon from a sunny, snow-melting temperature Central Oklahoma.
I'm so grateful that Miss Ellen's flight left NYC before The Snow arrived. Interesting view of snow machines removing snow from Times Square on that webcam this morning. They were using a "tractor" with some kind of big roller on the front to completely remove what was left after the plows had pushed the accumulation off an area.
Is this machine something that's common in the East? If it works as well on ice...we need it in Oklahoma!
Janie, Just curious Callie...what would the distance be from Tulsa to your area?
Depending on what area of Tulsa (or Wichita) you start from, it's a little over 2 hours driving time. However, I think most folks allow closer to 3 hours.
Son/dil (uncle/aunt to Grands) are coming for dinner tonight. Hope I remember how to get a meal for more than one person on the table while everything is still hot. ;)
Wishing Everyfriend an Enjoyable Day - and those of you in the East a warm and cozy one.
Jenny, putting marmalade in the hidey hole for you. I do hope you soon hear from your son about his test.
The Northeaster that just went through reminds me of the ones we got in late October and then again in early November. Of course, the East has a more dense population than us. Altogether, 18" of snow, and last Monday, they finally came back through and cleared the sidewalks and sides of the roads left from before. The Arctic is very dry, and since you need humidity to snow, we usually don't have much other than March. Both storms and the accompanying ice storms came as an unwelcome surprise, and we're told they had to scrounge for equipment.
Phyllis and Amy, thanks for the recipes!
I just checked out the marmalade AMY, and boy is it delish! Did get text....son does not have Covid but is still very sick! Ugh! He had a flu shot and they are hunkered down except for kids going to school, so not sure why he is so ill? I did copy down the recipe so maybe I will make some but I do not have jars or any canning stuff, so??? Maybe one day.
CALLIE, enjoy the meal with your son and DIL. Best of luck getting it ready and on the table! I am not very good at doing this task anymore either.
I guess I didn't measure very well because the authorities are saying that we've had 18 inches of snow in my part of the world! I'm all cleaned out front and back but the snow plow guy must have lifted the plow early for the end of the road because he left an awful lot of snow on our end of the street.
I finished one batch of cookies. They are the ones that were way to runny yesterday and they're beautiful and tasty today. I put a plateful in the Hidey Hole. They're chocolate crinkles and we've made them since my kids were little. Just wouldn't be Christmas without them!
I did a bit of shoveling myself but don't tell my daughter. She made a special trip over here to do the front steps and sidewalk and a place for Mickie to "go" out there! She asked me point blank who did the shoveling that was already done when she got here and I just said, "I can't imagine! It could have been Steve". You see I didn't really lie to her!
But I'm planning on a hot bath in Epsom Salts tonight. Either that or a day of suffering tomorrow.
Sounds like you all are getting things done! Keep up the good work! I'm being a busy and then lazy....
Jenny, I have had only one case of the flu in my life. It was horrible; I was out for five days from work, headaches, nausea, chills running up and down my limbs, and no energy for probably a week afterward. The kicker? I had a flu shot, my one and only, and that gave me the flu. That was in 1985, and I hadn't had the flu before nor since.
The shot may be where his flu came from. The doctor said mine was an unusual case but....
Jane, I love those chocolate crinkles & we also made them every Christmas! Can sure tell we grew up at the same time, even if half a country apart.
Amy, my Mom made orange marmalade that I really liked, been so long ago I forgot about it. I can't even remember what it tasted like for sure.
Gloria, hope nothing too wrong with Gary... I don't know anything about that, do remember that June was low on sodium & still have the info she posted about it. I am a terrible salt alcoholic & try hard not to use so much. Alas, no will power. :-[
Need to call my sister-in-law before someone else calls me. Yesterday I must have been on everyone's list. 2 of the phones waved a surrender sign to recharge! Never had that happen before. Nearly all of my old friends have called & think a better idea than cards. I still have not gotten to a store to buy cards so may not send any this year. Besides, I also forgot to buy stamps! Phone calls are easier.
Hi, Patricia!
Good morning everyone.
Another chilly one with a temp of 4° We are off to meet up with David. Jane he got home yesterday (thank you God) he came ahead of the storm but talked to a buddy who got caught in the storm and had to park up. We are exchanging gifts and wearing our masks and no hugs :( :'(
Shirley, nice to talk with friends and catch up on what is happening in their life.
Jane,I think my baking is done , well maybe pie for Kyle!
Better go get my city duds on and load up the van.
Enjoy your day and stay safe please..
Son just sent this......enjoy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC85KbUY5MA&feature=youtu.be
Good Morning Everyfriend! I have my day planned beginning right after Mickie and I have breakfast. If all goes well I'll be ready for Christmas and compamy by the end of the day tomorrow....Sunday at the latest!
First off, I have my list for Cathy but I'm not sure if she's shopping tonight, tomorrow or Sunday! Then I'll have the last of my stuff to wrap. Second, I'm GOING to finish the cookies today. I have the sand tarts left to do and that's rolling and cutting.
Then I have to wrap the fruit cake for delivery on Sunday. I'll take it to the church parking lot and coordinate with another distribution from the church Sunday afternoon. The wrapping takes time because I'm not real handy with saran wrap any more.
Each time we go out, I try to clear a little more "go space" for Mickie. This snow is over her head and she's been hard pressed to find a good spot!
AMY, prayers are answered. David is home! I hope he gets to stay there until after Christmas! And I hope you come home safe today!
SHIRLEY, one of the best things to come out of this Pandemic is phone calls with friends. Even my good friend who lives right down the street! And I was surprised to have one of my neighbors call me. We've talked when she was out on the porch but never on the phone. She just called me one day to ask if all was well with me. She's older than me and pretty much confined to her home. Her husband goes out from time to time but I've never seen her go with him. She is on some kind of breathing apparatus. She's the one whose Great Grandchildren have made friends with my dogs! They are such nice kids (girl 8 and boy 5) Their mother is a sweetie too!
It's almost time for the boinger and then the day begins. I forgot to mention that laundry is on the list, too. So that will fill in the cracks. I wish you all a good day, better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!
Good Morning everyone. well here I am at 6:20 am CST .had a pretty good night's rest. we got My brother Laid to rest yesterday. Had a very good service. with what I have seen I know my brother I s with god and no more pain. 35º and clear here headed for 52º and partly sunny today. hope you all are having good weather just like you like it. Have a great day,
Lloyd
I enjoyed the video, Amy. Does David decorate his truck for Christmas? I'm glad he is home and safe from the storm. I had a nephew in Kansas that was a truck driver and his wife always worried about him when he was on the road.
Cold, but sunny this morning. Looks nice outside my window.
Nothing planned except David will pick up groceries later on this morning. The last of the pkgs. that I had shipped arrived at their destination yesterday so I can relax now. The only thing that never made it was my medicine that just disappeared somewhere over Ohio but the pharm. sent an emergency supply by another carrier and it got here fine so all is well.
Take care, All.
Good morning everyone,19 now, looks like will get in to the 20's today but another gray day.
Wa tching out the window yesterday at the tenants with cars going out at different times to clean their cars off. There is a guy who cleans and moves the cars for rhem but he charges to do that. $5.-, to me it is worth that and more but some cannot see paying for what they can do but a few cannot do much. One of the new ones is way at the end of the long hall and she has a hard time moving. She has a cane and holds on to a cart of some kind. Yesterday I watcher her going out and being even slower walking because of the snow left from the plow, The maintenance man saw her and hollered something to her ahd she stopped. He helped her back to the porch and sent the other guy to clean and move her car. Paul-maintenance-is good, he goes above his job. He is great helping all of us. Of course as usual this town got the most snow, 14 inches.
JENNY when they went to the ER they did a covid test of bo th of them. Yes terday she heard from the Hosp. tha t she was clean but my SIL had the virus.
CALLIE I never saw anything like you were talking about clearing the snow. Maybe in the big cities but not in towns like this.
AMY great link.
LLOYD we are in the deep freeze here. Not used to it this cold anymore. Been a few years sisnce we had ths much snow, too.
Have a good day everyone and keep safe and healthy.
Merry Christmas
WOW what a year so far.
And NO I am not the Grinch trying to steal Christmas
As I enter this Christmas season
Knowing it will feel different than any other.
And that I expected, I am not letting my guard down.
Were all eager to express our love of another
However, get real , we can pass it up this year
Staying home , not getting infected nor infecting anyone else
WE WILL HAVE
more Christmas' to come.
Joey will get along without mouths full of
favorite delicacies.
He/she will enjoy LIFE much more.
As we pushed through 2020
some how we found joy and contentment
attempting to save the lives of those we love.
In the spirit of optimism, rejoice rejoice rejoice
praying for better tomorrow's
Inspired by a world that has continued to find wonder
in the most unlikely of places
in the human race.
Remaining connected yet staying so far apart for now
Yes it won't hurt you, keep the traditions going
knowing they get better when we can celebrate
the demise of this ugly Covid.
All you can do not have an empty chair at your table
Continue the Spirit
Keep joy in the season
Joy in your heart
loving each other
peace in the moment, for it will pass
with more bountiful Christmas days ahead
I with few steepens, have donated any Christmas
gratuities I may splurge on, surrendered
with joy to my County's food shelf
Love, Mycheal
Good morning; this is the third day of this but supposedly the last day. We will remain cold until this coming Tuesday, when plus 21 is expected. Welcome to the Arctic.
Fairbanks, AK
Wind Chill - Advisory from 12/18/2020 3:38:00 AM to 12/18/2020 3:00:00 PM
Wind Chill Advisory issued December 18 at 3:38AM AKST until December 18 at 3:00PM AKST by NWS Fairbanks
Middle Tanana Valley
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Expect wind chills to
range from 40 below zero to 45 below zero.
* WHERE...Fairbanks and the surrounding hills, with the coldest
wind chills over the hills.
* WHEN...9 PM this evening to 3 PM Friday.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Cold wind chills will cause frostbite in
as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.
The day went well,we exchanged our gifts and then we headed back home.
Mycheal, no truer words are spoken. We need to follow the rules so we will have many more Christmases with our families.
Phyllis,thank you , I am more than happy when David is home. No I don't think he decorates his truck.. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Patricia plus 21 will seem like a heatwave to you!
well I am late again. good excuse though. My two sisters and one brother in law came by and stayed for a good while. even brought a good cake and shares some of it with us. I gave some fresh ground Hard red wheat flour I had just ground to them. I have enough left to make some Pancakes in the morning, I will grind some more in the morning. this kitchen aid mixer and grinder attachment sure is neat. I nee d some of you all to tell me more about the air cooker you have (brand and so fourth) Good night and sweet dreams.
Lloyd
Good Morning everyone. Not sure this Laptop is correct ,but if it is I put you all to bed and giving you all the wake up call.
Lloyd
Good morning everyone..
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Thought I would pop is an do a quick post so Lloyd isn't talking to himself......not that men do that . :2funny:
Whoops, too late...good morning Lloyd. I am no help on the air fryer but others in here may help you.
Laundry today and hope the nasty weather doesn't come this way. Have a lot of jobs that need done and will tackle them one by one and hope to shorten the list!
Hope everyone has a great day and stays safe please.
Lloyd, here is some information for you.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/appliances/a24630295/best-air-fryers-reviews/
Good Morning Everyfriend! I realized when I was in bad last night that I had not been in to say "Good Night". I was really tired and my eyes were bothering me again. So here I am hoping for a better day today.
All the presents I have are wrapped and ready. A load of laundry is in the washer and another one in the dryer. Cathy is doing the last of my shopping today. And cookies are on the agenda today. Plus at least one more load of laundry! Sounds like another busy day! Of course, that's only if all that stuff gets done!
AMY, did you do Christmas early with David because he has to be on the road over Christmas? I hope not!
MYCHEAL, definitely words to think about!!
I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.
Good morning everyone, down to 15 now. Coldest so far this winter. Yes I know i t is not really winter yet but sure feels like it, so what's a couple of days? The sun is shining but it will not warm up much wi th the blanket of snow covering everything. Not much traffic so the snow is still white and not dirty.
JANE do you ever check your personal mail he re in the SS? I do at t imes but no t of ten. Then surpr ised when I have a message the re.
I better go get dressed, my son will be here soon. I woke late this morning and I dislike doing that. Makes the day too short with daylight at this time of year.
Have a good day everyone and s tay safe.
My SIl in the hospi tal and wan ts to go home. Daughter cannot go into the hospital toee him. He told her he is in a little cubicle alone and canno see anyuone and he is hungry. I think that local hosp. is more like an ER than anything else.
Wise words, Mychael. I wish everyone would realize that patience now will bring great rewards later on. Merry Christmas to you.
I got this Cuisinart, Lloyd. It does lots of things including air frying. I like it well enough after I learned that the temperature ran much hotter than the setting showed so have to set it about 50-60 degrees cooler than a recipe calls for. I wish I had spent a little bit more and gotten the Cuisinart digital oven but I am reasonable satisfied. Just a word of caution....it's big and takes up a lot of counter space.
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No plans for today. I might see if the vacuum cleaner still works. ;)
Take care, All.
Good morning. I have been missing for a couple days. Just being very lazy. But, I did want to check in and say "HELLO". We got a lot of snow on Wed. into THurs. and it is still a lot on the ground. Since it is so cold, it will be around for a while.
Sounds like everyone is in the Christmas spirit and getting a lot of things finished up. My day will be very different. I am just not comfortable having family come in. They all are out among other people every day, and I just don't feel comfortable having them come in. We will get something for dinner and each one will eat in their own place. I feel safer that way.
Hopefully, we will all soon be able to get the vaccine and then maybe it will be safer to be able to get together, I am sure there will be lots of wonderful celebrations when this mess is all over with.
Have a safe day.
Joy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJrKqc3rHMs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJrKqc3rHMs)
Jane, all we did was exchange gifts. Since there were edibles in the gift we did enjoy opening when home. He will have one more run then he is home for Christmas.
Gloria I hope your SIL feels better soon and can be released from the hospital.
Bubble, thank you, have this playing in the back ground :thumbup:
Laundry is just about done and will do a bit of baking.
Amy Thanks, Lot of different prices and sizes. I need to get more education before I leap, and maybe do not need one. I best keep my eye on shop tools, and not to much of them I am pretty well equipped there also. I have replaced most all the tools that were stolen. I put a security camera in the shop, and have one to install where it will take a picture of everyone that comes on the place; I think I will bid you all good night and sweet dreams now for the day.
Lloyd
It was a "brrrr" cooold day in this town. When I got up it was 7º and it never made it above 20 all day! We stayed in a lot and only went out when the doggies had to go and to get the mail!
I have everything wrapped and ready to go! Now tomorrow I am GOING to make the sand tart cookies and then I'm ready. We're having Christmas Eve supper and Christmas Day dinner at Cathy's and Christmas Morning brunch here at my house. Christy will be here and we'll do it together.
Also, tomorrow we have a Christmas Communion distribution in the Church parking lot and we've decided to combine it with the handing out of my fruit cake orders. One more memory for my Mother. So I will be there by 12:30 and stay until all the fruitcake except one has been picked up. That one will be picked up at my house on Monday when his daughter is finished work. He is in a retirement home and is staying put but she works at the hospital and will stop by on her way home and then deliver it to him. He and his wife have been long time friends of mine and since she's gone he needs the memories of past sharing.
So things are moving along! Also, Franki got home late and has to be to work early tomorrow so Cooper is spending the night with us. He's such a good boy that sometimes I don't even know I have an extra doggie in the house.
I'm going to head for the haystack early tonight because tomorrow will be a busy one. So I wish you all a peaceful night sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Quick note: My Grandson-in-law in Houston is down with pneumonia. He has been tested for covid and doesn't have it but he could use some prayers when you have a minute! Thanks!
Quick good night to all. I've decided that I will just go to church when nobody else is there and visit with God a few minutes. The new church is finished so decorations this year will be awesome. I miss going to Mass but realize that bout with covid took the starch out of this old lady and I don't want to catch anything else!
I felt the earthquakes today, 3 of them. I happened to be barefoot & sitting with both feet flat on the floor. First one felt like a heavy truck out front, few minutes later another that shook the house pretty good. Poor Tom had been sleeping outside & came to the door with a frightened look on his face & about that time the 3rd one shook. No damage around here, I'm sure.... pretty sure. We've had quite a few since Thanksgiving, just the earth settling around the world. Glad we don't get the big ones!
And now to bed. I have not been getting enough sleep at night so naps wreck my day and I have lots to do tomorrow! Sweet dreams and God Bless. I can't believe next week this day Christmas will be over. What a strange year. :christmastree:
Shirley, I didn't hear anything about earthquakes in your area! what time did they happen? Family came home today but I don't know what time they would have been coming by Wichita. Emily and Ellen came back through Tulsa so weren't on "your" route.
Commencement went well but the live video was awful! The cameraperson didn't know what he/she was doing and it was impossible to hear what the speakers were saying because they weren't wearing microphones and the one on the stand was too far away. I did see Emily walk across the stage but did not see her presented with her hood.
Weather here is supposed to be lovely all week. Not sure what Christmas plans are, yet but I'm just "going with the flow" and waiting for instructions. :smitten:
Prayers for all those who are experiencing health issues - Covid and otherwise. Going to be a long winter, I'm afraid.
Sleep well, Everyfriend, and have pleasant dreams.
Good morning everyone...
We will be dealing with snow this morning ,don't think there is enough to start the snow blower as the shovels should do it. Maybe 2 inches of snow, nothing near the pile that Jane got! We are to get more today but will worry about that later.
Baking was done but not was intended cornbread muffins were made and we really enjoyed them, so that recipe is a keeper.
Shirley , poor animal don't understand all that shaking going on. I have felt one quakes here and that was enough.
Jane prayers for your GIL that he recovers quick!! Pneumonia is a nasty deal,just ask Kyle! Now he gets the pneumonia shot.
Better start the day...
Enjoy your day and stay safe..
Good Morning Everyfriend! I'm all set up for the sand tarts this morning. I hope to have them finished before I have to get ready for the fruit cake delivery.
AMY and SHIRLEY, thanks for the prayers for Clint! He'd thank you too if he could. Natalie (my granddaughter) promised to keep me informed.
I better get started NOW! I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.
Good morning everyone. I had a good night's rest best in quite a while; it 27º and clear headed foe upper 40's. hope you all have a great day just like you like it.
I mentioned over in "What's For Dinner" that I had a tale about my efforts at getting an Instant Pot.
So, back in September, Target had a sale on the "CrockPot Express Crock Multi-Cooker". It is advertised as pressure cooker, slow cooker, brown & saute, and steam.
I put it in the back of my SUV, and it languished there for 3 or 4 months. My daughter didn't want it, I was unsure if I was ready for something so high-tech, so left it unopened in the box. Finally, I brought it in and parked it in an open spot. I was doing some research on IP's and also this Crock Express. Was just about ready to open the box, when I get an Email from Sunbeam stating that this particular appliance was being recalled, I forget how many are involved. Called Target, and they said they could not take it back as they no longer stocked that item. Now I have to call Sunbeam and see what they are planning to do about it. I understand that some of these models have a lid that accidentally opens, can and has burned several folks, with many more without injuries, just spraying steam I guess. A hazard. I may just keep on lovin' my regular, ordinary CrockPot as it does the job it's supposed to do. I have a rice cooker, so don't need that.
So, thereby hangs the tale of my almost-journey into the land of the InstantPot.
Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter!
That snow was about it, then came the mist then more rain. Bread is cooling on the racks and will deliver that tomorrow.
Tome, I really like the Instant Pot. Liked it so much I bought a second one when they came on sale. Make yogurt in one and everyone gets to enjoy it all. Dogs like it yogurt and the whey plus use whey in baking.
I have a magpie's love of everything bright and shiny and not that much available counter space. I did buy an Instapot right when they first came out and rarely use it. I also rarely use my convertible Microwave. I have slow-cookers in three sizes.
I now use my large manual wok, my largest slow cooker, and my cast iron 12" skillet. I have a large multi gadgety, convention bake toaster oven that was used frequently in the past and now for toast. I have a cupboard full of convenient cooking stuff such as a Fry Daddy, rice cooker, and yougart maker that are getting dusty, along with my Instpot.
I used to use all this stuff regularly when I was working and had no time, but now I use my stovetop and oven and the before mentioned items. I'm here all day, so I have more than enough time to cook. I really like my wok; I cut pieces into small uniform bits, spray on a slight bit of oil and toss quickly over high heat. Chopping vegetables, onions, squash, carrots, potatoes, and peppers with a knife is therapeutic, and spices are little gems.
Game meat that doesn't disappear into multi cups of grease and organics that are a pleasure are well, a pleasure to cook with and consume. Hey, I live alone during a pandemic, and I'm flushed with a discovery of food not making me sick or dead. So I get a bit excited...
I wish you joy. And baby lion cubs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Srgabf692U
Gee, Patricia19, you have one of everything! I have the old crock pot, my rice cooker, a wok which I have never used. Don't have cast iron skillet, think I gave those to my daughter. Do have a cast iron corn-stick maker. Know it must have another name, but I've been changing and washing linens, and am tired and mind is not hitting on all 6 cylinders! I recently bought me a small hand mixer (remember the tale of the mixer on the top shelf that I'm not allowed to stand on a ladder to reach?) Of course, I have a Black&Decker regular brew coffee pot, a Keurig pod coffee pot (gift from daughter), a Mr. Coffee Tea Maker which I love to use during the summertime to make iced tea. There's a salad spinner, and somewhere (?) a brand new Mandoline slicer, which I thought I hadto have, but have never used. I do like to cook, but for just one person, it gets to be a real chore and the spirit must move me before I attempt some things. I did the beef/broccoli yesterday, which was actually fun! And tasty, might I add? I am sure there are other "non-essentials" hiding in cabinets. Funny how we just seem to "collect" things for the kitchen and the appliance manufacturers love us for it!
Beautiful sunshiny day here, approaching 5:00 PM; the temp is a little brisk
(for me). But not much wind. I think I have expounded on this subject quite enough. Think I hear the dryer buzzing anyway, with a King-Size mattress pad needing re-installed.
Good health, good spirits and hopefully, good weather for all of you. StaySafe.
Tome, I do have too much. Even after the decluttering, I did in 2016 when I gave away all or most of my old kitchen family gear. And decided to buy a small amount of good cookware and not the cheap stuff since I lived alone for the first time.
Before retirement, I worked long hours and took two buses twice a day, and no energy for much else. That's how I got into meal prep and suddenly needed all the accompanying gear. It did save my sanity, and I could come home, pop a dish into the microwave or serve from a slow cooker to my waiting plate before falling exhausted into bed for a brief respite.
I get swayed too easily by kitchenware, and I think I become my fantasy having it altogether alter ego when ordering something other than the one I actually am. We won't even discuss my number of cookbooks.
However, I am becoming sensible and decluttering again, even if I have to store everything until I can actually donate it somewhere else. I'm in a new stage where I have to be realistic in eating right and not getting into that magpie mindset of getting all new gear to go with my transition.
No, better not to discuss the number of cookbooks. I have quite a few, probably less than 50, maybe only 25. However, Food magazines became my replacement for cookbooks, and I have a plethora of those: Eating Well, All Recipes, Rachel Ray (+her cookbooks), Diabetic Living (tho' I'm not diabetic, but they have some really wonderful recipes that anyone should like), Taste of Home. When a new issue comes in the mail, I sit on the couch and read through, turning down page corners, drooling and getting hungrier by the page. LOL!
I understand exactly where you're coming from, except I had the vegetarian where you had the diabetic recipes, altho I ended my mail subscriptions and started my Kindle subscriptions. :-[ ::)
Now I'm in the process of canceling those subscriptions. I cannot eat many foods or use many recipes because of my allergies, so I'm learning an entirely new way of eating, cooking, and living.
I've become a one-trick pony with my allergies. I need to find something else to talk about.
Interesting discussion between TOMEREADER and PATRICIA. I'm also a recipe-a-holic! But I print mine from the internet now. I told my daughter recently that if I only made one printed recipe a day for the rest of my life, I'd have to live to be 167! And I keep printing more! In my defense, I do make a lot of the things I print!
Today was a pretty productive day for me! I got the Sand Tart cutout cookies made and tasted! They're Goooood! I also got all the fruit cakes delivered to church members and heard some pretty nice comments about it!
I took both doggies for 2 nice walks and met some very nice people along the way.
I got my TV fixed so I can use it again and it didn't cost me a penny. My son is the usual fixer but I didn't even tell him it needed fixing because he's so busy and so tired when his day is over. But my daughter asked him for information and she came by and fixed me up and left a note with directions while I was delivering the fruit cakes.
In between, I tried to clean up a few corners and the cookie cutters are still sitting there getting dry before they go back in their plastic bag for another year. Funny, I think one of those cutter was actually my mother's and at least four of them have been around since my kids were little! When I told my OK daughter that's what I was doing today she said, "My fav was always the cinnamon reindeer". I answered "Mine too".
I think I will bid you all a "Good Night". It's getting on toward that time and I plan to go early again tonight. I seem to sleep better when I get there early. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
I just went to watch your Happy Cat Video, PATRICIA, and guess what happened to my post? When will I EVER learn?
Too late to try to rewrite but I did want to say HELLO and see what you all have been up to.
MYCHAEL, I really enjoyed your thoughtful words and appreciate you sharing them here. My wish is that we all can enjoy a safe and healthy year ahead.
GLORIA, I am sorry to read that your son-in-law has Covid. I do hope he is getting better and will be released from the hospital soon.
JANE, also sorry your grandson-in-law has pneumonia. Sure hope he feels much better soon.
AMY, happy to read that you got to spend time with David. I do hope his next haul will go well and then he will be home for Christmas. I really enjoyed the Big Rig Parade. Very nice.
TOMREADER, I can you even believe what happened regarding the instapot! After you wait that long to even open it and then just before you do??? Shame you can not just return it. I hope it all works out for you.
SHIRLEY, crazy that you felt the earthquake. Not surprised about Tom....animals are so in tune to what is going on.
I am going to say goodnight before I do some stupid again and lose this.
Good night and pleasant dreams to all.
Jenny
Good morning everyone..
No new snow!!! :happydance: Delivering gifts this morning then taking Kyle in town for his appointment in the afternoon. In the mean time it is chase dust bunnies.
Patricia, did you see the size of the paws on the cubs? Loved the scene of the cub cuddled up in Dads paws. Thank you for sharing.
Jane, I am also another one that collects cookbooks and prints recipes off the internet and put them in binders. Yet, I will always fall back on my old recipes.
Gloria , hope all is well your way.
Shirley, where are you??
Better get a move on here.
Enjoy your day and stay safe..
Good Morning Everfriend! This is going to be a shortie because I've decided that I'm going to call WM and try to make an appointment to get my hair cut. It's beginning to drive me nutty!
Also have to get started on today's chores! If Cooper arrives hungry, I don't have enough food for two doggies so that's first on the agenda. I have to get doggie food made!
Next is change the beds and wash the sheets...or vice versa! I should have put a load of laundry in before I sat down here. And I'm thinking of a quick trip to Davy's today or tomorrow. I'm beginning to feel ike the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland...."no time to say Hello/Goodbye, I'm late, I'm Late, I'm Late! Lots to do today!
I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!
good Morning everyone. Is 39º and bright sun here calling for 57º for high today. I had another sleepless night so I got up shut the bedroom door turned the TV on low so would not bother Nancy, dozed off for about a hour. have a good day.
Lloyd
Good morning everyone, seems like I wake later almost every day. Went to bed at 11 and woke at 9:40 this morning, yesterday 9:30. If this keeps up Yvette will be here to wake me. Old age is really taking over, with the nap I need every day on top of all the sleep at night.
PHYLLIS I have a toast er oven and a microwave and no room for anything else. Wish I did.
JOY my CNA is on the list for the vaccine because she works with the elderly, they are out doing errands and shopping for groceries for their clients then at the end of the day they go home to their families.
BUBBLE I can see wha t I will be listening to for a couple of hours . Thank you.
AMY SIL is in a room now and eating and starting to feel better. He is hopeing to go home today or tomorrow. You know I am worried about both of them, my daughter being alone way out where they live and my SIL in the hospital. They sure could use some prayers.
JANE prayers for your grandson in-law the he recovers fas t and home for Christmas.
I better cut this short and get ready for Yvet te. She gets here at noon and tha is coming fas t. I know I am slow reading and typing.
Have a good day and s tay safe.
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem. Home Free, Oak Ridge Boys, and Jeffery East
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQCoh1PJjOk
From Euronews and Ethical Hackers on new hacking scams
"World-renowned cybersecurity expert, ethical hacker, author and former U.S. Marine, Bryan Seely also spoke at GITEX. Seely became recognised in the hacking world in 2014 when he became the only person to ever wiretap the United States Secret Service and FBI to expose hidden criminal activity.
Seely told Euronews that since the world went into lockdown hackers have created new and more effective ways to scam people and corporations. One way that many people have fallen victim to hackers is clicking on a phishing email link that has been coordinated with home deliveries. Seely said it is almost impossible to tell the difference from the hackers' email and the companies they are impersonating.
When asked how to be safe online, he stressed 'never click on a link from someone you do not know'. Other points he advised were to never reuse passwords and to always activate two-factor authentication. Highlighting the importance of being safe online, he said: "if you don't, you deserve what's going to happen to you"'.
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Well, the :tickedoff: :tickedoff: :tickedoff: virus has messed up family plans for the week!
While Miss Emily's family was in Kansas for her graduation they learned that she and her Mom had been exposed a week ago to someone who tested positive (no report on whether this person actually had Covid) . All 5 of them were tested when they got home. Dad, Miss Ellen and Sir Carson were negative but Emily and Mom tested positive.
Although Emily has no symptoms at all and Mom was on a Z-pack for a sinus infection,, Christmas get-together is, of course cancelled.
So are plans for my birthday. Actual day is Wednesday but we had planned to go "out in the country" tonight to see the "Christmas Star", pick up dinner on the way home and then drive through one of the park light displays.
Fortunately, I haven't seen any of them in about 3 weeks but will surely miss doing so this week. Miss Ellen has changed her flight back to NYC to January 3 so I hope I'll be able to spend a little time with her the week after Christmas.
Onward and Upward.
Callie, I am so sorry hope Miss Emily and Mom feel better and soon. This is a sad time for all and my heart goes out to you.
This was sent to me..
- A pastor attended a men's breakfast in the middle of a rural farming area.
The group had asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the morning breakfast :
"Lord, I hate buttermilk," the farmer began. The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wonder where this was going.
The farmer loudly proclaimed, "Lord, I hate lard." Now the pastor was growing concerned.
Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, "And Lord, you know I don't much care for raw white flour."
The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn't the only one to feel uncomfortable.
Then the farmer added, "But Lord when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up that we don't like, when life gets hard when we don't understand what you're saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing. It will probably be even better than biscuits. Amen."
Within that prayer, there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situations like we are experiencing in the world today.
Stay strong my friends, because our life is being mixed with lots of things that we don't care for.......relax and wait until the mixing is done.
Love the prayer, Amy, and it sounded like biscuits from the start to me 'cause I feel the same. I copied to send to a number of people that will enjoy. Thanks!
Can't get me in gear. Still plan to grind all that roast tonight (with help from Kitchen Aid & grinder attachment). Oops, here comes Tom & Tiger looking for supper. Mama Callie is probably waiting at the front door, she thinks she is special since her kids come in the back door. Driving me crazy having to figure ways to keep them from wandering off in the other part of the house with that folding door still not working. Supposed to be fixed in the morning. #1 son keeps booked solid!
Not sure I mentioned before that my good friend (10 days younger than I am) had Covid & even though she passed out & spent a night in the hospital, is fine now.
But sadly, the high school friend we had the "wake" for about 3 years ago when doctors told him he had 6 months to live.... did pass away this week. He never was angry that they miss diagnosed him early and did not push him to keep his muscles strong so spent the past years in a wheel chair. Very good person and he will be missed.
I called my sister to wish her a Happy Birthday (Christmas Day) early because all 6 of her children & (?)grands will be calling on the day. It has been a busy week and doesn't seem like I have gotten anything done.
Still don't have this table cleaned off & that is a MUST DO so my 6 people can visit for a couple hours during the holidays. The weather is unusually warm for this time of year, but we are dry. At least the days grow longer so SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
good night and sweet dreams. see you all in the morning.
Lloyd
SHIRLEY, I was tempted to run out and look around the corner when you said "Spring is just around the corner" but I decided to wait until it's daylight out.
I know about "cleaning things off. I cleaned off the bed and dresser in my spare room today. They were acting as my gift collection area and now I have them in my wrapping area in the store room because my wrapping is all done.
Tomorrow, as soon as Cooper arrives, I'll make a trip to Davy's and get the rest of the stuff I need for the weekend when my daughter and her husband will be here. I did some running around but I couldn't go to Davy's because I had to take Mickie along. She just does not like to be left alone since Annie is gone. I thought she might adjust but it's been a year and she hasn't. So I'm really glad that Cooper comes as often as he does. It's more work for me but I can get some errands done when he's here.
I have most of my "outside-the-family" deliveries made. I just have to take the little bags to the 3 neighbors on my block. My good friend lives on the corner and both of the men in the other two house are more than willing to help me out with whatever I need done in the yard and they won't accept money for it.. So I give them treats for Christmas and veggie soup when I make it.
I love the music everyone is posting! Tis the season.....!!
CALLIE, my DIL works at our local Starbucks and they just closed down because two of the people who work there have tested positive for COVID so my Son and his family will not be joining us for Christmas brunch and dinner. I know how you feel because I feel it too!
Thanks for the prayers for CLINT. My news today is that he's feeling slightly better. If that happens every day, he'll be back on his feet soon.
Now I have to make up my list for tomorrow and get ready for bed It's another early and busy one tomorrow. I'll be hitting the haystack early and I have a feeling it's going to be loaded with zzzzzs because I didn't get to use any of them today.
I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one.
good Night and sweet dreams everyone. shot and pill time. hope to see you all in the morning.
Lloyd
Good morning..
Can't believe tis weather, not much snow and warm for this time of year. Now having said that I am sure we will freeze and have snow up past our asters. I did hear that some are putting their ice huts out to go fishing.
I want to pick up extra dog food and some fresh vegetables for us at the grocery store. Want to get in and get out before the long lines start.
Jane, that is good news about Clint..hope he is home soon.
Shirley, you're welcome. I also sent it along to others.
Gloria, prayers for your SIL and daughter. Hope he is soon home also.
Better get ready to meet the day.
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
Good Morning Everyfriend! This will be a shrty because I have to get in and out of the shower before Cooper gets here and I have to do it between washer fill-ups just in case the washer takes my water away. I've never noticed if it does that.
My day is off and running! I hope I can keep up! I hope you all are feeling well and avoiding the germy places! The things I have to do today, are places that I can keep my distance and when I get back, all that will have to be done before Christy gets here is clean.....the house and MICKIE (she needs a bath)
I wish you all a good day.....better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!
Good morning everyone, finally woke earlier than I have been. 6:am feels be tter, will have my 2 cups of coffee and breakfast without rushing before Yvette gets here.
Yes terday a nur se from the company Yve tte works for was here. She was here a few mpntha ago and got the covid. a couple of weeks aft er her visit. She kept her mask on the whole time she was here and she is doing grea t, no after effect s for her and she is a diabetic, too. I have hand sanitizers around in here and she used them, too. I was glad t o see that. I know when my sons come here they wash their hans as soon as they come in. I like seeing them do that.
My SIL is on oxygen and yes terday when my daught er finally got through to a nurse taking care of him told her that he has to start breathing on his own before they release him. They have kept the oxygen hooked up on him he has not had a chance to breathe on his own. Crazy excuse for a hospital. When we got off Skype yes terday she was going to call him and tell him about the breathing on his own.
Wow lot of posts yes terday t ha t I canno t reply to all of them.
Just heard on the news that for Christmas Eve we will get rain and wind. Heck it would be better if it was lightly snowing instead.
AMY love what was sent to you and you shared with us. I hope you do not mind but I copied it to send to others. That is a good one.
If I don' t get my breakfas t made I will slill be in my nightsown and robe when she gets here. She is coming at 10 today because her first client before me has an appointment and will be picked up at 9:30. I am really slow in the mornings. Have to cal the dentist to see if I can get in there. One tooth came out and the one next to it broke. Those are the 2 my dentist told me had to come out. both had cavaties in the gums showed up in the xrays.
Have a good day everyone and please God keep everyone safe from the covid.
good morning everyone. I have been up about a 1/2 hour reading the post's.
I had a very good night's sleep- according to the tattletale on My breathing machine 9 and 1/2 hours. we had a good friend and his wife come by for a good visit last night. he gave us some good advice for our up coming court date. heart doctors have advised me to stop driving, good and bad. safety will be good, but being to get in motor home and go will be out. so may have to get rid of it. grand daughter and firmly here is great. but away goes our independence. as they say all is well that ends well. sun is shinning very good, it is 27º and going for 59º they say for here. see you all later.
Lloyd
Lloyd, if my Fitbit ever told me I got 9 & a half hours of sleep I'd pinch myself to see if I'm really awake! I was going to get rid of my RV after the last trip to CO with my oxygen down to 74 & got back & had to buy all those new tires. BUT, I am okay to go to MO and the kids are all ready to make a trip to the diamond mine in Arkansas... At any rate, I'm not jumping the gun to get rid of it yet. You can ask Nancy if she wants to drive ;) (I know, Cas couldn't stand MY driving).... but other thought is that everyone tells me these motor homes & campers are selling like hotcakes because it is the safest way to travel & not catch COVID. Sorry your doctor said not to drive it, but I do know my auto club is NOT to be counted on for help. If my son had not been with me on the way home I would still be stuck in Dodge City! (well, slight exaggeration).... And you shouldn't count on being able to do everything yourself anymore, either! So, that is my NON advice!
Gloria, do hope Gary can get off the oxygen and be home with Regina.... I'm with you about her being along "out in the boonies". Does she have a gun, know how to use a gun? I would have one stashed in every room... not afraid but know I'm no match for most people that break into a house. I also keep a can of wasp spray at front & back doors since I read it sprays farther than MACE or pepper spray. Be prepared... somebody's motto...oh, think the Boy Scouts? One time when my mother was in the hospital they kept putting off letting her go... until she found out they kept her because her temperature was above "normal".... She quickly explained "it is always above normal when she was stressed, and she wouldn't be stressed at home!"
Haha, Jane, I never did find out if the shower water slows down if the washer is running. Long, long time ago it did. :crazy2:
Amy, I am shocked to think the ice would be thick enough for fishing huts. We haven't had a hard enough freeze to even see ice in the water bowls outside. Cats could go to the river for a drink but might fall in. ;)
Son was over & fixed my folding door & tightened the handle on the faucet at the sink. We looked & looked for the allen wrenches & he had to get his own from his car. I know I have several sets but ordered another from Amazon today, will get here before Christmas! This time they will go where I know where they are! I keep a tool bag of MY stuff that I haul in the motorhome or house, where ever I am and one kitchen drawer filled with the ones I use most! I used to be able to fix most anything but no more.
And now to get back to work.
For a day that didn't have too much planned it sure got busy!We did get shopping early at 7 am plus picked up two cases of dog food and some dry food. I did get the kitchen ceiling washed then did the floors. Mail brought bills so back into town to pay them after we took some raisin bread to a neighbour. Going to just relax tonight.
Lloyd,time for you to take care of you.I understand how hard it is to give up your license but safety first and we want you here. Nancy needs you also, plus she can drive.Not an easy decision but the right one .J M H O
The haystack calls and I'm about to answer it! I hope you all had a good day...busy or not so busy. I got all my last minute errands run and now I'm trying to think of what I forgot because Frankie is off tomorrow and is going to make a WM run. She'll stop here on the way to leave Cooper so I can give her money to get my forgotten items.
SHIRLEY, the house where I raised my kids had that water problem. If you turned the water on anywhere else in the house it took it away from the shower. If you used hot, you froze the shower taker. If you cold you scalded the shower taker. My husband always announced it in a loud voice when he was going to take a shower and we all know that meant "keep your hands off the faucets."
I got all my running around errands done this morning. And than included a hair cut. I was beginning to feel like Cousin ITT on the Munsters. I soon would have been able to use my hair for a face mask!
Then I made two quick stops and a longer stop at Davy's Fresh Market. I think I have everything I need but I'm going to be thinking about that until Frankie gets here tomorrow. Of course, the hardest part of shopping for groceries is putting them away. You come home tired and there are all those bags just sitting there in the car. So you get them into the house and they still just sit there! There ought to be a button you can push to have them jump into their places. Back in the old days, I played it smart. I went to the grocery store while the kids were still in bed Saturday morning and by the time I got home I had 4 teenagers who wanted to see what I got. They carried them in and put them away before they were allowed to eat anything. I could get used to that again.
LLOYD, now you can see what a good driver Nancy is! If you can't drive any more and you want to go somewhere, it's her turn to call the shots! Sometimes we have to listen to the drs. whether we want to or not and AMY said it right. We need you in here. So mind the dr.
I'm heading for the haystack right now. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one.
well Nancy dose drive the Van but will not even think of driving the motor home, she even squeal's Like a pig cought in the fence if I get a little bit close to the fog line on the side of the road,
Lloyd
Shirley go buy another set and when you get home and go put them up you most likely fiend the others right right front of you. well i drive safer in the motor home using the rear view mearos on the side like they were on the road tractor truck.
Good morning..
Another day closer to Christmas, two more sleeps and it will be here! I have some gifts to wrap yet and that should be it other than last minute jobs to do.
Kyle wants to go to the lumber store for a few things and then back home for the day. Mr Tom T Turkey is thawing in the fridge . This will be a different Christmas for many ,our family is staying put this year no getting together like we have done in the past years.
Jane, wish I could get my hair cut but the salon has closed up and now we will be under lock down and no salons open. Do you think I should let Kyle have a go at it??? ;D The new taps now have a safety feature built in and there is no freeing or boiling others in the shower.
Shirley to my way of thinking I don't think the ice is thick enough either but he said there was 10 inches of ice. Each year we always hear of someone going through the ice on their snow machines, some make it out while others don't.
Prayers for those in the hospital or not feeling well...
Enjoy your day and stay safe..
Good Morning Everyfriend! This will be a quickie this morning because the boinger just went off and that's time for breakfast for Mickie and me.
I'll be back later to visit....I hope! I have to get some cleaning done today in preparation for guests. I did want to say...
AMY, my Dad used to time events this way, "Christmas is just 2 more days and a git-up away". I love it!
good Morning everyone. well it took two hitches to do it but I got in 7.5 hours of sleep. 59º and very Wendy here. supposed to get colder, have a good day.
Lloyd
Good morning everyone, good news, my SIL went home yesterday. When daughter and I were on Skype I saw him walking around in their living room. That made me feel better and my daughter is happy to have him home. I feel much better, too, t o see him where he belongs, home. I called the dentist yest erday morning and was surprised to an appoiment for this afternoon. I called my son to ask if he cand take me and he said yes. He has never had a tooth break like mine did or fall oout, either. The broken one is agravating the inside of my mouth and the one that fell out has the root sticking out. The dentist will have to dig them out. Oh fun. I will not feel anything until it starts thawing out. Thought I would have to wait a month to get in.
Just heard the wea ther report, not one I like for Christmas. Rain and very strong winds-up to 65mph. Makes me want to stay home but if i do I will miss seeing my great grandson. He is such a smart kid, On Thanksgiving he was teaching me how to use my new iphone. Imagine a 5 year old teaching an old woman how to do things.
AMY rather have cold and snow for Friday. The snow we have on the ground will go fast with the rain except the piles from the plows. Has no t been below freezing long enough for ponds and lakes here to freeze for ice fishing or ice skating.
LLOYD the time comes when we do have to give up driving. When I no longer could make a sharp left turn because of my shoulders I gave my son my car key, still miss the independence but don't like going out much anymore. We need and want you here in the SS for yeatrs to come.
SHIRLEY a few days ago I was hungry and decided to make myself a good meal, when I finished I was worn ou t and could only eat a few bites and lef a sisnk full of dirty pans and dishes. I just could not tackle them. Yvette did them the next day. She keeps telling me that at 89 I am lucky to be able to do anything. I feel like I am just too lazy to do anything because I was always on the go just a few years ago.
JANE I liked it when my 3 were stil home and I had gone shopping for groceries and they helped bringing them in and putting every thing away. Now Yvette does the shopping and puts things away. She had to learn when I put something on my list that is what i want and not something else. If they do not have what I have on the list get nothing.
Have a good day everyone and stay safe.
Sunny and cold this morning but like the rest of you on the East coast that is going to change. Rain coming in tonight and will stay through Christmas Day. And, Lloyd is sending us his wind from Missouri, I guess. I don't particularly like the rain but I purely hate the wind. But, as long as the trees don't fall on the house I guess we will be all right.
Other than taking the steaks and the pie out of the freezer to thaw I'm pretty well ready for Christmas...as much ready as I am going to be this year. It's going to be pretty quiet for us and I think for the neighborhood, too. Most people that I know are planning to keep it kind of quiet. Covid cases are climbing pretty high around here.
Good news about your SIL, Gloria.
Take care, All.
Good morning from the Interior. We've been in the mid-thirties today and yesterday, but tomorrow we're due to go back to circling zero. Has anyone been watching for Saturn and Jupiter? According to astronomers, this is the closest they've been visually since 1630 and won't be again until 2040.
Nothing new here; I received a quick visit and exchanged another set of gifts with friends yesterday and worked on my PSP programs for most of the evening. It was behaving badly all last week, and I ended up revamping my computer a few days ago and reinstalling W10 and all those updates. Now it's my PSP's turn. Such an exciting life I'm leading!
Since last March, we've been on lockdown, and each time it begins to slow down, someone does something, and cases began climbing again. So I expect Christmas to be much the same, quiet but hopefully sane.
I'm here, thinking but the Covid fog continues.... haha, we'll blame it on that instead of AGE! Today is get it done day.... got to clean off this table & get out the Christmas table cloth & serving dishes. My grown kids are coming on Monday for lunch & just to visit, the food not the main reason. I'm not mingling with the little ones since they can't even tell if they've had Covid or not, especially since "they" are thinking there may be different strains of this virus.
Gloria, so happy your SIL is home, do they get snow at all in their area? I remember the photos from actually before they moved, just building. What fun to think of building your own little world like that. We built a house & extra building but only one acre of land so did have 30+ houses on that 80 acre piece of ground. Nice your dentist worked you in, for sure those sharp edges can shred the inside of the mouth.
Do you use the old fashioned "baking soda & salt" mix to heal? I keep a "Dixie" cup with it in my bathroom cabinet at all times & just pat it on after brushing, if any kind of sore in the mouth. Back when I was a kid you used that or if it was a "gum boil" we would get a little serving of cold kraut & that would get rid of it fast or a tad more kraut. My mother spent a lot of time with her grandmother so knew all those old remedies.
The wind is howling here & temps falling even though the sun is shining. Would not surprise me to find one or more of the big trees laying over, they are wagging back & forth & working their way loose. The darn beaver have come up onto the bank & chewed off one of the trees I hoped to see stay. Have 2 large ash trees & a 3rd I'm now positive, the bark looks a little different. That's the one they cut down yesterday & the inside core is almost red. Never know where these trees come from, I only planted the sycamore & the wisteria. I will take a camera down next time & maybe someone knows their wood better than I do.
My son got shots of the moon the other night but too cloudy to see the special "Christmas Star" our news talked about. My daughter in St.Louis was upset with her husband for not being willing to get out their telescope since their sky was clear. Andy used his telecope & camera/phone.... I'll see if Bubble will post one of the photos for me. I've got to move this computer back to the bedroom & can't be running back & forth to do all my kitchen jobs. I will also get to run up & down the steps quite a few times since all those Christmas dishes are stored in boxes as far as possible from where they need to be. I know I'll be worn out but hope all goes well one more time! Think positive!
Hmmmmm...Nobody in here since SHIRLEY at noon! Everyone must be as busy as I am. I really wore myself out with the cleaning today. I'm more than ready for the haystack tonight!
I have all the cleaning done from the back of the house to the front with the living room and dining room to do tomorrow. And he cleaning involved stripping and washing the bedding on one bed all the way from the mattress pad to the bedspread. My plan is to do the rest of the cleaning immediately in the morning so I can spend the rest of the day with dinner/breakfast plans and welcoming my company whenever they arrive.
I have one thing to wrap and some stockings to stuff tomorrow, too. Frankie finished my shopping today. She also gave both dogs a bath so I had a load of towels to do after that. The hamper was half full before she started and I had a bunch of dish towels, too.
GLORIA, nice that your SIL is home. I haven't heard a report today from my granddaughter. I don't know how her hubby is doing. I'm hoping she just forgot to let me know.
One more day and a "git-up" and it's Christmas! It's going to be a different one for lots of people! I sure hope it's a safe one!
I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. I also wish everyone a BLESSED CHRISTMAS EVE!
Good morning..
How did Christmas eve get here so fast?? Down to the last minute gatherings of food and wrapping gifts day.
Not a lot going on here today, delivering some trays of goodies to friends and that is it. Roads are going to be slippery later on so everything will be done this morning. Raining at the moment ,driving later on may be slippery...
Gloria, good news to hear your SIL is home...no place like home for a better sleep .
Jane, I just have one basket of laundry to fold and that is it until Sat. Although there is only the two of us I always have laundry to do......we are either darn dirty or darn clean:) Then there are the dogs bed
in the house and in the van their comforters.
Shirley I blame brain fog on having so much information to store in my head . Until I get a better excuse that is the one I am sticking with. If you wrap the trunks of the trees you don't want the beavers to chew it may save them.
Patricia, we are going into lock down here after
Christmas . I can't imagine being locked down as long as you have been. We are well stocked here and just need milk but a trip to the dairy will fill that order. They have a window that you put your order in and the lady will bring what you want, no going in the store.
Phyllis, you mean sounds good to me. We have a small turkey and I am going to make dressing in the instant pot.
Callie, Joy and Sandy, I hope all is well there..
Raining good now..
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
Good morning every one, well one broken tooth and roots of anothe lost tooth are out and she worked to get them out I was in there seemed forever and my son waiting in his car. I should have told him t o go home and would call when I was done. Only about 5 minutes away from the dentist.
When he came to get me yesterday my DIL sent a bowl of pudding and a bowl of tapioca pudding with him. Leave it to her t o send me some thing I could have when I got hungry. She is the one I call my second daughter. Always thoughtful.
I emailed my daughter when I got home because I could not talk on Skype, She replyed and said she was outside with my SIL and he had more energy yesterday. God heard our prayers.
PHYLLIS from what the weather guessers are saying Christmas day will be a little short of a hurricane. I feel more like s taying home than going to my son's home.
SHIRLEY they have had snow in the area t hey live in in Arizona, doesn' t last long though. Some par ts ge t a lot of snow and even have skiing and a ski lift. The mountains they see from where they are have snow on the tops of them. I found it hard to believe a t first that they had snow there. I have been told to rinse with salt wa ter, that from more than one dentist.
JANE I never found time to sign Christmas cards for the ones who exchange them here in the building. I really am a procrastinator these days.
AMY my daugh ter did email me that he slept good Tuesday night.WE all know we do not sleep good in a hospital. Nothing like sleeping in our own beds. I think we are having pork, my DIL likes rhe crown roast and she is a good cook,so are my 2 sons and daughter. I used to cook and bake a lot but no more, what I did a few nights ago proved it to me. Have to leave it to Yvette now.
Have a good day everyone and stay safe.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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I can't seem to get my motor started this morning! Maybe I ran out of gas yesterday and didn't notice it! I'll have to check that out.
I do have to get started. If there's no gas, I'll have to walk. I wish you all a good day. We are already experiencing the rain storms that were predicted for today. They have also put out flood warnings. The rain and warmer weather is going to melt a lot of the snow and the rivers and creeks will be rising. They are also predicting high winds and the power company has already prepared for outages. So our Christmas dinner could turn out to be sandwiches in the candlelight.
I'm off to finish the cleaning and start the cooking! Enjoy your holiday whatever it brings! God be with you ALL!
Gloria, the card ws beautiful, thank you!! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Jane, I went to feed the birds and did a dance for them! My gosh it is slippery out there. We also have high winds here and wondered about our power staying on. We do have generator back up if need be. Sandwiches and candle light sound unique!!
Back to work I go .....hi hoe hi hoe..
'Tis Christmas Eve so will be super busy getting everything done. I have this big bowl of gravy with little bite size roast chopped in so invited both sons & spouses that "if they didn't get a better offer"..... I will serve "open faced roast beef sandwiches" about noon on Christmas Day. Neither thought they had anything going on for Christmas so they will let me know.
We had a drugstore back in the old days, that had the food counter that served these open faced sandwiches... pile of mashed potatoes in the middle, slice of bread cut in triangle on either side & roast beef & gravy over all. My fav food of all time & back then I really didn't like any food but hamburgers from our hang out & that chocolate malt. Yum!
My mother was the best cook in the world (okay, I'm prejudice) but I hated to slow down to eat & thought on the go eating was best way to fuel up.
So now I need to put this computer off in a bedroom & put my Christmas tablecloth on & make ready for the kids to come home for Christmas. Our other party is on Monday.
Amy, I do have chicken wire to wrap around those trees, it worked when I planted the sycamore tree down there years ago. We had some young neighbors that bought at least half a dozen really nice (and expensive) trees from a nursery, planted up & down the hill & they were doing great until one morning they went out & discovered all but one had been cut down! Some were missing completely & others laying on the ground by their stump. At first the guy thought vandals but someone with "experience" pointed out the chips on the ground, typical beaver sign. Crazy that we can't find their den! That was at least 20 years ago so the beaver family has been around a long time. My grove of trees are nearer the water so much more convenient. I will try to get down today & wrap the ash trees, but did not need one more thing to do today!
Gloria, my body just crunched up thinking about your tooth ordeal. I can imagine the pain & shudder at how it must feel this morning. Sure is lousy timing with all that good food coming up! Nice your extra daughter thought of the soft foods to send you! Love the card, thank you.
The wind is not quite as bad so far but weather guesser says it will be back! Yuck!
Well, Jane, that is a good idea, I will put candles on the table & if cloudy like today, will light them. Hope you don't lose power. Any chance the battery cable is loose on the post? I noticed last night on my trip to the store that my gas gauge was low but was too cold & windy & even snowing so didn't fill up. Price jump for the holidays but I do have 80 cents a gallon off for this month & would rather have a tank full in case of getting caught & need to keep warm while waiting for a train to pass. We have a terrible time with trains in Wichita, sometimes holding up traffic more than 15 min.
Merry Day-Before-Christmas! :christmastree:
As of yesterday I am officially half-way through my 8th decade. Received a gorgeous flower arrangement from #1 son/family, had two lovely long phone conversations with out-of-state friends and phone calls from each of the 3 Grands. 'Twas a very nice day.
#2 son/dil/I had "star watched" as planned on Monday evening, picked up dinner to eat at their house and drove through some beautifully lighted neighborhoods on the way bringing me home.
Son/family with covid exposure are feeling okay; I suspect their "draggy" feelings are mostly due to the Kansas trip plus worrying about the virus. They were able to get everyone a z-pack and are, of course, quarantining and distancing. Fortunately, their house is big enough to do that easily. They will be tested again this weekend. Miss Ellen has postponed her return trip to NYC.
Of course we are not getting together tomorrow. #2 son/dil plan to come over before going to her family about an hour's drive from here. I still have a microwave tray of Thanksgiving left-overs in the freezer so am planning to dine on that.
Weather is windy and cold but no nasty stuff in the forecast.
Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a Blessed Day.
SHIRLEY, it's not my car that's out of gas! It's ME! I was having trouble getting my internal motor going this morning. I think I've been trying to do too much and missing my naps!
However, I did manage to get going in slowmo and I got the house ready for company and Christmas in general! Now I'm going to go take a shower so I don't turn away the company and then the cooking starts!
CALLIE, watch your step!
SHIRLEY, save me a sandwich! That's the ONLY way I like gravy!
Our Christmas dinner has been ham as long as I can remember and I'm sure it is partly because one set of my grandparents had a farm and there was always a nice size Hog to be butchered in the Fall. And we were one of the recipients of a nice country smoked ham. The perfect Christmas dinner (in my opinion). But, to each his own!
:happybday: Callie :happybday: a belated one but wishing you all the joys that your birthday can bring.
Still raining here but at least the wind has died down.
Shirley, it always amazes me how industrious the beavers are. We have lots in the area and the road crew will unplug a culvert that the beaver has dammed up and the next day it is plugged up again.
Made stuffed mushrooms to go along with our lunch ,haven't made them in a long time and Kyle said that they can be made again.
Better clean up the kitchen..
Callie, I'm sorry I missed your birthday! So, here is a little belated birthday wish for you!
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[/sizeHi everyone..I don't usually post on this forum..but do stop by and read sometimes...Shirley you seem to have a lot of knowledge of feral cats..I have a cat that's coming in my yard...and staying...of course I fed him....I'm wondering if he's a feral cat..he eats the food I put out..but will not let me touch him or pet him..not sure if he's feral or someone has treated him bad....do you think he will stay that way....Merry Christmas and healthy new year..I to will be staying home....CC]
CC, Patricia has a feral cat.Farrah. She may be able to help you also..
CC, I've been a permanent foster for Pet Pride, a cat rescue, for the past nineteen years. I usually have abused or feral cats for their lifetime. My email is in my profile or Bubble, or Amy can send it to you, or yours to me. I'd love to help.
How many times have we read this to our children.
Sorry, Patricia told me the url didn't work. It was the poem the Night Before Christmas.
Callie, so sorry we missed your birthday! Does this mean you are officially MY age (85) & that I will be a year older than you in less than a month???? Having that Jan birthday always put me the oldest in the class. We won't count this year with all the covid crap (can I say that?) going on. Happy UN-birthday, anyway!:hb3: :hb2:
Candy, I'm sure Patricia has much more experience with ferals than I do. Mine were so anti social from the start, they would never have even come out in daylight except that Cas sat out in a lawn chair all summer & sweet talked Mama Callie. She never got closer than probably 30' until she showed up with the 3 babies. She eventually weaned them in the back yard and we didn't see her again until Tom & Tiger were a couple years old at least.
The people moved that fed her so she came back across the street but Cas had died by then. I'd guess that if you offer food and kindness that cat will eventually trust you. My son was here the other day & she rubbed up against his leg... she let him bend down & pet her until he put the other hand down & something in her cautioned that he could grab her with BOTH hands so she backed away. I'd guess she was mistreated along the way and she taught her babies how to survive in the wild because they still won't be out front where people walk by, and hide when the door bell rings.
Time to get moving, been doing laundry & working at cleaning, must vac the floors & get the table ready. I'm going to go to church in the morning & will stay if not too crowded. They do keep every other pew empty & try hard to limit the risk, have planned to use the church as well as auditorium to have enough distance for all that want to come on Christmas Day... also have several Masses scheduled for Christmas Eve. Going to be busy with 4 people coming to lunch at 11:30, but I don't drive at night.
In case I don't get back, MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL!
CC, after reading what Shirley and Patricia wrote I would say it all boils down to love and kindness which you are showing the cat.Maybe in time he or she will trust you. For now you will just have to enjoy his stomach love.😚
By four weeks of age, a kitten is feral and won't ever behave as a regular domesticated cat. My cat Farrah was so abused that she was an unsocialized spitting wild animal when I got her at four years.
She spent the first six months hiding under my bed and a couple of months after that maintaining five or more feet between us. Even now, four years later, she's very alert to her surroundings and people. It's an uphill battle, but then she was obviously abused. I suggest going at the cat's pace, Offer food, and soothing conversation to make friends with the cat. Do not attempt to grab the cat or attempt to pick it up.
Let the cat see you are offering food and perhaps shelter. Give the cat space, and she will come to trust you. Also, there are cat associations and rescues in every state and area. You can call them for suggestions in your local area and see what they advise.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Thank you for the nice birthday wishes. Although my parents, grandmother and 2 aunts always did what they could to make my birthday special, I never had a typical birthday party when I was a child because my parents didn't think it was right to ask people to buy an extra gift so close to Christmas.
Shirley, yes, I've caught up with you. I still keep up with friends who started First Grade together and became "The Super Six" by the time we were in high school. I was the only one with a December birthday so they began passing me very soon after I caught up with them.
Sometime they would tease me about being the "last one"....to get my driver's license, to become of "legal age", etc.
However, you can be sure they got paid back when we all began to turn those ages that brand us as "old". ;D and I still sign their birthday cards with "The Youngest Amongest Us".
Very rare to domesticate a feral cat.
Will come for food but the instinct of being vicious remains ,will hang around at a distance.
And to get to a vet to properly give shots is almost impossible, vets do not like to deal with them
Do not get bit by one and or allow them around children.
I've been doing it through Pet Pride for nineteen years and my vet has six of his own.
Patricia sent me the url to use. So here goes :)
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Merry Christmas everyone..
Thank you, Amy! That narrator's voice was so familar.
well I late again, is getting to be a bad habit, we went to a good friend's place of business today which is a jewelry store. we had some redeem color purls of course he also had lot's more. he added some more to what we had and made two neckless for our two grand daughter's that live with us. being kin to the kin I am sure did not hurt, but we got a almost give away price. and the lite up shining eyes were priceless. wish you everyone a happy Christmas. good night and sweet dreams.
Lloyd
Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas! everyone, it is 9º and clear here. we are going to the daughters house for chirstmas dinner. I think I will go out open the garage door and start the car and let it run and warm up before leaving. this old man can't take it any more. Hope you all have a good safe chirstmas day. see you all later.
Lloyd and Nancy
Merry Christmas!!
I'm up but my daughter and her husband are still sleeping. We planned breakfast for later so I'm taking the time to send wishes to all my friends on S&F. I hope your day turns out to be everything good it can possibly be in this time of trouble.
I'm looking forward to this day with my family! I wish you all well and happy!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE !!!
Hope everyone will have a nice day, even though it will be a very different kind of Christmas for us all.
Enjoy whatever your day involves.
Joy
Merry Christmas from Kansas! Weather Bug says it's 23° but feels like 19°.
I feel awful, didn't get any presents for the cats. I haven't browsed the stores for so long I forgot what it's like! I'll open them a can of salmon for lunch. They get Chicken of the Sea tuna for breakfast every morning but don't see canned salmon on sale anymore. They don't like my fresh salmon, picky-picky.
Gosh, y'all keep popping in & I'm waving a big HI but the post won't fly.........
Hope this is a happy day for everyone, maybe the best day of 2020??? :christmastree: :snowball: :snowman: :xoxo:
Merry Christmas from rainy Canada!!
We are so blessed today enjoying each others company! :smitten:
Shirley, we had to help the dogs unwrap their gifts but now they are chewing like mad on them (rawhide bones )
Wishing my friends a wonderful day no matter what you do. We are on our own instead of a huge family gathering.
Take care and stay safe!
Merry Christmas! from a sunny (finally) and cold (and getting colder) North Carolina!
We just about washed away yesterday and if that didn't happen we blew away. It was a really unpleasant day. But, it is much better today as long as we stay warm.
Happy late birthday, Callie. My husband's birthday was on Dec. 23rd and he rather forlornly said that growing up his birthday present was always under the Christmas tree. After we married I tried to make his birthday separate and special and then when our second son was born on Dec. 24th it became an additional challenge. To make it even more challenging, our wedding anniversary was Christmas Day and our first son was born on Epiphany, Jan. 6th. We got all the celebrations over and done with in a short period of time. :2funny:
Enjoy your day, Everyone, and if you are with family, enjoy them, too.
Thanks everyone on suggestions about the cat...I kinda think he was mistreated...somehow...he's at my door morning and eve for food...looking at my door till I feed him...not aggressive at all...more like frightened....will carefully see how it plays out
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EACH OF YOU!
Seems strange not to be preparing Christmas "supper" for the family. At last report, the quarantined bunch were all feeling okay. Other son/dil are coming over sometime this morning before going to be with her family in Stillwater.
Not sure how I'll spend the day. It's sunny but too cold to spend time outdoors. Will probably "binge-watch" some movies on Netflix.
Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a Happy Day
Why Is "Christmas" Abbreviated As "Xmas"?
The history of the word Xmas is actually more respectable—and fascinating—than you might suspect.
First of all, the abbreviation predates (by centuries) its use in gaudy advertisements. It was first used in the mid-1500s. X represents the Greek letter chi, the initial letter in the word Χριστός (Chrīstos).
And what does Χριστός mean? "(Jesus) Christ." X has been an acceptable representation of the word Christ for hundreds of years. (And why would people need to abbreviate Christ? Well, the word is very widely written.)
Other abbreviations for Christ include Xt and Xp, the P here representing the Greek letter rho, source of our letter R. A stylized version of the Greek chi (X) and rho (P) is ☧, a symbol of Christ called a Christogram.
In the same vein, the dignified terms Xpian and Xtian have been used in place of the word Christian.
Where does the –mas in Christmas come from?
The –mas in Xmas comes from the Old English word for mass, as in a church service, especially one in the Roman Catholic Church including a celebration of the Eucharist.
That word, mæsse, is believed to have been derived from Church Latin missa, ultimately from Latin mittere which means "to send (away)."
It was perhaps derived from the concluding formula in the Latin mass, Ite, missa est, meaning "Go, it is the dismissal!" That is, the service is over.
Good morning, Merry Christmas to all and I hope all are having a good day! Now for a quick sprint to the new year! Bubble thanks for the information on Xmas! I always felt a little sad that some conservatives unfairly attacked it and caused it to drop out of use.
I opened my gifts along with others during a group text which made it more enjoyable and so much more festive, I've missed all our pre-holiday get-togethers, and this made it more like a holiday. We would have had our New Year's tea and cookies to look forward to and poker night that evening played with pennies and dimes, more gab than actual play.
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
May you all have pleasant day
considering all of the restrictions
that we have now during the season
of Covid.
It is good to see People
returning that we have not seen
for a while..
Bless you all
love
Sandy
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The dogs are asleep after squeaking an squawking their toys...silence is a lovely sound!
Met the neighbours at the fence and exchanged gifts. One of the gifts was a cast iron Pampered Chef cast iron skillet!! I can see a crusty loaf of bread being made in that.
We have enjoyed talking with family and friends. Now to get the vegetables ready for dinner tonight.
well we are home had a great day at the kids. hope all of you all had a great day. good night and sweet dreams.
Lloyd
Quote from: patricia19 on December 25, 2020, 12:57:27 PMI always felt a little sad that some conservatives unfairly attacked it and caused it to drop out of use.
Why that label, Angel? I have known people who objected on the grounds that X was meant as to erase the meaning and blot out the holiday. They are normal Christians, not particularly religious. It was the reason for my previous post.
In my days of typewriting before the invention of Tippex, I certainly used X to cover mistakes!
God morning..
What a difference a day makes in temperature. Yesterday one could go out with just a heavy sweater or light jacket but today it is +7°. We did get snow during the night..looks to be only 2 inches. Don't think it will be a snow blower day but maybe a stroll with the shovel.
I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas..we have lots of turkey leftover here, I can see turkey soup,turkey pot pie on and on..
Have some cleaning up to do and will just take the day as it comes.
Phyllis, happy birthday to your son. You did get everything over with in a short period of time.
Better get ready to meet the day..
Enjoy your day everyone ,stay safe.
good to see you AMY , glad you had a good holiday ,we did also hope all the rest of senior's and friends did also. weather guesser says 25º and clear here this morning and going for 53º today.
Lloyd
Good Morning Everyfriend! Yesterday was a busy and a wonderful day! Cooper has spent the last two nights here and Christy and her husband also brought their 2 dogs for the weekend so we've had 1 small dog, two "a little bit bigger" dogs and one large dog all weekend. It's been different but they all behaved pretty well.
Yesterday, after the dogs were all taken care of in the morning, we had a really nice brunch casserole. It was just the three of us here and Frankie joined us. I found the casserole on line a couple weeks ago and put it aside to do for yesterday. Everyone loved it! It's a keeper because you get it ready the night before and bake it in the morning. I wish I'd had it 50 years ago!
Then we took care of the doggies needs and opened presents from each other. As usual the kids all overdid it on me! They were more than generous! But they loved my gifts to them, too so I guess it's OK!
Then Frankie left to go home, we cleaned up the kitchen and took care of the doggies again and packed up to go to Cathy's for dinner. It's was just Cathy and Craig and Roelkey (Christy's husband) and me for dinner. Christy and Frankie got together for some quality time together before Christy goes back to Maryland!
Then we picked up Christy and we all stopped at my son, Phil's house and since Sarah is still quarantining because of the 2 COVID cases in her workplace, we had a very cold, but loving exchange of love and presents on their fron steps. Philip decided that he couldn't let Christy (his twin sister) leave without a hug so he came out and gave her one! After we got home, we did a lot of texting! and phone calling!
Then, Christy and I discovered that Roelkey had never seen "Miracle on 34th Street" so we watched it. After that, we all collapsed! And that was our day!
I hope you all had a day that was this good! Somewhere in there, we had face time phone talks with my other daughter and granddaughters in Oklahoma and my granddaughter in Texas and Christmas Eve with my grandson who lives in Phila. And a grandson and his family in Mexico. Under the present circumstances, a GOOD CHRISTMAS DAY!
But boy was I tired last night. I slept like a log! I wish you all a good day today and a good year coming up! I do appreciate all my friends....those I see in person and those who are GOOD friends in this place! And if I wrote way to much, I apologize! Enjoy the rest of this holiday week including the NEW YEAR! And may it be a better one than the one we're leaving behind!
Merry Day After Christmas! Sun is shining, to be nice today & have a cold front with ice & snow promised for a few days. Hopefully my daughter will get in & out of Wichita without any weather problems. We'll play the days the best way we can. Fitbit being contrary this morning, won't tell how much sleep I got. Have to see if it is in a better mood later. I did not get enough sleep this week & no naps to catch up so will work on it. My oxygen level goes down when I don't get enough sleep.
Such a treat to read about the Happy Christmas some of y'all had, I also enjoyed my day. Enjoy today.
Good morning everyone, had a good time yes terday at my son's. Of course my grea t grandson was all excited. Gifts don't come till after the dinner. He sure was pa tient but as soon as we a te he asked if it was time for the presents. My grand let him pass the gifts out and then was time for his. Of course he opened a lot at his home before leaving home.
Of course it poured almost all day. I stayed as long as I could and asked son to take me home, it was almost 4 and was glad to get home. Turned on the PC just in time for my daughter to get on skype. My SIL is doing good and she looked less stressed, too.
I just about slept the clock around and was just having my coffee when my second son called from downstairs.
Time for lunch and I have not had breakfas t yet.
Looks like everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Let's pray by next year we can all ga ther together without being worried about the covid menance.
Have a good day and be safe.
A belated MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone. I thought of you ALL on Christmas Eve and again yesterday, but I was a good girl and just enjoyed being with the family and not spending any time on my computer. Thought sure when we got home last night at nearly 8 PM I would be able to get n and say HELLO, but I was truly wiped out and fell asleep in my "recharger"!
We were not able to buy our live Dungeoness Crab, So we had to break the 17 year tradition and have crab cakes instead. They were tasty and all the family understood that it is 2020 and nothing has gone right this year.
Christmas Day was wonderful but quite emotional for me. I felt so blessed to be with our son and family. We were the only family members together. The 3 grands kept telling us how happy they were that we could join them....it was very sweet. There was a abundance of gifts and everyone really enjoyed the time together. Dr. Dave had so many gifts from his patients....some of them so thoughtful and the words they wrote to him had he and I in tears. I could not believe how thankful many of them are that he has treated them and they are now healed and healthy. One Russian Orthodox Priest gave Dave his personal copy of a book that is clearly a book very special to him. One lady gave him a $500 dollar gift certificate for he and his family at a famous local restaurant. The words she wrote were so heartfelt. One man gave him a bottle of rare whiskey that did not retail for a lot, but is so rare it now sells for many hundreds of dollars.....it made me so proud that my son is a friend to all of these thankful patients. My heart was so full❣️
I loved reading all of the, posts and was pleased about many of your posts. Thank you, BUBBLE for sharing the info regarding the X In front of mas.
Our dinner is ready and I must go, but I did want to check in and say HELLO.
Jenny
Stopping by to say "good night everyfriend". The "tireds" are still hanging on so I' off to the haystack to see if I can shake them. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
P.S. JENNY, your son must be the kind of doctor that all of us wish we had! What nice things his patients did for him. You can be rightly proud!
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Good morning everyone, down in the low 20's this morning. I would not have minded this on Christmas day better than all that rain. All that is left of the snow we had is gone except the big piles from t he plows.
Those are still there but dirty by now.
JANE knowing you I bet it was the original Miracle on 3th st. that was the best .
BUBBLE thanks for the link to Shirley's pictures. Never realized beavers had such sharp teeth to chew the trees down to that point .
Today is my baby's 67th birthday. Boy do I feel old now to think of my youngest being that age.
Have a good day everyone. Stay safe and wear that mask and wash your hands. If I washed mine any more I would get the skin of. :) ;D
Good morning everyone.
Temperature is heading back down again ,tis 12° at the moment.
Day of rest here ,would like to finish up a sewing project today. Turkey needs to be dealt with also then put the bones on to simmer for soup later on.
Forgot to mention, on the 24th there came a knock at the door and there was our neighbour from the back line , with a fruit basket and hot cross buns for us!!Been a while since I have had hot cross buns and oh my they are tasty!
Gloria, sounds like you had a fantastic time on Christmas day...good to hear your SIL is feeling better. Gloria happy birthday to your baby . :) At least he let you stay home for Christmas before saying hello world!
Lloyd, I bet you were spoiled on Christmas day. Good food and great company of family will do that . :)
Jenny, that was so nice of Dave's patients to give him the gifts. Drs like that are rare as we did have one like that till he retired
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Shirley ,that is one BIG beaver to be doing that cutting!!
Better get ready to meet the day.
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
My husband's birthday was the 27th of December, too. The first year we were married, I asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he said, "Why? Are you going to save out one of my Christmas presents?" I told him he would get a real Birthday present and he answered, "If I do, it'll be the first time in my life!" He did and it was! I went out the day after Christmas and bought him a birthday present and a birthday card and I wrapped it in birthday paper and it was there when he got up on his birthday. The look on his face was priceless! I learned much later that his mother usually told him that one of his christmas presents was actually his birthday present and he almost never had anything to open on his birthday.
All the birthday talk, my sister's is Christmas Day and mine mid Jan... NOBODY ever forgot hers. Nobody ever (aunts,uncles & cousins even gr-parents) remembered mine (poor me), but we didn't get a lot of presents for birthdays anyway. We never got presents from any of the relatives by the time I came along, I had 60 some first cousins on Mother's side. On Dad's side we only had 6 cousins & 4 of them younger than I was, a different world today. My youngest brother's first born was on Christmas Day as well. I did realize as my kids & nieces & nephews came along, the first few got a lot more attention (and gifts) than was passed out as more & more showed up! Just a matter of people getting busier.
Need to get busy. Have the "kids" coming over tomorrow & plenty to do. Thanks for the comments about the photos.... since I gripe all the time about the beavers I wanted to show you what I'm talking about. Many thanks to Bubble for resizing & posting, I would have gotten the job done.
we did Have a good chirstmas, only ones we had here was the ones that live downstairs. Nancy and I went to jeweler friend with a few Pearls and he switched some for some others that matched better and added some more and made necklaces for the two girls and she bought some toys for the two boys. all were very happy. Nancy and I bought the Kitchen aid mixer blender for each other, it has a grinder that grinds wheat ,oats, corn and rice to flour and or attaches the front of the mixer. and the grand children got a meatgrinder that attaches to it that has a sausage sausage stuffer on it. so we can make our own sausage links and hotdogs that will not have additives we do not want in them it makes flour and corn meal freash.. have a good evening and good night and sweet dreams at a reasonable time today.
Lloyd
I watched one of my favorite Christmas movies and now I'm off to the haystack! I didn't do much today...a few odd jobs and some walks with Mickie but I have lots of plans for tomorrow. I hope you are all sleeping soundly and that you wake up well and happy!
Good Morning everyone. it is way to early to be up, but i woke up and Nancy was gone, she is already in the shower. She gets a stuffy nose and cant breath well, not from me bothering her either. sinuses. and when she gets like that she is like a biting sow with a new litter. guise I will go see if I can fiend a good move to catch some more zzz's with. see you all later.
Lloyd
well that ideal went down the drain she has made the bed, so guise we will both be napping in the easy chair's
Lloyd
Good morning everyone.
Seems I waltz today with Mr SB. we have 5 or so inches and the snow is still falling. Looks fluffy so it will be easy to remove.
The day of rest yesterday was exactly that..it contained not one but two naps!! So after my dance today I will play catch up.
Lloyd, when my husband first had RA it also attacked his feet making them very swollen and I told him that is what his feet looked like ,little piggies up to a sow!! Hope you can grab a nap.
Better get ready for the dance..
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
Good (very late) morning Everyfriend! I got up later than usual and I've spent most of the morning goofing off. It looks like Mickie is over her upset tummy. She kept her regular breakfast down this morning.
It also looks like we had some fallout from Amy's snow overnight. Just a dusting on the car and the roads and, I suppose, on the old snow but it's hard to tell.
Since there's a snow bank left by the plow that's blocking our usual path we've had to find an alternate route for our walks in the morning and afternoon. And I'm pretty sure that snow bank isn't going anywhere for a while.
I have some leftover chicken and rice that I made for Mickie when her tummy was upset and now she's back on regular food. I also have some chicken broth in the freezer so I think I'll turn it into chicken rice soup for my lunch.
And since I haven't done much of anything constructive yet this morning, I think I'll see if my feet and hands are still working! Enjoy the rest of your day! Stay warm and stay safe! AMY, I don't know how you can stay warm if you insist on dancing with MR. SB. I don't suppose it's a good idea to ask him in the house?
Good morning everyone, once again almost slept the clock around but finally feel rested from Christmas. Going out twice last week was too much. At least my mouth feels much better. Did not stop me from eating but then there was nothing I really had to chew.
AMY my baby is my daughter. I never wanted her to feel cheated on her birthday so always had somehing she wan ted for her day. As she got older I would take the day off from work and take her shopping where she could get what she wan ted and then s top at her favorite place to eat. Made it a special day for her because no one gave her a seperate gift, i t was only a Christmas gift.
JANE I can imagine how your husband felt on his birthday. When my daughter got t o be 4 or 5 she sta rt ed to know she did not get anything on her birt hday excep t for us. I always go t something from her brot hers and us. The 3 of them st ill do some thing special for each others birthdays and I love that.Mostly it is some joke, nothing serious. Yvette's birthday is t he 27th, too. My SIL's birthday is Janyary 1st bu t not the firs t one of the new year.
Have to get going, Yvet te is on the way and I have not even had breakfas t yet .
Have a good day and s t ay safe.
PS if I don't get a new keyboard and mouse soon I will go cr azy!
Merry Monday,
"Covid" family reports they are all feeling okay except for fatigue. Easy to take care of that with naps! They had steak for dinner last night and opened presents from among themselves. Rest of family didn't get theirs to them.
Have just returned from the usual Braum's/Walgreen's "run". Weather has turned colder and forecast for the rest of the week is rain/snow/whoknowswhatelse. Ho Hum.
Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere as an Enjoyable a Day as possible. :smitten:
The dance is over with for the moment. It turned out to be heavy snow to move near the end making the snow blower moan. Later on we had a bit of rain then snow again.
I was making bread when the neighbour called, she had called earlier just to talk. This time she said her hubby was at the garage and knowing she didn't feel that well I offered to pick him up. Bread went in a bowl to hopefully rise slow while I was away. Neighbour is home, bread is baking, laundry on the go and when the garage calls will take neighbour back up to pick up his truck. Not a boring day here!! :thumbup:
It is a really cold and dreary day here. We are to get snow but they are not expecting too much accumulation. If it is going to be cold I would at least like to get some moisture out of it.
AMY, there will not be much dancing with snow blowers here....only a couple of inches are expected. I sure love to read how you and your neighbors take such good care of each other. Not much of that goes on these days like it used to.
SHIRLEY, I liked the pictures that BUBBLE posted for you. WOW, those beavers can really do a number on a big tree! I hope your family meal was enjoyed by all. Nice some of you can get together.
CALLIE, happy to read that the Covid Family are improving....seem fatigue is the main thing that EVERYONE has.
GLORIA, is your son-in-law feeling much better now, I hope?
I have friends and relatives that have Christmas Birthday's and it is always hard on them. One of my first cousins decided to celebrate her Bday in the summer and we all agreed it was a good thing.
I do not want to go out but I do need a bag of black eyed peas. Can not believe I forgot to buy them the last time we were at a store. I tried to remember to get EVERYTHING we might need as we are not getting out at all right now. I bet if I lived by you, AMY, some neighbor would come to my rescue😘
I wish you all a good rest of your day.
Jenny
JENNY, if you lived down the street from me, I'd trade you a bag of black eyed peas for a container of sauer kraut that I forgot to buy. In my family, it brings luck to eat it on New Year's Day! I think it might be a German custom from my Grandfather's German ancestors.
Good evening everyone. well we have had a good easy day here and Nancy has been in a pretty good mood also. we took a drive and got some medical records delivered to the Lawler. good night and sweet dreams.
Lloyd
Time to relax,took the neighbour back to pick up his truck and he will be plowing till 10 pm or so.
Jenny,I am used to this as on the farm we always helped each other out.Just something ones does without thinking.
Jane you may have all the kraut your heart desires. I will make it as long as someone else eats it.
Going to be a cold one tonight, temp is going way down.
Really rewarding when the guests seem to enjoy the food & conversation like they did today. Of course, could be because they've all missed being together with ANYONE or eating out for such a long time! ;) The pork loins were a hit, tasted pretty good to me as well, but think the left overs will become BBQ meat!
All 3 of my kids had conspired to gift me with techie stuff that would allow me to yell, "Hey, Google" and will turn on lights, play any kind of music I prefer, or have a camera aimed out to the front door to see who's there or call me or whatever I want it do do. Trouble is, I don't have a list of commands and already forgot the "name" to call the adapter to plug into a regular socket & then plug in whatever I want to control... like my Christmas village lights... to tell to turn on or off.
I can ask the radio to play music or tell me the weather... or anything else I AM smart enough to think of! Not sure I like them having all my tracking information. :-\ Having enough trouble coping with the changes in the car & now my house is a puzzle. I am going to bed early, got up about 5:30 am & no nap. Daughter isn't going back to St.Louis until Wed so I won't put away decorations until they leave. I am anxious to clean house & get rid of excess... have not done thorough cleaning since I got sick so do have plenty to do.
The snow/ice is supposed to start overnight & continue tomorrow, no big accumulation expected but never know what will happen. I have everything I need, so "let it snow". Hope all are safe & snug. Cats ate & wanted back out, they won't want out tomorrow. I do wish they would realize it would be nice if they went potty outside instead of waiting until they come in to use the litter box! :o ::)
Good Morning, Everyfriend! SHIRLEY, my granddaughter gave me a year of Amazon Prime and that's enough to confuse me. I understand about getting my orders immediately and the free shipping. But it says I can get books and music and other stuff too and I don't understand that stuff yet. Frankie is going to give me lessons....I hope!
This morning, after Cooper comes I'm going to make a quick trip to Davy's and if he doesn't have sauer kraut, I'll go on to one of the supermarkets. Daddy George (my grandfather) would be very upset if I didn't have sauer kraut on Neew Year's Day!
I hope everyone is having a pleasant day and that it continues to be that way!
Good morning everyone..
Gosh, did I sleep!! Dancing with Mr SB tuckered me out!
Chasing dust bunnies today after I take Kyle to the lumber store.
May make some raisin bread later on..I was going to do that yesterday but the day was mixed up a tad.
Isn't it great that we have grandchildren that can set us straight on all the gizmos they have out now.
Better shake a leg and get moving..
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
It is bright and sunny here but a tad chilly. No snow for us, thank goodness, but we will have rain for the New Year.
I hadn't even thought of traditional "lucky" food for New Years. Just wasn't a tradition in my family. Around here for some people it is Black eyed Peas and Collard Greens. No, thanks. I'll just take whatever luck comes naturally.
I'd like to make some bread, too, but don't know if I have the gumption to do it. I've been really lazy lately....even more than usual.
Take care, All.
Good morning everyone, not feeling that grea t this am. My back is really acting up and hard siting here. I will be glad to get a massage with the Hempvana pain cream. First thing when Yvette get s here and maybe a second massage before she leaves. It is a nice sunny day and no reason for the pain today.
Think I will ge t my oatmeal cooked and hope to eat it, not hungry.
I will try to do bet ter tomorrow.
Have a good day and s tay safe.
Well, Frankie was running late today and didn't bring Cooper over. She has a neighbor who will take him out in the middle of the day for her when necessary so he'll be alright. I almost cancelled my trip to Davy's but I decided to take care of all Mickies needs and give it a try. She saw me take my coat out of the closet and picked her spot to sleep while I was gone. And she was still in her spot when I got back. No crying! I'll try that again sometime and maybe she's adjusted to the the fact that I WILL be back.
I have Chicken Rice soup simmering for lunch. It's making the house smell really good. I hope it tastes as good as it smells!
We had some snow flurries this morning. Nothing on the ground and only here and there in the air. The temps are supposed to be in the high 30s and low 40s the rest of the week and actually hitting 48 on Saturday. It'll feel like Spring!
GLORIA, I hope your back rubs help. No fun having that kind of pain!
Gotta go stir the soup! Enjoy the rest of your day, Everyfriend!
Well, my day also got mixed up!! Went ot go in to town and the heater wasn't working so I pulled into the garage and now have a 1 pm appointment. Took Kyle down to the lumber yard to pci kup what he wanted only to find my phone was dead and you can only phone orders in due to look down. Back home we came and the heater worked, then quit then worked and it did work all the way home. Phoned the garage and told the girl my vehicle was having hot flashes but we are still keeping the appointment as there is something going on. Got Kyle to phone the lumber yard to order what he want then back in we go to pick it up. Threw a beef barley soup in the IP and got a plate of goodies ready for the folks at the garage and now back in I go!!
Janie, our soup was ok, not enough barley in it for me so I put more in and it is cooking now.
Bet your soup is delicious!!
Happy New Year!
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Neat card, Patricie... & I'll be humming the tune all day!!! Thank you.
Raining but at least NOT ice. Cats are not happy so didn't want to go out.
Gloria, sorry the back is giving you fits & hope Yvette stays healthy to be able to
give you those back rubs with Hempvana when needed. Wish it worked on my knees but it
hasn't so far. Think it would make a difference if I did it every day for a week? (I've
only tried it twice & was not back to back).
Amy, isn't it maddening when these vehicles do that... Our last conversion van had been wonderful until one day on the opposite side of town, it wouldn't start in 100+ temps. Had auto-club start it & followed me to Walmart to have a new battery put in. Thought that was the only problem, but we ended up having everything possible that concerned with the power/starter/belts/etc... and it would start fine, let me made 2 or 3 stops for quick errands & then it wouldn't start again. Double checked everything & it sat in the drive way for at least a year, Cas even surprised me with a new little car... until I was at my son's house in the van, he told me to turn it off & assured me he would start it if it didn't... he tested something & was a break through moment & realized it was the ground strap that had come loose! He put on another & it ran fine only I put a for sale sign on & sold it from the driveway. I'd love to have another just like it but none made anymore. Moral of that story is "don't get rid of what you have!" no matter how aggravating they can be.
Think I need a few more zzzzzs before getting dressed. Fed cats & myself but may eat lunch before a shower & dressing. Did not get enough sleep last night... tummy was not happy with all the chocolate "turtles" I ate yesterday. Will do better today.
Now, Jane & Phyllis, if New Year luck food was Russell Stover turtles, I'd go for it! I have to be in the right mood for sauer kraut & have never tasted collard greens or the black eyed peas. Always a meat & potatoes type eater! ;)
Why is it that a train whistle sounds lonelier in rain that sunshine? I hear the noon train that rolls through Wichita yelling it's head off because everyone hates getting caught by it & tries to get across before the arms come down. I am at least a mile from the tracks but sound carries along the river, especially with heavy cloud cover.
Good morning on this second to last day of what has been a nasty year! We're back to flirting with zero again, above it and then below it for days at a time with so far no normally cold weather. Of course, January and especially February are our really severe cold months, but with climate change, everything has been topsy-turvey!
Someone asked management when we would get the vaccine here and was told that since this is neither a nursing nor assisted living home but simply independent senior housing, we would probably be in a second or third-tier depending on our individual circumstances.
Shirley, I'm glad you liked it. I've always enjoyed that done with the sounds of different clocks! Perhaps one of your family could type up the instructions for all that new Google tech and put it in a binder for you? I wouldn't say I like the new Amazon Ring doorbell because some of them have been recalled due to overheating and possible fires.
I've not been cooking anything unless you count stir-frying or reheating something, no real appetite, and no real activities to speak of. It seems to take longer to do something and more time before, thinking I need to do it. My arthritis has been acting up with all the rapid temperature and barometric changes.
Yesterday it was in my long arm bone and just ached. Today it's in my fingers. If the weather would just stabilize for a bit, all that would go away, or at least until the next time! Nothing significant, I guess I just need something to complain about. :tickedoff: ::)
Well, the temp here is about 65 degrees, give or take a couple, cloudy, overcast. A bit of wind, too. Earlier it was a "the sun can't make up its mind" day...I would turn off the lamps/lights as it was shining brightly, then in a few minutes, would go behind the random clouds, and I'd have to switch lighting back on! Oh, well, I'm expecting "perfect" after the year we've had? LOL!
Yesterday, my daughter brought me home from her house (about 50 miles away), where I had spent five wonderful days, eating delicious homemade treats and a special Christmas Day meal, with cornbread dressing and giblet gravy. She didn't do a turkey, but we had a lovely pork loin. She made buttermilk pies, and apple tarts. Good thing I took all my stretchy pants!
Back home is nice, but I do miss her company (and her cooking)! I've done a load of washing, paid a stack of bills which are due the first week in January, going thru emails and spam; the number of which boggled my mind. Just be away from your computer for five days, and watch what happens.
I'm not doing any cooking for a bit, as I have some lovely pasta with hamburger/tomatoes/cheese, which my neighbor gave me, and I froze it till I could get back home to it. It's tasty, free and painless to warm up!
Nice to hear about everyone's Holiday gatherings/non-gatherings/meals shared and the many phone calls sent and received. Not a lot to be said for 2020 in total, but I think the Christmas Holiday was a bright spot for many of us, who live alone and/or in lockdown.
A Blessed New Year to All of You! (I will celebrate a birthday at 12:02 AM, bringing the total years to 82 - - Whoopee!)
This was a slow motion day for me. I got some things done but not at a rate to be proud of. The soup was good for lunch and there's enough left for tomorrow's lunch, too.
The walking outside wasn't so bad today. It was cold but not windy! That helps.
PATRICIA, I liked the clocks, too! Thank you for sharing!
Now I'm heading for the haystack. I sure hope it's loaded with zzzzzs because I can hardly keep my eyes open! I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Tomereader, :hb3: !
:hb2: :balloons: :nanadance: :bestwishes: :birthdaygift: :boots: :cheer: :hugs:
I hope it's a good one!
Good morning
We are to warm up a bit and get snow later on today.tis 14 ° at the moment. I have a 10 am appointment in the city and after that we will pick up Kyles sweater at Marks. He has two to return but they are not accepting those till after the lock down.
Gloria, hope the back rub stopped the discomfort in your back. You really have a gem in Yvette...she is a keeper!
Shirley, this is the second big ouch I have had with this vehicle but rather have the problems outside the house than within. On the upside we do have heat now. :thumbup:
Patricia, love the card, thank you for sharing. We have an old grandfather clock that chimes every 15 min. Beautiful dep resounding Westminster chime. Hope today is better for you a no achy day.:)
Tome, not sure if today or New Years day is your birthday but Happy birthday to you..just incase it is today.
Better go get my city dudes on..
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
Good Morning Everyfriend!
TOMEREADER, I took it to mean that you were born right after the New Year began some years back! Just in case I'm wrong...whenever it is, I hope it's a happy one!
It's nice to have neighbors that bring you meals now and then. Mine (with one exception) are all in my age bracket and the other one goes to work at 2 p.m. However, I do come home from my daughter's with enough food to last me a GOOD two meals whenever I go there for dinner. And my SIL keeps me in venison, elk, duck, chicken and eggs. I have to cook it but so far, that's not a problem and I love them all. And I forgot about the pheasant. He raises chickens and is an avid (and true shot) hunter!
It's almost time for the boinger so I'll wish you all a good day....better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.
Good morning everyone a brr 20 now at 7am. Got my back massage yest erday. boy she sure pays attentiong to where I tell her it hurts and she works that area till it feels better. Woke early, not that I wanted to. I don't know if it is the smoke detec tor or the fire thing but it ha been beeping for a lont time now and no one to call about it yet. Don't have the number for the maintenance man so will have to wait till someone is in the offices to call. It is so annoying.
JANE BET that soup tasted as good as it smelled.
AMY been ages since made beef barley soup but it didn't come out good. I lost my ability to cook anything anymore except my oatmeal every morning.
PATRICIA all those clocks would have the men in the white coats coming for me. I like the sound in the JL card but living in a house wi th all those clocks would be different.
SHIRLEY no rain here till Friday-so says the weather guesser. If you tried the hempvana 3 times a day on your knees it could work. I mabage to put it on when I get up and at night before bed, of course it is hard to do and cannot rub it like Yvette does.
AMY glad I no longer have a car to worry about but still miss the independance I had. I don't think I would dare try to drive now the way I feel.
Have a good day and a healthy one.
Yes, Amy and Jane. The birthday is 2 minutes after Midnight, New Years Day. About when everybody is finishing up singing Auld Lang Syne! I was the second baby born on Jan. 1st. A little boy beat me out by 1 minute. He got the best prizes. I did get a little silver cup! Thank you all for your "best wishes". My kids both try to call me at 12:02, to see which one can beat the other one to the punch. I used to be able to stay up (awake) to see the New Year in, listen to Guy Lombardo (on the radio back then), and present day, watch the ball fall in Times Square. It's pretty hard to do these days, I get sleepy early, then can't sleep when I go to bed!
So, 2021 has simply got to be better than this year. I'm wishing you all a Happy, Prosperous, Healthy 2021, filled with Love and Encouragement!
Good morning. Clouds are coming in and it is supposed to be rainy through the New Year.
Did you feel the earthquake this morning, Shirley? My great niece in Wichita posted on Facebook that she felt it but some of her friends in other parts of the city didn't. Apparently it was about a 3.8.
Quiet here with no plans for the day or for the New Year's Day. Our dinner will be delivered tomorrow...a 3lb. beef pot roast. It will go in the crock pot along with carrots and potatoes on New Year's morning and some fresh baked garlic bread for dinner that evening. Sounds perfect to me. I haven't planned dessert yet but will come up with something simple. We've had too much sweet stuff lately, I think.
Nice surprise this morning when I checked the bank on-line. The virus stimulus check was already there ready to be deposited. It will be helpful but I'd rather have an end to the virus. We can just keep hoping that will come soon.
Take care, All.
I'll wait & wish you a Happy Birthday tomorrow, Tome! NO, better do it right now since my brain hasn't kicked it full time (since Covid... my other excuse!) So...............
Happy Birthday for the new kid of 2021~~ Hope it turns into the best year EVER. :hb2: :hb3: :hb2:
"Running around like a chicken with it's head cut off...". Is that just an old Missouri expression or the rest of you hear it growing up. I'm sure my kids never heard it.... but that is what I'm doing this morning.
Got up at 4:45 am because I told Google to wake me at 5:00 am. That is why I quit setting alarms, my "body clock" insists on waking me up early every time! So I was awake with bare feet on the floor when the earthquake it at 5:04 am. Center was other side of town but was felt strong enough TigerKat stopped & looked at me to see if I was going to run or what. The house really shook at the 3.8 quake. My friend lives near where the fault is & so many have rocked the area since Thanksgiving. Radio says all reports say has nothing to do with "fracking" or anything but normal shifting. When the other side of the world gets a whopper the movement eventually hits the center of the US>
Lloyd called early to see if I felt it.... and to say his computer is in the "computer hospital" instead of HIM! So don't worry about him right now. We didn't talk long because my daughter & SIL are stopping by to pick up stuff on their way home to St.Louis, and I was still in my robe & had to take a shower before dressing. Weather guessers say we will get a whopper of snow storm starting tomorrow night so I need to get groceries for me & the cats just in case. Want to get the snow blower out of the shed & into the garage, gassed up in case. Daughter is at the door...........
Narly 11:00 am and still working on what to do first. Daughter stopped by & we got her loaded up but forgot to put in some Ritz crackers to munch on the road. Still need to go to the store & also clean a spot in the garage for the snow blower. Better make the store run & add a layer of clothes to do the outside jobs. Will need long johns & half a dozen layers for the wind chill today.
Sure did feel that quake, Phyllis, the hardest ever for my house. I sometimes feel the ones from OK but a few felt over here on NW side of Wichita, of those hitting NE corner of the city.
I have an old Kindle Fire I play solitaire on & daughter gave me a newer one that she didn't use anymore... I had a weather app on the old one that quit working so got out the newer one to see if the app would work on it. Discovered with all the new wiring & connecting devises, that one didn't get connected. Because our old system (wi-fi, etc) had been put in maybe 25 or more years ago, the new Google stuff didn't like it so #1 son did some changes & this particular device missed the change over. There was a whole string of things they checked out (Fitbit, too many to think of). Next kid that comes over will take care of it!
Frustration at it highest today!!
Day started of with a few snow flurries but as we got further down the road it had thickened up a bit....then cleared. Stopped to do some business at a bank and they "lost" the item we were discussing... what was to be a 10 min sign this paper turned into 35 min.
Finished that then went to pick up Kyles sweater.....phone didn't want to work right so I go the attention of one of the girls in the store...she beckoned you need to phone..told her I tried. She then came to the door , I said we were there to pick up a parcel...would you like cash or card? No, you need to do that over the phone.........which I had tried to do when we ordered the sweater but the girl said no...pay when you pick up. Now it has started to rain while we were standing outside. Told her of the phone call and she then got the manager.......to make a long story short... it all did work out in the end and he now has his sweater.
Headed for home in the rain that soon turned to snow and white knuckled driving. I am so happy to be home, fire going and tea in hand now. :)
Snow flakes as big as dinner plates falling and Kyle just brought in the mail.......a seed catalogue!! So I am sitting here looking at all the veggies and lovely flowers while the snow it doing its thing. :)
Good Afternoon,
Shirley, your earthquake showed up on my Oklahoma earthquake website. Said it was 4 miles from Belleaire Kansas.
There have recently been quite a few almost 2.0 quakes just north of Enid. Maybe they all joined together and moved northeast.
Forecast was for "pouring rain" yesterday and most of today. It did rain hard enough yesterday for me to cancel or reschedule two appointments.
However, I could see patches of blue sky when I opened the drapes this morning and it became sunnier as the morning went on. So I scurried around (well - "scurry" being a relative term for me :D ) and got some errands done.
I had been determined to have the tax estimates post-marked in 2020 but put off doing it and was convinced the weather would keep it from happening. First stop was the downtown post office where I rarely go because it's always crowded. Amazing! - I was the only customer! Mission #1 accomplished :thumbup:
Then I swung around to the FedEx place because I needed help figuring out how to use the label I'd received and had to print out in order to return some printer ink that didn't fit my model. Easy peasy and I'll know how to do it if there's a next time; then I can put it in a FedEx drop box. Mission #2 :thumbup:
Had gotten a call that some med refills were ready so stopped to get them and, of course, found a few other things I needed. Mission #3 :thumbup:
Felt very smug as I drove home, :tup:
Latest report from "Covid" family is that they all feel better and have been outside throwing a ball for the dogs.
My Sooners play in the Cotton Bowl tonight.
Well, so much for the Smug feeling. Just pushed my chair back and knocked over my work table---lamp, cell phone, and a bunch of other things. :tickedoff:
Have a Good Evening, Everyfriend.
I'm on my way to the haystack but decided to stop by and wish you all a good night. Today was about half-way productive. I had two great big sweet potatoes that I either had to plant, throw away or cook and I decided to make a small pot of sweet potato soup. I had it for supper and it was goooood!
CALLIE, glad to hear your family is recuperating. Sounds like they're on the way to recovery!
I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Good morning ..
Temp is dropping to 26° at the moment with a high of 29° today.
My dance has been cut short this morning. Last night while watching tv I saw flashing lights in the driveway
only to find out the neighbour was plowing it for us!!Just a little hand work left to do, that Kyle will take care of and I will make trails in the backyard for the dogs with the snow blower.
After the outside work there is lots to do inside...what will get accomplished is beyond me but some will get done.
Gloria, I think that beef barley is one of my favourite soups..along with chicken noodle.
Callie, seems to me you did get a lot done...go ahead and feel smug. Happy to read your family is on the mend. :clap:
Shirley, thank you for letting us know that Lloyd is ok.....computers can be fixed. Better it than Lloyd in the hospital.
Phyllis ,your dinner sounds perfect! Easy, all in one pot and delicious as the flavours mingle!! You may not have room for dessert. :)
Better get ready to meet the day..
Enjoy your day and stay safe.
Enjoy Guy Lombardo..
Happy New Year and may 2021 be a year of happiness and health. I must admit it will be so nice to look at 2020 in the rear view mirror!
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Amy, good morning and thank you for the music altho those crowds give me the shrudders! ???
Patricia, you are welcome. As I said in Norms Bait and Tackle I also don,t care for crowds , this is why I shop early.
Good Whatever-part-of-the-day it is! I thought I'd been here but it seems I wasn't! It's been one of those days! My personal shopper (my daughter Cathy) started early this morning and I guess that's what threw me off schedule. I see Gloria hasn't been here either! Maybe she's as forgetful as I am!
This was a sort of "see it and do it" day! I started to put the Christmas stuff away but I didn't get very far! I don't seem to have the "go system" turned on! I think I over ran it getting ready for the holiday and now I have to wait for it to get back in gear.
I hope you've all had a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow. I'll try to be more "visible" tomorrow! I hope some of the other people are too! I miss them when they don't come by!
Jane, me too!
Some just need a phone call. :)
If you all will go to llerrah.com and click on the picture that says "New Years Wishes" it has some wonderful thoughts. I hope the link works for you, if not, just type it in your browser.
It's the first one in the row with Gold Clock. It has music too.
Tomereader, that is priceless! Thank you, I am going to share this with others. Happy New Year to you!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO. ((((HUGS))))
TOMEREADER, I loved it too and the first thought in my mind was "Who can I send this to?".
AMY, you are so right! Some people just need a reminder and a phone call works!
Since I've seen that ball fall in Times Square many, MANY times, I'm not going to wait up for it tonight. I'm off to the haystack. We're supposed to get sleet and freezing rain tomorrow and I'm so glad Frankie has the day off. She's just not experienced with bad driving conditions yet.
I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy, germ-free tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!
Let's make a new start HERE (https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=850.msg190183#msg190183)