Just plain ran out of gas today. Not my car, me.  Some TV and to bed early - unless the energy elf comes past.  Looks like we're going to be below freezing at least till next Tuesday, and snow over night Friday thru Saturday.

Rick,trade you we are going down to -20 f
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Quote from: Amy on January 25, 2022, 07:16:26 PMRick,trade you we are going down to -20 f

No thanks 

 Have both fires going, when the one in the house dies down,oil furnace will take over. Garage has running water and should be alright to morning.

Amy, is your area a wet or a dry climate? That will make a difference

Patricia, can be both, if temps stay low we are dry which is n nice as any snow is very fine and not a lot of it.

Hello Everyfriend!  I read everything and found it all interesting!  You all do a lot.  I had a good visit with the Dr. today and a good visit with Cathy to and from the Dr.  He says "Everything looks good".  There's still a lot of numbness and he said that's more or less permanent since they had to cut some things that caused that to happen.  I had a room full of people who gave me the once over and some good advice!  And I have a return appt made for 6 weeks from today.  And I guess that's going to be more or less permanent too.

I came home and ate and slept the rest of the day away!  Cooper will be here early tomorrow morning so I'm going to hit the haystack soon.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

Good morning...

Won't see sunbathers out today ,tis -38° .Appointment for Kyle this morning and then home to get warm!

Jane, happy to read that the Dr. said everything looks good. Have fun with Cooper today.

Gloria, I can't help but admit....no matter how much snow we get it always looks beautiful. One can help but admire how it graces the trees and hydro line too!

Better scoot

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

It must be a cat thing, Shirley. When one cat goes off his feed, the others follow suit. They still insist on me putting it out for them, but then they just look at it and walk off. Well, sometimes they will look at me a little askance before walking off. 

Yesterday, Sue came over this side of the river to get her driver's license renewed. After that we went over to the Perkins Restaurant for a nice lunch. I had the tilapia and shrimp dish with rice and grilled asparagus, and Sue had grilled salmon with rice and green beans. We both had one of their desserts. Oh, but the calorie listing on that Raspberry Lemon Drop was higher than the rest of my meal.

It is 14^oF here now and not expected to get over 28^oF today. They are teasing me with over 45^oF temps the second half of next week.

Good Morning, Everyfriend!  I've been up a while and we had 3º overnight!  Around here, that's COLD!  I still didn't get my car back.  They said they were going to call yesterday afternoon and I told them I wouldn't be here so they said they'd call today.  Maybe they'll call before Frankie comes for Cooper and she can drop me off on the way home!

Right now, I have to go get dressed and take him for a walk around the block.  It's only up to 5 so far and I'm not ready to do that but I guess he is.  He's sitting by the door!

Today, my plan is to make a decent meal...maybe a casserole.  That means having the oven on and that helps to heat the house.  I'm not dumb! 

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

Not as cold here as it is for some of you but we are being warned of another weekend storm.  However, latest report is putting it closer to the beach so that minimizes our chance of heavy snow here in the NC Piedmont.  But, they are still promising about an inch and cold temps.  Going to be worse for you all up north of here.  Stay warm, stay safe, keep well.

Take care, All.

Good Morning everyone. I slept in Late just got up,But I went to bed late also. I am going to hull and crack more wallnuts today, Not a bad job to Pass the time. sun Is shining very bright and Is clear,not a cloud in sight, Is 10º and no wend Here Now. Have a good day Just as you like it. going to fiend somengtion to eat.

Lloyd

Good morning minus four today, and we've six or so days of minuses. Then in early February, our usually coldest month, we're to warm up again. Nothing happened yesterday, and I expect the same today, so there's that.

Hello. could not get in this morning and once again our great Bubble came to the rescue. Had to sign in  but it would not take my password. This is the second time in a week I had a problem getting in.

AMY  we have that storm here for Saturday, too. The weather guesser said a foot or more and then he said it has not formed yet. How can they predict a storm with a foot of snow when the storm is not even around? Like days of old- will believe it when I see what it is like when I get up in the morning and look out my window.

Not going to say any thing more. Was one of those days I was on the phone most of the day even when the CNA was here.

Have a good night one and all. Oh one new thing, about 4 this afternoon someone knocked at my door. The witch and the new maintenance man. He was carrying a big box and she handed me a small box and a printed paper. It is a Covid test kit. I have not even opened it or read the paper with it yet. Tomorrow is another day.
Take care and stay safe.

A report from the great state of Iowa -22* this morning, so long knickers were in order
No animal walking other than myself later to feed the birds.
Have lots of Cardinals among other species.
SO all make it a good night, wake to a sunrise even if none's present and keep safe
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well It Is time to bid you all a good night and sweet dreams. It Is curently 30ºF and cloudy. Had Good sun most of the day I am hitting the Hay stack at better time tonight. I hope to see you all tomorow and in good health and spirits.

Lloyd

Good Early Morning Everyfriend!  Yesterday was a busy and a difficult day and I found that I slept most of the time I tried to watch TV.  So when I got up and shut off all the lights and turned down the furnace and made sure the doors were locked, I didn't even look in the office.  I just made tracks for the haystack and I had no trouble going to sleep again. Now I feel rested!

I see by the temp register that we made it to 0 overnight!  That's COLD for this area!!!!

I think I might have turned into an "Old Lady On Foot" now!  The garage called with an estimate on what it would cost to fix what is necessary to bring my car up to the point where it would pass inspection and be ready for a new sticker.  The estimate is about three times the car's total worth right now!  I simply can't afford that.  My son is going to look at the estimate and then we might run it by the guy who does his store vehicles to see what he thinks.  But I'm not holding my breath!

LLOYD, if I lived closer to you, I'd drop by and see if you'd sell me a bag of your shelled walnuts.  I could use them in my fruit cake this Fall and it would be more like my mother's.  I can remember my Dad shelling black walnuts from the tree in the back yard for her to put in the fruit cake.  I'm not that ambitious and I use regular walnuts or pecans in mine.

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

Good morning..

Temp is a little better sitting at 0° F at the moment. I was so tuckered from yesterday ,I did read the posts but then sat and relaxed! Picked up my jars at WM, they have gone up for the 3rd time since Christmas. Took a chance and  drove to Costco  and the parking lot didn't look too bad so whipped in and out of there in jig time. Parking on the street where Kyle goes for appointment had me worried but when we got there, there was only one car and we got the parking spot right outside the door!! Came home tired but we did have a perfect day.

Today hubby goes for his 4th covid shot and I am going to vacuum pack some of the items we bought yesterday. Tidy up and maybe sew a bit.

Jane, with what you would spend on fixing, might be better put to a little car with low mileage for you. I just had a dandy of a garage bill so know how it hurts. I just say I am glad the problem is outside the house and not in....eg no one dealing with any sickness.

Mychael, that is chilly! Would love to see cardinals, in groups. I have only seen 2 in my life time...one at my sons and one here, beautiful bird. Have always thought I would like to see cardinals and blue jays together but not sure they would get along as both are territorial.

Gloria, to the south of us they did get more snow! Now it is very dangerous when poking ones nose out to drive into the line of traffic. The police are asking homeowners to take the tops off the snowbanks so vision of on coming vehicles can be seen. The joys of winter.

Better go check and answer emails.......got behind on those also!

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning everyone. amy you are the onley one showing on my Laptop this morning. It Is mostly cleare here now, but we Had a skif of snow last night , not enough to cover the grass but almost cover the gravel in the driveway. about the covad it is searuis. our youngest son's wife's mother died with it, she was in the hospotial with phenamoina. take your pick. when we go to wm to shop we both ware Masks. I wonder how much good they do thow.all they do as far as i can see is keep your owen breath in your self. others get on your Mask and you still touch it. way back in the colra days was the same, some got it and died and some never, and they were around peopel the same. Keep your miend on good things and stay in tune with God. love and keep you safe. I have enough worie with blod sugar keeping it in tune.

Lloyd

Amy, I was surprised that Kyle needed a 4th shot but then realized that because of his health concerns the doctor wants to be absolutely sure that his vaccinations are still helping him.  I expect that all of us will need another booster shot, too.  In fact, I just read in the news that now there is yet another variant showing up beyond the Omicron variant.  I think Covid and vaccinations for it will be with us always.  Just like we get vaccinated every year for Flu.

Don't have time to talk this morning.  Grocery pick-up this morning and I still haven't eaten breakfast.  I get behinder and behinder every day!

Take care, All.

          

Getting my COVID booster on Monday. I wonder how long you have to wait before getting the Omicron shot.

Good morning everyone. almost 10am and 12° but feel like 3° and the sun is shining bright in a blue sky. How deceiving it is looking out, looks nice and warm but I will stay inside where it is warmer.

AMY same here with humidity and snow. What is predicted for Saturday they are saying with be heavy snow harder to shovel where the light drier snow if not too deep can be cleared away with a broom. That is the kind I didn't mind clearing away in the mornings before heading out to work.

JANE  thank God you are doing so good after that surgery.

AMY I hope I never lose my love for snow, not playing in it any more or even walking in it but love how it looks when newly fallen before anyone comes along and walks in it and then the plows and cars make it look dirty. Love when it covers the bare branches of the trees and the evergreen branches can almost touch the ground when covered in snow.

PHYLLIS  last night local guesser said we could get 12 -18 inches of snow and the storm had not even formed yet. Joan really named them right when she called them weather guessers.

LLOYD  my son in law has a cousin who lives in Texas and has a pecan grove, she has a cracker that cracks them right so she get the halves, no pieces. she sells them and she makes enough that she never has to look for a job. She sends my daughter a 5 pound bag every year and will take no money from her.

MYCHAEL  last placed I lived I had a window box at  kitchen window but could not grow anything in it so started putting birdseed in it. Had all kinds of birds and before a storm many would be at the feeder together-filled i several times a day then, the Cardinals and Bluejays and all the little ones would be together. Other times would be one kind at a time. My favorites were the Cardinals, love the pair that were together. At times he would pick up something, maybe a seed that he thought was better than the rest? and nudge his mate and feed it to her. Never saw any other birds do that. I could sit at my computer and look out the window and watch them. Have not seen any since moving here but sure can hear crows now.

Yesterday afternoon just after 4 there was a knock at my door, the manager(witch) and maintenance man were there. He had a good size box and she handed me a sheet of printed paper and a small box. When I saw the writing on it I thanked her and they went on down th e hallway. It is a Covid test  kit for 2 tests. I was surprised the company went to the trouble of getting those for all of us. I have mot opened the box yet and wonder how I will make out trying to test myself.

It has taken me almost 4 hours to get this cone, CNA was here and talking too much. Have a good rest of the day.

Take care or yourselves and stay safe.

Gloria I doubt if we will be going to Texas soon, but if i had her address I might make a trade with her some shelled black wallnuts for some pecan's. when I was in the service staciond at white sands Missel range we had a friend that had a larger than a normal city block pecan grove and his son had a dupclat in another part of Lascruces Newmexico. he and i worked at the same welding shop on the bace. He kept us in pecan's. and after i was discharegd an came back to MO. they would send us 10 Lbs every chirstmas until he pased on to heaven. when we still traveled we would go visit his widaow. she has pased now also and we have  Lost touch with his friend. sad we all do not stay in touch with friends like we should the world has gotten too fast.

Lloyd

Rick, just thought I'd get back to you about the Peet's "Major Dickason Blend" coffee.  My Kroger store had a sale on Peet's, plus I had another $1 off coupon, so ended up paying only $5.97 for the bag (usually sells for $11.97).  I brewed a pot of it this morning, and Yay! it is all it's cracked up to be.  A wonderful cup of coffee. (It is a dark roast, in case you're wondering).  I am thoroughly enjoying it, a nice change from my Folger's Classic Roast.  Oh, yeah, I bought the ground coffee, didn't want to mess with grinding beans (and mess is the operative word there).  I guess my Krups grinder is outdated, makes such a mess, and you have to do several grindings to get through a 10 oz. bag.  By the time you've "brushed" out the grinding cup, you have tiny grounds all over everything. I have to put down a whole section of newspaper to catch it. Guess I'm not a purist after all, LOL!  For all you "coffee heads" out there, do try Peet's and Major Dickason's Blend. 

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Good --- I'm not alone liking a good hearty cup of coffee.  I know what you mean about the coffee grinders. I don't think they grind as much as cut - like a blender. We have one but never use it. Tried once and that was it. I use the pods because I only do two cups a day (usually) and I'm the only one drinking Peets. My son has his pref's..

I just looked at the clock and it's only 8:34!  I can't believe it!  My body feels like 11 p.m.  I'll probably go to bed early tonight.  I cleaned all the floors in the house today and it took me two tries to get it all done.  I sorry to say, I wore myself out.  I'm not used to doing the floors any more.  My cleaning lady (Frankie) usually does them for me but I have to get back in the groove.  When she gets the new job at the hospital, she won't be available to do my cleaning.  It's a full time job.

And it's pretty certain she got it.  Her friend who works there told her they asked her if she knew what size shirt they should order for her!  Sounds like she's in!

I have a lovy little doggie hanging around here.  He seems to know when I need him to cuddle and drop a kiss on my hand or my nose.  He's such a sweetie!  But he's also a little beggar!

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

well I am hitting the hay earley ttonight cant keep my eyes open,somenthing about thet TV tonight it has the slam shut that shirley talks about. good night and sweet dreams for us all.

Lloyd

well I do not see any one here yet so I just as well go back to bed and try to get some more zzzz's

Lloyd

Good morning

Marking my spot.on the run...slept in.

Enjoy your day and stay safe