Good Morning JaneS and everyone else that fallow. well I had a good night's sleep with a couple of natuer calls. but I still have my usual Head ace. we are cloudy and 47ºF. my mask showed it leaked last noght again. so I think I will call VA and see what they have to say about it. Hope you all have a good day today.

Lloyd

That is the one, Rick! I looked to see when it was made & thought sure it was during WWII, guess not. That is the voice I was hearing in my head, can't imagine why the name doesn't ring a bell. If you listen to every word that was how my mind worked, guess always has. A soothing melody. Thanks.

Jane, could be right about Kate Smith, my memory didn't store up stuff/names. I stayed up much too late last night listening to a lot of old time music on uTube.

Lloyd, you sure get good service from the VA, is that the one in Warrensburg or KC?  Take it easy. I saw a western the other day that I've never seen before (thought I had seen them all) but can't remember what it was now. I watch mainly for the background scenery, mountains & woods, but the old ones always had a happy ending, I like that! 

Amy, I was looking at some old photos and will double check but THINK the date on one of a plate full of "wilted lettuce" (from my trug) was a year ago this week.... and I don't even have the trug cleaned out & planted yet!  This is one crazy season! Better move, the "Mow guy" is supposed to be here this morning, not sure he understands yards that back up to the river dry out faster than others, we are nothing but a little dirt over sand. Had an inch of rain yesterday on top of the half inch from the tornado. It all helps turn things green but timing a little off, needed it a month ago. Gates to unlock, hope he shows up.

Good morning  everyone. It rained overnight but not much. Most of it was in the southern end of the state along the ocean.

SHIRLEY  if that article was true about long naps and Alzheimer's I wonder how I am still living alone and not in a nursing home by now. A nap for me is at least an hour. Some mornings I have one cup of coffee and end up having  a 2 hour nap.

LADIES all the talk about leeks sounds like the taste like onions so will pass on them. Looking at the small ones they look like what are called  scallions here.

SHIRLEY  last night I turned on Grit to see what was on and it was the best Stage Coach filmed in 1939 with John Wayne, the only one worth watching IMHO. Of course I had to stay up and watch it again. Have no idea ho many times I have watched it. None of the remakes they have made of that movie I tried watching and could not watch long.

Have a good day everyone and be healthy and happy and safe.

Good morning from an Interior in flux, a now normalized state! Our highs are in the mid-fifties to sixties depending on which area of town you're in, and our lows are in the mid to late thirties. We are still about thirty days behind the old normal temperatures, and that seems to be our new normal since January!

We're a city bisected and surrounded by five rivers, so we're impacted both by proximity and being the place where all the possible flood refugees (Or fire if need be) come. The conditions are such that my friends who planned to come into town are staying put in case they're unable to return home. So, I will be venturing out alone to pay any bills and stock up on groceries. This is becoming frustrating. If it isn't Covid, a snowpack, or an overabundance of road ice, its entire sheets of river ice loosening and causing floods by ice jamming!

I have a friend who was on a family zoom call that included a brother who is a Catholic priest. She was jokingly teasing him about his "dad bod" when he came back with, "Don't you mean, "father figure?"

Her family is wonderful, and I told her she needed to adopt me!

Well, this new computer is not making it easy for me to learn!  Some things are great and some things are hiding from me.  My email "stinks" big time.  I can't find the old stuff of the new stuff and every time I go in there, it's fuull of stuff that I thought I'd deleted!  I'm looking forward to being in my daughter's house and being able to holler, "I need help" and have it right there!  She's a computer expert!

AMY, I sent you the rhubarb juice recipe....I think!  If you don't get it let me know and maybe I'll just post it in here.  I know I can do that!

I haven't heard a word from Frankie all day and she usually texts me about something by this time.  She was really tired when she picked up Cooper yesterday and I bet she's sleeping it off today!  I was going to make some cookies today but I got hung up on my book and some other stuff that needed doing and never got the baking done.  Maybe tomorrow after Joyce's funeral.  I'll need something to keep my mind off that!  I hope you are all having a good day!

I finished my book and I'm really sleepy.  AMY, I'll post the Rhubarb Juice recipe tomorrow.  If you don't see it, reminde me.  I got your note on my phone email that the one I sent from the computer didn't go.  Now I'm going to go to the haystack and conk out.  The book was great and I can't wait to start the next one!  If you like mysteries, Jack Higgins is GREAT!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep!  Nighty nite!

good Morning everyone. well we are @ 51º and cloudy. still dark @ 5:35 AM. I hope the day goes better than it started here Nancy woke up like a biteing old sow with a litter of piglets. so I am going to stay out of her way. May spend the day in the shop can't get in too much troubel up there by my self.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I know there's a way to make this print larger while I'm doing it but so far, I haven't been able to find it.  I'll keep looking because I can hardly see this one and I know I'm leaving some mistakes!  It's time for Cooper's arrival so I might be interrupted and have to finish this later.  And also I might have to post the rhubarb juice recipe later.  But I remember it. 

Cooper has arrived and he's had his breakfast.  Next will be his walk but he'll wait for that ntil I finish my breakfast.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.

Today is my friend Joyce's funeral!

Good morning.
Doesn't look as though we will see any sun today, be a nice surprise if we did!

Morning is fun of domestic duties (thanks Callie) and then in the afternoon I go for my haircut!! Last haircut  was on Oct  so long over due and time is not the only long thing either.

Jane, thank you. Rhubarb is almost ready to leaf out so it will be a while before it can be picked.

Patricia, good come back!! Hope the flooding didn't happen. I see areas in Manitoba that are under water.

Lloyd, best be on your best behavior today.

Gloria, they are small like scallions but pack a punch of 10 cloves of garlic in one. Tasty little beggars'!

Better get a move on..

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Rammell beat me to the punch!


But I thought that I would post it anyway. 

Here we go..  Another nice cloudy day
heading towards Spring..     Yea!!

I am getting to feel that the world that
we were brought up in and remain in today
is very quickly changing ,  so my best bet
is to enjoy each day as I find it   and
watch a lot of great movies and series
on tv.   

Have a great day everyone.   And
"May the good lord bless and keep you"

Sandy

I listened to every word and enjoyed seeing the words .... thank you, Sandy!  I did sing along since nobody around to hear me, just can't get enough of that tune & those words this week. The whole world is so shattered with hate & dispair. During WWII it felt like this except everyone in MY world hugged and helped each other "in case it was the last day".

I honestly thought it was my job to make people smile, make them forget their troubles even if just for a few minutes. I was serious enough about it that on my way to school one day(7 or 8 ) I didn't smile at an old man when we passed on the sidewalk & felt so guilty I ran around to the alley & far enough back to cut through the houses & pass him again so I could smile. We lived quite a way from school but everyone walked, gas rationed but even if not, "it was good for us". I had to make up time for back tracking, being tardy was not acceptable! Funny what was important to us and what we remember, my sister & I lived in different worlds the way we remember.

This is mow day, yesterday morning was but they are running late. New crew & may not work out, he seemed upset when I called his number yesterday after noon to see if they would be here or not because I had a couple errands I needed to run. He was really sassy & acted like he is doing me a favor instead of WORKING for ME. The problem is keeping gates locked because of the pool, I know the laws & insist on being here when gates are open.

A couple years ago AT&T wanted access to the back yard to pull lines, so I unlocked those gates & told them to be sure to close the gates when they were done & I'd lock later. Looked out later & they were nowhere in sight & left gates wide open. Next day they came to the front door & wanted access to the back again so I explained I wasn't going to unlock them again & why. Turned out they could do their job but had to carry ladders to the back & saved them that extra effort the day before. Public access on each end of the "block" & most of us have fences because people were cutting between the houses & quite a few of us have pools.

Anyway, my heart pounds when people aren't nice, love to find a good handyman but nobody wants to work for measly $20-$25 an hour cash. The lawn guys get $50 & takes a crew just 15-20 min, at least that's what my neighbor timed them at. Guess I'd better get off & do what I can while I wait for them. I hear thunder, clouds moving up from Callie again~~

Good morning  everyone. Another gray gloomy one here. Weather guesser keeps saying rain and we get a brief shower, just enough to wet the pavement and then dry up faster than it fell. These have been the kind of days I just want to sleep all the time and the CNA I have been getting is one if I dozed she would sleep, too. If I do not tell her what to do she would sit and close her eyes like she was having a snooze. At least I have 2 days with 2 good ones and both of them are 2 hours each. This lazy one I have 2 days a week and both are for 4 yours. I am about ready to call the office and tell them I do not need her for 8 hours a week. she is so "good" I sent her to a CVS to get a script that was ready to pick up. Takes at most 20 minutes there and back if the store is busy or the traffic because schools were getting out and getting in back of a school bus. At no other time is there traffic holding anyone up on the roads in this town. Took her over an hour and when she got back she said she could not find the CVS and her GPS kept sending her to another state so she got lost. Then I called my son and asked him to go get the pills for me because I did need them. I had used the last one that morning. He lives 3 miles from me and a little further from the CVS. He was here at the door in under 20 minutes. The route number is well marked and it is all pretty straight. I just looked at her and said you want to try lying to me again? Her face got red and she said nothing. My son knows me and I try hard not to insult anyone especially in front of anyone. He did not say anything then but he called me later and wanted to know why I did not send her. If I did not know the company was not so short handed I would have called and told them to keep her away from me. She know the next time she gets on my nerves she will not be coming back. Pretty bad when a woman in her 40's cannot do anything right. I am beginning to think Yvette will never get back to work. Sorry I am unloading here again. I know these CNA's don't get paid as much as flipping burgers at any of the fast food places but----

JANE  I like a good book with a mystery and a "who done it"  and you keep changing your mind until the end when the bad guy or gal is revealed.

AMY  raw garlic is something else I would never be able to eat. I do use it in my spaghetti sauce=or as the Italians in this state say spaghetti gravy. Would not be tasty with out it.

Think I better get a move on, just because no one is coming today does not mean I can leave the bed unmade today. If for nothing else my Mom would scold me for not making my bed every morning.

Have  a good day and stay safe.

Good morning all! I'm up, showered, fed myself and Farrah, and had coffee. The rest of the day is open.

Yesterday, I packed my watch for repair but forgot to drop it off. I purchased a new watch that was smarter than I seem to be and need to return it; and last but certainly not least, I went to a mall optometrist to have my eyeglasses frame tightened, only to find them; closed and moved to Anchorage! The only others I know about are in clinics rather than malls. Barbers and hairdressers remain closed, or at least the ones I saw.

I did find almost everything on my list; shelves are full again. However, there were only one or two wearing masks at each place. The buses, taxis, and rideshares still require them.

A Soggy Good Afternoon,

Can't believe I have the heat on and am wearing a sweatshirt on May 4 !!!!  A big clap of thunder woke me up 2 hours earlier than I had the radio set to come on but I stayed up, anyway.

This is the time of year that warm fronts head north from the Gulf of Mexico and "cold" fronts are still coming down from Arctic areas.  Do wish they'd find somewhere else to meet and clash other than Oklahoma!!!!

I've been complaining about not seeing birds but guess I haven't been getting up early enough. This morning I saw the usual cardinals, chickadees, doves and sparrows and also saw a Brown Thrasher, a pair of Downy Woodpeckers and the first hummingbird I've seen this spring.

Patricia, I used to have a kit with a little magnifying glass, a tiny screwdriver and even tinier screws that I could use to tighten my eyeglass frames.  Still have the kit and magnifying glass but must have used up the screws and can't find the screwdriver.  Need to put a kit on my list for the next time I go to Walgreen's.

Shirley, the Cleaning Service I'd used for years recently closed for lack of help.  I'm sure I was paying the price I'd started out with but was shocked when I began finding an individual to clean my house twice a month.  Hired one my neighbor uses and she's really good but when I divided the price she charges by the time it takes her to clean, it's almost $40.00 an hour.
Guess I shouldn't have been so surprised at the salary my grandson started out with.

JaneS,  My son set me up to pay regular bills (like utilities) on line through my bank. I just completed the second time to do that and I agree with your Some things are great and some things are hiding from me.

Have gotten the few Domestic Duties done and am trying to stay awake and alert enough to do some Desk Work.  Sounds as if we may have another noisy night so maybe I should take a nap.

Hoping Everyfriend is having a Wonderful Wednesday. 
 

 

Gosh , it has been a busy day here..Gentleman stopped in to pick up a trug he ordered last Nov. Then another couple stopped in just after lunch to look and I had to leave them with Kyle while I got my hair cut. I feel so light headed now with all that hair gone!! Another lady called to see about a trug.....busy times here LOL

Jane thank you for posting the recipe, I will be sure to have it all on hand to make when the rhubarb gets ready to pick. Sent you an email.

Going to go out and check to see if Miss Little Hen has laid an egg on this side of the fence.

Now the day is over, night is drawing nigh, shadows of the evening steal across the sky!  Well, maybe all that happened a little while ago but I'm ready for this one to be over.  My friend, Joyce's funeral was very well done.  All four of her daughter's and their families were there and we had lots of hugs!  However, I came home feeling lost and tired!  I really miss her!  But this was a very nice closure!

Frankie is here spending the night and we don't have to be up early.  She doesn't have to be to work until 11 tomorrow morning.  It was good to have the company tonight.

CALLIE, I saw that there was a tornado warning for the Tulsa area tonight.  I texted Cindy to see if it was near her and she said it is.  However, she was in Texas at the place that she works for from home and was just leaving there at 5.  I thanked her for letting me know that she'd be driving right into the area where the tornado was predicted.  I also told her to text me when she was safely at home so I could stop worrying about her car being picked up by a tornado!  I have not heard from her yet.  It's just about time!

As soon as I hear from her, I'm hitting the haystack!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!  And may he give a hand to the Ukrainians!

"Now the day is over", a song we sang at some point in my life. Not sure if it was school or where I grew up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_O97rA-_E4

Now it's stuck in my head --- over and over.  But a nice piece of music.

Good morning.

A beautiful morning out there!! I have an appointment
 to go to  later on but in the mean time....busy! Will go pick up more material for trugs.

Better get on with my day .....going to get busy!

Enjoy your day and stay safe!

This is Lloyds post....it was in a big welcome.
Hope you don't mind that I moved it Lloyd.


Today at 06:42:02 AM
Last Edit: Today at 06:48:15 AM by Lloyd Hammond
Good Morning everyone.  so_P_bubble  somenthing is all wet. it has things all wrong from what I posted yesterday , but I have posted My vitals to VA this morning, I have a machine proviaded by VA ( I punch in and it talks to me telles me what to do and when, It is onley conected to electric plugin. and sends the readings to VA. with sadlite. I put the finger clip on any finger excep the thumb It says, It takes my oxygen reading and then telles me to take it off and then says time to check my blod pressor,put the cuff on uper uper arm on bare skin,set still and press yes to masure blod pressor. i do and it takes my blod pressor, and sends it to va. if it sutes what was posted that is all untill the next day, but if somengting dose not sute them when they read it they call me and talk about it. that saves time and gas money. the docter can read what was posted and readings of machine. and if they sute him that is all of both of our time for the day. we are at 52º and cloudy this morning. Have a great day

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Nothing special to do today.  Cooper and I were up, had our breakfast, took a walk and now he's back in bed cuddled up with his "mommy". 

It's a gorgeous day in Central Pa...mostly sunny and heading for a high of 71º!  I'll take it!

Haven't figured out what's on the agenda for today other than trying once more to change the filter in fridge.

RICK, we sang that song at Girl Scout Camp and it will always be a part of me.  I loved it then and I still do.  It came to mind when I took doggies our and it was just starting to get dark.  Also, when I called little kids in to get ready for bed and when we camped with our family anywhere and everywhere.  I still stand on the front porch and sing it at dusk.  Of course, I sing softly so the neighbors won't hear.  I can't carry a tune in a basket!

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

Good morning  everyone. I have been sitting here reading-like reading a book? and not saying anything. first thing that brought something to mind is CALLIE's remark on what people are paid these days. When I first went to work in 1947 the minimum wage was $.55 cents and hour. I was working 40 hours a week at 16 and also supporting my parents. My Dad had a massive heart attack and could no longer work. There is more help these days helping people than back in those years.  My siblings were married with little ones of their own and helped when they could. Sure glad I do not have to pay for the CNAs I get but some do not deserve what they get because all they want to do is sit and use their phones or talk. Some do not even know how to wash dishes, I now check all of what they wash and get surprised at how many I have to wash over. I can do dishes but no longer can sweep or wash floors or polish furniture or do laundry and after that fall a couple of weeks ago I will not shower till a CNA is in here. Of course I have a life line but feel safer with someone in here.

JANE  like you I am having trouble getting used to this Dell I have. Glad I have an external drive with things I want saved but cannot get them to the computer now. I need my grandson to come back and finish setting this one up when he has time and I hate asking him. I know he is working from home but he is on call 24/7.

Better get  a move on before Ms. Lazy gets here.
Have a good day and stay safe.

Good Morning,

Gloria, I do realize that everything costs more (WAY MORE!) today and I suppose pay reflects that.  I have An Opinion about that sort of thing but really shouldn't (and won't) express it in a public forum. 

Jane, did you hear from Christie?
The Tulsa area is "out of the viewing area" for the OKC t.v. stations so we don't get detailed information about what's going on over there until the next regular newscast.
 Hope she made it home without running into any of the horrible storms that crossed the state from s.w. to n.e. last night.  Fortunately, none were in the OKC metro area but Seminole, a town about 80 miles east, was practically destroyed by a direct hit from a large tornado.

Still very gloomy this morning but supposed to be better by afternoon and then be nice all weekend.

Nothing else to report from my little corner of the world.

Enjoy your day, Everyfriend.
 

Good morning! Today will be spent returning to town to return all the things I thought were right but weren't and following my list to find all the items I forgot or errands I overlooked on Tuesday.

Our weather is sunny and bright and warming into the sixties each day with the lows in the mid to high thirties. All the rivers are running high with snowmelt coming out of the mountains and undermining and lifting the ice. The issue is that some of those long floating sheets of ice can back up and jam, leading to flooding in smaller towns and villages along said rivers.

 JaneS a joiful noise is alright, there a lot of us that cant cariee a tune. as thay say misuery likes company. Have a good day. and if they do not like your looks there are 360 degrees in a circle. smile and the whole wourld smiles with you. the good thing about a smille is you can keep it your self and give it to others at the same time. enjoy your day.

Lloyd

Photos from MaryPage:

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.new#new

Scroll back when you get there.  there are
three photos.

Sorry I haven't been to talk about everything going on in other worlds today but NOTHING is going as planned/hoped... so far here. Was waiting on lawn guys but got more rain instead. I looked at radar & KS was blank at the time so I couldn't start anything to be ready for them when they got here. Instead another half inch of rain showed up. In between feeding birds & watching out the window I figured I'd check out the grocery sales & print my list. Oops, said no paper when I went back to the room where printer sits. Okay, checked how to install paper, first time since son set it up. Armed with smarts of how to, got the drawer open only to find it has paper. Went ahead & loaded some more since I knew how to. Tried to print the list again & computer insists I need to load that ding-blasted paper. Anyone have a clue what it doesn't understand IT HAS PAPER INSIDE?  Help: it is a Brother HL-L2350DW.

Anybody else have a problem with "multi-tasking" as we get older?  I used to could cook, referee kids, answer the phone & smile all at the same time. These days I head to the other end of the house to do something & forget by the time I arrive.

Gloria & Callie, I'm still muttering about these people getting paid so much per hour when they didn't have to pay a university a wad of money for 4 or 5 years for training. As Gloria says, "some have trouble washing dishes".... I am on a grouch so need to shut up. 

Shirley , have you tried unplugging your printer for a few minutes then plugging it back in?
Hope that works for you.

It WORKS, Amy!

While I was playing with the printer I noticed the computer attached was OFF, guess from that storm yesterday?  I got it up & running & came back to tell the computer that held the document to PRINT and IT DID!  Thanks a bunch, my usual fix for things that don't want to cooperate is a little kick but doesn't work with electronics. 

I even remembered the name of the bird I saw yesterday & again today. One was a female & other male goldfinches. I saw a Baltimore oriole yesterday & know some live behind the houses across the street. Think I will get a jelly/jam feeder for them. I don't do much else for fun.

I just got home after re-running all my earlier forgotten errands and fixed all my mistakes except for the eyeglass side frame. It looks as if the optimists are among those still awaiting re-opening. I came out to dark grey clouds and drizzles. What happened to our promised sunny day and what will happen to all those ice sheets that don't need more moisture?

In 2020, they gave me a hearing aids prescription but of course that went the way of all nonessentials appointments back at the start of the pandemic. I wonder if I should try again?