Good Morning!  Dentist is later than I remembered.  When I looked it up it sai 2 p.m.  So I have the morning to myself....and Cooper!

AMY, we got that precipitation too but it was just water down here!  Everything is wet!  But we don't have to shovel it!

I'm off to see what is yelling for attention around here!  I'm thinking maybe the kitchen!  It's had some hard use lately and will be getting lots more.  Have a good day, Everyfriend!  Make it your own in every way!

Good morning; it's another late one with sleet outside my window due to snow this afternoon with a gain of 0.3 inches. I'm becoming a hermit and not wanting to go to the store or outside in that ice and snow.

I need to go sometime as we're having our Friendsgiving, and I need to find something to assemble, cook, and be ready to offer. They're having one here but...

 

Well, I got some stuff done around here and we made it to the dentist (my first visit since the facial surgery).  They said that my teeth needed the usual cleaning and they did that but I don't have any cavities and it's been two years since I've been there.  When the dentist came in, he took a good look at the surgery and asked a lot of questions.  I gave him a big "Thank You" for pressuring me to see a surgeon and we had a high hand clap!  I'll always be grateful for that pressure!  He's a good guy!

Now I'm ready for the haystack and I'm sure glad I'm not having the ice and snow that PATRICIA is dealing with.  If that was mine to deal with, I'd stay home, too!

I wish you a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow!  Go for it!

Today at 09:17:45 PM
well I do not know If I am in the right spot or not but am going to post and hope you all , put it in the corect place. ( we had a deer jump in front of us) we were driveing at 60 miles per hour. it bluw out our right front tire, did not turn us orver but it bluwe out the right front tire put us in the ditch,we ran over a mail box and post.it busted up all the front of the car.grial lighte and the readeater. toatled out the car. so we had to buy another one. we did not get a new one, but got a two year old one wit onley 30 od thousand miles, on it. well the deauter it here so have to go, she wants me to come watch her spinn some woo int to yarn. see you all later tomorrow.

Lloyd

I am also hitting the hay...
See you in the morning..
Nite.

@Lloyd Hammond Apparently it's deer mating season. I saw a deer on my way home from work tonight as well. It's not too unusual to see deer in this area as I live near some woods, but it was 9:45 at night and he was a couple blocks from the woods on the other side of a busy road. Fortunately there wasn't any traffic at the time and he trotted across the street and back towards the woods, so hopefully he didn't get hurt.

It has been a week since I posted in here. Not much to report.

As of yesterday, and not counting yesterday because I didn't look at the back bedroom, the rooms have been wasp free.

Sue is doing well. Her friends have been visiting all week bringing her goodies. The surgeon sent her over a device to use that sounds similar to a TENS unit, but for bone healing, not muscle. I forget what she called it. I'll be taking over a few groceries and doing a few chores for her later today.

Lloyd, I am happy to hear that you were not injured. Too bad about the car.

Even though Sue is in a built up area, there are a small wooded areas. She avoids several roads, especially this time of year, after dark because she has hit deer that jumped out in front of her twice in the last few years. I am surprised that I haven't seen any deer lately around my area because there is more open and wooded spaces. Right across my street is a conservation area along the creek. I am actually surprised that I don't see racoons about either. A bobcat was spotted last February, but other than that we have the usual suspects - possum, groundhogs, a few muskrat by the river, foxes and coyote rarely, and once I thought I saw a stout or other weasel like critter, the ever present squirrels, oh and a whopper of a turtle several years back.

Good morning...

Calling for rain around 10 this morning, snow still lingering.

Mixed up day on what will get done or not. Nothing planned but as one knows work is always there to do or try to avoid. 

MG great to hear Sue is home and doing well.

Patricia, after that snow and then rain I thought we would be iced up but the temp rose and it melted off the trees.

Jane, your dentist is a keeper!!

Better see if my get up and go got up with me.

Enjoy your day and stay safe

Good Morning!  I'm doing the fruit cake today!  So far, I have the cooked part done and cooling.  I'm thinking the mixing will be done right after lunch and Coopers early afternoon walk.  It should be cool enough by then.  I just stuck my finger in it and it's stll pretty hot.  (But it sure does taste good...I licked my finger)

LLOYD, so glad you are not hurt but I'm sorry about the car, too.  I'm sure if I took a walk around here at night, I'd see a deer...or two.  I'd probably also see a skunk so I stay in at night!

MARSGAL, nice to see you stop by and good news about your friend, Sue!  Keep on keeping free of wasps!  They're no fun in their own place and when they come into our places it's even worse!

I guess I better get moving. Stuff to do while I wait for the fruit cake starter to cool enought to add the goodies!  I hope to have it in the crock and aging before I hit the haystack tonight!  Cathy brought me a small container of Brandy to do the aging.  That was my Mom's favorite ager so I adopted it too.

I hope Everyfriend has a great day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!  Make it your own whatever you do!

I am still around but this has been an unhappy week.  My former neighbor and dear friend died of brain cancer.  Her memorial/funeral service will be tomorrow.  David and I talked it over and decided I am probably not up to going so he will go as my/our family presence.  She fought hard for nearly a year but the cancer was too strong for her.

It is cloudy today and turning cold after an especially warm, record-breaking week.

Glad you are OK, Lloyd.  Cars can be replaced....you cannot.

Take care, All.

well I mde a long post and it has gon awy, I can not find it. we had a deear jump out in front of us at 60 miles per houre. it toalted out our old car. we were neither one hurt. we had to cash in some cd,s to buy a new car. it is a total new learning curve. put your foot on the brake and push a button at the same time to start it. then turn a dieal to put where you want it like park drive or revurse, what ever. they wont let us put the old ramp in the new car.and are onley going to let us get and put a three wheel drive one in the new car. some people say that is alright it handles in tighter places. oh well what ever will bee will be.

Lloyd

Phyllis, I am sorry to read about your friend. Can't tell you just how much I hate cancer as friends,family and even our dogs have had it.

Jane, does the Brandy go in the cake...or the cook?  

Good morning, another cloudy day at 18 degrees this morning. Coffee made and shower done, Farrah fed and did my meets and greets and small morning chores, so I'm here to say hello again. Today is the day, and I can't put it off any longer, so I'll be spending some time in the grocery store

I'm so sorry about your car, Lloyd. We used to hear about cars and moose all the time, but as the city's built up, they've moved to the outskirts, or I have, as I never hear about collisions as I used to.

Joanne, we have different wasps, hornets, and bees of various types, and I always end up with the bite swollen. Mosquitos are a summer scourge, but the noseeums, tiny gnats that love smoke, and those in the woods are the worst, horrible creatures!

We don't have any small or medium creatures except shrews, weasels, lynx, foxes, and wolverines—no raccoons, skunks, possums, or snakes. We have plenty of black and brown bears, Dall sheep, and Cariboo, and when domesticated, they're called reindeer (same animal, two names).

Then there are the snowshoe hares, squirrels, and ptarmigan. We never had basic rabbits until some pets escaped or were released in the fifties and multiplied, but they are not native or every day as the hares are. The Interior is amid a vast boreal forest bound by mountain ranges and covers around 1.8 million acres.

Jane, I would love fruitcake. I used to make it, but that time is long ago, and the commercial ones I've had were dry and tasteless. I used to cook and put by so much, but not anymore. I generally make a large batch of soup, stew, or meat dish, section it into smaller amounts, and freeze it. There are always fruit, berries, and salad makings in the fridge.

Amy, after the past week's sleet, rain, and snow, we're back to looking as we did before. This winter is shaping up to be a repeat of years past, with no records broken right and left almost daily as we saw in the past two years. January and February, if they follow the pattern, will be cold and dark. March will have the most snowfall and light regained, and if it continues to remain on brand, snow will be gone by Easter.

 It's on a ratio of about half and half per your question to Jane.       

Phyllis, I am so sorry to hear about your friend. It's a very aggressive cancer. My daughter died of that when she was eighteen.

AMY, does the Brandy have to go "either or"?  Couldn't it just go both?

PATRICIA, if you had a chance to eat fresh, homemade fruit cake, would it be on your list of "yes, i can" items or would it be something you should avoid?

And, FYI...the fruit cake is all baked and is in the crock to age in the cool for a while!  It finished baking about 3 hours ago and my house still smells like it.  I had about 4 or 5 tablespoons left and baked it and ate it.  It was pretty good!  I remember my dad hanging around to stir when the fruit and nuts went in at the end and it is very difficult to stir at that point.  So I holler for him to hang around and get under my wrist and elbow when I put the fruit in.  And, you know, I kind of feel his presence!

Now I'm loafing, full time!  I earned it!  No Cooper this weekend so I'll have my own time and it's gonna be lonely!

I don't know if I'll be back later so I'm saying it now...Good Night Everyfriend!  Sleep peacefully and wake to a new day.  Make it your own in every way!

I returned from shopping about thirty-forty-five minutes ago and while hungry, nothing appeals. Until something does, I'll wait.

Jane, to answer your question, no. I'm allergic to chemicals that prolong shelf storage and ultra-processed foods. For example, if it has red or green dried or jellied fruits, that's highly processed.

If no mix was used and the ingredients were ones commonly found in a kitchen, there would be no problem. Last year, a friend made me a fruitcake with no mixes or fake chemically processed holiday fruit. She dehydrates her fruit and vegetables, so she uses her dried fruits.

There are no fast food, microwavable foods, or convenience foods such as jello, Koolade, gravy, other powdered mixes,  condensed soups, etc. Think about how we prepared and ate food in the forties before chemicals became food's mainstay. If you look at the anti-inflammatory or Mediterranean diet, that's how I eat.

PATRICIA, my fruit cake does have candied fruit in it but so did my Mother's.  She made it back in the 30s and 40s and that also had candied fruit in it!  This modern type of candied fruit looks the same to me but I'm not an expert on that.  I don't know if there was a difference or not! 

Now I'm heading for the haystack!  I hope the chickens and cows are all settled down for the night because I'm ready to sleep!  Good Night Everyone!

Jane, making your own candied fruit is different than commercially candied fruit that uses chemical baths.

good morning from London Ontario,  Well, I received my first Christmas assignment. The folks here at the home asked me to be Santa  for a Christmas party and I of course said yes. My beard is already quite full so I am  ready to go.  It's been a few years since I have done this ans I really missed it so it will be happy times again

Good morning..

Nice to see you here Don,we are looking at pink cottoncandy clouds here this morning. Good to hear happy times being Santa is coming up.

Work around home today and not sure if laundry will be hung out or not. Have a big pot of beef barley soup that will do for lunch and will have chicken schnitzel,baked potatoe and creamed peas for supper.

Jane, I bet it still smells good in your home, folks are really going to enjoy your fruits of labour. David is in Arkansas and sent me a photo of his supper.......he had turnip greens and said they are good!!

Patricia, hope you found something that you enjoyed for supper.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  And a special "Good Morning to Santa".  DON, I bet you're the best Santa Stand-in the world has ever seen!  I sure wish I could see you!  Maybe someone could take a picture of you and you could post it?

PATRICIA, you've made me curious and I'm going check out the process of making my own candied fruit!  I'd be willing to bet my mother did that!  I wasn't all that observant back in my youth but hers did look a bit different.

AMY, we used to have turnip greens back when my Dad had a garden.  He grew up on a farm and a lot of the customs followed him through life!  I can't remember if I liked them or not!

I'm heading out for my walk without my little buddy!  Someone always asks me where he is and why I'm alone!

Take this day and make it yours in every way!  Go for it!

Another late morning check in. I added an extra load of laundry to my morning chores and spent my wait time in the library gossiping until the load was finished.

The weather has a snow alert for an overnighter on Sunday and another on Wednesday. Our current snow on the ground is 0.03 inches.

.Increasing Snow Threats Sunday night Through Thursday...

A front will usher in wintery weather conditions for most of the Interior beginning Sunday night. This first initial front will bring widespread snowfall with a general range of 2 to 4 inches possible, locally heavier amounts to the west of Fairbanks of 4 to 7 inches, through Tuesday. A second storm moving into the Interior on Wednesday will bring chances for more snowfall of several inches possible through Thursday of next week.

Residents should be aware of this change in the weather pattern after a quiet weekend of weather.

Jane, you should see what they do powdered milk or potatoes; by then, you'd never want to use them again! Or put the powdered product in a tightly sealed container with no extra room for air to dissipate the smell. Leave it for 36 hours/three days, and then take the lid off and sniff.

I had Claire try that, and she said she almost passed out and no longer uses them.

Ultra-processed food is convenient, and they say it makes up 70% of the average person's diet, but doctors warn of increased weight gain, skin, heart, brain, and gut issues.

PATRICIA, I could never bring myself to use those powdered products..especially powdered milk.  I was raised on fresh farm milk when I was in my growing years and the taste stuck with me.  My grandparents still had a farm back in those years and the milk was one of the best things there.  We were probably one of the few families with meat on the table during WWII and my DAD was still a farmer even if he didn't live on a farm.  When I was raising my family, the year we built our house was the year my parents moved into an apartment.  My Dad and I had a big garden in my yard and he was there several times a week to work the ground!  Now I shop at the Amish Road stands and markets in the summer for my vegetables and also for meat sometimes.  I'm a country girl!  And I guess I will always be a Country Girl!

Now I'm heading for the haystack!  I had a busy day and I got a lot of stuff done!  My body is weary and it's ready for its spot in the hay!  Good night to Everyfriend.  Sleep peacefully and make tomorrow a good day!

I know what you mean Jane. Both of my parents were from large multi-generational farming families. I grew up in a US territory where hunting and fishing was how you got by, even with both parents working full-time jobs and the acre plowed into  the garden, and processing and putting by.

It wasn't until we left home and discovered processed foods that we ran into issues. I have my allergies, and my sister has severe diabetes, and we might have escaped all that if we'd listened to our parents.

Adult food allergies outstripped children's in growth in 2019 and, by 2020, had increased by 40%. And they say health issues will continue to rise.

Good morning..

 The sun is shining! Going to ge a great day, temp is 17° frost on the ground but the sun makes it all good!

Talk of visiting friends to pass off goodies we have for each other this morning. Then home to let the day pass by.

I  really dislike what they have done to milk and by products of it. Does not taste right and it is so full of chemicals now. I used to make our own butter from the cream and the only thing that did go in was a wee bit of salt and the cream. Look at the expiery date on milk or cream!

Better get ready to meet the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Great to hear, Don, that you are taking up you are in your Santa role again this year.

Well, we have a couple of frost days now, so all those lovely autumn colors have turned to brown, and my yard now needs a raking.

I've been keeping half an eye on the news feeds regarding the pending volcanic eruption in Iceland. One of my niece's and her significant other were very recently there at the Blue Lagoon, just before all the drama started.

I splurged and bought meatloaf mix to make the first meatloaf I've had in over a year, maybe two. Beef prices are so expensive now that I don't even by ground beef anymore. While I am happy to see my grocery store added very small portions of venison, and bison (just ribeye, ground and hot dogs), Unfortunately, the prices, always higher than beef, are more than I am willing to pay now. The one and only time I saw ground lamb, I bought a pack and made shepherd's pie. Now, I have a pack of ground pork sausage to use, but don't actually know what to do with it besides patties. Mostly I am eating fish and chicken or recipes that don't require meat.

Amy, I remember eating turnip greens from my garden, but I prefer beet greens. I remember the year I was able to keep my spinach bed going all winter, covered with plastic sheeting when too cold. They stayed small, but were a wonderful substitute for lettuce in my sandwiches. All this food talk is making me hungry; I haven't had breakfast yet.

Good Sunday greetings to all.

Another crazy week around here.....I am not even going into it.....I can sum it up in one word..
DOCTORS🤣🤣🤣🤣 So far this week is clear and we hope to keep it this way.

Our #3 son and family were going to come by for breakfast this morning for a little birthday celebration for Bob, but unfortunately our grandson has some kind of a bug and it spread like crazy throughout or DIL's family who were all together this weekend for family pictures.  We are going to Dave's for the bday celebration today tho and it will so nice to see all of them.  I always imagined our entire family would be able to gather together for this 80th BD😩

PHYLLIS, I am sad to read about your friend's passing 🙏 Darn cancer😡

LLOYD, so happy you were not hurt in the accident, but sorry your car was totaled.  We have a lot of deer and elk around us and sadly so many of them get hit and die.....and many cars ruined too.

DON....yippee, SANTA is back......wish we could see you again 9n your Santa suit.  A very good friend of ours is Santa every year in our biggest shopping center.  He loves it and I always think of YOU when I see him‼️

MARS, happy to read Sue is doing well and you might have ended the wasp and Yellowjacket saga‼️‼️  🤞 🤞

JANE, your fruit cake will be so delicious.  Lucky to all who will get to enjoy it‼️ Such a blessing your dentist steered you in the right direction and saved your life. 

PATRICIA, happy to read you will be joining friends for your Friendsgiving❣️

AMY...... we both got our ears lifted this week also......haircuts in case you have not heard that term.  Mine is pretty short in preparation for my surgery and after.  I already have quite a time trying to have any kind of a "DO" with my limited lef shoulders ability to move.  Hope you are quilting today and relaxing.

Blessings to all🙏

Another late good morning to all! Chores, meet and greets, and coffee are finished, so I'm back on the computer.

We got word today that Dora is not doing well, and I can't imagine Alan without her. They've been in hospice for a while now with only limited family singular visits.

 We only had a small amount of snow overnight; the expected snow inches never materialized, but more is expected on Wednesday and into Thursday.

I cut my hair yesterday from a bob into a pixie. I started doing it myself in 2021 during Covid; before that, I would sometimes trim here and there.

Joanne, I found these different recipes for you;

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=recipes+with+ground+pork+sausage&t=newext&atb=v398-1&ia=recipes


Special Weather Statement issued November 12 at 2:54AM AKST by NWS Fairbanks

...Confidence Continues to Increase for Snowfall Sunday Night through Thursday...

A strong frontal boundary is expected to bring snowy conditions for most of the Interior Sunday night and into Monday. Widespread snowfall of 2 to 5 inches possible with locally heavier amounts of 5 to 7 inches west of Fairbanks through Tuesday. Gusty west winds along snow and blowing snow will reduce visibility over higher terrain north of Fairbanks.

A secondary storm is then expected to track into the Interior on Wednesday resulting in renewed potential for additional accumulating snowfall through Thursday.

Posting for MaryPage for Marilyne;

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?msg=243626

Today turned out much bettter than I thought it would. Met with friends and exchanged goodies then home to try and find the person for the quilt delivery, Bingo  found her and quilt delivered! I then hide in my sewing room working on another quilt...this one is going to be fun on the eyes, have to make sure everything is placed just right before I sew.

MaryPage, you have a lovely family!!

Patricia, our weather was grand, beautiful sunny day, not too cold and no wind to contend with.

Jenny, happy to read your ears are lifted. Happy Birthday to Bob.

MG, I love young beet greens  with a bit of butter . 

Enjoy your evening..

Hello!

Jenny, busy but "get things done" week!

PATRICIA, not so good weather!

MARYPAGE, gorgeous family!

I know I missed commenting on lots of things but I read everything and I'm so tired my eys keep clanging shut.  Since I can't stand the noise, I'm going where they can stay shut for a while!  The haystack beckons!  Good night!  Sweet Dreams!  Happy Tomorrow!