Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2024

JaneS · November 12, 2024, 10:47:46 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! I hope it's a better morning for you all than it is so far for me. I'm taking this day off .... pretty much! I didn't sleep well last night. I woke up around 3 a.m. sweating so bad that I had to change what I was wearing and finish the night on the sofa. I think it might have something to do with the sheets on the bed. They are relatively new and probably made of something I'm allergic to. This isn't the first time this happened. But it only seems to be in the winter when the house is all closed up and the windows are closed. Maybe they're summer sheets. Anyway, they're coming off the bed today

Seems like when one thing happens, a dozen follow! I hope you all are having better days. Enjoy them when you can! I wish you all well!

patricia19 · November 12, 2024, 12:43:55 PM

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JaneS · November 13, 2024, 06:13:29 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend!

PATRICIA, I sure hope Wednesdays are better on your schedule than Tuesdays! That didn't look like your day was going very well!!!!

My plan for today is to get the fruit cake baked and in the aging container. I sure wish I had my Mom's aging container! But then again, I probably couldn't lift it. It was one of those old country crocks and was big enough to hold a lot of fruit cakes. However, I can always feel my Mother's presence when I'm making the fruit cake and that's good! I know she's happy to know it's still going to church!

I wish you all a good day and I'll check in when I'm finished!

Amy · November 13, 2024, 06:54:19 AM

Good morning...

Tad chilly out there this morning starting at 17°. Need to clean up on freezing the rest of the carrots or can them which every way happens.

Jane ,hope today is a much better day for you. My next step is to make gumdrop cakes. Shortbread cookies are a must here amongst the variety of cookies.

Better get at it.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

RAMMEL · November 13, 2024, 08:50:14 AM

I think we might have had a hard freeze last night -
Years ago, when I had a bit more incentive, I made fruit Cake and Stollen for Christmas. A couple of times I did the fruit cake as cup cakes. Easier to grab one and run.

patricia19 · November 13, 2024, 12:48:27 PM

Good morning, minus 13 this morning and meet and greets and morning routines done and Farrah fed and coffee's perked.

Jane, yesterday was yet another day when they yet again turned off the water until evening to try to fix it. If they haven't today will be another between 8-5 waterless day. For the past few weeks, it has remained at either lukewarm or cold.

Today it starts off cold, and you have to let it run a bit to get back to hot. So no laundry nor plant watering until they figure out what they're doing. I do have several bottles of refrigerated water and a stew pot full setting on the counter.

I'm not a fruitcake person, so I've never made it, but a friend makes one where she soaks it in brandy. I don't know whether this is common practice or not. It's been a while since I've baked bread, cakes or made a pie, so I'm woefully out of practice.

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JaneS · November 13, 2024, 08:33:15 PM

Hello Everyfriend and good Night! I have the fruit cake aging in the crock in the coolest room in the house. I don't know how your friends added the brandy but my mother always put it in an open container in the center of the cakes with a tight lid on the outside container and no lid on the Brandy. That's what I do also. I try to do it the same way my mother always did! and you know, I feel her in the kitchen with me while I'm cooking and mixing. And it got to the point where she always called on my Dad to help stir at the end when it was thick. So I call him too and I feel his presence, too! Now I just have to get it out and wrap it and put it in the Christmas basket to take in on the Sunday before Christmas.

Cathy is leaving for Texas EARLY Friday morning so she can be there when her new grandson finds his way into the world! I sure wish I could be there too! I'll let you know when he makes his way into life!

Christy is coming up from Maryland on Sunday to be with me and make sure I make it to my dr. appts. They are all so good to me. My SIL (Christy's Husband) called me tonight to find out what I wanted of the deer he shot. So that will be along also!

Now I'm going to find my way to the haystack because Cooper will be arriving a bit before 6 a.m. tomorrow. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a good day tomorrow. Make the day yours in every way!

RAMMEL · November 13, 2024, 08:55:27 PM

Patricia, --- When you sell that house you will have one nice commission coming in.

JaneS · November 14, 2024, 06:47:59 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! Cooper arrived a bit early this morning and we're waiting for daylight to do our first walk. Today is a "day off" for me. I don't have any plans.....only to rejoice that the fruitcake is done! I am planning to make up some breakfast eggs. But that wonlt be a very big chore. I also have a load of laundry to run through! That's not a chore either.

I wish you all a great day! It's a cold one here!It's only made it to 33 degrees so far!

Amy · November 14, 2024, 06:48:53 AM

Good morning.

Starting out at 23° and heading to just under 40° today.

Another busy day ahead with jobs around home after we get home from town.

Patricia, that is a lot of house!! Me, I would rather have a small cottage by a lake.

Rick, will this frost be enough to give you some relief?

Jane, you do have a wonderful family. Shows their upbringing.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

RAMMEL · November 14, 2024, 08:49:09 AM

Quote from: Amy on November 14, 2024, 06:48:53 AMRick, will this frost be enough to give you some relief?

It should be. Now we need a bit of rain to wash the pollen into the ground, and away from where the leaf blower guys can stir it up. It definitely feels like Fall is here, and most of the leaves are down.

patricia19 · November 14, 2024, 12:59:25 PM

Good morning, it's minus 19 presently heading for a high of minus seven. Friday, we'll get a modest gain back into the pluses, and Monday will plunge back into the minuses. Winter in the arctic is here until April.

Rick, everything is big and flashy in Vegas, it seems. The lister, I understand, is already quite well off. As is the realtor giving the tour. Personally, I'm with Amy. I don't need to live on the edge of a high-end racetrack. However, I do enjoy looking at real estate's highs and lows around the world.

I need to do several chores or, as Callie would say, domestic duties today that were put off by the last two days' water shut-offs. But first, a foray into the Internet.

Lloyd Hammond · November 14, 2024, 05:41:05 PM

Well my wife, Nancy is in the hospital. Going to have a knee replacement. They are going to keep her a few days until she can have it done. She can't get around with her knee the way it is.

Amy · November 14, 2024, 05:54:10 PM

Lloyd, give Nancy our best please. Wishing her a speedy recovery. You will have to be chief cook and bottle washer until she feels up to doing it again.

JaneS · November 14, 2024, 06:19:11 PM

Hello Everyfriend!

LLOYD, my very best wishes to NANCY! I wish her a quick recovery! Please let us know how she's doing and let us know how you're getting along without her.

I had a busy day. I don't know what I did but the day flew past so I must have been busy! I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a great day tomorrow!

Amy · November 14, 2024, 07:15:07 PM

Jane, I was chatting with a gentleman at the audiologist and he was saying that the wooly bear caterpillar 🐛 had a big ban of brown with little black on the ends . Thay means a mild winter, now I don't mind a mild winter but we could get more freezing rain.

RAMMEL · November 14, 2024, 07:17:46 PM

Lloyd, be aware that the Physical Therapy that they ask Nancy to do is VERY important for her full recovery. Don't try to skip it.

Amy · November 15, 2024, 06:21:09 AM

Good morning..

Busy day ahead, Picking up meds and blood work for Kyle. Will try and get some baking done or even just started.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

MarsGal · November 15, 2024, 06:31:13 AM

I hope everything goes well with Nancy's knee replacement Lloyd. Yes, please keep us updated.

Amy, my thoughts also. Wooly Bears have been scarce around here the last several years. I've only seen one this fall and it was rather small. I certainly don't look forward to driving in sleet and freezing rain or on icy roads. Right now it is 39^oF, and it looks like we've had a little light rain.

phyllis · November 15, 2024, 07:56:23 AM

Yesterday was cold and rainy but today is supposed to be dry and a little warmer. Banner Elk, a ski resort up in the NC mountains, used to have wooly worm races. But, they had to stop it because they couldn't find enough worms to race. ( I am not kidding-- they are a little rowdy at those resorts sometimes!) And, I haven't seen one in a long time here either. We used to see lots of them on the highways. I suppose climate change has caused them to all move up North.

Lloyd, hope Nancy does well with knee surgery and that her knee will be better.

MarsGal · November 15, 2024, 11:59:11 AM

Phillis, your post about the wooly worms got me to investigating. It wasn't long until I found out that they hatch in the fall and overwinter via their ability to survive freezing solid during the winter. Mild winters with a repeated freeze/thaw cycle damages many of the caterpillars. It's scientific name is Pyrrharctia isabella, aka: the Isabella tiger moth.

So, the next question is, is anyone looked into that ability to possibly devise a way for humans to survive long space voyages?

patricia19 · November 15, 2024, 01:19:35 PM

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phyllis · November 15, 2024, 03:32:41 PM

MG, I am sure that scientists have explored that. Suspended animation, freezing, induced coma? SciFi writers certainly have. Orwell comes to mind and his book 1984. So far they don't seem to know how to overcome the deterioration of human tissue or the factor of time and aging.

MarsGal · November 15, 2024, 06:09:41 PM

Phyllis I just today watched a clip from a congressional thing regarding what we used to call UFOs. The questions included one regarding secret experimental use of genetic manipulation, including any possible genetic material from aliens, on humans by the government. Of course the witnesses all said they were not aware of any. Same questions, same answers we've all heard for the last 40 years at least. At least the government is taking all these unidentified sightings more seriously again.

Amy · November 16, 2024, 06:45:05 AM

Good morning...

Starting out at 32° and it is to be a sunny day. Too much running around yesterday to do what needed to be done here.Today I have a date with Chuck, the log splitter, electric and easy to use.

MG, wooly bears are so cute , pick them up and they curl into a ball. Used to watch the farm animals and when the horses and cows started to get winter coats we knew winter was on its way.

Patricia,

Jane, how are you?

Better get the day on the go........time goes faster than I do lately.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

MarsGal · November 16, 2024, 06:57:26 AM

The sun has almost arrived. It is cloudy, but I see some breaks and the clouds are turning purple and pink. It is now 49^o. Oh, now the clouds are turning a bright peach color showing through the bare trees of the woods behind me.

I had a little trouble getting in this morning. The site was very slow mode.

I hope today is better than yesterday. I ended up doing very little.

JaneS · November 16, 2024, 08:19:01 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! I had overnight company last night. Cooper stayed with me all night. Seems Frankie had a date and she didn't want to have to be home at a specific time.

I got a lot done yesterday but don't ask me what. I didn't keep any record. My DIL called to check up on me (Cathy is out of town) and she also invited me to go to the high school concert that my granddaughter has a big part in production. I'm going tonight!

Cathy is in Texas awaiting the birth of her grandson! She's keeping us involved and I'm getting very excited. Granddaughter Natalie is in the hospital and in labor! I can hardly think of anything else!

I wish you all a good day! Make it your own in every way!

JaneS · November 16, 2024, 02:37:00 PM

Still no baby! I'm waiting Impatiently!

patricia19 · November 16, 2024, 02:41:15 PM

Good morning, back to the plus for the weekend, 7 presently but Monday temperatures will plummet, and we'll have our first 30 below of the season. Until we're forecasted a rapid rise on Wednesday with freezing rain. Climate change is definitely not fun, we've been breaking records right and left, the last three years. One consolation is that we don't seem to be having the frigid temperatures of minus forty and below since 2020.

Jane, I imagine Natalie is in the same mood.

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