Hi everyone on what is going to be another scorcher of a day getting to 97 degrees this afternoon and no rain in sight.  It is already 76 degrees with 85% humidity.  I will try to stay where it is air-conditioned as much as possible today.  I have already taken care of my outside watering morning chores. 

Today I will go to coffee and then to the Wisdom class at church.  Then this evening, starting at 5:15 our Sunday School class is having a party with the food being catered.  There were about 70 people signed up as of last Sunday morning.  It should be very enjoyable and a chance to talk with people more than is possible on Sunday morning, although there is a lot of chatter before the class begins.

Yesterday Scott didn't need me to help him get parts for his brake job on his car.  He got them fixed and then met us about 12:30 at the Tin Lizzie Bar-B-Q side of the restaurant.  This was our first and last visit to that side of the place as the food, except for some awesome Mac and cheese was really bad.  Pat was wise and was able to order from the Mexican menu and really enjoyed her food.  I guess they all can't be winners.  Scott had a medical appointment and then was going to come out.  However, he went back to his house and laid down and we didn't hear from him until 8 pm when he called to say he was on his way to spend some time with us. 

Joy, before Pat had her last surgery her cardiologist sent her for a PET scan or her heart and it really didn't take very long.  All three of the tests will be done on the same morning.  I haven't gotten a date yet but am suppose to get a call. 

MaryPage, I did think of the Indian restaurant not the native American.  I don't know that I have ever had naan bread.  I will keep my eye open for it at the COSTCO bakery.  I expect almost all of us that have raised children can relate to how quickly a little one can get away from you in a store or outside.  I often see parents running about their kids in stores or parking lots. 

Sandy, I seldom see a child in public with a harness on them.  I suppose in today's society there is a fear that they will be reported to the police or family services as being a bad parent. 

Beverly, glad you can now be cool with that new A/C. 

Mary Ann, your discount at Denny's at least helped with the taxes or tip.  Do they have a Senior discount as well or was that it?

Jeanne, at least the little boy's body was found.  The parents will never get over this tragic event. 

Shirleyn, it is probably surprising that there are not more incidents with alligators, which are simply following their instincts.  I have never wanted to get close to anyplace where there are alligators.  I saw something on the news recently showing a really large alligator ambling across a golf course in Florida. 

I saw that, too, Lsrry.  I think it was one of the largest ever seen!

The harness we had to use on Chip never seemed to upset anyone.  It was specifically made for a child his age, and there was absolutely nothing inhumane about it.  I got the sense that everyone who saw us understood instantly that he was a runner.  We had no need for it at all by the time he was three and listening to us.

Good Morning Everyone
from the warm and mild,  rocky coast
of Maine.   It is going to be in the 70's
today with low humidity....   
(Perfect for me) 

Amazon Prime has a whole list
of child safty harnesses.   Good news
IMHO.   Now if people would only
use them.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=childs+harness

I think that I will go out for a walk
down town this morning.   So that
I can enjoy this lovely weather ,
while it lasts! 

Have a great day,  Everyone!
Sandy

Something tells me I would probably have had to harness you when you were two, Sandy Dapph;  but then, you were all grown up by the time we adopted one another!

Larry, Denny's has a Senior Menu.  The quantities are smaller and so is the price.  I think I did not order from that menu yesterday, but if I had, the AARP discount would have been applied.

We had a storm last night that did not affect our area but I saw where many people are without power this morning.  I think that is mostly north in Newaygo and Muskegon counties. 

We are in the midst of road resurfacing so many of our residents parked their cars at the library across the road and they would be gone before the library opened.  The rain doesn't help the schedule any but I hear sounds of their machines so maybe the rain has left our area.

Mary Ann

Good morning, not a lot going on here, but I hope everyone is having a great day!

Quote from: MaryPage on June 16, 2016, 09:59:32 AM
Something tells me I would probably have had to harness you when you were two, Sandy Dapph;  but then, you were all grown up by the time we adopted one another!

Actually,  I was a very well
behaved child. (until I was about 25)

When young, my Mother kept
her hands on me every time we
went out.

Of course,  back in those days, 
there were not so many people, 
but there were cars and we lived
on  a very busy road. 

So I was trained very early, never
to go near that road or to ever leave
the area surrounding our house,  even
though we lived on about 16 acres...
I did  not get to explore them.   

IMHO,  today there are just too
many people,  too many cars,  and too
many dangers to allow children to
stray too far away.   

Yes, I just read where the little boy's body was found in Florida. All intact. The gator must of let loose. Thankful for that. Hope this will help the parents in their grief. I went through the loosing of a 2 year old. It is hard when so sudden.

At noontime, Tom was departing and I asked where he was going to eat.  He said Mexican and I was invited if I cared to join him.  He knows I don't care for Mexican food, but I decided to go anyway.  He eats at this place often and it is near here.  I had a burrito with rice and refried beans.  My burrito was OK but really not very tasty.  I ate some of the rice and some of the refried beans, but the best part of the meal was a refried bean/cheese dip.  I would go again, just to keep Tom company if he wanted it, but I felt my food was rather tasteless.  This was from a luncheon menu; perhaps a dinner menu would have been more tasty.  I still will stick to American food.  I loved the fish I had at Red Lobster and I don't even know what it was.

When we got back, the road people had our side of the main road blocked off.  Tom had to park down the way and we had to duck under the barricade to get home.  The machines make enough noise that the cat doesn't want to go out that door but will go out on the deck.

The rain we had early  this morning cooled things off; it is only 66 degrees now.

Mary Ann

We are under a humongous storm watch!  Our whole Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, Baltimore and Annapolis area.  Possible hail, tornadoes, toppled trees and wires, and so on.  Scary!

MaryPage - Hope the storms bypass your area! I know how scary it is with those predictions.

With our high temps a few days ago, would you believe it was down to 80 this afternoon?

Mary Ann - I like burritos and refried beans but they are much better with a little salsa or guacamole and sour cream.

Jeanne P. - I am so sorry that you also suffered the loss of a 2 year old. It's so hard for any mother to imagine.

Sandy - How old were you? Exploring the fields and woods near my house was a wonderful part of growing up for both me and my children. (But not when we were pre-schoolers!)

Larry - It appears you are having a heat wave like the one we had a few days ago. Best to stay inside...The humidity is what bothers me most.

Our neighborhood wasn't completely built up when Norm and I were young.  We had a field east of us that went a block down to the next street.  There were a couple of lots across the street and on the next street north there was an abandoned house that we all played in.  South of the field beside our house were grapevines and we played around those,  Beyond that was vacant land that reached to the cemetery where my folks are buried.  So we didn't have to go far to find places to play.  We also played Jacks on the front porches of various houses.  We played our  version of a soft ball game in the field beside us and we had many broken coal cellar windows when a ball was missed and came to the window.  None of the neighborhood families had to worry about their children because we always were close by.  That can't be said today, even in our old neighborhood which has been totally built up.

I forgot to mention the pine trees in the field east of us and we used to climb those, getting pitch all over our hands.

Mary Ann

We had a huge field and sand pit,  and
behind that trees that went deep into
the woods.    When I got  to be a preteen
I could go out and about to explore the
areas around my home and my friends home..
There were also areas where we could go
skating in the Winter...  Now almost all that
land has been built up ...

But the 11 room home and barn  that I grew up
in (which was a stage coach stop originally) 
is still standing.   Although looking a bit
run down now.   It is very old.

Sandy

Mary Ann - I can remember coming home with pitch on my hands and clothes. 

I have been wanting to write about all my experiences growing up for my grandchildren to have when I'm gone. My life was so different from theirs. In some ways they have missed so much.

Sandy - The house where I grew up is gone. They put an interstate highway right over it! So much for progress. When I drive by there I can point out the exact spot where the house was. The old Rt. 4 that went by my house is still there.

Beverly, I wonder sometimes how my mother ever got the pitch out of our clothes because it was hard enough getting it off our hands.  Our old home is still standing.  It was built in 1927 but we did not move in until January of 1928.  I moved away in 1978.  I feel, too, that todays kids miss out on so much when they don't play outside as much as we did.  Our parents did not have to wonder where we were because we were in the neighborhood.  All they had to do was stand at the front door and call our names and we were close enough to hear them.  Of course, we did not have the technical items all kids have today.  I have often thought that I grew up in the best of times as so many things we use today were invented or perfected during my lifetime.

Mary Ann

I am glad we have the advances in saving lives that Medicine has today.  I am happy we have been on the moon and can enjoy the technology I am working with at this very moment.

I miss the wide open spaces between cities and towns.  I miss the courtesy people exhibited towards one another.  I miss children being taught to respect authority, and that it was ALL RIGHT for me to grab hold of a neighbor's kid as he was about to dash into the street without looking, and give him what for and send him off with a swat on his bottom.  Was he going to complain to his parents?  Heavens, no; he would have known they would pull out a hairbrush and give him ten swats on a BARE bottom! 

I miss the last minute Friday or Saturday night get togethers with neighbors and other friends.  We played GAMES and interacted and laughed; oh my, how we did laugh!  All it took was some cokes, some beer, some potato chips, and a couple of packs of cards.

I am glad we have cell phones in the event of emergencies.  I deplore seeing more than half the people in stores, on sidewalks, in parking lots, and in MOVING VEHICLES with a phone glued to one ear or pecking away at one in their hand.  I get so darned confused when I see someone approach me and speak, only to discover they are not speaking to me, at all.  They are not even aware of my EXISTENCE!  They are on their phone.  I hate it.  I am sorry, but I feel strongly that polite society is disappearing and civilization is on a slippery slope.  What in the WORLD do people have to say all the time?

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Mary Ann, my favorite Mexican fare is Tacos. I used to make them at home and everyone loved them. Browned ground beef and onion with seasoning and tomato sauce, salt, pepper and cumin. Lots of chopped tomato, lettuce, grated cheese. If there were left overs my boys would gobble them up cold. And I do like refried beans. Hot sauce on the side, for those who liked more spice.

Mary Ann - Kerosene! (or turpentine) That's what I remember being used on pitch. We always had some on hand for various things. We even had a kerosene cooking stove and oven in the shed for summers when we couldn't use the wood stove in the kitchen.

MaryPage - You said it better than I could have!

June - I like tacos but not the crunchy ones.

We have an early appointment tomorrow, so Good Night all.

Angel - Beautiful flowers......I love columbine.

Thank you!

My current favorite food in all this WORLD is the fish tacos at Sam's.  Yes, NOT in the crunchy tacos.  They are pure heaven.  I have not cared for them at, oh, mebbe half a dozen other places.  But at Sam's Waterfront Cafe?  At Sam's they are divine!

And messy.  I try with all my might, but I am a mess from head to toe after consuming them.

Went to the vampire this morning.  Only one time, and she got all she needed!  Blood Pressure still way too high.  Had my prolia shot, also.  Then we went to Grump's Cafe for breakfast.  Had the ranchero omelet, with white toast and grits.  Heaven!  Except that I could not finish it.  Then a quick run through the grocery, and we are home for the day;  it not yet being ten o'clock.

Chip told me what was, to me, a new joke.  Actually, it is probably older than religion.  OK, here it is, and it is a riddle, so the answer will come before I go to bed tonight.  Give it a try:

What is the difference between a hippo and a zippo?

He! He!

Hi everyone.   We are already at 83 degrees and headed to at least 97 and perhaps to 100 degrees this afternoon.  Fortunately, my outside watering is done and Pat and I both plan on just staying inside today.  Our housekeeper will be here later this morning and that is all that is on the agenda for today.

We had a very nice Sunday School party last evening.  The facility was very nice, the food was good and the opportunity to spend some quality time visiting with a few folks and meeting some I had not met before.  Fortunately we were able to park right in front of the entryway as it was very hot late yesterday afternoon.  The party ended, as planned, at 7 pm as there was a concert in the part adjacent that many of the folks were attending.  The lady I was sitting next to at the table is our oldest choir member at 86 and she has been singing in the church since 1952.  She is the lady who bakes a little cake for our refreshment table at Sunday School each Sunday and has done this for a number of years. 

Mary Ann, we have a Denny's not very far from us across the river and have eaten there a couple of times and used the senior menu.  The food has been fine.  There is a new Denny's that opened in the last year in the area we moved from and the last time we were there for a visit we ate there with our Nigerian "grandson". 

Mary Page, I had a text last evening from my good friend in Gaithersburg, Maryland saying they had already had 2 1/2 inches of rain and some 3 1/2 inch hail and it was very stormy.  Hope all was ok this morning in your area and apparently is as see your morning posting.

Beverly, our humidity so far is pretty low, in the mid-30's, but will undoubtedly rise during the day. 

Since I grew up on a farm and the nearest neighbor was quite a distance away, my folks didn't worry about us being outside playing.  Great memories of my youth and am thankful for being taught to work and to be a very responsible person as it has served me well all of my life.  The house I grew up in from the age of five until I was 21 was torn down by the folks who bought the farm from my folks and they built a new home there.  The last time I drove by I decided that was it and I didn't care to go by there again.   

Patricia, one of the fond memories I have of living in Alaska was how large and perfect the dandelions grew as well as the other flowers.  They loved all the sun during the relatively short growing season. 

Bubble, thanks for telling us what the foods are on the plate for your Shabbat?  That is a pretty graphic.

Thank you all for sharing your comments and a little about your daily life.  I usually don't try to comment to everyone but read each one carefully.

Oh, yes, Larry, about the storm last night!  As I had rather expected, because, as I mentioned before, most of the stuff that comes in from the west through the West Virginia panhandle heads on east from the Shenandoah and to and through D.C., but then heads on north through Montgomery County (Gaithersburg) and on northwards to Baltimore, pretty much skipping us.  We did get a lot of rain;  I have no idea how much.  I looked out around eleven last night and saw a sky to the southwest that was absolutely blazing brightfully (and frightfully) with HORIZONTAL lightning all over it!  I swear!  It blew me away, and I quickly closed the curtains and headed for bed, pulling the covers over my head.  But this morning is bright and gorgeous, with no sign of a storm;  so we most definitely did NOT get the brunt of it.  Gaithersburg likely did.  From what I heard on the evening news yesterday, Leesburg and Middleburg got hit pretty hard.  You probably know every place I have mentioned here.

Oh, I do so know and relate to what you mean.  Remember Thomas Wolfe's book YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN?  I want very much to go home, especially to put flowers on my beloved graves and have some moments of quiet remembrance.  But it is just too much of a wrenching heartache.  There is no one, or nearly no one, alive there still whom I ever knew, or who knew me, who knows that it is MY home town!  The house I lived in is the town museum now!  I would have to PAY to get in, and even then they don't let the public upstairs;  so I would not be allowed to see my old bedroom.  We were a very small town, by today's standards, with fields and pastures and apple orchards all around.  Not now!  All is subdivisions.  UNbelievable!  Yep, Larry;  it just plain hurts too much.

Mornin all.  Our temps have cooled off some and we have been in the low 70's the last few days.

Dan did my grocery shopping yesterday as he then took off for the NW part of WA to meet a gal he has been talking to online.   He is gone for the weekend so it will be quiet here.

Plan on doing some laundry today is about all.  Hope you all have a great weekend and HUGS all around.

MaryPage, they might do an exception, knowing you lived in that very house, and let you upstairs. 
I for one would not do that as it often hurts even more to see the changes.

I did that once only when I went back to a place where I had been at around 12 and where I had lots of memories I wanted to relieve.  From a small village of about 60 families in the Alps, it has become a very posh bath resort famed for its hot sulfurous springs. There was just one paved road, the rest were paths meandering in pine forests. Now it has wide streets, lights everywhere, lots of golden doors and gates!  I remember in the forest following the smell to pick wild strawberries, watching birds, etc.  All that is gone

From one village to the next higher up there were no roads but ladders affixed to the high steep slopes!!! In winter it was completely cut off except for the tiny train whose last station was my small village.

I was so sorry I had gone back - I tried to erase that visit from my memories!

It is the reason I will never try to go back to my hometown in Africa.

I'm with you, Gal!

Good afternoon, another plesent day.  Low 70's and cloudy.

MaryAnn, when we were young, I remember playing with my doll on the wrap around porch,we had also differnt games.  At night we were allowed to play under the street light. I think there was one on the whole street. When my mother wanted me she blew a whistle, and I knew to come home.

Beverly, I agree with you. Mary Page spoke for me also. My grand daughter cannot understand how we lived or was happy.  When i tell her Cyriel started out at 95cents and hour with the Lighting Co. or that we stayed home played cards and listen to the radio. This was 1946

MaryPage and Bubble, I "went home" again twice.  Once was when the house was for sale; I think four or five families have lived there since I left.  The other time the current owner invited me to see the house.  They had sold it but had not moved yet.  Really not much had been changed and I don't remember how many years ago that was, maybe 10.  A bedroom ceiling was falling when I was there for the last visit.  The walls were plaster and Dad had patched them.  We always had painted walls and I think they were still that way.  I think I mentioned I ave been here 35 years and I've been gone 38 years.  Oh, someone did change t he garage doors which amused me because they were like what we had when we moved there in 1928.  Dad had put in an overhead door and it was replaced.

Mary Ann