well thank you all for thought and Prayer's. But I guess the Lawyers are not rich enough they are spending more time writing back and forth.and moving down the road to settle. well it is time I bid you all sweet dreams and good night. I got my four wheeler loaded on trailer to take to shop and get it repaired. hope to see you all tomorrow.

Lloyd

Just checking out for the day!  A lot happened today...too much to think about but most of it good.  Now I'm going o hit the hay!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow!  And may God bless us, every one!

Good morning everyone.
Yesterday was a fun day, we struck out early but had to detour on one of the roads we normally take due to an accident. That road was opened by the time we came home. The weather was perfect, with a temp of around 44° great for travelling. Costco was busy at opening time but not as busy as it was the other day. Nipped in and out in jig time . Best Buy ,well that is another story  lots of people and lots of people needing help,me being one of them but all in all it wasn't bad.

Today I had better wash floors and tidy up. Need to take Kyle to the lumber yard for supplies than after that I can get my work done.

Phyliss, you must have needed the sleep.

Gloria, all our snow has gone..for the time being..

Jane, when I stopped working it was the people I missed most.

Lloyd, hope you can get your 4 wheeler fixed with no problems.

Enjoy your day everyone.

"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself." ~ Jim Rohn

Good morning everyone, looks like we will have a sunny day at last. Hope so, Feels like I have been cooped up in here too long and need some fresh air. I want to get out into the sunshine. We just might have rain on Thanksgiving according to the weather guessers. Who knows so far ahead, really?

PHYLLIS  if they weren't sending a CNA so early now I would have been going back to bed most mornings lately. On Mondays she has been coming at 11:45 but yesterday she was here at 8:45 and I was sure not ready. I even called the company yesterday morning to find out if I was getting anyone, the one who is doing the schedule now never lets us know.

MARY ANN  I would never invite myself to anyone's home. My son told me we were going there and then my grandson called and said he was doing the Thanksgiving dinner and wanted to make sure I would be there. He live about 1½ miles from my son so about 5 miles from me.

LLOYD  seems like layers just drag things out to make themselves richer. With all their ads on TV I would look for one who does not advertise.

JANE  you sure keep busy all the time, tat is what keeps you young at heart. About all I want to do anymore is sit or lay on the couch watching TV.

AMY  Kyle must be feeling good now and is keeping busy. That is good news. Love your graphic.

Have a good day.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I up and attem this morning.  I have some workmen coming in and I had to be dressed and ready.  He said "7:30 or so".  I wonder what that means for sure.

Anyway, I have to watch for them because I have to show them how they can get closer to the house than he originally thought.  So I'll try to check back later.  Enjoy your day!

the workmen have been and gone and the house is mine again.  However, they will be returning on Monday to finish a job that didn't make it today. 

And I've finished the chocolate dipped pretzels and packed them ready for giving.  Tonight (if I don't doze off) I'm going to finish one more thing and then tomorrow will be a WM morning and a pumpkin pie afternoon. 

I realize that I'm once more talking to myself and that's OK.  I read somewhere, that it's OK to talk to yourself as long as you know that's what your doing and you don't answer yourself. 

I hope you are all having a wonderful day.  It's gorgeous here.  The sun is shining and the temp is in the mid 50s.  The guys had a nice day for working outside. 

Frankie was here and she gave her dog a bath.  They just have a shower and it's not an easy job to give a do a bath in the shower.  I asked her if she'd like to earn a little extra money.  She said "doing what? Giving Mickie a bath, too?"  I said "yes" and she said, "I'll give her a bath but I don't want your money".  So I made her some chocolate pretzels.  She was happy with that deal!  So was I!

Gotta go!  I have to look something up and maybe place an order. Enjoy whatever it is you're doing that's keeping you out of the SS.

I have a million things to do (put away) and thinking about a nap.... how's that for ambition?? Brain fog so will talk later. Shirley

Good Afternoon,

I made two trips to the supermarket yesterday. Drove through the parking lot and came right back home from the first one because I could not find a parking place within anybody's walking distance - much less mine!  Went back when I thought I'd be in between the lunch crowd and the after school crowd. WRONG!!!  However, I did find a lady loading groceries into her car - so just sat there with turn signal on and "let" others go past.
Of course, it was a zoo inside but everyone seemed to be in a good mood and took turns in aisles (well- except for the dear husbands "helping" their wives do what they've probably done on their own for 40 years.  )

Thought that meant I could come straight home from standing hair appointment this morning.  WRONG again! Discovered I would need more cornmeal than I had to make a double recipe of dressing (requested the night before because there's never enough left for son/grandson to have left-overs  ).  Hair place is across the street from grocery so decided to go early and take my chances in parking lot.  Glory Be!  I was in and out and able to go straight across the street without waiting for traffic - in time to be early for hair appointment.

Also remembered a couple of things I needed at Walgreen's so went there after hair.  Of course, I came home with at least 2x the items I first thought of.

Had a phone message that housekeeper would be late - so there went my plans to be working in the kitchen by now.  She still isn't here but, once I start, I don't want to have to get out of her way so guess I'll be making dessert this evening. 

Also waiting for Grandson, who "might" be stopping by on his way home from OSU to get folding chairs.

Tomorrow will be baking cornbread and biscuit dough (no use making biscuits when they're going to be crumbled) and chopping celery/onions - plus getting things together to spend at least 1 night with son/family. I'm taking dressing ingredients and mixing/baking there.
 Weather forecast sounds as if I might be there 2 nights instead of having someone bring me home after dark in pouring cold rain.

And that's what's going on in my corner of the world.

Hope Everyfriend Everywhere is having an Enjoyable Day.

Janie - the countdown is on for your Freedom.  Let us know what time to start ringing the bells. 

We had a much calmer day (so far) than what I've read here.  Jan came to cut my toenails and brought her mother. When finished, Jan, her mother, Tom and I went to a restaurant for lunch.  Tom had a phone call that his car was ready so we left the restaurant, dropped me off and Jan took Tom to the dealership for his car.  I managed to rest for a half hour before Robin came, earlier than usual.  Robin and Tom are talking now, but Robin and I are going downstairs to hunt for something.  I am requested to not go down the steps so I have not been downstairs in a long time.   PS I just found out I'm not going downstairs because Tom is going to the doctor's and wants to be here to move anything necessary so we'll plan on that for next week.  The story of my life!

Tomorrow Tom and I will go to Sheridan MI to pick up his former MIL to take her to Annie's where she will spend the night prior to Thanksgiving.  Sometime tomorrow I will have to make my salad for when we go to Robin's for our T-Day meal.  We'll eat late because she has to work. 

Mary Ann

Jane...is your chocolate pretzel and PB saltines recipes in a special folder? I would like to have both...if you don't mind sharing...CC

Cotton Candy, there are really no recipes for either.  The pretzels are just your choice of small pretzels.  I've used round, pb filled, shapes or whatever.  For Christmas, I try to get the Rolled Gold Christmas Shapes.  Then you melt chocolate and dip them.  You can buy regular melting chocolate almost anywhere these days.  It comes in the wafer size or in larger blocks.  It can be melted over simmering water or in the microwave.  I noticed that the 1 and a half pound blocks from WM have directions for melting in the microwave.

For the PB crackers, you spread one with pb and make a sandwich and then dip them in melted chocolate.  I put them on a non stick cookie sheet to set up.  With anything you dip in chocolate, you need to chill.  You can do that for about 5 minutes in the freezer or up to 15 in the fridge.  Any other questions, ask!  No secrets...just fun and good eats.

Thank you Jane...Happy Thanksgiving to all reading this forum...CC

Good evening, EVERYFRIEND.  We are snowed in......there is a good 15" on the ground here.  Started snowing last night around 10 and has continued ever since.  Some locations  had the sun peek through, but we did not.  Tomorrow is to be cold, but no more snow until Friday. 

We managed to get out yesterday and purchased the Thanksgiving Dinner items as well as a few days to tide us over with the uncertain weather.  We were invited to join our California DIL's Family here, but we declined with the uncertainty of the weather.  They live south of us about 35 minutes and they can get a lot worse weather than we have here. 

MARY ANN, I know you were happy to get Tom's car back and the repair was not too much! 

Seems you all are busy getting ready for the turkey feast day...ours is going to be a bit too quiet, but we have been blessed for years to be with family and just because there is just the two of us, it will be special too🦃🦃

I wish you all a goodnight....pleasant dreams to all.

Jenny

COTTON CANDY, I forgot to say that I just use a dinner fork or dipping.  Tap it lightly on the side of whatever you have the chocolate in to remove the excess.  Works well for me!

Good night Everyfriend.  Tomorrow is my next to the last day as a WM Associate.  Friday will be my last!  I'm getting excited now!

JENNY, I think there must have been a large D printed on each of those snowflakes.  That means that you are to keep it in DENVER!  Do NOT let it move east!   Enjoy your Thanksgiving with your SWEETIE and cherish it!  I bet there haven't been many of those in your lifetime!

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

Good morning everyone. Boy it was like a spring day yesterday. Full sunshine and blue sky, up into the low 60's. I spent a lot of time outside walking around and then sitting in the sun on the porch. Felt wonderful after all the rain we had. Tomorrow we are to have rain again. Oh well I will be inside at my grandson's home and the distance from my son's car to the house is short and I will enjoy the company. Got my grocery order before my Skype time and I am happy with the cheese cake and other things I bought to bring tomorrow. This will be the first time I bring something I did not make.

JANE  OK next time I talk to myself I will make sure I do not answer. I sure do not want the men with the white coats and those odd jackets to put on me. Don't you love it when workmen arrive at the time they say they will?

SHIRLEY  I still have not put all the groceries I got yesterday away. I was worn out before I could finish.

CALLIE  we are supposed to get light rain on Thursday. Glad I have a warm jacket with a hood on it, also a good rain bonnet, hate getting my head wet in cold rain.

COTTONCANDY  Jane is great for sharing recipes.

JENNY  my daughter is supposed to get snow starting on Thanksgiving night. My oldest grandson is there to spend the holiday with them. He always leave for San Diego early on Friday morning. Hope he does not run into a lot of snow. Not experienced in driving in it. Don't get it in southern Ca. except in the mountains.

Gosh I am first one here this morning. If that cna wasn't coming so early I would still be sleeping.

Have a good day.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING


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Good Morning Everyfriend!  This will be my next to last day as a WM Associate!  CALLIE, you can start the bell ringing at 1 p.m. on Friday.  That's when I'll start cheering!  I've reached the point where I'm really looking forward to not having to go anywhere.  When the plumber said he'd be back Monday to finish the job two thoughts flew through my brain.  First, I wonder what time Monday because I'll be at work in the morning!  Then, "OH NO I WON'T BE AT WORK!" 

I didn't get everything done yesterday that I'd planned on doing but a lot os stuff that I hadn't planned did get done so as my Dad used to say "That's half of one thing, and 50% of another!"  I always took that to mean that if you didn't finish what you had planned but something else that wasn't planned did get finished, it was a good day!

Today, I'm just going to take things as they come.  All I'm responsible for doing for Thanksgiving is 2 pumpkin pies and I have everything set out on the counter except what needs to stay in the fridge.  My plan is to do that sometime after I get home from work today.  And that lets a lot of room to get through that door. 

Mickie is lying on my foot waiting for the boinger and we have about 15 minutes to go. So.....

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

Good morning everyone..

Raining out ,need a lot of moisture in the ground befor freeze up yet. Yesterday was a mixed up day with nothing accomplished. Did research into the product Kyle is going to use, even phoned the company that supplied it. Now today we will go back to the lumber yard and get what is needed. Also need to pick up his tools that were left for repair.

Jenny , I am with Jane all those snowflakes belong to you and it is fine not to share them here also.

Jane,I think I am as excited as you waiting  for 1 pm Fri..
 
Gloria,sounds like you are also going to have a lovely TG.We had two lovely days in the past and now liquid sunshine.The wells will be happy with more water!

Lloyd, how are you? Did you get the repairs done ?

Mary Ann, why do things break just before a holiday? Or one gets a toothache and has to wait till the holidays are over with?

Better get a move on here

Enjoy your day everyone.

First of all, Gloria, that was a lovely Thanksgiving Day card.  Thank you.

Amy, it does seem when things go wrong, it is on a weekend.  Tom had thought it might be the alternator of his car but we think he was lucky.  It might have been the belt in the car that was loose, but they also replaced the battery.  I hope that was all because today we are driving to Sheridan to pick up Tom's former MIL to take her to Annie's and we don't want to get stuck between here and Sheridan (45 miles away). 

I am almost ready to start my salad for tomorrow but I need the bowl to put it in and I need the first layer - lettuce.  Lettuce did not make it to the mixed up grocery list we had last week - where Tom checked out as I was completing the list. 

It was 51 degrees when I got up this morning and will go slightly higher but radar looks as if we'll have rain all day.  I can see snow in the west but not for today.  I'm glad we don't have far to go.

Jane, we will all send cheers, bells and whistles at 1 pm Friday.  Oh, happy day!

Mary Ann

Good morning. 

I am sure everyone will be busy today getting ready for tomorrow.

And, Jane, I know you are excited for Friday to finally come along.  Especially about 1 p.m . I will be cheering, along with all your other friends.   

Jane, for your PN butter cracker treats you make, do use  Saltine crackers or the Ritz crackers?  I have gone back and tried to find your message about how you make them, but couldn't find it.  So, just want to know what kind of crackers you use? Thanks !

Need to get myself moving.  I want to make a cake this morning. I am going to my son's and all I have to take is the homemade cranberry sauce and a chocolate cake.  So, that won't be too hard. I made the cranberry sauce yesterday. I will bake the cake today and put the icing on tomorrow morning.  My son and I will leave about 3.  Dinner is supposed to be about 4, but it always is late by the time everything is ready to sit down to eat. 

Enjoy the day.

Joy

Joy, Jane uses saltines.

Good Afternoon from the cold and
rainy rocky coast of Maine. 

Later on tonight and tomorrow morning,   it is
suppose to snow...  not so much that it will
prevent us from getting to where we are
going for thanksgiving...  I presume !

Speaking of the disaster that was in Whales
"Aberfan" ....   just yesterday I was searching around
on my Roku and low and behold they were showing  a
Movie, about that horrible tragedy..

What a very sad and heart breaking tale. 
Sickening.

Tomorrow I am going over to Madison and Fe's
for  thanksgiving....   Madison is also having
some refugees from The Congo... families with
children...

Madison is very much into volunteering
these days.... (she takes Fe with her)...

She is stay at home Mother who just
gives and gives and gives or her time
with people who are less fortunate then
we are....     I am so very  proud of her. 

All is well here.   Looking forward
to Turkey Day!

LLoyd,  I sure hope that things work
out for you and your wife... 

Sandy

Chapter 2 to yesterday's "saga":

I began chopping celery and onions while waiting for housekeeper and grandson.  They arrived about the same time - mid-afternoon.  Grandson stayed almost an hour to talk and I couldn't get back in the kitchen until housekeeper left.

Decided I could probably do the dessert after dinner.  Was watching the evening weather report on very high winds moving through the area when ZAP!- power suddenly went out and I was in total darkness.  Used the flashlight on my cell phone to find the big flashlight and then neighbor and I began texting.  She found a city website on her phone that reported a power pole had blown down and they were trying to reroute the electricity.  No estimate on time required.
Hadn't had dinner but managed to make a PB&J sandwich and drink a glass of water.
50 minutes later, power came back on but by the time I regained my equilibrium and reset clocks - I didn't want to do anything else.

Got up and got started this morning.
Chocolate dessert and ingredients for "mix here and bake there" cornbread dressing are ready.  Now I have to get me ready for son to pick me up - and that may take longer than the food prep did.

Janie,  have made a note to have whistle and bell ready at 1:00 p.m. on Friday!

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a Blessed and 

Thanks, Jane.   I do hope to get to make some with the saltines.  I make the Faux Girl Scout thin mint cookies with the Ritz  crackers.  But, they are just 1 layer. No PN butter. Mix a little mint flavoring in the melted chocolate and just dip the crackers.  They are really good.  The saltines probably have an altogether different taste,  especially with the PN butter.  Anxious to try them.
  Thanks, again.

Joy

You're welcome, Joy.  I'm glad Amy was there to let you know about the saltines. 

I'll be listening for the bells and whistles and watching for the balloons on Friday.  I appreciate all the good wishes.  Thank you one and all!  I have 4 hours left. Today I got 3 hugs from fellow cashiers and 9 from customers!

I LOVE THE CUSTOMERS!  I'm going to miss them most of all!  I've watched some of them grow up from little!

I think I'll go take a short nap before supper and then bake my pies after supper.  Continue with you happy day, Everyfriend!

well I am going to hit the hay early tonight. we are going to have a big feed tomorrow with Family at grand daughter's. Nancy is only going to take one sallied. that will let her have a easy day for a change. and shop has not called about  my four wheeler. no hurry can keep my $$$ longer way. good night and sweet dreams. Jane I am glad for you doing your retirement. I am sure you will stay active enough to not get fat and laze. just if you travel to Texas you will take enough time to stop an see us a bit. we would give you a good feed.and if you would spend a night we have a good bed you could sleep in.

Lloyd
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Lloyd

Happy Souls

can give without remembering

And receive without forgetting

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Make it Special


Mycheal

Time to say good night. I will be on the road early, taking  friend to her cardiologist appointment.
 I hope to be able to come in in the morning but will depend on available time.
 Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating it. Safe travels for those traveling on the roads..


mycheal , words of wisdom to live by.

My pies are in the oven and as soon as they are out and cool enough to put in fridge, I'll be off to bed, too!  I liked your little thoughs, too, MYCHEAL!  I hope that's what we all try to do!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.