Good morning..

Yesterday was a lovely day, we will take more of those!

Today is a mixed bag of things that need to be done. Some will be done others will just have to wait their turn.
No flowers poking up here everything is still under a bed of snow.

Patricia, thank you for sharing MaryPage's story and Rick's link to it. We think we have a lot to complain about here but tis nothing to what the Ukrainians are going through. I also passed the link on.

Rick,very little grass poking up here and when it does it too will take of and then beg to be cut.

Shirley, I like that the fitbit can be charged by a charger....no replacing batteries there either.

Better shake a leg and move it.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

I'm up and attem...well, I'm up!  Attem might come along later!

Frankie spent the night and she's off to work, Cooper is napping and I've had my breakfast.  Next will be getting dressed and going for a walk together!  The rest of the day will be one of those that jobs poke up their heads and demand attention.  There's a load of laundry in and it just finished it's last spin and is demanding the dryer.  So that's next on the "Do-it" Slate!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning JaneS and AMY and any one else that follows today.my computer Is still not up to date, it is saying yesterday,s post as today. It is 51º and cloudy here . well Nancy called me to eat, so I went and ate morning meal. oatmeal and tost with some orange juse drink. so I should be ready to face the day. hope you all have a good day, Nancy has gave me orders to work on the raised beds and get them ready to plant earley seeds in. so I guse I best miend and do it.

Lloyd

Good morning. For the first time since we changed the clocks I slept later. Do not know who or if or what time a CNA will be here.

Well guess what CNA here so will send to market, need milk and some cereal and a few things so will give me time to now get dressed. Hope I can do better tomorrow.

Have a good day and stay safe.

It has taken me several hours to feed cats & myself, not even dressed yet. Have a list a mile long of "to-dos" so first is dress & get all those bills in the mail (I know, I wouldn't have to write checks & mail if I'd use a credit card BUT....) I got all the checks written last night, stamps on & ready to go.

Want to get a bucket of grass seed out of the shed to throw on the bare spots in the front yard, that sweet gum tree raises up with roots close to the surface & no grass over a whole area near the trunk. I will scratch the dirt before throwing the seed in & even if a little grows it's better than nothing. The yard people around here want to kill off all the grass & then dig up to start all over, OR they want to sod.

In the 33 years living here I've watched quite a few houses do that & in 2 years the yards are back to weeds & mixture of grasses because the birds leave their droppings with the weed seeds from the river bank. Just a fact. So I will try my way.

Having a nice yard was Cas' thing, he loved doing it & always had the best grass for an Easter egg hunt than anyone else. My thing was fixing & dying 12 dozen eggs to hide, along with boxes of the wrapped Lil'Debbies & a few toys. I even put money, coins inside those plastic eggs for the kids to find. The 7 grands & later the 7 gr-grands were near enough the same age it was so fun to watch them, and the Dads (big boys) had every bit as much fun hiding everything. We had a rule that all eggs went back into the cartons to make sure nothing left behind to get rotten ...

Then the big girls & I would turn those eggs into deviled along with a ham & we'd have lunch. One year it came out in the paper that for some reason the shells were especially difficult to peel, and they were. The paper blamed the eggs were "too new", but after boiling & deviling a bunch of eggs fresh out of the nest (from next door), that can't be the problem!  Those fresh eggs just popped off almost whole. We ended the hunts & gatherings at out house when Cas was too weak to work in the yard & didn't want the noise & uproar of everyone around. Nice memories......

Gotta get busy. It is cloudy, spotty showers around Wichita & snow not far west of us. It has crossed my mind often that Jackie hasn't posted in quite a while. Anyone heard from her?  I hope she is still enjoying the new home & people, just busy. Haven't heard from Peter in a long time, fond memories of all the Friends we've met over the years.

Oops, you slipped in Gloria and also Lloyd, I forgot to post this (went to get the mail & check on cats) so better move along.  I'm going to make a big pot of chicken noodle soup and also chicken salad for the next door neighbor on the day he has his hip replaced. They will be busy taking care of him & figure soup & sandwiches will be good when they settle down that night (25th). I got the impression it is almost out patient surgery anymore.

What a lovely day it is turning out to be....tomorrow is rain and or freezing rain.
Do you remember the tv commercial  and it said "What is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this"?  That is what I am doing.....cleaning my oven... We do have a self cleaning one but it doesn't clean the way I like it clean.

Good Night Everyfriend!  My eyes have already entered slam shut mode and I'm tired right up the gazoo!  I really don't know what I did to make me so tired other than two walks with Cooper that were twice the length our walks usually were.  He just wasn't ready to come in and it was so nice out that I gave him his head!

AMY, we're supposed to get rain tomorrow but there's no way it will freeze.  The low is supposed to be around 38 or 39 and that's early in the morning before daylight.  The rest of the day is in the mid to high 40s!  Spring has sprung!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow!  And may God bless us and watch over the Ukranians!

Well It Is time for me to bid you all good Night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Rain stopped, been what we needed, but this cold wind is NOT pleasant! Nearly froze my body off when I ran my errands. Bedtime again and hope everyone has a Wonderful Wednesday (got that, Callie?)  Sweet dreams & God Bless.  Shirley

Good morning. I woke too early and now ready for a nap. All I have done is have my coffee  and a breakfast bar. Today is the one day out of the week I know who and the time CNA will be here and this one is the only one who will wash her hands when she comes in. The others look like I insult them about washing hands. Try telling them and asking if they have see on TV how they stress washing hands with this darn Covid. There I go complaining again, sorry.

AMY  for all the years I have been here-almost 8 the oven is still clean I mostly use my microwave or toaster oven.

JANE  I was in bed early last night, must have been sound  asleep by 8:30, no wonder I was awake in the middle of the night.

LLOYD  hope you slept good last night.

SHIRLEY  Tooo early for news /weather here but last night did not mention rain. I did check the weather on this PC and is was 29.
Darn lost the degree sign again.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good morning..

No rain yet and I hope it holds off till we get back home from picking up lumber.

Another day of doing what didn't get done other days.

Jane, we had your cole slaw last night with fish, chips and a veggie. Kyle and I really enjoy it and more will be done this year. Nice to just go get a jar and open it.

Gloria, I try not to make a mess  cooking in the oven but the one pie you don't think will run over will!!You're not complaining you're stating a fact and they especially should know better.

Better get ready to meet the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I've been up since 6:15 and I'm already into this day!  Cooper arrived about 6:45, had his breakfast with me and then I got dressed and we took a walk.  Now I'm ready to begin doing "stuff" today.

GLORIA, AMY is right!  Of all people who enter your home, the CNA's should know best that they need to wash their hands.  I sometimes forget but I am happy to be reminded.

AMY, I'm glad you like the Cole Slaw.  I do, too and since I got a reminder, I'm going to open a jar today!

LLOYD, have a great day!

Also on my list today is finishing my library book.  It's getting down to the wire where you wonder how they're going to get out of their jam!  It's a mystery...WWII spy stuff!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!  And Peace to the Ukranians!

I finished a book yesterday, too, Jane, before the library could take it back from me because other people are waiting for it.  "The Last Bookshop in London".  WW2, also, but about the incredible people who got through the London Blitz.  Good book.

Rain coming this afternoon with thunderstorms and wind.  I hope it won't be like what hit New Orleans last night.  I enjoy the flowers of Spring but I do NOT like the storms!

Take care, All.

Good Morning everyone. well thanks for the good wishes, I went to bed very late last night again. I got into the good moovie of swis famley roberson and it put me to bed. so I slept in again I just got up at8:25 AM. we had hard rain in the night there are watter puddles standing all over yard back one and front. It Is still overcast here now,at 8:35 am. I need to get into the kitchen and eat and get the day started.shirley I am with you we need to get the one flat tire off of the Rv and get it fixed, close our eyes of the high fuel prices and getIn the RV and go, our RV has a catapiller deisal engine in it and that fuel is higher than gas. we are not rich by any means but do have a few $$$ and when we get called home we can't take it with us. Like someone said spend it so the childern wont have it to fight over. see you all Later. oh yes I forgot  to tell you severial of our grands and great grands wen snagging for spon bill cat fish and all did good. eveo  tayler is 11 years old and she landed one that weaide over a hundred LBS. so we will hav some fish, to eat. thay never asked us to go ,I guse they thought the boat was too full. I need to get our pontoon boat out and tuned up and go do some of that kiend of fhishing I think it would be funn. to catch a big spoon bill. the bugest fish I have ever cought in my Life was a flat head cat fish, weaide 35 lbs and I cought it hand fishing, we had been catching about 1-2 lb fish and sticking our thumb in there mouth pulling them out and puttingin gunney sack, that one brok the skin all aroung the base of my thumb. but Ihung on and got it landed.. I had a uncle that was a curmushel fisherman had a bis fishinf boat on the missour andmissipy river. they would catch big ones in there nets.. he cough one that wighed 300 LBS. it was 13 feet long. he had hanging on the yard arm on the ship. my aunt was standing on  a fairley tall stoolmholding her arm up beside it. its tail was curled out on the floor.I think I may still have a pictuer of her and it.If I can fiend it I see if I can get nacole to post it in here for you to see. Have a good day.

Lloyd

Lloyd

Good Interior morning to everyone! It's plus one and windy with a mountain pass wind advisory this morning at 7. Today is the hopefully turning day of warmth. But I'm no longer sure of anything, especially weatherwise today.

There's nothing new here, perhaps a chore or two, some laundry, but that's pushing it. I've settled into a new sleep pattern, early to bed, 10:30 usually, and early to rise, around five.

Locally, everything is still shut down, and any medical is a needs must type of situation. Besides certain businesses needed, the only places open are the larger grocery store malls, and someone said the library reopened.

Everything is still shut or locked down in this building, and any meetings are conducted over emails or the phone. In a surprising and hopeful trend, we had only six new Covid cases in the week ending March 20th after 106 new cases the week before. Let's hope this isn't an anomaly.

Many years ago when we had wonder lust we stopped at a place called Vegreville Alberta...they have the worlds largest Ukrainian  Easter egg called a Pysanka..that rotates with the wind.

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well good afternoon.I went through all the photo albins that possiable had the picture of the fish I wanted to show you all. by my auint's picture beside it. I loked at a lot of pictures, some brought back good memoreys and some sad ones. oh well that is all part of Life. well It made made of some good advice to pass on to you all. If you dont doo you need to take it,that is write on the backor front of a pictuer whome is wohme and date taken . I looked at lots that I still reamber and some I do not. see you all Later. I will keeplooking for the big fish. and ask my sisters if they have a coppie of it . If they do Ican get a coppie of it made. I have a printer that will take on photo Paper exlant coppies. 

Lloyd

Hello all!  Frankie got off early today with pay. O fprget whu but she was here in time for a late lunch and she finished up the beef soup made from the leftover veggie soup meat. 

For supper, I made a shrip and grits supper and from a recipe I found on line and it was really good.  I have three more dinners saved and we'll see if they get frozen or eaten.

Now I'm off to the haystack!  My eyes have already entered slam shut mode and I missed the middle of a Perry Mason show.

I finished my library book and if you like spy stories, I recommend Jack Higgins!  You won't be able to put it down and the end is always a surprise!

PHYLLIS, I wrote down the name of the book you read and I'm going to look for it when we go to the Library on Saturday!

Now I'm off to sleep!  I wish you all a peaceful night and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!  And may he look after the Ukraine!

Good morning

Rain began last evening and continues into today.

Looks like I need to more laundry, that never ends here.
I want to make refrigerator bran muffin mix and have  on hand.

My friend and I both ordered jelly rolls (fabric 2 1/2 " strips) along with coordinating fabric and so far the Irish chain pattern is the only one we have so far come up with to show off the fabric. May play with that later on.

Jane, I did get the potatoes done ended up with 16 pints and a bit left over for dinner. I used the apple peeler and it worked out fine, I did have a bit of hand work but not much and the job went faster.

Phyllis, storms bother Babe but thanks to Janes recommendation on the  Pet Rescue she is much better now.

Patricia, masks wearing has been lifted here but a lot of people are still wearing them .Restaurants are no longer asking to see your QR code either.

Enjoy your day  and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm up and attem today.  Cooper arrived a bit ago and we had breakfast together...well, I didn't get down on the floor and I didn't allow him on the table but we ate at the same time!

He's ready for his walk now but he has to wait for full daylight and that gives me time to finish this and get dressed!  I'm not sure what else is on the agenda for today but I'm sure "stuff" will crop up!

AMY, good about finding an easier way to peel potatoes and nice to have them "ready to eat".  Good job!

I'm off to the showers!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.  And I wish the same for the Ukraine!!!!!

Stormy morning here.  I'd like to go back to bed but, I have things to do.

I got started on the taxes yesterday.  Gosh, I hate that job!

Take care, All. 

It is one year ago today when I fell at the airport in Tulsa OK‼️‼️ This year has been nothing but a huge challenge......loosing our Michele....two shoulder surgeries 😩😩🤪. Today I go for my EMG test to find out why I can not lift my arm🤷   I am dreading it, and yet I want to know WHY, so I can hopefully move nwith a working shoulder🙏‼️🙏‼️

Although I have not responded to the many interesting subjects you all write about, I sure enjoy reading them.

SHIRLEY, reading about your fall sent shooting pain throughout my body.  I am very thankful you did not break any bones or dislocate your shoulder🤪🤪‼️‼️  I have often thought about my fall and realize I could do that same fall again and not hurt a thing🤷🤷
My thought at the time was..."I will just get up and get on my plane"‼️
We had horrible winds here yesterday.  There were two avalanches on mountain passes they say were caused by the wind😩

AMY, I love red potatoes and sure wish someone would bring some by to share with me 🤪🤪  Good for you getting some cleaning out done.  We have done a little here also but I peter out pretty quickly.

YEA, PATRICIA..... your temperature made it to + one‼️ Burrr. Around here they are pretty much acting like Covid is over!  We are still wearing our masks too, Sandy.

RICK, I am so glad winter is officially over.  Now if old man winter will just behave and bring on our spring showers‼️🌷

JANE, I would have enjoyed your mashed potatoes and gravy with the roast! Bob and I were lucky to enjoy this meal with Shirley a few years back when we met her in the mountains of CO. It was delicious.

Have a good day EVERYFRIEND.

Jenny

Well I will have to say good Mid day. I just got up a couple minutes till 12 noon.I wathed severiak of the lonsem dove moovies , was midnight before I gave up and went too bed. and went to sleep. so I realey slept in. and I have my usual haed akce. I could go to bed with no prolbem,s. we Had hard rain with thunder boomers through the night, the watter puddlesare full front yards both. I hope we all have good day's. see you all later today.

Lloyd

Good midmorning, 9:15 AM, from an Interior at plus one. We're heading toward a high of plus 35, a low of plus seventeen, and a high tomorrow expected at plus 42.

Tomorrow and the following week will be uncomfortable as I will be hanging about with Farrah in my bedroom. Notices were sent out that all balconies must be cleared as the construction crews will return to finish adding the screens and screen doors to our balcony doors. I hope, unrealistically, that they will start on the fifth floor and work their way around and down.

 I have only potting soil on my balcony so no big deal as I have an extra inside 33-gallon tub, however, the notice had this message, "This includes all large items such as mattresses, couches, or anything preventing access to the deck and screen door area." I had believed that those larger items were against balcony rules?

It continues, "Dog waste on your balconies is a violation of your lease, and evidence of animal waste on your deck will be reported to management and will result in a violation with a notice to correct the condition.", It concludes by saying that balcony access will be denied while work is being finished. All of this makes me wonder about how many folks have been not following the rules of what can and cannot be done on the balconies.

Good morning Everyone rain finally got here and I felt it before I even opened my eyes this morning. I know now it is afternoon but I woke late and just started here when the CNA got here, too.  A mixed up day and I do not like days like this. She is at the CVS store now so will be back soon. If my post is very short at least you know I am still alive and kicking.

JANE the Wednesday CNA is the only one who washes her hands and the others I have to remind. At least the one today is OK when I remind her. I have 2 different sanitizer bottles in here and they never even look at them, Fran carries her own. I enjoy those "Who Dun It" books that keep you guessing till the end. I have got some books from the library downstairs that sound/read good on the first page so will take it home. By the 4th page I already know the ending without reading anymore.  I only get the paperback books now the hard cover ones are too hard for me to handle, have to sit where I can prop the book up so I do not have to hold it.  I like sitting comfortable when I read.

PHYLLIS  once I see and smell the lilacs in bloom I believe it is spring.

LLOYD  I went fishing with my husband once and caught my first fish, not even big enough to keep I yelled and he came to get it off the hook, I though it was a snake, every time he took me there the first thing I would see was snakes and I am very scared of them. That was it for me. Years later my oldest son worked on his future FIL's fishing boat and he invited us out for a day of fishing. OK I had something on the line and my son helped me bring it is and it was an eel. To me it was a snake so again that ended my fishing and I just enjoyed the ride out in the Atlantic ocean.

PATRICIA  the manager has eased on the wearing of masks but would appreciated if visitors would wear theirs. No one is allowed in her office either. Knock on her door and she will unlock the game room and that's where she interviews anyone. There is a plexiglas partition on the middle of the table with a cut through at the bottom where she passes papers through to be signed and there is a pen there so she does not have to touch one. There is now 3 game nights again, one is bingo and the 2 others are card games. There is a Pot Luck dinner scheduled and I will pass on that, too. I cannot make anything to bring and will not go with empty hands with  title of Free Loader. I have heard the talk often enough after one of those dinners when the "cats" are busy saying did you see what she brought   she ate? Or did you see him bring a box of Devil Dogs and take so much home with him

JENNY  add my oldest grandson and me to the mashed potatoes Beef and gravy and we will be happy, specially if the gravy is home made.

Never had a post take so long to finish. CNA left at 2:30 so now I can go lay on the cough and maybe have 40 winks?

Have a good rest of the day and sleep great tonight.

Day is Done...

Frankie loved SHIRLEY'S beef, gravy and mashed potatoes idea.  She had two helpings here and took the leftovers home with her.  She also liked the beef stew I made from one of PATRICIA or AMY's recipes.  I did, too! 

Daughter Christy, Mother of the Groom-to-be, asked me if I had a certain family necklace.  She sort of thought it would be nice to offer it to the Bride-to-Be for her "borrowed" item for the wedding.  I have already given that one to my daughter Cathy but I had two others from my mother and grandmother and I took pictures of them and offered them to be borrowed.  She sent the pictures to Edith with the offer and Edith chose my grandmother's crystals.  She was so moved by the offer, she was crying and Christy said she's going to call me to thank me!

PATRICIA, when your temps go up they really GO UP!  Sounds like Spring is coming to
Alaska!

GLORIA, I went fishing once!  I sat on a dock and held a fishing pole while the fish ate my bait and my 8 year old son caught 2 fish!  Needless to say, I'm not a fisherman either.  But I have cooked many fresh caught fish for my son while he was growing up.

LLOYD, you did have a good night's sleep last night!  I wish I could just sleep through one night! 

Now I'm going to hit the haystack and see how long I can sleep.  Thank goodness it doesn't take me long to go back to sleep when I do wake in the middle of the night!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!  And may HE give His hand and His love to the Ukraine!

Good morning...

Wet day here ,maybe we shall see sunshine later today.
Not sure what is happening today...lots of work about to do but...

I love fishing, Dad and I would go out picking dew worms the night before and 6 am we were off to the lake. He never came home skunked. In winter we would make sinkers and jigs by melting down lead and pouring it into a mold.

Gloria, I took your idea on blueberry pie and made one a two crust one with canned blueberry pie filling and adding in more fresh blueberries. Turned out pretty good and I will be using your idea from here on in.


Jane,took stock of my canned soup and I had better get some made and canned. Want to do it before the weather gets way too hot.

Patricia, hope they get your place done and move on so both you and Farrah can get back to a normal day.

Jenny ,I think this should be a much better year for you and your family. Hope you get good news from your EMG test.

Phyllis, taxes are a necessary evil. We have ours in at the bookkeepers now it is a wait and see.

Lloyd, hope you had a good nights sleep.

Better get ready here

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Morning has broken here and Cooper is waiting patiently for his morning walk.  I'll have to go get dressed and take him pretty soon or he'll tell me about it.

It rained most of the night here but has now stopped and is not supposed to rain again until one day next week...I forget which one.  Cooper will be staying with me for the weekend because Frankie is heading for Harrisburg where she will meet her mother and they will be looking for a dress for her to wear at the wedding.  She's getting down to the wire on this one!

JENNY, I see I neglected to wish you well at your Dr. appt.  I hope he finds something he can treat and you will soon recover the use of your arm.  It's no fun not to have that and I'm sure  all forget to be thankful for that.

AMY, enjoy the pie!  Blueberries have never been one of my favorites.  I picked them at my grandmother's farm but it's one that I didn't eat while picking.  And I always said "No Thank You" for the pies that she made with them. 

I better get myself dressed.  Cooper is still waiting patiently for his walk but I'm sure he's ready.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

I know taxes are necessary, Amy, and this year it looks like I might get a refund so I like that a lot.  I just hate having to do them and always worrying that I haven't missed anything.  I used to have an accountant do mine but I thought that David and I could do my fairly straight forward return and not have to pay several hundred dollars to her.  And, after one year when I had to pay her high price and on top of that I had to pay a large amount in taxes, I decided I could do it myself with the help of Turbo Tax and online filing and save the much bigger cost of preparation.

Gotta' go eat breakfast.  Take care, All.

I think of so many things to talk about as I read over your messages but got away from taking notes & so forget. Bad me...

I did go fishing with my father as well, Amy, he loved fishing & hunting & somehow my brothers didn't get around to going with him, only one liked to fish or hunt at all. We had large catfish at the area of the lake my parents cabin was & also some of the creeks in central MO. The spoonbill cat were the monsters, I was around when someone caught a huge one like Lloyd talked about. I caught a big "flat head", I think Dad called it, but it took Dad & several other men to pull it out of the water hole it got stuck in. I didn't take credit for it but Dad raved about ME catching it. Not sure how much it weighed but seemed to grow every time Dad talked about it! 

Have a slight green cast to ground & trees this morning, surprises me how much things can change over night. I spread half a bucket of seed under the sweet gum tree yesterday & will wait to see if it sprouts at all before doing the whole yard. Had a couple bags in the shed ever since Cas died (almost 9 years) so may be wasted effort, but seems it is NOT going to grow in the bag so may as well put it in the yard, you think?  I hand watered the patch where I planted but will turn on sprinklers if I do the whole yard.

Put out the slide & awning on the motorhome yesterday, to dry off the snow melt of a few days ago. Left the slide out so I can clean out, sad to think of not going to CO again, I do enjoy the Lake in MO but just not the same. Jenny, get better & maybe we can still find some place to vist one of these days!

Jane, am smiling to myself, blueberries are not a fav of mine either but almost feel un- patrotic for saying that, EVERYBODY loves blueberries! Even my mother loved them, but Dad's favorite berries were strawberries & he'd eat a bowl with cream over & just smile. Besides the tiny wild ones that grew everywhere around us, he always kept a patch growing  & fought the birds for the red ones. He rigged up a piece of green garden hose to an old rotisserie motor that would twist that piece of green rubber like a snake, had it stretched through the patch of strawberries & those birds stayed away!

Been sitting here thinking/remembering and better get a move on or won't get a thing done today. Enjoy your day, Every Friend.... we don't get to do a make over!