We don't chatter very much, do we?

I'm heading for the haystack!  Cooper is already there, warming up my side of the bed! 

JENNY!  You had some very good news today!  Congrats!  Keep on keeping on!

I had a visit to the doctor's office to lend them a bit of blood to see what's going on inside.  The library is directly across the street from there so we made a stop there and I picked up a book by Tom Clancey.  He's the one who authored the books that star Jack Ryan.  They've made some movies from some of his books.

After the library, we hit WMart and I filled up on bird seed, found a birthday present for Mikey and got some groceries!  When I got home, I was both tired and hungry.  I managed to put away the groceries, take Cooper for a walk and fill my tummy before I conked out.  I woke up with Cooper asking for his supper and another walk.  And that was my day!  Not too exciting but not exactly boring...at least not to me!

Now I'm heading for the haystack and (hopefully) a good night's sleep!

AMY, I haven't heard the geese on the pond again.  Only that one day so far but the number of birs at the bird feeder has already dwindled.  And I haven't seen the squirrels although the peanuts are disappearing.  I wonder if they're stashing them for the winter!

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

well I am heading for the hay stack also, we took the credit that lowes sent us by email/ for the warenty on the deepfreize up right that went bad, will be 10 days before they have the new depfreze in. they do not have annother one like it in stock. the one they are getting for us is a higher priced one/ is supost to be bigger an better.but they are giveing that one to us for the same creddit no more $$$, that part is alright.but the problem is we have appels and peaches ready. so I guess we are have we are going to have to can them like AMY dose. oh well what ends well is well they say. good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

well this is the second reply hope one of them went in the right place,good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Good morning..

I got up but my get up and go didn't. Think I will just coast for the day.

Calling for t-storms today.Rain is always welcomed in the fall but no need for the music and light effects.

Jane, hope you did get a good nigts sleep. When my head hit the pillow last night it was lights out!

Just look how fast Sept is disappearing!!

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I did get a good night's sleep last night!  I'm up and ready to go and so is Cooper.  We've had breakfast and he's telling me right now that he's ready for his morning walk.  That's next on the agenda.  Then the group from Pennsylvania House Furniture where I used to work in the office are getting together for lunch today.  Good friend picks me up and then brings me home and sometimes we make a stop on the way. 

We'll see what happens in between!  I think I might throw a load of laundry in the washer...or maybe not!  This is going to one of THOSE days!  Maybe I'll start my book but I can read while the laundry goes.  You can see that my day is going be a "What NOW" type of day!

And now it starts...I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

well I done it again I hit the wrong keey and away went my post. well we are getting a new up rght deep freeze, under warenty,In about ten days, it is a little larger and the cost was higher. but they are giving us it to us for the same price as the one  we had, because they do not have another in stock, and can not get another liket it was.I am for canning some like we used to, Including some of the meeat when we butcher the steear calf. booil some patoies and carrets with the beeaf and can in quart jars, can ti with some of the beef and carretes onians and patoes can open a jar of that on a cold winter day, heat it up, it makes a quick easy meal, great on a cold winter day.

Lloyd

see you all later,

Lloyd

Quote from: Amy on September 21, 2022, 06:49:51 AMCalling for t-storms today.Rain is always welcomed in the fall but no need for the music and light effects.

Better music at - https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/leisure-activities/'just-plain-old-music'/1200/

Rick,I also listened to the Lettermen, conjured up a bunch of memories. Thank you.

Where is Everyfriend?  I'm heading for the haystack.  I didn't manage to squeeze in a nap today and my eyes want to close.  Cooper has already gone to bed.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

I'm here, but as usual, not very chatty.  As I sit here surfing I just got the aroma of Pepe LePew. There's enough wooded area around here so that we always have wildlife around, including the unwelcome skunks.

We used to have lots of skunks around but rarely smell one anymore. I worry about rabies when we "get wind" they are moving in.... quite a few years ago one tested positive somewhere along this river but that was before any of the cats had moved in.

About an hour & half ago the cool air dropped down & I can hardly wait to get to bed & have the door open a tad... was miserable hot today. I think I heard the high is only 69 tomorrow & today it was 99, don't think it went over the record again today.

Oops, I haven't listened to good music yet so will go back & enjoy after I post. Thanks, Rick.

Jane, I didn't get a nap today, either and I can feel my chin dropping down into sleep mode.

Lloyd, my folks always had a farmer raise a calf every year and made sure it was grain fed for a while to make better flavor... sure tastes different from what we settle for now. If fact, the cats quit eating any of the stores (including Sam's) hamburger a few months ago and I've had to buy eye of round roast to cut into bite sizes or they just walk away. Now that it is only Tiger it isn't quite so bad, but the eye of round roasts are about same per pound as hamburger is... just extra work for me!

Amy, the wind tonight almost has a bite to it, thermometer says only 69 but guess the gusts of wind makes it feel colder. Need to check out the kitchen & find where Tiger is & head to bed.

Sweet dreams & God Bless.... Love y'all.  Shirley

Edit:  Great music. My early years I lived to dance & married someone that couldn't hear the beat of music..... he didn't even like to listen to music, in the car we didn't have the radio on because he liked the all news/opinions & I would take along my Sony Walkman with ear/phones to listent to anything but that kind of radio. Mostly we looked out the windows or talked <grin>. 

Good morning...

I am taking my friend  for her Ophthalmologist appointment today. She is going to the same place where I took our neighbour , just not the same Dr. Kyle is staying home and looking after the furkids..

We had two storms go through yesterday, one during the day and one around 8:30 - 9:00 pm. Today is to be a lot cooler...thankfully!!

Jane, I told my neighbour about Rescue as his BIG dog hides in the closet when it storm . Plus a man at the grocery store said his little dog is scared so I told him where I bought our Rescue Remedy.

Shirley, starting out at 49° and isn't to hit the 50's today. Great working weather.

Lloyd, I have canned beef, chicken, and hamburg . The hamburg was put into to batches one for us  and one for the dogs. Now I need to can soups and that sound do it.

Patricia, how is everything in your neck of the woods?

Better get ready and see what the day brings. Still dark out at the moment.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

I'm here, Amy, scratching my eyes. Hay fever season has really been bad this year & the dry wind makes the eyes itch worse. Whine, whine, whine. I've tried everything in the book to help this since moving to Wichita area back in 1964 but the cures were worse than the allergies. It is 55 degrees & rain all around but not on top of us right now. I didn't open the door last night 'cause I knew Tiger would be checking out the smells & sounds all night. This may be one of those mornings I have an egg sandwich & go back to bed for couple more hours. I'll post this & see if Janie is up yet! 

Good Morning Everyfriend!  We had more rain overnight and we're supposed to get more today.  The expected high temp today is 69º.  I do believe Fall is truly here!

I'm just barely up and attem.  I'll have to hurry and get dressed and get Cooper out for a walk before more rain comes.  I took off and went for a walk with Cooper while it wasn't raining and just as we got to the far point and he chose to make it a profitable trip, the rains came!  We both came home wet!

I made a new recipe for supper last night....Dutch Oven Red Beans and Rice and it was GOOOOOOD!  It's definitely a keeper! 

I don't know what's on the agenda for today but I know I won't see Cathy.  She's having a test that really takes the get-up-and-go out of you!  I'm hoping for good results!

RICK, I didn't think of you as being in the COUNTRY but it sounds like you are.  I always check for skunks before I let the dogs out in the yard in the dark.  And I'm definitely in the COUNTRY!!

AMY, I think we should both get a rebate from Rescue Remedy!  I bet we've increased their sales in the past years!

I guess I better get on with my day and see what it brings!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.

P.S.  I was posting while you were, SHIRLEY!

Quote from: JaneS on September 22, 2022, 08:06:12 AMRICK, I didn't think of you as being in the COUNTRY but it sounds like you are.  I always check for skunks before I let the dogs out in the yard in the dark.  And I'm definitely in the COUNTRY!!

I'm definitely NOT in the country, - BUT - I live in an area that is near or in between a Golf Course, a large City Park which has a wooded area, and almost abutting an old rail bed that has been converted to a walking/nature path. There is a limited access Thruway nearby, with it adjoining side areas (a nice path for deer, chucks, geese,and whatever. There is also nearby an Electric Companies high voltage wire run (big towers), - with it's clear area under it. So there is lots of access to my area for wildlife. I've even had a large Buck on my lawn a couple of times, and an occasional visit by turkeys. Whenever I get up in the middle of the night I look out the windows (Front & Back) to see if there is anything of interest.

I agree with Rick.  You don't have to live in the country to have lots of wild life.  I live in a town of 185,000 and right next door to Raleigh, pop of 490,000 and we have deer, coyotes, fox, possums, raccoons, and a lot more going through our yard all the time.

Hot again today.  Fall hasn't reached here yet and I'm really tired of summer heat and humidity.  Maybe tomorrow......

Take care, All.

How is everything in my neck of the woods? Steady rain, check; multiple leaf colors, check—seasonal required papers by local, state, and federal check. Structural and maintenance building and apartment inspections by HUD this Friday, check. Final inspections on Monday, check. Unusual early prior to 2017, snow expected above 2000 feet in the foothills check. So, nothing new this month.

At 11 AM, it's a rainy 38 degrees, and we're talking among the local group about reinstating our morning check-ins since we've been unable to plan large get-togethers this summer. Most of the group lives in those foothills or outside of the city, our new get-together typical, I suppose.

I'm hoping that I'll be more available in mid-October.

Sounds like we all chose a spot where we can almost feel country but close enough to the conveniences of today's world.

I think it was you, Amy, that mentioned the cooler temps were "good for working"... I totally agree with you but today was for catching up on lost sleep. I've been sorting the clothes for fall/winter and only got as far as what to sleep in. When I started camping I discovered I felt better sleeping in "sweats" and that included hoodies when cool enough. Lots of advantages but I won't go into detail. I do have light weight sweats & some that are very thick, and I got out the light weight ones last night & glad I did.

Even though I have a humidifier on the furnace, as dry as this air is every season it takes a bit to get the balance right. Right now my kitchen/family room floor that is 3/4" solid wide oak wood (it's stained walnut color) is dry & the cracks between planks have gaps enough when I bumped Tiger's milk bowl that she didn't lick dry, the milk went straight into those cracks. I was doing my best to grab paper towels to suck it back up but kept thinking I smelled sour milk all day. Son said he couldn't smell it last night, expect all my spraying with Lysol & smell goods paid off!

We're supposed to be back to normal temps tomorrow so I do have to hit the floor running. (hey, sounds good, huh?) Daughter will be in town for 10 days, wants to catch both week ends so she can go to ball games her grands play in, & has some meetings at the university she graduated from & still sits on the board. She mostly sleeps at her son's house so the 3 kids can have morning & nights to visit with her.... but when I had my cataract surgery she stayed at my house & "helped" me. I was having to call her for weeks after she went home to find where she put things. 

And now, dear hearts, I'm off to feed my face. Did any of you grow up eating sweet rice? Cooked nice & soft with milk & sugar & dash of cinnamon. Haven't had that for ages but bought some white minute rice this week & think that is what's on the menu. I've been keeping Aunt Nellie's pickled beets in the frig all summer as well as a little bowl of chopped celery bites to munch on. My grandmother & father thought celery something you should eat every day & right now the lettuce is so awful I quit buying it, gotta eat my greens!

Sweet dreams & God Bless. Shirley

Hello Everyfriend!  It's nice to see lots of posts!  RICK, I guess you re in a city area but it sounds like "country" around you! 

Today was a read my book, take Cooper walking between rain storms, and put stuff away type day.  I'm ready for the haystack.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow. And may God bless us, every one!

good night everyone. we are having a lot going on with Kin and frinds comming in and getting things done for the wedding, I domt know how many will show up, for the for the wedding, but they are expecting 200 peopl; I told the children to elope and get hitched and come home for a reception., it is nice to see folks we havent seen for severial years thow. we had a get togathe today, never counted how many was there but there was at least 50 there today, was at our deaughters house, they have a large house, all in all it is three stories tall,tow levels are walkin on ground level with the sloap of the ground and the third is up stairs from the middle storiy I do not reamber how many feet are on each of the three levels.well i am late again to bid of you good night and sweet dreams. I went to VA also today and got a new device to test blod sugar , my old one went crazey and would not read corectly. but neither the perison at VA nor i reamberd to get test stips so back tomorow. well I guse it is keeping the gas people in buseness., but i would like to keep more of the few $$$ we have in our bank account. see you all tomoow.

Lloyd

Good morning..

As Jane would say I was all in but my shoelaces and my wagon was draggin. My friends appointment went well, she has to have cataract surgery and that will be in 6 - 8 months. First we went to an outside market  ,prices sure have gone crazy a quart of strawberries were 7.50!! Other vegetables followed suit.

Playing catch up today after paying a bill that came while I was away.Temp is 33° at the moment......maybe our garden had a touch of frost last night?? Will bring in a few plants I would like to winter over and let the rest go.

Shirly, I like to catch up on sleep on a rainy day. The sound of the rain is a soothing lullaby.

Patrica, all too soon you will get snow . Kyle is cleaning up our snow tires to get ready to put them on. Pup aka Jesse brought in his first stick of wood last night..

Better get ready to meet the day..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.


 

Good Morning everyone, we are going up our deaughters and help with food proseing for the weading, and on the way I have to go VA and get some, test strips for blod sugar, boy this getting old and crippled with diieabetas sure is not fun. i would miss haveing time with the great grands, but would be ok with me if God would call my number any time, Have a day just like you like it.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Today is a better start than some of the days this week!  I actually feel like doing something.  NOW, WHAT should I do?

LLOYD, I have this theory about Heaven that says we will not be missing what goes on in our families left on earth.  What meant a lot to us here stays with us there...maybe not exactly the same but we will feel part of it.  I KNOW that when I make fruit cake for Christmas, my mother is with me!  And when it comes time to stir and I need and extra hand, my Dad is there, just as he always was for my Mother.  I'm thinking I might have a chance to watch over Ali's shoulder as she expands her canning knowledge.  Of course, there are lots of other things I'll be part of.  Just think about what you enjoy the most with your kids, grandkids and greats!  You'll be there!

AMY, what will you do with all your time since you don't have to do a garden and everything is canned and ready to eat?  Oh, right, I forgot...you'll be outside snowblowing!

Now I have to go get my shoes on and take Cooper for a walk.  He's sitting by the door gruffing at me!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning all.

Trees all still green but it was down to 50° last night. Getting a bit too cool in the house, Might have to start thinking about some heat, or find a blanket.

My husband grew up with sweet rice, Shirley. In my family we had rice as a sweet pudding with egg and milk and baked for dessert. Also, buttered rice in place of potatoes.

COLD weather finally got here last night.  It feels wonderful today!
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I forgot to say earlier...we often had rice with butter, sugar and milk on it for our breakfast and what my grandfather, grandmother, and mother called rice pudding for dessert or a bedtime snack when we were growing up

Good morning, 31 degrees and clear at eight in the morning. We have the big HUD inspection today, but we'll see if anything changes. This has been delayed for three years due to Covid and other reasons.

They had also cut in half security and maintenance and haven't increased either back to pre-pandemic numbers. There will be another final appointment on Monday, and then I can winterize my apartment and change out my seasonal clothing.

We had snow last night in the lower mountain passes, Amy, and expect it to come earlier again this year as it has in the past three.

We had many rice dishes growing up, both hot and cold. We had the sweet pudding Shirley mentions only with raisins or sometimes berries. My parents were from Kansas and Missouri, so we had several midwestern standards growing up. Since we didn't achieve statehood until 1959, we had a lot of fish and game, with extras from a large acre garden growing up.

PATRICIA, we also had raisins or some kind of fresh fruit in our rice for breakfast.  Also raisins in the baked rice pudding.  Thanks for the memories Everyfriend...also for the idea.  I'm hungry for rice pudding!