Soda Shoppe August 1 , 2024

patricia19 · August 04, 2024, 01:37:14 PM

MG, I sent you a DM.

MarsGal · August 04, 2024, 05:45:30 PM

Got it Patricia. Good thing I don't need those any more.

Amy, I think I spelled it wrong. If I could remember how to spell it right, I'd look it up. The recipe I used was one of Jacques Pepin's. Ah, hah! Found it once I looked up yeast cake. It is Savarin. I don't have the cookbook anymore. Shame on me. I just loved it. His recipes came with step-by-step color photos. As I recall, I kneaded the dough, and I don't remember using a Bundt pan like a lot of the recipes I see now. But then, my memory is a bit faded. Jacques Pepin is 88 now His foundation is worth noting. https://jp.foundation/

Amy · August 05, 2024, 06:26:56 AM

Good morning..

Nice rain here....gets me out of the job of watering the garden.

We have some running around to do ,taking some beans and zucchinis to a friend who is also going to pass them around. I checked the plants yesterday and the beans will need to be picked again! Can't pick them when it is wet though.

MG, thank you. I looked that up and oh my that cake sounds and looks good! May have to try that one. Thank you.

Patricia, I had hoped I was wrong but if memory served me it was Nov last year also.Our friends that surprised us with the load of wood have been to Oak Island and saw all the treasures they have come up with.

Better get this day started.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · August 05, 2024, 08:40:01 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! This day is off and running! I was up and dressed and moving before Cooper decided to get up! But he's up and attem now and asking for a walk. Or maybe he just hears something out there. But is is over by the door! I have no plans for today but I'm sure SOMETHING will demand attention!

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

patricia19 · August 05, 2024, 01:01:26 PM

Good morning, we're finally back into sunshiny blue skies and NO WIND OR RAIN, which is such a relief. Today's high will be eighty-six or higher.

Amy, Rick, I'm intrigued, is it lost pirate treasure or Spanish? Or yet another type entirely? It sounds historical that's being manipulated for ratings.

Today, my meet and greets and regular chores are finished and coffee is well in hand.

I'm looking at another day of possible laundry and replacing my 12 inch and 8 inch skillets. I may also donate my cast iron fry pans, as they're very heavy for me to lift now. My ceramic coated cast iron pan and Dutch Oven are considerably lighter.

MG, you are still re-organizing and decluttering too, I see. It must be so different in a new place. I have been here since 2013, and it's going to be my last, I think.

Jane, it sounds as if Cooper is doing better, thankfully.

RAMMEL · August 05, 2024, 01:16:47 PM

Quote from: patricia19 on August 05, 2024, 01:01:26 PMAmy, Rick, I'm intrigued, is it lost pirate treasure or Spanish? Or yet another type entirely? It sounds historical that's being manipulated for ratings.

"manipulated for ratings" - Could be, and (to me) likely. But the expenses they must encounter have to be through the roof. Many others have been there before them, also searching for the supposed treasure. It amazes, and baffles, me as to what they have found - and how it might have gotten there.

patricia19 · August 05, 2024, 02:49:34 PM

Thanks Rick.

Interesting, I'll have to search for what started the quest.

MarsGal · August 05, 2024, 05:52:36 PM

Patricia, yes. I brought things I discovered don't fit or intend to replace soon but needed in the short term, and left things I discovered I could still use here. There is stuff like the old pans I left and am buying as I see the need, like a new cookie sheet, new pizza pans, and soon to buy a two new saucepans which will replace the glass saucepans I can't use with this stove. New furniture as my budget allows, most prominently a new bed frame and mattress, a twin this time to replace the full size with its now too heavy mattress and box springs. Anyone care to comment of those new memory foam/gel mattresses? Who ever heard of a mattress in a box?

patricia19 · August 05, 2024, 06:58:03 PM

I've seen those. You take them out of the box, you can get various types of inflating pressure, and they inflate on their own.

RAMMEL · August 05, 2024, 07:08:45 PM

CASPER - is a memory foam, comes rolled up in a box. Once you cut it loose you won't get it back in that box. My wife bought one and used it - now I use it because my old mattress died. It is one of their original ones and I find it quite comfortable.

JaneS · August 05, 2024, 09:36:03 PM

Hello there Everyfriend! I read all the entries and found them very interesting! However, I don't have any comments to make on them! Thins has been a strange day. I said that I didn't know where it was going. Well I found out. My air conditioner quit! I had it turned on and it came on when I turned it on but sometime along the way, it quit! It took me a while to notice it and when I did, I remembered that the guy who had fixed it the last time had retired. I called Cathy to see if she knew someone and she did. He came and fixed it!! Hallelujah!

Now I'm hitting the hay! I'm worn to a frazzle!! Good night! Sweet Dreams to Everyfrien!

JaneS · August 06, 2024, 08:16:44 AM

Good Morning to me! I'm off to get ready for a Dr. Appt! Wherever your all are and whatever you are all doing, I wish you a happy day!

RAMMEL · August 06, 2024, 10:03:57 AM

I'm late looking in, but I am looking in. Good luck with the Doc.

Cancelled mine due to bad T Storm/flooding forecast.

patricia19 · August 06, 2024, 12:25:22 PM

Good morning, all my plans are canceled, as late yesterday they sent out a notice that all water would be off today and intermittently all week. I spent last night filling three large containers with tap water and brushed my teeth and got everything ready early before seven this morning.

Last night's high was 89 and this morning's low was 62. Today will also bring wind gusts and possibly more fires. However, the 8th, will cool temperatures down into the sixties with off and on rain until September.

With nothing available to do around here, I may wander around downtown and spend a little.

MarsGal · August 06, 2024, 06:07:51 PM

I just checked the weather. It is now pouring rain. Weather tracking has us right in the middle of the storm. Lots of wind, lots of flooding with these hurricanes and remnants coming up from along the coast.

RAMMEL · August 06, 2024, 06:12:37 PM

We've got it here too. Cats and dogs ---

JaneS · August 06, 2024, 08:46:19 PM

Good Night, Everyfriend! I'm just about ready to hit the haystack! I'm tired right up the Gazoo! Aslo right down to my toes! Have a good one!

Amy · August 07, 2024, 06:57:35 AM

Good morning...

I was so busy in the morning and too tired to turn the computer on at night yesterday. We had an early start to the day. Alarm set for 4 am but we were up at 3:30. Loaded the van with wheelchair and walker plus items for Bri and set off at 5 am. Kyle's first appointment went well but the second one was for 9:30 but didn't happen to 11. Neighbour checked on Jesse for us so we didn't have to worry about him.

Today is coast.after I cut the grass .

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

MarsGal · August 07, 2024, 07:37:21 AM

Oh, oh! That storm last evening wasn't even part of Debbie. She is moving ever so slow. Tracking has us right in the middle of it all when she does arrive. We shall see what happens then. We are overdue for our every 20 year storm with big-time flooding. The two I can remember are Hurricane Hazel (when I was a kid) which shredded a huge nearby Poplar tree and Hurricane Agnes in 1971 or so. That one came with three days without a functioning sewage and/or water pumping station. We managed at the apartment by filling jerry cans full of water from my Ex's Mom's place. She had an old outdoor pump which she used to water her garden. The water wasn't drinkable, but it worked for flushing the toilet.

Not sure what I am going to get into today. I've been putting off attempting to put the new sofa table/bookshelf together because my back has been acting up. I may have to find someone to do it for me. I do still have some books to reshelf and room for a few nick-knacks as long as they are cat proof. My new saucepans are on order.

JaneS · August 07, 2024, 08:02:16 AM

Good Morning Friends! It got down into the mid 60s overnight and is only up to 67 now. It says it's going to satay cloudy wih with a high of 77. I'll take it!!!

Today is a laundry and catch up day. I have a shrimp casserole in mind to baake but don't know if I'll get to it. I wish you all a good one and no major storms in your area! Do whatever suits your fancy!

phyllis · August 07, 2024, 11:56:47 AM

Rain! RAin! And more RAin!! AND DEBBY HAS HARDLY EVEN moved. The center isn't even supposed to be over us until tomorrow. The grass is green again but tall and the creek is definitely rising! We have prepared all that we can so now we will just wait with fingers crossed....and everything else that can be crossed.

Take care, all.

JaneS · August 07, 2024, 08:21:26 PM

WEll, I didn't do any laundry today! I had a haircut appointment this afternoon and Cathy took my shopping list and put stuff in a cart while I was in the hair salon! I did tak a look at a new canner but I didn't buy it. I'm going to check them out on line again and see if I really want to spend the money or just give up canning. Right now, I'd say I don't want to give up canning but who knows what my body will be telling me!

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I'm staying up until I finish my eye drops for today. So I wish you all a good night! And I wish you a good tomorrow!

JaneS · August 07, 2024, 08:26:01 PM

PATROCOa, Sorry about that mess! It should say....

I hope the storm doesn't hit where you are

Amy · August 08, 2024, 06:47:08 AM

Good morning...

So much for having a coasting day yesterday. Managed to get the grass cut still trimming to do. picked the beans ,watered the garden two trips to town for Kyles meds and pick up moo juice and hen fruit.
Today is blood work and xray but at least he can do that here. Have some pork tenderloin that will be made into schnitzel and then vacuumed seal and into the freezer it goes.

MG ,how is it going with your table and bookshelf? Your cats are going to love their new found toy......the box the items came in. Why is it one buys toys ets and the cats love the empty boxes. Seems to be the same with children at Christmas.

Patricia, are you back into warmer weather and without rain?

Phyllis.....more rain = more grass to cut. I cut ours yesterday but being a few days late I also had to rake the windrows up and put the clipping in the compost .

Jane, how is Cooper feeling? Maybe there is a smaller canner you can get?

Rick, are you getting any residue from Debbie?

Better get this day on the go.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · August 08, 2024, 07:39:53 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! We're having ampther rainy one! with a flood watch in sight!

I got a lot done yesterday but most of it doesn't show! The trip to the dr. was a success. He says I'm healthy and when I added "for an old lady" he said "For one much younger than you are!

Today is a "whatever comes" day! Cooper and I have had our breakfast and we took a productive walk and now he's telling me he hears things.

I wish you all a good day! Make it your own in every way and pop in and share it with us! We miss you when you stay away!

RAMMEL · August 08, 2024, 10:08:09 AM

Quote from: Amy on August 08, 2024, 06:47:08 AMRick, are you getting any residue from Debbie?

I believe Debbie is starting to make her presence known. I woke to sunshine, but now that is gone. The weather man says we are in for two more days of rain --- starting now.

Cats - great pets - always seem to prefer boxes or bags over what we think they should like. Don't try to out guess a cat.

patricia19 · August 08, 2024, 12:31:28 PM

Good morning, a foggy day here after it rained overnight. August is normally our cool down month, and it's not forecast above the sixties again. Rain is forecast for two days of each week throughout the month. The late seventies and eighties we had for the first seven days of August were a welcome surprise but won't return until next summer.

Since the water was turned off Tuesday and maybe off intermittently the rest of this week, laundry and plants have been put off, with plants scheduled for today. I also haven't seen any improvement in the water temperatures.

I agree about cats, especially ex-ferals and those having been abused. Farrah, who will be twelve next month, spent the first six months hiding and the last six years rolling on her back and demanding only the good stuff or treats.

I had to stop the treats because she was refusing to eat her regular food. She has two cat trees, that she suddenly stopped using last month. I thought it was age related, but I've seen her jump as high on other furniture.

JaneS · August 08, 2024, 08:37:49 PM

OKay! Another day is gone! I got a lot done today including a batch of "Jim's Egg Thingys". That'll be my breakfast tomorrow and for several days to come! Some of them went in the freezer to have when company shows up and some are in the fridge to be gobbled down NOQ!

Cooper and I had 4 nice long walks between the storms! We only got a couple sprinkles on us when we were almost home. After one of the walks, Cathy was here waiting for us to get back. She brought the eggs from the store and worked on my computer. Then we sat and talked a bit!

I did some other stuff but I forget what. It was a busy day! I hope you and your families are all feeling better or staying well! Try to stay out of the way of the storms. It's ok to get wet but don't blow away!

This is a strange August around here. It's usually HOT and HUMID and so far it isn't either!

I better put in my last eye drops and get ready to hit the hay. Cooper is already in bed! I still have a couple odds and ends to finish up. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy day tomorrow. Be sure to share it with us. We miss you if you don't! Good Night! Sweet Dreams!

RAMMEL · August 08, 2024, 09:00:50 PM

Quote from: JaneS on August 08, 2024, 08:37:49 PMThis is a strange August around here. It's usually HOT and HUMID and so far it isn't either!

You haven't been getting those 90's?

Amy · August 09, 2024, 06:31:41 AM

Good morning..

Light rain this morning and we do have weather warnings out for flooding in some areas. We are fine where we are .
Yesterday was fun,frustrating and busy!! No blood work done so will wait till Mon, no xray but did get an appointment for tomorrow. No haircut but that will happen next week.
Today is oil change and vacuuum seal the schnitzels. Will make some baked beans and if time permits get some pasty made. Who ever said you will have lots of time when you retire fibbed!!!!

Jane, enjoy your day with Cooper..

Rick , I would gladly share the 90°'s with anyone that wants them.

Patricia, the rattle of the treat bags will get Jesse's attention. Should I linger at "special" treat time he will tell me and he has a big bark!

Better get this day on the go.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

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