Soda Shoppe April 1 , 2025

JaneS · April 13, 2025, 03:53:35 PM

I'm here with Christy's little doggie, Lennie! She loves everyone! Christy is cleaning Frankie's carpets and then they are all coming back here for supper with pizza! And Frankie and Cooper are both spending the night. So I guess I'll sleep in the single bad and let them have the night together.

I stayed home with both doggies while Christy and Frankie went shopping this afternoon. It's been years since I was alone in the house with two doggies and it brought back lots of memories of Mickie and Annie (my Scottie Doggies).

I guess I better go play with Lennie so she doesn't get lonely. I wish you all a pleasant rest of the day and a peaceful night's sleep. I'll be back when I can!

patricia19 · April 13, 2025, 04:52:18 PM

MG, I just saw this about cats not eating,

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BOE9rfMLcW4?feature=share

RAMMEL · April 13, 2025, 08:43:36 PM

Quote from: Amy on April 13, 2025, 09:47:55 AMRick would love to share the nice sunny day.Now on Tue evening may we are to have flurries, may I share that also?

Sure, why not. We had a touch of snow the night before last. Melted of with the morning warming.

Amy · April 14, 2025, 06:45:37 AM

Good morning..

Calling for rain later on today and a starting temp of 26° at the moment. We are taking a day off and touring. I bet work will still be here when we come back.

Rick I think we both won't be sad if it doesn't snow anymore until Fall. The rhubarb has tried 3 times now to grow and each time it has been blanketed by snow. Thankfully it is a hardy plant!

Better get moving..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · April 14, 2025, 10:22:04 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! My daughter, Cathy (the one who lives in my town) came and got Christy (my daughter who is visiting) and they went to do some shopping. I'm home with the two doggies again. They did invite me to go along but I chose to stay with the doggies.

I hope you all have a great day! I'm going to go share mine with the doggies!! I'll be back when I can! Do whatever suits your fancy! The day is yours!

RAMMEL · April 14, 2025, 10:27:43 AM

Quote from: JaneS on April 14, 2025, 10:22:04 AMI hope you all have a great day! I'm going to go share mine with the doggies!!

Lucky you.

patricia19 · April 14, 2025, 12:30:09 PM

Good morning all. 36 degrees presently but no real change outside. I feel that we're stuck in a back and forth pattern and wonder if we'll ever see green again.

Have you seen the photo of Bubble's new granddaughter? She's adorable! She also posted new ones of Lynn and Aviv. They're changing so much!

I've gotten all my morning domestic duties, as Callie would say, finished and need to have some coffee and see what else is going on across this internet.

patricia19 · April 14, 2025, 02:28:08 PM

Some of you, perhaps Rick and MG, might be interested in this news that was forwarded to me.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/microsoft-is-digging-its-own-grave-with-windows-11-and-it-has-to-stop/ar-AA1CQ5Eo

BarbStAubrey · April 14, 2025, 03:17:39 PM

I dont know where the time goes - one thing after another for the last couple of weeks now... I think our cold is over for the year - the cold last week was a shock but now it is fairly pleasant with lower than usual humidity

The rain this Spring so far has not been gully washers dragging with it the top soil from the backyard and dumping it in the barditch that runs across the front of all our property. Result the couple of vines I planted last 'summer' of all times did not die off as I thought - the rains have really brought them to life and they've take off - especially the Trumpet Vine that I hope will cover the front fence where I backup to the property that faces the busy street that is perpendicular to my street.

Here of late I cannot stop eating hard boiled eggs - been having one as a sandwich for lunch and another almost like a deviled egg for an afternoon or sometimes an evening snack... I had always purchased brown eggs but last week decided since I'm eating so many to get 18 instead of a dozen with my only choice white eggs - I usually get cage free - well what a difference - not only are the yolks smaller but the egg has a slightly different taste - not as full or something - can't describe it - all I know if ever I wanted to kill a hankering for hard boiled eggs buying and cooking white eggs will do it... had no clue there was that much difference.

Well happy Spring and for those still experiencing snow I bet the snow is different, maybe wetter? Only a couple of more weeks... a new blooming potted plant purchased with the groceries and sitting on the kitchen table does me wonders to lighten the house and think of Spring - for the first year ever I forgot to start some indoor bulbs and so I ended up cutting a magnolia branches from the front of the house for my bedroom - no bloom but just the green helps...

Hope the rest of all y'alls day is light and easy...

Amy · April 15, 2025, 06:32:51 AM

Good morning..

Another chilly morning with a starting temp of 30°. We just may get the rain today and hope it takes away the last remnants of snow.

Heard the loons on the lake and yesterday saw the osprey so they are also back.

Lots to catch up on today,that's what happens when one takes a day off.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

BarbStAubrey · April 15, 2025, 08:19:39 AM

Good grief - near where I lived in Austin a house was being built on some vacant land still available and it exploded completely demolishing the house and knocking windows out and garage doors off 20 or more nearby homes - this is a part of Austin that the lot sizes are between a half and a full acre - close friend called to tell me - everyone is stunned. About 6 injured - they think they were building over an old buried gas tank that no one knew was there... so far that is not official and only the talk among nearby residents.

Can you just imagine that must have been quite a shock to experience.

patricia19 · April 15, 2025, 12:22:33 PM

Good morning, 34 presently and we're in the middle of overnight and today's heavy rain. What little snow we had is making it very slippery out there. This is the latest and most odd spring we have ever, to my knowledge, experienced.

At the wildlife refuge and sanctuary, Fairbanks runway crews volunteers are plowing field rows and laying out grain. And, two trumpeter swans touched down at Creamer's Field shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday. Trumpeter swans normally arrive between April 10-12. Last year, the swans arrived at Creamer's Field on April 8.

"The traditional harbinger of waterfowl on the field are Canada geese, but trumpeter swan numbers have just proliferated continent wide," Mark Ross, the refuge's biologist, said Friday."

Swans, the largest member of the waterfowl family, migrate as far south as Arizona or Nevada when temperatures start to drop in the fall, according to the Alaska Wildlife and Sanctuary.

Barb, that must have been horrific for those in the explosion area. I'm surprised that wasn't discovered during the original planning.

Amy, we're finally breaking into the fifties, but the rain hasn't gone away yet.

JaneS · April 15, 2025, 05:12:27 PM

Well, I'm here alone in this house again but this time it's super clean! Christy brought her tools and her energy and she cleaned bared floors and carpets and you can not only SEE the diffeence, you can SMELL it, too! She does a terrific job. And she and Cathy put together a new porch settee that I got for Christmas from my other two kids, Cindy and Philip! There's enough food in the fridge to last me at least a week and some to freeze for later! I don't know where these nice kids came from but I'm sure glad they did! And they'll all be back for my birthday at the end of the month! Right now, Christy is on the road and she has to text me when she's home in Maryland!

I wish you all a great rest of the day! Do whatever suits your fancy! It's your day! Make it work for you!!

RAMMEL · April 15, 2025, 10:51:26 PM

Knock knock --- No one here. Goodnight anyway.

Amy · April 16, 2025, 06:40:33 AM

Good morning..

Another chilly day starting off at 29° with a light dusting of snow.

Not much is going on today....I hope. We tried a new dish last night and I will be making it again!! Bri gave use a bag of chicken breast cut into bite size peieces and they were marinaded in some spices.All I had to make was the dipping sauce which is delicious!! Next time I will triple the sauce as it goes great on anything!

Better get ready for the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · April 16, 2025, 07:19:19 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! I'm home alone again. I got a message from Christy that she was home safe last night! I missed her before she turned the corner two houses down the street!

AMY, the temp here is 40 degrees with a "feels like temp of 30" so I guess we're suffering under the same weather today! I just got back from walking Cooper and it's COLD out there! He's not sitting by the door asking to go out in the yard! I guess that means it's too cold for hime. Also, your dinner sounds good and kind of easy to do! Good for you!

I got a lot of left-overs when Christy left including some stuff that Frankie brought from the hospital. She's always picking up stuff from the hospital for me. I guess I don't have to become a patient to enjoy what they eat!

Have a good day and enjoy it when you can! It's yours! Make it work for you!

phyllis · April 16, 2025, 08:47:41 AM

It is a beautiful morning here and supposed to go to near 70 degrees so I guess I can't complain about the
weather. I just ordered some groceries and they will be here around 9 o'clock so that chore is on it's way to being done.

Amy, we tried a taco kit from the grocery store last night, too. Easy for David to heat chicken and tortillas in the
microwave and set out all the included fixins for eash of us to make our own the way we like. It was seasoned just right and fresh tasting. We will do that again, too.

Jane, could you send Christy down to me, please? My house needs cleaning desperately. She sounds like a winner and you are so lucky to have such caring children. My son is a wonderful caretaker but he doesn't see what needs to be done around the house. I don't want to put another responsibility on his shoulders...he already has enough to do. I think I need to look for a housekeeper to come in and hope I can find one who is good and who is dependable.

Take care, All.

patricia19 · April 16, 2025, 01:33:35 PM

Good morning to all on yet another wet day at 36. While our temps have slowly increased and the snow, what there was of it, has decreased, the rain will remain a steady expectation, through the 25th.

Morning routines, feeding Farrah and me, coffee made, and meet and greets done until next time, here I am to check out today's internet.

Phyllis, I used to put basic rotating chores on a calendar, but since I always seemed to get to them further past that date, now I just list them in a column, with a small check each time they're done. Some have several checks while others, not so much, such as vacuuming.

Every once in a while, I will get a second wind and finish all in a day or two. But those days are few and far between. Usually preceding a notice of maintenance or such.

Your remark about David, reminded me of my last husband. We both worked long jobs with different hours and schedules, so were rarely home. One time, I remarked, just look at this house, to which he replied, what's wrong with it? He would never have thought of pitching in or even noticing.

MarsGal · April 16, 2025, 02:34:26 PM

Oscar and I are back from the vet in Marysville. What a trip. I took a road i have never been on before. After I drove past the last development, the road turned into a very curvy two lane up over the ridge that separates Cumberland County and Perry County. Good thing it was lovely weather and no traffic except me going up and very little coming back.

Okay, so what the vet found with the ultrasound is that his liver is "whiter" than expected (whatever that means) for which he says Oscar would have to have a biopsy to see what is wrong there. The other thing he found was that some of Oscar's intestines have a thicker wall than normal. He suggested blood work for that and the pancreas. It may be lymphoma or IBS. I kind of froze at lymphoma and declined the blood work for today, thinking that there would not be much that can be done.

When I got home, though, I looked up lymphoma in cats and discovered that there is a large cell and a small cell version. The small cell version can be treated with a lighter dose of chemo and with prednisone. Both of which can be administered at home,like Oscar would cooperate with that. Prognoses is a 2 to 5 year survival rate. The large cell version is more aggressive type needing a more aggressive treatment, and the survival rate is poor past 1 year. Either way I think maybe I should get the blood work. I might get to keep him a few years longer. BTW, did you know that the FIV vaccine actually helps to reduce the rate of lymphoma in cats?

Denver · April 17, 2025, 12:51:08 AM

Good evening. I am sure most all of you are probably sleeping.

We are coming to the end of our time here in Arizona. The time sure has passed quickly. Not nearly as much fun packing up to go back home as it was when we were coming here😩

Last weekend we took a day drive to Jerome and on to Sedona. The views were spectacular. We have not been to this area since the '80's and it sure has changed. We visited the chapel made in the rocks near Sedona. Such a fun day.

It has turned so beautiful here with all of the trees in full bloom. Many flowers are blooming.

We will have Easter Dinner with our family here, then we pack the car up and head back to Colorado. It sure has been wonderful being here.

Pleasant dreams to all. Sleep well.

Amy · April 17, 2025, 06:54:34 AM

Good morning

Spring forgot to bring the heat with her, we are at 20° at the moment.

Busy day ahead after shopping for some groceries. Some may get done while ithers can just spin their rhumbs till I get there.

MG , in the long run we do what we can for our fur family but we also don't want them to suffer. In the end it is us that suffers.

Jenny, good to see you.

Phyllis, we had leftovers last night only this time 4X times the sauce recipe was made!

Patricia, sometimes I have trouble just finding first wind.

Jane, I know once we are into summer complaints about the heat will be said but I wouldn't mind a bit of warmth now!!

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · April 17, 2025, 07:27:04 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! JENNY, it's always nice to see a post from you! I wish you a safe trip back to Denver. I know you'll miss your family but the memories will be good!

AMY, I'm thinking longingly of the nice weather, too. At least it's not supposed to rain today! I don't have Cooper today because Frankie is off work so my walks will be lonelier without him! I have a bunch of things to do inside but I sure don't have to clean! Christy did a great job for me! My cleaning lady won't have much to do when she comes this month!

I soon have to get packed for my trip to Oklahoma! I'm liable to get there with nothing to wear!

I wish you all a great day! Make it your own in every way! And let us know how you did that! We're the curious type!

patricia19 · April 17, 2025, 02:26:05 PM

Good morning, 46 and cloudy at 10:08. Another shower this afternoon and overnight. Morning routines are finished, and I'm here to visit and then on into the internet.

Jenny, you had a wonderful visit, and even though the return trip, may be full of reminiscences, you'll probably be glad to be home and to reconnect with those in Colorado.

Amy, I've been so lazy lately, that even my meals are from refrigerator surfing. Not too long ago, it seems, I was cleaning my apartment in under two to two and a half hours.

Jane, you do seem to be taking lots of trips these days. Having close family must be nice. While my sister and I email almost daily, she and the rest of my family are thousands of miles from me. I was recently talking with my cousin who lives in Oklahoma in Midwest city. According to our DNA, he and I are most similar, sharing the most traits, and next is my youngest nephew.

JaneS · April 17, 2025, 08:35:33 PM

Well, it's bedtime in Central PA and I'm ready!

PATRICIA, I don't travel that much. I don't drive any more and the only time I go anywhere is when someone takes me and that mostly local. I have been going to OKlahoma in the late spring or early summer for the past 4 years because that's where all my great grandchildren are. But uostly, I go when someone can take me. Cindy will be up here for her daughter's college graduation and I'm going back with her when she goes. I'm also going to the graduation ceremony. It's down in southeastern PA and I call that close.

Now, I'm heading for the haystack because Cooper will be arriving a bit before 6 a.m. tomorrow. And he'll be ready for his breakfast when he gets here and a walk as soon as it's light enough!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a great day tomorrow! It's your day! Do whatever suits your fancy!

Amy · Reply #114 - Re: Soda Shoppe April 1 , 2025

Good morning..

Rain today, hope it takes away the last of the snow! Some thing did get done yesterday some didn't. Will do some baking today and tidy up. Baked beans can be cooking in the IP while domestic duties are tackled.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · Reply #115 - Re: Soda Shoppe April 1 , 2025

Good Morning Everyfriend! And a special "Good Morning, AMY" since you're the only one here since I was last here! I'll be back later to see what Everyone is up to!

RAMMEL · Reply #116 - Re: Soda Shoppe April 1 , 2025

Fell asleep in front of the TV last night. The good part is that I missed all those commercials.

patricia19 · Reply #117 - Re: Soda Shoppe April 1 , 2025

Good morning, everyone! It's 40 presently with some rain and more snow dusting overnight with little to no accumulation. The soaked snow piles we have left have been shrinking with all this rain, and ice has mostly disappeared. And that's all the news that's available, fit or otherwise.

Morning routines, meet and greets, feeding everyone, and coffee's on so, let the day begin.

JaneS · Reply #118 - Re: Soda Shoppe April 1 , 2025

And for me, PATRICIA, let the day end! It's been a busy one and tomorrow I have Cooper and my cleaning lady. That will be fun to work around! I have a feeling he'll be a barker and I'll have to do a lot of outside stuff with him while they're here!

I'm off to finish up the day and then head for the haystack. Morning comes early! I still have some stuff to get out of the cleaner's way! Sleep well, Everyfriend!

Amy · Reply #119 - Re: Soda Shoppe April 1 , 2025

Good morning..

Started off with thunder and rain earlier. Still have a small mound of snow to go .
No hanging laundry out today, need to seliver buttertarts and then home to carry on with work that didn't get done yesterday.

Jane,enjoy your outtings with Cooper.

Patricia, 53° at the moment and a rainy day here.

Enjoy your day and stay safe

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