Oh super great! Now I can't access my Xfinity account, including my email. It gives me an "access denied. you don't have permission to use this server" message. WHAT?

Not only that has anyone been getting the Windows sign-in box when you try to log into any of your accounts? I am getting it with Amazon, and a few other other including the Xfinity site. What I do for the Amazon site is just click off the box, but with Xfinity I that doesn't work. Well, let me slightly amend that. Just now on Amazon, the thing keeps popping up but I can still get into the site. I am about to blow a gasket with Microsoft, where I am mostly placing the blame. There must be a setting I can turn that off, but I can't find it. I am not even using their browser. While I am at it, I refuse to download that Pilot thingy.

Okay rant over - for now!

Hope everyone had/had a nice day. Things are warming up again for a few days. I concentrated on doing housework today.

The bean soup was not good, Amy. I used some Bob's Old Mill mix and it was not good so back to Amy's canned.  Easier to open a can and tastes better,  too.

Take care,  All.

I love the Amy's Lentil Soup, or Lentil/vegetable.

MG, have you tried reaching Xfinity direct and not through their site? They might be able to assist you. I use nothing with Microsoft, but since they're in the midst of changing things, that could be it.

I love the Amy brand of soups, seriously good and organic without numerous unneeded chemicals. It's the only canned soup I can eat without a reaction.

Hello Everyfriend!  I finished the Canned Cole Slaw today!  I have 15 jars that will be ready to use in 12 days.  It says not to open any to use for 12 days because it takes that lone to set.  There's one in the fridge that didn't seal so I'll have atester in about 10 days.  It was in the first batch! 

Now, I have to figure out what to do with the other head of cabbage.  Any ideas??

The next thing on the agenda is potatoes. 

I think I'm going to have Cooper for some longer hours.  Frankie has volunteered to work extra hours at the hospital so she can earn some extra money.  She's looking to move to a new apartment and needs some extra money!

I'm tired tonight but not as bad as last night.  I slept well last night and that's unusual for me.  I hope tonight is the same.  I better finish up and get myself ready for the haystack.  Sleep well Everyfriend!

Patricia, Xfinity's customer support with a live body answering has gone the way of others and made it next to impossible to talk to a real human. Those d... AI assistants are less than useful. They almost always point me to something that does not apply at all. Anyway, I am going to try again this morning if it hasn't cleared up overnight. I already checked my settings and I do have the requirement for signing in with Microsoft's hello box (or whatever you call it) for Microsoft apps turned off. So what gives with these sites that are not part of Microsoft? Maybe they are using Microsoft server programing??? Anyway, those are the only two sites, so far, I am having problems with, and, I might add, probably the two I use the most. Of course!

Ah, hah! Partial success. I am able to get into my email from Bing now. However, it still can't get into it from the Brave browser. Since I am not completely satisfied with it, I have gone back to Firefox. Brave is supposed to be a more secure browser. That may be so, but I have had some minor problems with it. I originally had no problems getting into Google with it at first, but the last few months it doesn't let me sign in there either. I just hadn't bothered trying to fix that one. So, Brave is history and Firefox is back. I hope! Right now I am busy updating my passwords which are outdated on Firefox. Funny how that is still all archived on my computer somewhere. I thought I had removed it all. Huh!

Good morning..

Starting off a sunny 47° day here. We are now heaing back into fry weather < sure didn't mind the cooler temps but we will get the colder temps soon enough.

Yesterday didn't go as planned but I did get some work done.Today will be catch up on what didn't get done.

Phyllis what about the 15 bean soup? That one is always tasty. We can't get the bean mix here so I just throw in a handful of all the dried beans on have  on
 hand.

Jane, what about cassarole cabbage rolls? Or even cabbage rolls?  You will enjoy your cole slaw all winther long!

MG, no help from here...Patricia and Rick are the ones that know their way around these wonderful yet frustrating at times equipment.


Better get a move on..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  My morning has taken off!  I've stored the jars of cole slaw, had my breakfast,  fed Cooper and took him for a walk (he's out in the yard now) and now I'm having my second cup of coffee and visiting with my friends.

I'm thinking I might take today off and that means tomorrow will probably go down the tubs too.  Our new priest will be doing the church service for the first time and there will be a special Coffee Hour to welcome him and his family after the service.

So Monday looks like a good day to do the potatoes.  I might get the second head of Cabbage cleaned and AMY, I'm going to look up your two ideas on line.  The rolls actually sound tempting!

Maybe I'll clean up some of the papers in my office and see if my desk is hiding somewhere under them!  I have to make a trip to the store sometime this week.  I have 6 family birthdays coming up in September and I need to accumulate some cards and start getting them ready to mail!

MG I sure hope you find your way around the computer.  They can be so trying at times and I'm not the one to help you.  I wish I could!  But that stuff you're talking about sounds like a foreign language to me!

I'm off now to see what's up around here.  Do I work on the taters or do I work on the office papers?  Or do I just do whatever?  I hope you all have a great day!  Make it your own in every way!

Jane, when working on the taters use your apple peeler to do the skins then all you have left to do is a little hand work on the eyes.Makes the job a little easier..

Getting Firefox all ship-shape. I am as happy as a pig in a mud hole.

A little while ago I checked on the CG Sequoia's status as I do on occasion. Haven't heard any word about her or CG Hollyhock since they were both at the Baltimore yards getting refits and inspections. This morning she finally showed up on the Marine Traffic tracking site. She is now in Boston as of this morning. So, heading to Port Huron soon, I hope. I am not sure what the do at the Boston yard, but it is probably some more minor refits, provisioning, and crew training on the ice cutting equipment. Looking forward to seeing her on the St.Clair River soon, although I do miss CG Hollyhock. Too bad I missed Sequoia leaving Baltimore. Which reminds me, StreamTime Live https://www.youtube.com/@StreamTimeLive/streams now has 11 live streams going. Thanks to the Baltimore bridge disaster, they now have a second live cam posted in the shipping channel, and it is 4K to boot.

MG, thank you!! So many to chose from..one could spend all day just watching the videos!!

You are welcome, Amy. The other live ship cams I watch are the ones at San Diego Bay. Great for watching the Warships coming in and out. You get to see all sizes of boats, jetski's, sailing vessels, etc. I even saw, day before yesterday, someone out water-skiing early in the morning just about the time the fishing boats were waking up and heading out. The main feed is the Rotating/Switch feed cam, but if you like just a single feed on a favorite cam, you can do that too.
https://www.youtube.com/c/sandiegowebcam 

Good morning, today, the rain is supposed to go away for an entire week. It'll still be chill and cloudy, but hopefully no rain.

MG, there is always, always, a record somewhere of your computer history. I was surprised, astonished even, when a notice from Microsoft's One Drive, which I had never installed or used; popped up saying my storage was full, and I would need to pay for more.

I immediately looked and found images dating back from 2023 to 1998.  When I tried to delete, I discovered the only way was a line by line delete. Who has time or energy or sanity to delete thousands of items one by one? Or check back to see if they re-appeared?

 I had to go back to W10, to delete One Drive, from my system, but it is still out there, collecting. I keep as little on my laptop as possible, everything goes to externals. And I try to avoid Microsoft and Google systems as much as I can, where I can.

Jane, here are a few cabbage ideas, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cabbage+recipes&t=newext&atb=v424-1&ia=web

Amy, 45 here at 9:02 and our high will be only 57. In the North, August is the precursor to Fall, with rain and dropping temperatures. This year has been an emphasis on rain.

Phyllis, I never follow a recipe exactly. I'm always wondering what if. Sometimes it works, and sometimes there have been spectacular failures. I always have several types of dried beans on hand and mix those I've enjoyed in the past. Here is one recipe I've semi followed in the past, https://www.wellplated.com/15-bean-soup/

MG, I sent you a PM.

I simply love Bob's Old Mill Bean Mix, of course the original one, "Ham Beens" was excellent (I think it underwent another name change since then too). Never had a problem with either if I followed the instructions, LOL.

Relating to computer problems, my daughter had a HP InkJet Printer (which I gave to her, new and in-box) She used it quite awhile, but signed up for the "instant Ink program" they offer.  She just found out, that if she wanted to discontinue the instant ink program, she couldn't.  Spent hours o the phone with the HP service guys, and he went thru a bunch of permutations and determined that she was out of luck, discontinueation was not available. So I did some quick research on my Office Depot site, and found a reasonably priced printer for her, and recommended that she also look on Staples website, she has one of their stores close to her. They had the same printer with some bonus reductions (they have a point system which give you $$$ per point off your purchase, and with that and the lower price actual ink cartridges, came out pretty great.  It arrived at her house yesterday, and she set it all up, and was not "obligated" to take the instant ink program this time.  The consensus, with the HP guy and the Staples guy, the existing printer was NOT upgradeable, and to "trash" it.  I hate to think what I will have to go thru when I get a new computer with Win 11, etc.  But first I have to recover some money I spent this month (new eyeglasses to the tune of $500 not including the Opthamologist's fee - my insurance does not pay for that either). Oh, well, I'll just plug along and see what happens.  I want to private message Patricia with some questions, and will do that later when my mind clears from above problems.  I need a nap!

Will she continue to get ink from HP for years to come?  Somehow that doesn't sound legal.

Thanks Pat. Got it. I had been using Firefox for years and years. For some reason, which escapes me at the moment, I switched to Brave maybe a year, year and a half ago. It is supposed to be better than most, including Firefox, for security, but because of it it has been a bit cantankerous about wanting me to "not of there" with some sites. And weirdly enough, when I try to access my Google account from Brave, Google has fits. It didn't used to, so I don't know what that was all about. I barely use the Google account, but it appears to be necessary for my cell phone which uses Google and for watching YouTube. So, like I said, I am happy as a hog in a wallow (or whatever they call those mud baths they like to take.

New player on the field. Just got my binoculars out to see what was down by the tree line. It is a groundhog, busily munching away as fast as it can and raising its head up every second or so. I thought that might be what I was seeing a few days back.

Amy, I have a bag of Bob's Red Mill Stone Ground Whole Grain Flour, 10 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix that I purchased just recently to use with my new griddle. Haven't made any pancakes yet though. Soon, Soon. I assume they are the same company?

She will purchase ink from HP, or where ever it is available; however, with their new technology, the printer reads the cartridges, and I think they "have to" be HP cartridges.  Her old Instant Ink plan was $2.99 a month; I think they went up on that price, but it just goes on forever, until your printer drivers won't upgrade, then you're out of luck and have to buy a new printer.

Good morning..

One rooster is really trying his lungs this morning..

Starting off at 55° and the humidity is back . A day of rest here ,just need to do a few minor things and then coast.

MG, I think I have seen Bob's Mills here at one store, I will check them out.

Patricia, we have also had a lot of rain, usually by this time the lawn is burnt = no mowing. Our grass will get cut again this coming week, will work in in between pickled beets and canning peaches.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Today is going to be a busier day than I thought. I got an email from a friend with with a link to one of those PunchCard things. I tried to open it but couldn't. Emailed her. This morning she replied that it is a scam. She did not send it, but apparently when she got one, she opened it and it grabbed (at the least) her email contacts and sent them out too. Oh great, now I have to spend a few days changing my email address, which I have been thinking about doing anyway, and passwords, etc. Oh joy, oh joy!

Weather sunny, will be warmer and more humid this week, one day even getting back up to over 90^o

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Cooper spent the night with me.  He's had his breakfast, took his walk, went out in the yard for a bit and now he's resting on the sofa.  I've done all my morning stuff, including getting a shower and dressing for church.  Cathy will pick me up about 9:45.  So I'm taking a fedw minuts to greet my friends!  HELLO, FRIENDS!!!

The dishwasher is running and I hope it's finished before I have to leave.  I always hate to leave anything running that uses water.

AMY,  I found a cabbage recipe yesterday and I cut it in half and made it up.  It used half of the head of cabbage I had left and it's absolutely delicious.  It has carrots, onions, peppers, hamburger, spices and other stuff in it.  It came from looking up your suggestions!  I'm definitely saving this recipe!

MG, you sure are seeing lots of animals.  I thought you moved to the Harrisburg area.  I must be wrong about that.  My sister lives near Harrisburg and the only animals she ever sees loose are stray dogs!

Guess I better get my stuff together so I'm ready when Cathy gets here.  I thing the DW just went into the drying move.  That's good!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!  Make it your own in every way.  And don't forget to pop in and let us know what your up to!

Jane, I actually moved farther away from Harrisburg. I am still on the West Shore but now I am in Mechanicsburg. My family lived here, but on the other side from where I am now, for years. It is nice to be back. The downside is that Sue is now twice as far away. I don't even have to change my veterinarian because he still practices near here part of the week. The rest of the week, he is in Harrisburg. When Oscar goes for his annual he may remember it. No more dealing with the traffic on I81, and I am closer here to his office in Camp Hill than I was when I was living in Enola.

Someone set one of our dumpsters on fire, one of a pair outside my window, which set off the building alarm. The firemen are out there with long hooked poles sorting through the trash and cardboard. What some people do for fun...

Hello again and good night, too. 

MG, my sister's address is Mechanicsburg, too.  She lives between the post office and an large elementary school.  Her street is Marble.  Maybe the next time I go down to visit her, we can meet face-to-face.  I'd like that!

PATRICIA, stupid person to start a fire!  That can get a bit scary.  I hope it's all OK now!

Today was a busy day!  I wasn't home from church until about noon and then took Cooper for a walk, had my lunch and read the Sunday paper.  Then "stuff" started calling for attention and before I knew it, it was time for Frankie to come by and pick up Cooper.  Then the rest of the day started hollering for attention.  Where does all that stuff come from?  Surely there must be some loafing time!

Well, I better finish up around here and get ready to conk out!  Tomorrow is another day!  And Cooper will be here around 7 or did she say 6.  I guess I'll be ready early!  I just texted her and asked her what time and it is 6.  I wonder if my eyes will be open!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy day tomorrow.  Make it your own in every way.

Good Morning, Everyfriend!  Cooper and I are off for a walk.  It's 60 degrees and just barely light out there.  See you all later!

Good morning..

Starting off at 55° but heading to the low 80's here. Taking the vehicle in to see what may be caussing the hum/growl. I am thinking wheel bearing but I am not the mechanic .

Yesterday I did get some sewing done...3 pairs of Kyle's jogging pants hemmed and side borders on a quilt ,just have the top and bottom and that one is done.

Patricia, I hope they caught the culprit that set the fire.

Jane, enjoy your walk! Talked with David last night and he is off to San Antonio then onto Larado TX. Hope he sends photos of the areas!

Better get the day started..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Quote from: Amy on August 26, 2024, 06:48:42 AMI hope they caught the culprit that set the fire.

Could be a cigarette butt someone failed to put out all the way. Just threw it in the trash bin

Good morning, 45 and partly cloudy, but it's breaking up.

No one has said anything officially about the dumpster fire, Rick, other than it was both dumpsters. Those serve the entire building, several apartments and offices, but hopefully, they'll know more by looking at the camera feed. It's in all public areas, inside and out and those with TVs, can subscribe to the camera feed. There's always broken up cardboard in there for various reasons and I assume papers, who knows.

We received notices about a week ago, not to leave any personal information on what we throw out, as they've rousted one or two inebriates recently.

Meet and greets and daily routines finished, Farrah's fed and the first cup of coffee's poured, so some time spent on the computer and a couple of rooms need freshening and that's my exciting day planned.

Amy, my mom, sewed and made several quilts on her loom. She used batten I believe as a filler and sewed my first wedding dress, in an empire style with a keyhole neckline.

San Antonio was where I spent five years, and my daughter was born in the early seventies at Fort Sam.

Jane have fun with Cooper, today. Besides, Lovey, a black, mini poodle, there are a couple of doxies, and a miniature collie; numerous cats and countless birds and one miniature bearded dragon in our building. I can look down, directly to the dog park, or see Lovey in the halls as she breakdances out and about, excited enough that she seems to often float feet off the ground.

WOW! I'm so excited, I just received an email, don't know why they spammed it. That I've won $13,898.55 in a casino game I hadn't realized I was playing. Finally, I can pay off those multiple Netflix accounts I don't remember having before they're closed and even take that world cruise I won the other day... I'm so blessed.