Thank you Rick

Good afternoon at 4:38 P.m. and it's been sleeting all day and I have no idea about any accumulation.

The inspectors, one woman and three men, arrived a little after three, and it was an in and out as I was told. I purposely left it as is and was surprised to hear the woman remark about how clean it was. Perhaps, I've been too stressed and overdoing all this time?

In any case, I believe that's it for the year, and I'm not aware, or we haven't been told about any coming summer "improvement" projects.

Now, other than the expected yuletide celebrations such as church and school children caroling in the hallways, it should be quiet except for the fireworks displays from eight p.m. to one a.m. on the 21st. , for the winter solstice and again, same, for New Year's.

Time to say "Good Night Everyfriend"!  I'm off to the haystack!  My morning is going to start early because there something I didn't get done tonight.  I couldn't find what I needed and I ended up cleaning three places where I stash stuff.  Now I have to get up early enough to mix the doggie cookies before Cooper gets here tomorrow so I can bake them after he leaves for the day!

I hear the haystack calling and it's telling me my pillow is waiting.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  It's your day to do whatever pleases you.  THINK!

Good Morning!  I'm up and attem!  Waiting for Cooper's arrival and getting started on a busy day.  I'll check back when (IF) I have a chance.  Have a great day!

Morning Jane and all to come later.

I walked up yesterday afternoon and paid the ransom on my car. It is peacefully waiting in my drive for me to drive it over to my sister's place. Today, she wants the laundry and vacuuming done and the trash cans down to the bottom of the drive for tomorrow's pick-up. The doc told her on Tuesday that she is okay to drive, but still has to wear the back brace for another two months. She is allowed, however, to remove the extra back plate in the brace, which she did. She went out last evening for the annual Christmas dinner get-together with friends. I forget which one picked her up. Instead of going to Tavern-on-the-Hill here in Enola this year, they gathered at Progress Grill across town in Harrisburg. I am certain that I will be getting the run-down on the menu and prices when I see her later. Both are very pricey places. I declined the invite to tag along because my budget is way over stretched us to the several unexpected big bills this fall.

This morning is a cold 25^o, only going to 46^o today even though it will be sunny again. However, the next four days are forecast to be in the low to mid-50's.

Good morning, I'm awake early, it's 4:23 a.m. because I literally crashed early last night I was so tired.

We're back to the minuses, at minus 15 with an expected low of minus 29. Friday is back into the low pluses with another chance of snow, and not any real snow accumulation; 0.01 for the day after all that drama. I understand it stayed in the mountain passes.

For Friday, the 29th, it's back to minus 26 and lows again. January and February are our coldest months if all goes as usual, with March being our snowiest. But we all know how usual, goes these days with climate change, everything is up for grabs.

I lead a boring life if weather is the extent of this week's conversational topics.

The quiet between the hubbub of Thanksgiving, and Christmas, is expected, which suits me fine.

Good morning..

  on the run since feet hit the floor...been to town and back and now to get busy. Will be back when things  slow down.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

London is supposed to be in the heart of the snow belt, but so far this winter we have had only a few snowflakes.  I suspect that mother nature is saving up a big one in the near future for us.

Well, another busy day has ended.  The haystack is calling and my eyes don;t want to stay open!  So I'm going to hit the hay early tonight and maybe get an early start tomorrow.  I'm almost finished with the wrapping but Frankie doesn't work tomorrow and she's coming over to give Cooper a bath and she has a bunch of gifts to wrap sitting on a chair in my dining room. 

Nice to see some of you here that aren't usually around...especially Mr. Radioman!  I hope all's well with you!  Do you still have your Santa suit?

Patricia, I love hearing about Alaska and if it's the weather, that's fine with me!  Keep it up!

I better get off here and into the haystack or I'll sit here on this hard chair and sleep.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  Make the day your own in every way!

Hi Don!

Good morning..

Another busy day in the making, or should I say baking. Need a few more cookies and that should be it. Laundry to make disappear and chase dust kangaroos! Before I can start that we have to pick up meds and more icing sugar.

Yesterday I looked out and saw a young man walking away from our door. I quickly went out to find he left a parcel at our door! Thanking him, I gathered up the parcel and like a kid wondered what could be in there! Opened the mystery parcel to find sweet goodies and wrapped gifts that will wait till the 25th.  In case you're wondering the sweet goodies are delicious and the note accompaning them said I HAD to share with Kyle.

Patricia,sometimes boring is good! Curl up with a good book and a cup of coffee and enjoy the day.

Don, we are also lucky. Snow has graced the west ,east and south of us. They have had more snow than us and I am north of you. This week has been mild but next week starting Monday we are to see snow.

Better get ready for the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I just finished my breakfast and I'm waiting for it to be light enough to take a long (lonely without Cooper) walk to get my day started! 

AMY, goodies are always nice to get.  A while back, I found a package on my doorstep.  It contained some of my favorite goodies that only seem to be available way North of me and way South of me!  Enjoy yours and if it said "share", You  better share!

Just finished the last of my breakfast coffee!

We're also lucky with "no snow"!  It's not coming and it's not predicted!  I hope it stays away until the Mexican part of my family is safely back home and that won't be until New Year's Day!

About another 15 minutes and it will be light enough to walk.  I go get chores set up for the rest of the day and then take off.  I wish you all a good day.  Make it your own in every way!  But sneak in here and share it with us, too!

I forgot to wake up at my usual time today and didn't make it till 8:15 --- so I'll have a slow start today. Not that I'll do much anyway. But I should take a hint from Jane and chase those Roo's around.

Good morning to all and not a good day for me. Last night, my Mr. Coffee stopped working. I went to get a cup and it was cold! So, It's going to be a hot tea time until it warms up enough for me to go out.

Presently, it's minus thirty here, and I'm so glad I'm retired. For those wondering, schools don't shut down unless the ice fog (Frozen particles of car exhaust and other chemicals in the air.); is terrible. Some years ago, a child, walking along the roadside, was killed when the driver literally didn't see her before hitting her.

Saturday is forecast higher plus temperatures and Tuesday following and through the week will be back into the minuses, altho not past the teens. This is actually not as bad as when I was growing up, with two-week periods of minus thirties through once minus seventies. Temperatures had moderated in the eighties and nineties to have severe cold days lasting only 24 to 48 hours before warming.

On the other hand, the summers in the arctic with the 24/7 daylight and freedom from pests such as snakes, fleas, ticks, poison ivies and poison oak, and other indignities, come as a result of the cold winter temperatures. Rabies is rare here for the same reasons. Although, it is found in the Southeast.
Coyotes have been found as far north as Denali, a hundred miles from here, but evidently the wolves are taking exception to them, so progress has been slowed.

As for me, I have my computer, some tea and the curtains closed to help shield from the cold air.

The day has had runnig shoes on as it is going fast!! Cookies made, some to bake tomorrow, laundry done...almost and company dropped by.

Patricia, our weather is unbelievable  for this time of year. Snow is melting, puddles in driveway and a wee pond in the neighbours yard!! Temp is 47° at the moment and we are to get rain tomorrow. Silly weather..

I hear my reclinder calling me.. 

Amy, I'm jealous!

Weather and more options available in the nineties plus her years in Europe had her, my younger sister, leaving Alaska for good in 1989, except for brief visits. Out of three pioneering after WWII related families, I'm the only surviving Alaskan resident.

My lower fourth-eight state living time other than two years in Texas, at Fort Sam, (where my daughter was born for a grand total of $8.75 cents). Including an earlier Mexican day trip;  was spent in the southern areas of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Florida, and a couple of day trips through southern New Jersey.

I also had family trips on both coasts, Washington State, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico, and Florida at Mayport Naval station.

With two husbands, not at the same time; I spent most of the Vietnam War, before and after, in family quarters on stateside Army, navy and air force bases.

Well, I've done all the Christmas prep that I can do for now!  And I'm beat right down to my sox.  Everything under my sox is numb so I'm not sure if my feet are tired or not!  I guess I'll find out when I take them off!

I might mix up some cookies tomorrow.  There's one kind I miss if we don't have them and I can hear my mother saying "Aren't we going to have any Sand Tarts, this Christmas?"

I'm still waiting for delivery of two packages from Amazon and today is the first day they said for one of them.  It's not here yet!  I wonder how late they deliver!

I think I'll loaf tonight! Make your evening a good one!

Well, Good Morning to me and anyone else who shows up!

Good morning

Good morning Jane

Another semi busy day here, just have5 rools of cookies to bake, change and wash bedding. Just might be able to hang the bedding out today.

Lots of little things that need a maybe will or maybe not get done. I have the pickins of a bbq chicken plus the broth to make a pot of soup.

Snow really took a beating here and they say either rain or snow later on today. I am not complaing about not dancing with Mr SB..but I am sure there will be lots of chances before winter is gone.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

well It has been a while seince I have been here. A  deear jumped in front of our car, we were driveing at 60 MPH. It toatled out Our car busted grial one Headlight and right finder and compleeat right side of car.
A neighbor came along and stopped and took the dear home for us. suprising it was not brused up hardley.we got most of it processed , and packegd up and put in deep freeze. we had to cach in severial of our cd's in and buy a newer car. we got a cirlselar Peaciffica. we like it very much. it is taking a lot of learning curve. step foot on brahe andpush A button to start the engin. then twist the dile into what ever drection you want to go. It is not quite as big inside so My scooter ramp would not fit in it. we got one that will fit in it. gose in cros ways. just bariley. It is a thrie whieel one. It will turn around on a dime and give you back nine cents change. Nancy will not dirve it, so no problem there. she has got to where she walks in the store with her cane and get on one of those in store go carts. and shoppes. I ride my scooter in and it is easy to reach most items from the shelf and put in the cart with out getting off the scoter. it shure is a life saver for this old dibeatic old Man. Good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Good morning all!

Santa just rode by on one of our fire engines, sirens and horns ablazin'.

Earlier this morning, I got my latest grocery order. The delivery man was making friends with my cats. He asked Oscar if he wanted treats, so I gave him the treat container to hand out a few. Of course, Shan glided in at a fast walk, not wanting to miss any.

Also, I got an email from Amazon that Quaker Oats has a recall out on their granola bars and cereal products for possible Salmonella. I had to fill out an online form, and upload a copy of my invoice and a photo of the Chewy box. Lucky me, I only just opened that box last night. Here is the website in case you have bought any and haven't been notified. https://www.quakergranolarecall.com/

Since I missed breakfast, I settled on a cherry turnover until lunch time. Maybe I will go make a cup of hot chocolate now.

MG, have to admit cherry turnover sounds good to me!! Healthy to as you are also getting fruit in it! One does not mention treat here, one has to spell it out or else both dogs will be up and prancing towards the treat jar!

Lloyd, good to see you and hope you do find your way back in. Please take care..

Sun is out, laundry will soon be blowing in the wind.

Well, it's nice to see all of you who have posted.  It's sounds like you are doing whatever is necessary.  I checked that website, MarsGal and I don't usually buy any of that stuff.  I do use the old-fashioned oatmeal that has to be cooked but that isn't on the list.

LLOYD, you be very careful when you're out on the road!  Keep your eyes peeled and watch for people who don't know what they're doing!

AMY, your weather doesn't sound like December!  Around my doggies and around Cooper, I do a lot of spelling.  Sometimes I tell him when I finish a certain thing I'm doing we'll G O for a W A L K.  He just keep looking at me.  But if I actually said it, he'd be at the door!

Well, I sure am not making a lot of progress today.  I decided to mix up Sand Tarts to bake later today and I took the butter out to soften.  I decided to try to hasten it and I overdid it so now my stove and microwave are as clean as they've ever been, there's other butter sitting in the bowl waiting and my kitchen floor got washed up!  I think I might even have to change my clothes.  I didn't check that yet.  Oh yes!  The rug in front of the kitchen sink is taking a bath in the washer and it asked the bathroom one to join it!  Not the day I expected but stuff got done that needed done.  Now we'll wait for the butter to soften in it's own time!

I think I'll go in the living room, sit down beside Cooper and maybe see a few tears!  Or maybe not!

Have a good rest of the day!  And wish me one, too!

Good morning, nine eighteen and plus four in the Interior! A big change from yesterday's thirty below, but not as warm as promised. Tuesday we will return to the deep freeze.

I spent yesterday with the usual daily chores and downloading new PSP tubes and graphics for the upcoming Christmas and New Year's season. I posted some last night in S&F's cards along with Bubble. And that will probably be a repeat for today. That's along with having the leftover chicken stew for lunch and perhaps dinner too.

It's nice to see Lloyd again and to hear Jane and Amy are also up and at 'em as my dad would say.

I was reading the other day that animals have a common species language and not only have proper names for each other and other animals they come into contact with, but also slang which the younger animals easily pick up and spread. I felt like saying a big DUH! to those researchers. Do humans still think they are a higher species?

In any case, with animals, those in regular human contact, have a separate language they use to communicate with humans that ferals haven't learned. For an example, cats, one I'm familiar with, use certain sounds only with humans, such as the "meow" sound they learn from older cats' human interaction. Dogs' bark types ring in intensity and length, whereas feral cats use an ennh or ahnet type suffix in their shorter vocalizations.

With familiarity, cats and dogs pick up both physical and verbal clues from their people. So using the word "treats" needs an accompanying human expression, tone or action or commonality in spelling out the words. This is also a human similarity.

OK, the haystack is calling!  I'm heading for the barn and climbing into the hay as soon as I close here!

PATRICIA, lots of animal communication knowledge there but you can actually see what you say that a dog understands.  All my dogs and now Cooper, too, know that a "cookie" is a special treat and it doesn't have to look like a cookie.  If he's out in the yard and I open the door and call, "Come get a cookie" he comes running.  If I just say, Cooper, come! he totally ignores me!

Frankie called to tell me she was on the way to pick him up after work today and when we went out to meet her, I found a package addressed to me on the porch.  Somehow, Santa knows this is where I live.  It was stuffed with goodies, some of them homemade and I loved it!  It kind of remade my day afer I had a butter mess to clean up!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy day tomorrow.  Make it your own in every way!  And let us know what made you happy!

Jane, animal owners and lovers have long understood these things, even perhaps the names and slang used among the various species. But to researchers everything is new because they, not the owners or lovers, discovered and published.

I didn't know about the youngsters and slang nor names for other species, but it makes sense.

I have not posted about my doctors appointment regarding why I was not able to have my surgery. The appointment went very well and my doctor assured me I was indeed told to take my Metformin and he would tell me to again as there is no problem with it before surgery.  He said he told my surgeon Metformin is safe and that I am definitely well controlled with my A1c being where it is. So once again I have been cleared for surgery.  Mind you it will be late January before they can schedule me again😩😩

This being said, I fell that night here at home and have hurt my "good" shoulder. I simply lost my balance and down I went. After a trip to urgent care, I know it is not dislocated but it appears to be a bone fragment that was seen. X-rays do not show tissue or muscle so they were not able to see if my already damaged rotator cuff is ok.  I made an appointment with my shoulder surgeon for Monday morning to follow up.

I am trying to type with my left hand so this has taken me forever to type this.

MY BEST TO YOU ALL‼️

Good Morning to Everyone who has shown up and who will show up!  This is going to be a busy day!  First Cooper will arrive, eat his breakfast and then want to take me for a walk.  These days, we have to wait for daylight and it takes longer than usual!

Jenny, it's always nice to "see" you pop in but I sure wish your news was better!  I'll be keeping you in my prayers and hoping that you can soon feel better!  Please be careful!

After all that is done, I'll be heading for the shower to get myself ready for church!  Cathy will be coming by to drop me off at the church!  And I won't be home from there until about noon.  Hopefully, the friend who will be bringing me home will make a quick stop at the bookstore in town to pick up a book they are holding for me.  I need it for a gift!

Then this afternoon, Cathy and I are going to a Christmas Concert!  We go to this one every year and I love it!  They sing all the old familiar Christmas music and one of the musicians is the former Principal at the school where I used to work as his secretary.  It's always nice to see him!

And if I have any energy left after all that,I'll be baking the Sand Tart Cookies before I collapse for the day!  I just finished my coffee so I better go get dressed to meet Cooper.  He'll be here in about a half hour!  I wish you all a good day!  Make it your own in every way.  (You can see that's what I do!)

Good morning..

A welcomed day of rest here. Managed to get most of the work,baking done yesterday to today is an easy day.
 
Another mild day ,temp is 40° with rain later on but this following week we are back into freezing temps.Not as cold  as Patricias area but colder than what we have been experiencing.

Jane, sounds like another busy day for you.do you remember the saying "Don't cry over spilled milk"? Now you can "Don't cry over spilled butter"  That would not be nice to have to clean up!!  Jane forgot to add, nice to have a smart Santa that knows where we live.!

Patricia, I once stopped at a riding stable and the owner was in a dither, his horses didn't come home for lunch. I ask him to point me in the direction he thought they went and said I would go look, he then told me to call out "DINNER TIME". Do you know how foolish one feels going through thepasture and wooded area hollering "DINNER TIME". Well is worked, out of the think group of trees  anout 10 horses polked their heads and following me back. Me, I was shaking my head all the way back...owner was happy so that was the main thiing.

Jenny, going to put you in a bubble so you don't hurt yourself.As Jane said prayers your way and hope surgey is soon and you finally get some relief.

Rick, have you been experiencing warmer temps your way?

Better get ready to meet the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Quote from: Amy on December 17, 2023, 06:57:26 AMRick, have you been experiencing warmer temps your way?

We had a couple of fairly nice days, but the sky is supposed to open up today. Too bad we can't donate this rain to Californa and other points west that need it.