: Soda Shoppe for April 1 , 2023

Shirley · April 04, 2023, 10:23:36 PM

Stopped by to say Good Night and Sweet Dreams. I had a number of long phone calls today plus health care person to check me out & like Lloyd, have to take my vitals that send themselves off to Alabama to be analyzed. I wake up about 3:00 or 4:00am to start all the routine & today never got back to nap, my eyeballs are dragging tonight.

The Walmarts I've always shopped at still went out of their way to be helpful even when not in their department, but my daughter has done most of my shopping (especially fresh produce) because she can shop faster when I'm not tagging along with oxygen tank. My daughter in law will shop for anything I ask her to get & each carry a "Mom Bag" so I am sure have whatever money needed at the time. My Kroger/Dillons stores sometimes have things when Walmart is out. I'm not ordering foods from Amazon or other online stores. So far we have it all worked out. That's all folks!

patricia19 · April 05, 2023, 12:11:15 AM

Happy Passover!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HbOG5Vw-hQ&list=PLLNH6UBMCX_66HaIRtTX3astEua8_L3Ba&index=4

so_P_bubble · April 05, 2023, 06:36:42 AM

Thanks Patricia!
Am I the only one here celebrating?

Amy · April 05, 2023, 06:42:47 AM

Good morning..

Woke to the sound of thunder this morning and rain hitting the house. I have already gave Babe her storm med (thank you Jane) and her antibiotics. Lots of fun trying to sneak pills into a dog and these are not small. I cut them in half and tried wrapping in a piece of ham.once worked but your not fooling me again. What works now is a half slice of bread cut in two lathered in peanut butter and put half a pill in each and roll up. Give to dog. then wash hands twice to get the pb smell off!!

Klye has an appointment in town but we shall see what the weather is like ,hope the freezing rain stays away. Then work around home, cleaning and making some buttertarts.

Patricia, enjoying the music, have it playing in the background.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

JaneS · April 05, 2023, 07:06:40 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! I have a feeling today isn't going to be a good day! I couldn't get the coffee pot to work; I looked out to see if the bird feeded needed filling and it was lying on the ground, broken and empty and the holder was beside it (I can't put the holder back up)! We must have had one heckuva storm during the night. It's all wet out there and STUFF is all over the place!

And on top of all that, I don't get Cooper today because Frankie is off!

And I can't find the recipe that I bought sliced, frozen carrots to make!

Do I sound lik a miserable old lady? That's what I feel like in my mind today....and today just started! Oh well! Things do change! I'll just have to hope for the best! I think I'll get dressed and go for a walk. I always feel better when I've had my first walk!

SHIRLEY, I'm sure glad to hear that SOMEONE has a good Wal-Mart store! It sounds like you have things working for you! And when I think about it, I guess things are working for me, too. I have daughter Cathy to shop or take me and DIL Sarah to supply coffee (she works at Starbucks) and to take me to the farmers markets and stores when I need her. Come to think of it, it's not so bad around htere!

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

Amy · April 05, 2023, 07:12:32 AM

JANE, would it be this recipe?

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24870/marinated-carrot-salad/

Shirley · April 05, 2023, 09:06:43 AM

I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin'...........

JaneS · April 05, 2023, 09:17:47 AM

It was a casserole that had some kind of meat in it and potatoes that I thought I could use my canned ones. It just sounded like it had a whole meal. I might have to make one up.

SHIRLEY, I'm thinkin'.... I'm thinkin'.... too!

Amy · April 05, 2023, 10:11:56 AM

This one Jane a Shipwreck cassarole?

https://www.simplystacie.net/shipwreck-casserole/

or this one is a slow cooker?

https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/shipwreck-casserole-in-the-slow-cooker/

patricia19 · April 05, 2023, 12:44:35 PM

Good morning everyone! We're at plus 24 and cloudy, but again, no new snow. It looks gray, wet, and cold out there with some wind. The dregs of winter are upon us.

Bubble, I'm celebrating with you!

Amy, those recipes look good, but the condensed soup and sugar aren't for me. I haven't purchased sugar in months, now gravies and carbs, unfortunately...

Farrah used to start at loud noises but no longer does. I took her to the vet for one of her checkups, and he said her hearing was fine. She looks over at me to see how I react first. A few days back, the fire alarm went off, and I was startled with the classic shaken arms in front of face pose. She took off under the bed when I did that!

People are told upon move-in that the alarms are sensitive and to run the stove fan while cooking. Someone consistently disregards that and then opens their door to say, alls well, prompting the hallway alarms to go off and bringing the fire personnel. The ones I hate are the middle-of-the-night alarms.

My favorite way to cook carrots is using sheet pans in the oven with other root vegetables. I recently purchased a four-quart slow cooker, and I'm thinking of stew; carrots, sweet peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, meat, spices, good cracked pepper, and ground sea salt.

Thanks, Amy and Jane, for giving me that idea. My problem with recipes is that they make too much, and I rarely have room for leftovers, so I tend to make small amounts. When I shop monthly, I never buy the bags I used to. Now it is four or five onions, potatoes, or the smallest bag of carrots and celery.

My newest fave is apples. I brought three types of Chelah sweet minis, Honeycrisp, and a new one from Washington, SMIC Crisp. Before that, I was into oranges. I have to be careful not to fill up on fruit snacks and not eat regular meals.

Amy · April 05, 2023, 02:00:15 PM

This has been an interesting day. Thunder,rain and replay after replay!! Power went out a few times but then decided to stay out for a bit, just when I was ready to put the buttertarts in the oven! Power came back on ,tarts went in oven, tea got made and water ran to wash dishes,hands etc.
Lots of folks without power and I am sure more will be with the lines heavily coated in ice.

Amy · April 05, 2023, 02:04:24 PM

Just posted a photo of the icicles.

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/photos-and-more/photos-old-and-new/new/#new

JaneS · April 05, 2023, 09:02:12 PM

I FOUND IT! I found the carrot casserole! I'm thinking of making it tomorrow. If it turns out as good (and as easy) as I think it is, I'll post it in recipes. I also copied the Shipwreck Casserole that you posted, AMY! It looks good, too!

I'm still catching up on the newspapers I missed while I was at my sister's. I think I'm down to one left from before but, of course, I'll be getting another one tomorrow! I don't want to miss anything!. Also did some laundry and have more to do tomorrow. Changed the doggy cover on the sofa so I have to wash the one I took off. Maybe I'll change the bed....and maybe I won't!

The temp got up into the 70s for most of the day today. I took my walk without a jacket but with a long sleeved shirt. I could have used short sleeves! And it's supposed to be the same tomorrow! I had the windows open today and it felt great in the house!

Now I'm thinking about closing my eyes! I have to be up early for Cooper tomorrow and I have to finish the laundry tomorrow. I also have to empty all the trash cans because I have to put the trash out before I cork off tomorrow night!

I love the "granny3jpg" cartoon that donklan posted that suddenly showed up beside this. I know exactly what she means!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow. God bless!

Amy · April 06, 2023, 05:46:02 AM

Good morning.

My friend and I are of to the city for her appointment. I bet the town will be busy so it will be nice to get back home.

We lost power off and on to the point where I gave up resetting the clocks.The rain sure gave the snow a punch down . I did manage to get the buttertarts made in between power outages.

Better get my got to town clothes on.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · April 06, 2023, 07:11:33 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! Cooper has arrived and he's had his breakfast and is telling me it's time for a walk. So I better get dressed and take him. We had rain off and on all night and we're supposed to get more today. Right now it's really foggy out there.

Have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.

AMY, you have a safe trip to the city and back!

Shirley · April 06, 2023, 09:30:02 AM

OOPS! I wasn't thinking ............was in a hurry to visit that important room when taking a water pill.....came back to see if I posted and did NOT! Of course I had more to say than I should, went down memory lane. I'll be back later, sneaked down to the basement to turn the 2 front zones on since the wind is not blowing (IN KANSAS?) and did not get the hard freeze promised.

HEY, the text was still on the clipboard so all's not lost!

GOOD MORNING, WORLD OF FRIENDS! Didn't get the hard freeze as warned & right now the wind is not blowing hard so I am going to sneak down to the sprinkler system control box & set it to water the front 2 zones for about 40 min & if wind still not blowing may have the run the same 2 zones again to get the roots down deep.

Want to tell you, Bubble, that thru the years I have so enjoyed celebrating each holiday with you and mouth waters at the memories of the meals you shared with us. What have you heard from "our" Santa recently? Do you suppose that old bus could make one more round the world trip so we could enjoy seeing each other? Fun times!

Hey, girls, I have a small Presto cooker so old I'd hate to admit. It has a rack on bottom that holds all the water under & will cook a couple packages of carrots in a couple minutes.... mine get some celery leaves chopped up on top and when they are fork tender I add some brown sugar & let them bubble a couple seconds while everyone stands in line to clean them up. Mom called them "candied carrots". I cook my sweet potatoes in the same pot, it is a small pressure cooker & has earned it's keep, for sure.

Better get moving, that wind still is NOT blowing!

RAMMEL · April 06, 2023, 09:54:07 AM

Foggy morning here also, but up to 50°, This will be another good day for doing mostly nothing.

patricia19 · April 06, 2023, 12:38:12 PM

Shirley, your missing post is in Photos.

We were promised a cooldown for today, and it showed. We dropped from mid-thirties to plus seven for a low and a high, plus eighteen. We won't see a warm-up or the plus thirties again until the fifteenth! And the wind has scoured all the new snow, and we're back to ice again.

I made a wonderfully simple stew last night, just a beefsteak, carrots, potatoes, onions, three sweet peppers, orange, yellow, and red; freshly ground black pepper, sea salt, and various other seasonings. I ate the entire beefsteak and most of the rest! I left it for six hours in the slow cooker. Sometimes simple is best.

patricia19 · April 06, 2023, 01:28:40 PM

I was talking to Claire this morning, and she was talking about her herb garden next to her kitchen door and how she grows all of her seasonings possible, and how she uses them. We then moved on to this summer's goals; hers showed her practicality. "My goal is not to buy anything new and to put together a collection from items I already own – to create a look and ensure everything is clean, good-looking, and mended if necessary." This from a woman who's always complimented on how she looks and her clothes-yet she rarely spends money...makes you think.

Denver · April 06, 2023, 03:49:22 PM

A good Maundy Thursday to all and a Happy Passover to you BUBBLE.

I am finally able to post in this folder‼️ No doubt it was me and nothing else, but for the life of me I could not figure it out. I could read....just not post.

Thank you again, AMY for your caring email. I have missed you all and hope to do a better job of posting from now on. Sadly, not much going on other than doctor appointments and you all have your own to worry about🤪😩‼️

We did enjoy a wonderful cruise, however we had terrible weather. Very rough seas and no sunshine at all🤣‼️

We managed to test positive for Covid the last full day on the ship. We did not feel that bad but had to cancel our stay in San Francisco with our son and dil as we did not want to share our sickie bug with them😩😩. The straw that sort of broke the camels back was our stateroom got flooded at 3:30AM on our last night. They helped move us to another room, but it was quite the nightmare😩🤪

We flew directly home and then spent nearly three weeks coughing our heads off and all the stuff that goes with it. I finally called our doc and he prescribed a z-pac for us. BTW that last minute flight cost us double the amount we paid for the round trip😡

My iPad died on me so we bought a new one and it is finally set up. Everyday we find some else that need attention to load on it.

Enough of this. I hope you are doing well and looking forward to nicer weather just like me‼️

Jenny

patricia19 · April 06, 2023, 04:15:40 PM

Jenny, it sounds like you've been having quite a time these past months! I'm hoping that things change for you soon and hopefully get better!

Tomereader1 · April 06, 2023, 07:41:21 PM

Has anyone heard if the tornadoes came within striking distance of Lloyd in Missouri? Haven't seen him posting?

JaneS · April 06, 2023, 09:39:18 PM

Hello there, Everyfriend! It's been a pretty good day around here today. Cooper came and we had our two nice walks and some loving up on the couch and some snacking and some following around the house.

I finished the laundry...5 loads altogether! It's all folded and put away. And I made the carrot casserole and had it with some chicken for supper. If I make it again, I'm thinking I might just throw the chicken right into the casserole. There was plenty of room in the dish and all it would have needed was a bit more juice.

Today was a kind of foggy day but warm. It got into the mid 70s and I walked without a jacket again! Lots of neighbors out working on their yards! My yard guy is going to work on mine next week. He's good and he's pretty cheap. He's not raising his prices this year.

JENNY, it's so nice to see you back! I'm sorry for all the bad stuff that you've had to deal with lately but it sounds like you enjoyed your trip anyway!

I better finish up all the odds and ends and get myself to bed before my eyes enter the clunk shut stage! I have to be up early to meet Cooper again tomorrow. I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow. God Bless!

Amy · April 07, 2023, 07:09:08 AM

Good morning..

This weekend is to be a nice one , all sunny days with temsp reaching into the 50's by Sun.
Yesterday went well for my friend and she doesn't have to go back until May.We didn't do a lot of shopping like we normally do and made it home in good time.

Today,I need to bake bread and cook up some hamburg for the dogs. Callie domestic duties need to be do plus vacuum seal some pork tenderloin that was bought yesterday.

Jenny, good to see you. That is one vacation I don't think you will forget! That cruise line should reimburse you the cost of the trip! Tell them you normally go out to swim, you don't swim inside in your room.

Jane, thank you, roads were good and traffic early in the morning was light. Please share your recipe.

Tome, Lloyd has been in but I think he has trouble posting. Rich has left him a link to get in, in the shoutbox.

Patricia,there was very little snow in the city, robins bobbing about and we saw that the osprey is back in her nest!

Better put an egg in my boot and beat it.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · April 07, 2023, 08:30:33 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! Today is off and sailing! Cooper arrived at about 6:50, had his breakfast and told me in no uncertain terms that it was time for a walk and Boy, was he ever right!

When we got back, I got a birthday card ready for my Great Granddaughter in Oklahoma. She'll be 6 on the 13th.

Today I have to go get a haircut and a card for my grandson and a new birdfeeder. My feeder blew over and broke in a million pieces. I think I'm going to have my yard guy restore it. He's also a fixer-upper and he's good at it!

AMY, good for your neighbor! Sounds like she's on the mend!

Now I'm off to the showers and get dressed to meet the day! I wish you all a good one...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

P.S. I'll go post the recipe!

patricia19 · April 07, 2023, 11:54:57 AM

Good morning from an Interior that has slipped backward as I awakened to minus fifteen. We won't see another warming until the fifteenth. Everything is gray, black and white outside, with the snow almost gone and the corrugated ice advancing.

I have no plans to go anywhere and only a few domestic duties, so I may take it easy today and forego that shopping trip I was mulling.

JaneS · April 07, 2023, 09:54:49 PM

I'm off to the haystack! Tomorrow's going to be a busy day and I have to get my rest! Today was a gorgeous day out and I enjoyed every minute of it!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow. God bless!

Amy · April 08, 2023, 07:13:25 AM

Good morning..

Wind has died down some and it looks as though it will be a lovely day..

I am off and running after my

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

JaneS · April 08, 2023, 07:30:07 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! It's 32º this morning, mostly cloudy and only heading for a high of 53! Cooper might be coming later to spend the night and the rest of the week because Frankie will be vacationing in Florida with her mother. Her flight leaves early Sunday morning and if I know Frankie, she'll be closing her suitcase minutes before Cathy picks her up to take her to the airport. Our nearest airport is in Harrisburg....60 plus miles from here!

Did you check out the carrot recipe? It's a keeper!

After my walk this morning, I think I'll stay inside until the temp makes it out of the COLD zone!

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

JaneS · April 08, 2023, 08:18:18 PM

Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night, Jane!

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