WellI've been playing on this computer almost all the time since the young man left it here.  I have some of it mastered and some of it is on a "do it or lose it" basis.  I'm not sure when I hit the button, if it's going to do what I want it to do or not. 

JENNY, I'm so glad you have some good news for us today.  It's about time that arm begins to take directions!  It's been goofing off long enough.  It's time for it to get back to work.  And as for the sleep stuff....keep up the good work!

Our snow is almost all gone by late this afternoon!  And now we have showers.  I don't think I'll have to water the trees we planted on Sunday for a couple days. 

Tomorrow, I'll try posting that ham casserole recipe.  I think I can...I think I can...I think I can....

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one.  And may he watch over the Ukrainians!

Good Night and sweet dreams, hope you all have a goodnight. see you all in the Morning.

Lloyd

Good morning..

Going to be a busy morning here..have 2 people coming tp pick up 3 trugs. Then we are off to the lumber store for more material to build more.

Jane, bet you are happy that you now have a computer to play with! Thank you for posting the recipe, I do have some ham and will use my canned potatoes in it.

Shirley, what are the chances that robin is a descendent of Missy!! Love seeing critters come back .

Jenny.....sounds like you are finally on the right road to recovery. This has been a long haul and painful haul for you.

Gloria, I do not want anymore snow but I do have to admit it was so pretty on the trees the other morning! We had pork lst night and I opened up a can of sliced apples that I did last year. After the meat was done I put butter in that pan , put the apple slices in and cooked them a few min, dusted them with some cinnamon cooked a bit more and oh my they were so tasty with the pork!!

Lloyd, good morning to you and Nancy.

Rick hope the roads were good  and your dental appointment went well.

Better scoot.
Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm just here waiting to be picked up by one of my high school classmates.  We've restarted having breakfast together once a month for those of us who are still in the area and anyone who visits.  It's really nice and I'm glad I can go.

It's going to be a sunny day and reach the mid 50s today.  Another teaser....

I'm learning my way around this computer and it kept me up until 11:30 last night checking stuff out!  I think I'm going to like it!  Well, I like it already but it's going to take me some time to get used to it.  Spending time with my computer expert daughter this summer will help!

AMY, you're welcome for the recipe.  I like your apple idea, too.  I'm going to write that one down.  Sounds like Kyle has become the "Trug Champion of Canada".  He's really turning them out!

I guess I better close this for now so Ann Louise doesn't show up and I'm not ready  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning everyone. The sun is trying hard to chase the clouds away. After the rain all day yesterday the sun would really be appreciated today to get the dampness out  of these ole bones of mine. 

LLOYD  you have a Harrisville, Mo. and there is a Harrisville, RI, too, just a small village.

JANE  HOORAY you are back in business again. I wish you many happy years with it working the way you want your new PC to be.

JENNY  keep up the good work with that shoulder. I know what it feels like with my left one these days. Tired of living with pain.

AMY  cannot have pork without some form of apples.

Better have my breakfast and get ready for the second best CNA today.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Quote from: Amy on April 20, 2022, 07:07:16 AMRick hope the roads were good  and your dental appointment went well.

Other than our usual POT HOLES the roads were good - and little traffic. Not a bad dental trip, One small cavity which will be tended to in a couple of weeks.
I think we are done with sub-freezing temp's for the year, but even the 35 to 40 temp's can be nasty (with the humidity),
Wishing all a nice easy day.

well I made a nice short post. about our rain and so on. and the grimlens got it. we are having loud thunder here now , but just light rain on and off again. hope you all have just what you like and want. Have a good day. see you Later.

Lloyd

Callie, 'tis the time for all the migrating critters, so far only a few moths thru here. We rarely see that black swallowtail butterfly but always feel like it's a rare diamond when I do. I'll be watching.

Shirley,  this butterfly didn't have the "swallow tail" or the white spots on its wings. I searched for "black butterflies" and found a picture of one that looked similar but didn't copy the link because I really wasn't close enough to get details.  Haven't seen it again but will try to get outside and take a picture if I do.

Rammel, have been meaning to tell you how much I'm enjoying watching the birds on the link to feeders and nests that you posted.  Have watched an owlet from hatching to fledging (leaving the nest) and am trying to keep up with several other types of birds who are setting on eggs.

Janie, so happy you have your new computer and like it. Have fun!

Hello, Busybusy Amy, Lloyd, Gloria, Patricia (who will probably have better luck finding the black butterfly than I did  ) and others.

Wishing Everyfriend a Wonderous Wednesday.

Day is done, gone the sun..........been a busy day around here. Made another pot of chicken & noodles & chicken salad with the rest of the meat. Got enough pecans, walnuts, celery & grapes in the salad this time & tasted pretty good. Got to take a big bowl of the noodles to the frig in the basement. Sent home some of each with my youngest son & fed my daughter when she came in from St.Louis. Three of her grands live in Wichita plus their father (her oldest son) and her youngest daughter. She tries to keep up with all of their activities.

I didn't get a nap so soon as I get the kitchen clean I'm off to bed. I've had 3 (yes, three) updates on the computer today. One update earlier this week has stopped me from getting into the Kroger's site so I am really unhappy about that. Don't want to think about it tonight. No other news from Kansas! Was summer hot today, haven't heard what the high was but my feet were hot so time for sandals. Sweet dreams & God Bless, time for Jane to come tuck us in~~

I had an eye dr appointment this afternoon and my eyes are still a bit cloudy.  And that's in addition to the cloudy they always are so I'm not seeing ever well right now. 

I also went to breakfast this morning with some of my former high school classmates who are still living in the area.  We talked nonstop and got caught up on who family is where and whet they;re all doing.

Now I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one.  And may he watch over the Ukrainians!

New game

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=933.msg216598#msg216598

Good morning..

Cloudy with the threat of rain today. We are off to the vet today for Babes needles plus I want her to check out a few lumps on Babe.

Yesterday was an interesting day, 3 trugs got on their way to two new homes. One was a Mothers Day gift and reply back was both Mom and Dad loved it!!  Then we went to the lumber store where good things did not happen. We were getting loaded up and I needed to back the van up a bit and it wouldn't start!! Ended up one of the workers gave me a boost and away we went straight to the garage. They they tested everything and couldn't find a problem.  Sure hope it starts this morning.


Better put an egg in my boot and beat it.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's going to sunny most of the day and the temps will be in the high 50s.  Frankie didn't fell well after work yesterday so I got to keep Cooper overnight and I guess it's good we didn't have contact because she felt bad enough this morning to call off work!  I sure hope she hasn't picked up COVID!  She works in the local hospital and the C patients are quarantined and she doesn't go to that area but germs can travel.  She's had shots and booster!


I better go get dressed and take Cooper for a walk.  I'll be making a sad visit later this morning.  My long time, ver good friend is not well.  She's 94 years old and has been hospitalized several times in the last two years.  She's been lucky enogh to be able to stay in her own home for most of this illness thanks to her daughters.  They've called and suggested a visit that could very well be the last time I ever see her.  Please say a prayer for Joyce.  She's one of the best people I've ever been lucky enough to have for a friend!

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

Good Morning every one. JaneS I had a good post Made and the grimlens got it and did not let it post.
It is foggey and hazey here this morning. I have about five more gallons of walnuts to hull crack and pick out. we have three or four quarts of them in the freezer.Nancy has been digeing into them, with her cooking. I am planning on makeing a batch of devinity candy with som of themin it. as you allknow I have sweet teeath, and my wast line showes it also. Nancy Is calling to come eat so Ibetter go see you all later.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone, late again today and the CNA is due at 10:30.Wish she forgets to come. 4 hours of her today is 3 hours too much. Another lazy one.  The cars were covered with frost again this morning but will be 60° this afternoon.

RICK  Gosh some of those pot holes escaped from little ole Rhode Island to share with N.Y. Boy are you lucky, one little cavity.

LLOYD  those Gremlins are nasty critters.

CALLIE  I am far from busy but I sure do not enjoy sitting most of the time.

SHIRLEY  I had 3 updates on this Dell  this week and I think it's that Microsoft that either cannot make up their minds(if they have any) or it is the husband of one of my nieces. He was imported from the country that started a war against a neighboring country a couple of months ago and he works at Microsoft.

JANE  nice you and some of your old--oops not old but former High School friends still keep in touch. I know I am being  stinker today.

Better get out of here before I yell an the lazy one sitting there talking to me. Told her to keep busy because I am busy here and will not be talking to her. I want to scream.

Have a good day and stay safe.

The sky opened up and delivered!! I know the ground needs rain as do the lakes, ponds and farmers but some sun would also be nice.
 
Babe is fine..the lumps are fatty tissue and not what I was thinking. She has lost weight and now down to 73 lbs
and has a ways yet to go. A sigh of relief here .

I did not turn the vehicle off ,left it running the whole time we were away. Just hope whatever the problem was has now gone away.

Not sure what will be done for the rest of the day, just know there is always something to do..

Good morning, bright, cloudless, sunny day out there at today's low of 27. Today it's expected to hit 50 degrees, starting a series of them through the month's remainder.

There's nothing new here, only some piddling chores I've been putting off, yet they didn't disappear.

Gloria, I'm sorry you're having so many problems today. I hope it gets better for you.

Amy, vans always seem to have starter problems from what I've heard. I'm glad you were able to get everything completed. I have some planting soil that I covered with poison and a tarp for the winter as  Miracle Growth has been full of gnats lately, and mine was no exception, nasty creatures; last summer, I had to use both stickies and diatomaceous food grade earth (Fossil shell flour). I purchased the food grade as you can mix it with animal feed, but if you put it where insects can get to it, it gets in their carapaces and kills them.

I'm glad for Babe's good news and weight loss! Farrah is holding on to those extra ten pounds she needs to lose per her vet and always looking for more!

Rick, a good checkup that's always nice.

Lloyd, I recently read that walnuts are one of those superfoods, good in your food and full of vitamins.

Jane, I lost a good friend of forty years to Covid, Bea, and she did not make a fuss about it but would be right there with what you needed. She touched so many people in her quiet ways and manner.

I'll be thinking about Joyce and Frankie today and hope things go better for each of them.

Patricia, the drive to the vet is 1 1/2 hours away and I sure didn't want to get stranded. All is well that ends well.
Have my appointment for my 4th vaccine/2nd booster next week.

Quote from: Amy on April 21, 2022, 01:36:44 PMI did not turn the vehicle off ,left it running the whole time we were away. Just hope whatever the problem was has now gone away.

If you did hear a little click when you tried to start it, but no cranking, there could be a "dead spot" in the starter. If the problem randomly repeats have a mechanic or starter shop check the starter.

As the saying goes, "I've got a one track mind today"... & starter problems is on track. My last conversion van started having problems out of the blue, we replaced every electrical reason from starters to belts & beyond for over a year & took it to someone that specialized in starter problems but the d**m vehicle would start at home, let me make 3 stops, restart until the 3rd time & then it was done.

I wouldn't sell or trade it as long as we didn't know what caused this so Cas bought me a new car he thought I'd love & I still wouldn't get rid of the van UNTIL.... son (Andy) had me drive to his house & do the stops before so when he wanted me to turn it off in his driveway I came unglued. He assured me he would get it started so I could go home.

With some testing he proved to himself it was the groundstrap that had come loose. He did a makeshift groundstrap & that puppy started every time I asked it after. Put a "for sale" sign in the window in the driveway... & the guy that came to see just stopped at the door & it hadn't been started for 2 weeks but he was impressed it started on the first try. He got a bargain & hopefully enjoyed for many years.

I'd love to have one exactly like it right now & would get rid of the motorhome & little car. I've checked will the dealers/factories of brands I would like to have but none will sell a stripped van to be converted anymore. It has to go in the garage, I found someone that can do the conversion (been doing warranty work on the motorhome. Anyway, hope you can find the troublemaker on your van, Amy, don't let it go 'cause you can't replace them!

Daughter has been in & out & will be in town until Monday, so super busy week. She helped me orgainze files today, big job but we got it done. Getting dark & I need to run the skin & bones from chicken I cooked yesterday to make the chicken salad & noodles. The critters will eat every speck, even bones. I don't usually go down this near dark, not sure what hides out down there ... I do use a tall walking stick (staff) so have a little protection if needed. Coyotes & fox are fairly common.

Good night Everyfriend!  I've spent most of this day thinking of my friend, Joyce and already missing her.  Now I'm off to bed!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

Good Morning Everyfriend...and also myself!  I'll be back later when more people are up and attem!

Good morning..

A beautiful morning here...no rain in sight.
 
I listened to the loons into the wee hours last night....more must have come back and they were all getting reacquainted.

Work around home after I go pay a bill is all that is on the agenda.

Rick, that is what I heard, a click then it would try to start then nothing. I think on my trip into town I am going to inquire about a new starter. This would bring peace of mind .

Jane, talking to yourself means you are talking to an intelligent person. That is my excuse.

Shirley, this van is set up for the dogs, all the seats down in the back and I can also carry lumber too!

Well I am up , just waiting on my att'em  to show up..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good morning everyone.  Finally had a good sleep last night and actually feel rested this morning for a change. My brain says get up and get moving  but this worn out old bag of bones tells me to slow down before I end up on the floor. Better listen to that voice. No CNA today so this is a day just for me to do as I want. Sleep the day away? Sit here at the PC and play Mahjong or Jigsaw puzzles or  read a book on my Kindle or if the day turns out nice maybe go outside and sit on the porch and socialize with the others who sit out there.

AMY  the last snow you had must have been like the last one we had. A wet heavier snow than we had all winter. Everything was covered, the bare trees and the pine branches hanging toward the ground. Beautiful. If I could have opened my  windows and screen I would have taken pictures but I lack the strength to open a window more than 3 or 4 inches. 

SHIRLEY  you are braver than me. Going down to the river at night alone is something I would never think of doing.  I would not even go out after dark  and sit on the porch alone even with all the lights on out there.  Coyotes have been in this area for about 20 years now and not there has been sightings of black bears around the state. Not safe to go hiking through the woods anymore. 

JANE  I will go look for the recipe you posted. I sure do not go to other forums like I used to.

Have a good day and say safe.     

well I did it again hit the wrong key and my post went south and I can not fiend it. so here we go again. we have gential breze's and a few clouds,weather person saying for here mostly cloudy.  I have not ate morning meal yet,I have just ben up about 30 min. But have taken my vitals and sent them to VA.that is amazing how that machine talks to me and tell's me what to do and say. I had my usual hard time getting to sleep. and have My usual headace. the Machine is not hooked to any phone lines. just sends the Measage via sadilite. and if the vitals do not sute them thhey call me and visite about what to do or not do. Have a great day and a better tomorow.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone! We've turned a corner with our lows in the middle thirties and highs of fifty. The skies are changing from that pale winter wash of blue to a deeper color and sounds are traveling further in warmer air. We've gotten to the point where the snow lies about in smaller grey clumps here and there. While the blue minibus across the street has gone from snow up to its windows to bare pavement.

I've also noticed the return of light. Last night after ten, it was only beginning to slide into dusk.

"In Fairbanks, Alaska, the first day of April is 13 hours, 43 minutes long. The last day of the month is 17 hours, 4 minutes, so the length of the days gets 3 hours, 20 minutes longer in April 2022."

April first, sunrise 7:02:47 am and sunset: 8:46:25 pm and April thirty-first,  sunrise, 5:15:51 am and sunset 10:20:13 pm.

Just an FYI to Patricia and Amy:  Saw a notice today that Air Fryers, specifically those bought from Best Buy, are being recalled in the thousands!
Fire hazard!  Don't know if either of you have one, but look online to see the Brand Name and the Model Numbers.

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=933.new#new

New Game!

Good morning..

Geese woke me up, one would think they are flying through the house and not over it!

Cloudy morning here with a temp of 33° F .  Laundry day here and some baking needs to be done. Plus need to finish bagging up the the needles from the pines. If time permits then a trip to the dump.

Jane, hope Frankie feels better and prayers for your friend.

Patricia, tomorrow we are to have a nice day getting up to 68°!! This will feel good after all the cold we have had.

Gloria, I sleep with my window open just a bit and love the fresh air gently blowing in.

Shirley, I think I will be looking into a new starter..not knowing it will or won't start is very nerve wracking.

Tome, thank you will check into that.

Better scoot..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.
 

Good morning  everyone. un is shining and I  have the heat turned up again. The heat is usually turned off the beginning of May and some years the maintenance man we had argues with the with that it was too cold for some of the elderly in this building. Thank God Paul won most of the time. He did think about we seniors, he retired last year at 67. The one we have now I would say is in mid  to late 30s and big and rugged.

AMY  WISH THAT RAIN YOU GOT WAS IN ARIZONA. Was surprised when I heard about the fires there already. I worried when my daughter lived in San Diego and now I will worry about fires in San Diego where 2 grandsons still live and daughter and SIL in Arizona. I have never been near a fire but the thoughts of family in the dry areas with little or no rain every year scares me.

My son just called from the lobby and is on the way up.
Have a good day and stay safe.