Good morning..

Balmy out there this morning with a starting temp of 23°.

Catching up on what was not done yesterday as I didn't get the vehicle back until late in the afternoon. As I was paying the bill at the garage I thought how I would love to spend that amount on fabric!!

Will try to get all that needs done today if not.......tomorrow it will be.

Shirley, thanks for telling us about Rick and I hope he is soon out of the hospital.

Patricia speaking of hospital how is your niece doing?

Lloyd,happy to read your hearing aid is fixed now.
 Still waiting on Kyles and hope for a phone call soon.

Phyllis...would love 41° in the days we have -? .

Gloria, sure hope Yvette coms back to work sooner than later for you.

Better  get going.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

QuotePHYLLIS,  I'm going to have to look up Papa Spuds.  I've never heard of it.  Is it some kind of dinner plan?  There are so many of them around these days!

Sorry I'm so slow to answer you, Jane.  I really wasn't ignoring you.

Papa Spuds is what is called a "Farm to Fork" operation that is local to my NC county.  I pay a subscription for a $26 box filled with vegs., bread, honey, fruits, cheeses, and lots more from LOCAL farms, dairies, bakeries, beekeepers, and much more.  The things are always in perfect condition and very tasty.  I only get a box every other week and it is delivered right to my door.  It is perhaps a little more expensive than grocery store shopping but the produce is fresh picked, always in good condition, and is delivered right to my side porch.  It helps the farmers, it gives jobs to delivery people and other workers, and I have really fresh NC products delivered without having to go to the store and sometimes having to settle for not-so-fresh fruits and vegs. that were picked several days ago and shipped cross-country.  I got some beautiful things yesterday...even some artisan bread baked at a local bakery that is soooooo good.  I used some of the beautiful scallions that came in the box for Cheesy-Potato soup last night.  Here is a link:  http://papaspuds.com/index.php

I imagine PA has something like it in your area.  If you are interested you can try a Google Search for your area for a "farm to fork" business.

Good morning everyone,I know I am pretty late getting here but still messed up from that rude midnight wake up. This morning was woken with a phone call from that company telling we the life line was not working and to check it out and make sure it is charged. Of course it wasn't working I unplugged the whole thing, That call this morning was another animated one. Cannot even reply to them.  Warming up, going up to 30 later. It is bright and sunny but I am cold.  CNA is here already, another messed up day. gotta go, laundry day, have to go strip the bed. At times I thinks they do not know how to anything themselves.

Well, I'm a "stay-at-home" old lady for a while now.  I have a 25 year old VW Golf sitting in my driveway.  Since Sunday (at least) the battery has been dead and my son came and started it this morning.  I kept it running for 45 minutes with a couple trips around the circle.  Then I let it sit for an hour and tried it again.  It worked but I didn't trust it so I just tried it again.  It's DEAD!  My husband used to say, "We should just push this junker over the riverbank".  Today, I understand that statement.  I just wish cars weren't so necessary out here in the country.  If I could, I'd walk!

PHYLLIS, I did look up your Papa Spuds and I like it.  That's the kind of stuff I get at Davy's, our local Mennonite store.  Everything is so fresh and so ready to eat and so tasty.  It beats the supermarkets by a mile!

Now I have to do something that will give me feeling of accomplishment since the dead car doesn't.  I have a lot of recycling to take up there on the 22nd.  I need to work that out. 

I hope you all have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.  And better than mine has started out!

Jane, a new battery may be in order for you...easy fix.

I have been on the phone talking with pharmacy, Dr and getting Kyle an appointment for an ulta sound. Got to listen to some nice music, got to tolerate some not so nice music but really enjoyed talking to the nicest people that did answer my calls.
Have bread on the rise and will soon put that in the oven then see what other mischief I can get into.

Good morning, plus eight presently and heading for a high of fifteen. They're, management, presently plowing our front and side parking lots while snow blowing the sidewalks. The city never did return to clean across the street from us. Someone said they may have only done that sidewalk on our side because we're a state-owned building. I don't know if I believe that, but that side of the street remains unplowed.

Amy, my niece, is home with her husband, recovering with an inhaler and antibiotics. Her husband seemed to have a worse case but ended up improving and out quickly.

I need to get some dental work and other things done but that's impossible presently with the state seeing a thousand new cases of Covid variants daily. We are worse than last year, but deaths are down. They had begun loosening restrictions the previous summer, but that quickly stopped, and this is our tenth month of total lockdown.

This area is farming country Phyllis, FDR sent many of the Dust Bowl refugees here in the nineteen-thirties. While we may not have an encompassing program, there are multiple farms running programs either working for a share, paying for a share, or donating for someone else to have a share. There are also senior programs at reduced rates offering the same. We have a large organic store that offers farm produce during the summer, and local groceries feature local produce, albeit at a higher rate than their own. There are two local farmers' markets. One runs only during the summer, and the other runs all twelve months as they have a large warehouse building used during cooler months.

Patricia, good to hear she is home , that is what they gave the neighbour when she had pneumonia telling her to rinse her mouth after the inhaler or she could end up with thrush.

Your weather is balmy now...

Rick, good to "see" you in here......hope you are feeling a lot better.

What did I miss?  I went back two pages and I didn't "see" Rick in here. 

I have a question...Does anyone in here have an Immersion Blender?  And if you do, what kind do you have and how much do you use it?  For a couple years now, I've been running across recipes that tell you to use and Immersion Blender and I've made do without and promised myself I'd get one and I never think of it until the next recipe that wants me to use one.  Now I started looking at them and there are sure a lot of them on the market! 

I made the mistake of wrapping myself up in a nice soft blanket to watch TV tonight and I ended up not seeing any TV unless it was in my dreams.  Now I'm in my jammies and I'm ready to hit the haystack in a little while.

My son is sending one of the guys who works for him over here tomorrow with his battery charger and I guess we'll see if the battery will hold that kind of a charge.  If it doesn't, I'll get it running and head for WM for a new battery.

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

Jane, I saw Rammels name on the bottom of the page where it tells you who is in here.
I LOVE my immersion Braun, I find it rather big  to use but you can also find smaller ones.
Going to say goodnight.

Amy, wonder if that was Rick's son checking in or if Rick is home. Hummmmmmmmmmmm

I am off to bed early, no nap for me today. Had to wash the car & vac the inside 'cause the dealer I bought from this time "doesn't vac & doesn't chamois off the outside".... when getting an oil change. Since my cars only need an oil change once a year (RV gets more miles) it would have paid them to do this extra because I won't buy the next one from this dealer! Seriously, I expect SERVICE because they charge enough for oil changes (first one free)... Anyway, I did the job right & cleaned off the windows & always open doors to wipe off inside, you can tell Cas trained me well.  He only washed the cars I drove when we were going on a trip & he was driving it... so I would take my ladder & chamois & go to the car wash do it yourself kind & wash those big conversions vans. When the managers were around they were afraid I'd blow me off the ladder using the power hoses! Never did. Anyway, had a busier than usual day so earned my keep.

Phyllis, I also looked up Papa Spuds & wish we had something like that here! Even our Farmer's markets on Sat don't have much to brag about. I only went a couple times this year. Seems nobody grows normal tomatoes around here anymore, only the hydroponic & might as well buy them in the store, lot cheaper! I'm sounding whiny, better get something to eat & go to bed!

Jane, long time ago we had a car that kept playing dead so I took a nail & put it in where the one side of the clamp was (to the battery, shouldn't even tell this), but ever so often I'd have to push the nail down again to make contact. Now I don't remember which side (positive or negative) I put the nail or if it had to be a certain kind of metal.... As Cas used to call our procedures...jerry-rigged... but it worked!  The last van we had we spent 2 years trying to find why it wouldn't start after I stopped the 3rd time.... replaced battery, belts, alternator, starter & everything that had to do with it not starting.... and finally #1 son insisted I drive it to his house & turn it off... I warned him it wouldn't start but he said he'd start it... and he did something to discover the ground wire had come loose. He put on a new ground & that did the trick.

I wouldn't sell that van knowing it wouldn't start like that, so Cas bought me a little car to drive instead. Once the van was fixed I put a ForSale sign in the back window & sold it without any trouble. It had been sitting in the driveway for weeks without being started & someone knocked on the door to ask about it, I grabbed the keys & explained it hadn't been started for quite a while & it took right off. He bought it & we were both happy. Boy, I wish I had that van back, can't buy new ones like it anymore, I checked all over the US before buying the little Encore, would settle for a conversion van & get rid of the motorhome AND the new Encore. One that can go in the garage! Good luck with figuring out the problem.

I am off to eat & get ready for bed. Cats all accounted for. Sweet dreams & God Bless.

Some snow and building photos from 01/12.

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Good Morning Everyfriend!  I went to bed early so I'm up early and waiting for Cooper's arrival!  And for the guy from my son's store who will charge my battery.  I'm thinking that I'll opt for a new battery whatever happens. 

AMY, the Braun is one of the blenders I'm looking at and the other one is a KitchenAid.  The K one has lots of attachments and I'm wondering if I'll ever use them all but I do love my KA mixer!  And I think they might have that one at my local WM.

I always forget that you can can look to see who was looking in but not posting!

I'm on my way to get dressed before Cooper arrives.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.

Good morning...

A busy day ahead here....need to go back to the pharmacy to pick up the missing med ,do a few chores around town then home. Gave a hot loaf of bread to 5the neighbour yesterday and will deliver another to another neighbour today.

Jane, I also have a KA handmixer that Kyle bought for ome one Christmas about 26 yrs ago and it is still going.Plus I have Hank...the BIG mixer

Shirley, it could have been Ricks son.....hope he posts
 to let us know how his Dad is doing.

Gloria, seems one has to be always on top of others just to get a job done. Yvette will soon be back and you can enjoy her work and company again.

Patricia, that is good news ,hope she recovers quickly. Hardly a walkway in that snow!!

Better scoot..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

 

Good morning everyone, 30° now at 7am and a heatwave coming, supposed to get above freezing today, a heatwave Must be after the coldest it has been here in 4 years. I think we were getting used to warmer winters here and less snow, too.

JANE  I thought I did good with the last car I had, 20 years before it died. A flaw Chevrolet made in the Corsica, no way for water getting out when it came in around the windshield. I was parked under pines and a hemlock tree and those needles went down with the rain-melting snow. Started backing up onto the floor of the car.  The dealer where i bought it never could find out why it was happening and it finally rotted the bottom of the car. The only new one I ever bought and 2 things I always made sure I had, good tires and a good battery.

AMY  darn a day late. I would have been there when the bread came out or the oven for that first warm slice with butter sinking into it. Yum yum, cannot get better bread.

JANE  I have one of those immersion blenders and seldom use it, my younger son uses his a lot and is on the third or fourth one now. He wears them out. I have been like you lately. wrapping in a warm blanket and watching TV while laying on the couch. At time dozing off and waking to some program I didn't know what I was watching so shut TV off and fall back to sleep so slept on the couch all night.

PATRICIA  those long halls look like the ones here. This building has a L shape and I am on the short side, I am first on the right of the elevator. The ones at the end of the long hall say they feel like they are walking a mile to the elevator or should have 2 elevators or should have it in the middle of the building. It is where the sides come together.

Time to go have breakfast so will say  will be back tomorrow.

Stay happy, healthy and safe.

Looks like a good home to me, Patricia. My daughter thinks I should stay in my home as long as I live but lately I've been explaining that it sounds pretty good to have other people doing all the work on maintenance, etc. One of her friend's mother recently went into a "retirement" center & loves it, loves having people to visit with, play cards with & eat in different dining rooms (or cook in) depending on the mood she is in. I know I am super tired with Tom keeping me awake at night & so many different jobs to take care of so won't make any decisions for now, I have heard the "grass is greener" all my life and just FYI, I envy you being in Alaska. BUT, that is serious snow, and aren't you glad you aren't out with a shovel!!??

Haha, Gloria, we had a brand new Honda Accord, first NEW one we every bought (1982) and should have guessed we were in for trouble when a part fell off driving it home from the dealer. At that time it was near impossible to get a new one (6 mo wait here), so when a guy that worked for Cas found he could order from a town about 75 miles from here we ordered from them. I kid you not, headliner fell out with 100 miles on it, even the metal strips around the windshield & back window buckled & had to be replaced. In the 2 years we kept the car we joked about "Honda replaced everything except the motor & it purred like a kitten." We traded it in for a conversion van & even got a recall on the wiring harness after so sent the recall to the person that bought it. The last straw was when the transmission finally went out, no 2nd gear or reverse when it got hot, so we had to pull off going over Eisenhower Pass to let it cool before we could make it to our next stop. When we got back I took it to the dealer along with a stack of papers showing how many times I'd taken it in before & they never found the problem (because they let it sit & cool before checking it). At that time Honda was considered the most dependable of all, and we never bought another! Cas had a company car so whatever I drove was the one that went on vacations to visit his mother or my parents. We didn't go on "vacations" until we started camping. I had never been camping but my father went deer or anteloupe hunting every fall with a group of men friends & would tell the tales until the next year. Sounded like fun to me so I was a willing camper.
By the way, I'm still grinning every time I think of the wild night you had with all the emergency attention. You are too far away to kick me so I can giggle, right?

Amy, I'm counting the days until I can work the trug over to plant the different types of lettuce, spinach & endive. NO more tomatoes for me. The greens we've been getting around here are so bad I have given up on buying lettuce. Son, Pete, brought over a pot of grass for the cats, what he bought at the pet store was so "root bound" it started dying before he could get it to me so he dug it out & prepotted in a large pot. Tiger was so thrilled when she discovered it sitting by the sliding door & that it was okay to eat, she munched off all the tops immediately & waiting for it to grow back. Pete also ordered some from Amazon that I don't have planted yet. Tom used to eat grass when we walked down to the river but not interested in much of anything now. He is hungry all the time & eats what the girls eat combined. He looks like he has been starved. Callie is looking fat with her heavy fur & I guess she eats grass next door (their yard is gorgeous green YET). That's only fair since 2 of their chickens come to visit me every day! I took a slice of bread out yesterday & fed them small bites, they thought that was neat & would try to grab a bite right out of the other's mouth! I am easily entertained!

David will go pick my grocery store order soon so I'll have to be short here.

I was pretty sure that many states that still have small private farms/dairies/bakeries, etc. would have the same "farm to fork" deals.  It is a boon to the small farmer that doesn't want to sell to a large agri-business.  And, we have some of those, too, but NC farmers are an independent group and prefer to keep their operations small enough to be managed by themselves.

I envy you your Amish Market, Jane, and wish we had one here.  We have a gazillion farm stands and each town has it's own farmers market and we have the big State Farmers Market over in Raleigh about 8 miles from me and I used to love going there.  The problem is I can't go do the shopping anymore so I need a place that has good and fresh food and that delivers  to me and Papa Spud's is that kind of place.

I have a very old Betty Crocker immersion blender that I use occasionally but mostly we like our soups lumpy so I just use an old-time potato masher.

I was looking on YouTube yesterday, Shirley, and saw the live video from the Spaghetti Works in Wichita, (near the railroad tracks) that it wasn't a bad day in Wichita, not even very windy!  Amazing!  I just remember that the wind seems to blow all the time!      

Gotta' go.  Take care, All.

Shirley, I picked up two packages of seeds this morning, one of red swiss chard and one of purple beans..I too am itching to get going. I am with you on being entertained with birds....doesn't take much and no commercials either

Lloyd, did you go back to bed???

Good morning here; it is still warming with light snow.

Shirley, I wouldn't mind going into a retirement home either, but the fees start at over $5,000.00 monthly, so I'll wait a long while like you. This is simply a building reserved for disabled seniors with bells and whistles such as locked doors and 24/7 cameras in all public areas. We used to have maintenance and security teams 24/7 as well.

The past two years of Covid has seen that change to one security person, and you call a message center for maintenance (the same guys rotate between the state buildings). We had a building manager and asst. manager, and a liaison manager to work with tenants on paperwork and agencies but those work by phone these days. The two managers don't live in town, so they have extended their Christmas and New Year's vacation, waiting on snow removal.

Gloria, we have two elevators in the center of the T-shaped floors. I live at the far end of one. At the end of each hallway are the two ends of the T, which has two studios (for those with mobility issues) on each side of the staircase. The others are all one-bedrooms, about 850 square feet. In front of the elevator, behind the greenery, is the now-closed rec room.

Behind the elevator is a laundry room with four machines. Inside the laundry rooms is my favorite feature. You open up the door in the wall and drop your garbage in. No more cold weather garbage runs! On the first floor is a recycling room and all boxes and recycling are taken there.

The first floor has a large circular room containing all the offices, mailroom, and closed rec room. It also has a laundry room and a donation table by the mailroom. All visitors and delivery people come into this room if they're buzzed in. Tenants are called via intercom to fetch their guests or come to sign for something. You have to escort your visitors. Other newer complexes also offer camera access and locked entry doors but are more recent and don't have security, door fobs, or control over who comes into the buildings.

Speaking of entertainment, I recently purchased a battery-operated air freshener that you can place inside, aerosol cans of various scents. You have three places for minutes between automatic sprays or only manual sprays. I set mine at every 18 minutes. The first time it sprayed, Farrah was close by and startled. The second time she stalked the area, regarding the can suspiciously. She's no dummy; she watches to see how I react to the sprays and now takes her clues from that.

This is why we're on month ten of our total lockdown, "Alaska recorded back-to-back record-breaking daily COVID-19 case counts on Monday and Tuesday as the omicron variant squeezes hospital capacity and staffing in Anchorage, where most of the infections have been reported.

The state health department tallied 1,967 new COVID cases on Monday and 2,414 cases on Tuesday, smashing records set last week.

So far, the state hasn't reported a similar spike in hospitalizations, but some Anchorage hospitals say they are seeing more COVID patients, and more staff are calling in sick, forcing them to make tough decisions about patient care and visitors."

A potent winter storm is forecast to wallop tens of millions of people across the central, southern and eastern USA with snow, ice, wind and rain over the next few days.

"Get ready, a major snowstorm is coming," AccuWeather meteorologist Bernie Rayno warned.

The Weather Channel, which named the sprawling storm Izzy, said it is likely to produce "major travel headaches" from North Dakota down to northern Georgia and up to Maine.

The first area to see snow Friday will be the upper Midwest, where winter storm warnings, watches and weather advisories were issued by the National Weather Service. A wide swath of 6 to 12 inches of snowfall is expected to encompass the eastern Dakotas to western Minnesota and Iowa, AccuWeather said.

"There will be a band of heavy snow that generally extends from the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota southward to at least much of Missouri and maybe the Ozarks in Arkansas," said AccuWeather meteorologist Matt Benz. Minneapolis, Des Moines, St. Louis and Kansas City are all in the path of the storm.

On Friday and into Saturday, "difficult driving conditions are likely throughout this region as roads become snow covered," according to the weather service.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/get-ready-a-major-snowstorm-is-forecast-to-roar-across-the-midwest-south-and-east-coast/ar-AASKqmE?ocid=msedgntp

Greetings all..I'm rammel's/Rick's son. I just wanted to let everyone know that Dad is fine. He is in the hospital with an infection/cellulitis, treated with an antibiotic IV drip. He was admitted Friday and, hopefully, will be released on the weekend. Best Regards to all...Richie.

Richie, thank you for letting us know.Tell your Dad he is missed and we hope he is home soon.

The day despite getting a early phone call has went well. Son called to say that a friend has passed. The family has had so much grief to deal with in the past Christmas eve saw the Mom with her 3 girls out to pick up a pizza get hit by a drunk driver killing the Mom and putting one of the twins in a wheelchair. She is the one who passed.
Supper was refrigerator clean out east to do and tasty too.

I'm glad to hear Rick is on the mend and might be coming home soon.  We do miss him when he's not here!

PATRICIA, we're supposed to get some snow overnight tonight in Central PA but it's not even calling for hazardous driving conditions.  We must have enough mountains around us that we are a bit protected. 

I did an inventory of my kitchen freezer today and discovered that there is a lot of stuff left by Cindy and Christy and a lot of stuff used over the time of my surgery and recover that wasn't marked off.  But I discovered enough ham for a double batch of Phyllis's 15 bean soup so I'm going to make that next week after I get the rest of the stuff I need and then I'm going to try out my new Electric Pressure Canner!  That will give me enough time to read the book, clean the canner and test it out!  I'm excited about this one.  My old pressure canner is about 40 years old and I hold my breath every time I use it.  I'll probably hold my breath the first couple times I use the new one but I have a feeling I'll get over it!  And there won't be any HEAVY LIFTING involved. 

The weather heated up today all the way to 43º and sunny and it's only down to 36 now and heading for 34 overnight so the snow that's coming probably won't stick around. 

Frankie's co-worker tested positive for COVID today so Frankie didn't even come up to the door to get Cooper.  I took him outside and when she pulled in the driveway, I turned him loose and he jumped right in the car with her.  We'll use the same procedure when he comes tomorrow.  Thank God, Frankie is fully vaccinated!

Now I'm going to put the coffee on for tomorrow, shut things down, turn out the lights and head for the haystack.  I'm really tired tonight!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

I've been holding out to see if Richie would check in. I did call him this morning to check on Rick & will tell you, that Richie is such a nice kid~~

Patricia, I have been meaning all day to check our weather for the next few days and still have not gotten the job done. I heard we might get snow but not if it will be enough to move the snow blower to the garage. I've got too much "stuff" & have to move something out before bringing anything else in. My oldest son is the one that puts the gas in the snow blower & gets it set up for me, it has a pull start BUT also can plug it into power & push a button to start. I kind of forget the procedure since it doesn't get used every year. I have a couple neighbors that borrow it as long as the gas doesn't run out, it takes a gas/oil mix. I'm taking my son & his wife to the airport for a trip to Disney in FL, from Sat to Thursday, so may be sorry I didn't get him to help bring it around the last snow threat. We need the moisture so will work it out. Had a nice day today, was warm enough I hopped in the car to take some mail to the post office & forgot to put a coat on.

Amy, sorry about your bad news this morning. Sure seems like too much bad happening, hard to keep one's attitude UP at times.

Jane, hope Frankie doesn't catch Covid & have to stay away too long. Know how much you enjoy having she & Cooper stop by. Heard on the news some of our surrounding schools are closing down because so many students & teachers are out. Out of control here. I have the KN95 masks due in tomorrow (from Amazon). I ordered the ones Richie said he could carry on a conversation with. I hope I get the right ones (30 to a box). I wear a mask anytime I'm around people (stores, etc) but have a habit of lifting it up to talk to someone, but only do that when I know the person.

Tom had his last meal of the day & back in bed. Callie is outside, must be in the front. Tiger is in the basement or back room & not had her last meal of the day so I won't get to bed for an hour yet. Sweet dreams to all and God Bless!

good Morning everyone. well it looks like I am first in this morning. I would rather have ben later than the night I had. Oh well I have another easy day planed today working on some more of the Black walnuts. I may make a Pie crust out of some of them today, and Make a pie, just what I need to maintain My waste Line.Our temp. is 34ºf and cloudy. the lady weather prenouncer is saying we should get snow starting around Midnight. at least 2". we have plenty food in storage both canned and in the two frezers we have. so as they say let it snow.
Have agood day today and a better tomorow.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I've been up since 5:45 waiting to see if Cooper would be here today.  He is!  But Frankie won't touch me and cautioned me to wipe the leash and wash my hands!  I did!

I had one of LLOYD'S pies made with canned buns for my breakfast.  I mad 8 of them and there are only 3 left and nobody helped me eat them.  They are "more-ish" and I'll be making them again.  I have more cherries canned and it worked very well.  I baked them in the oven instead of frying them and that worked out well, too.

Today, I'm hoping to make a trip to WM.  I really need a haircut and they still give me my discount.  And I want to get the stuff to make Phyllis's 15 bean soup so I can test my new canner next week.

Our overnight snow didn't amount to a "hill of beans" as my Dad used to say.  Anything not under cover was wet but the temps didn't get below freezing so wet is OK. 

Now I have to get busy or this day will just disappear!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.

Good morning.

We are back into deep freeze for a couple of days. Not much on the agenda, will coast..   An apple pie is waiting to be made and laundry folded the rest of the day is coasting.

Jane, I have made Phyllis's bean soup and it is delicious...unfortunately it was so good I didn't get a chance to can any. Enjoy your new canner!! Hope Frankie is avoiding the covid!

Shirley, with Tom being skinny would it help to put some cod liver oil( that just made me shiver) on his food?

Patricia,another snow storm!!! Mercy you have not got cleaned up from the last one!! Hope you are well stocked and don't have to go to the grocery store.

Gloria, you may not be late.I didn't think we would go through our loaf so quick and may bake bread tomorrow..will put a loaf in the hidely hole along with butter.

Richie, please join in we would love to have you here.

Better get ready for the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

You all are making my mouth water and I guess I'll have to put beans and ham on my grocery list.  But, first we have to finish the leftover potato soup I made.  We had a second meal of it last night and still have a third meal left.  I made a BIG pot of it to begin with.  And, I don't like to freeze potato soup.  Somehow, to my mind, it changes the texture and taste.  So, we just eat a lot of Potato Soup until it is all gone.  But, that is OK because it just gets better and better as time goes on.

Hope our big storm that is promised for tomorrow fizzles out like it did for you, Jane.  We are prepared if it doesn't.  Freezing rain and ice for our area, so they say, and that puts fear in the hearts of everyone here.  Ice storms bring this part of the country to it's knees.  Trees come down, power lines go out and roads and bridges become impassable.  Southern drivers just don't ever know how to deal with bad winter weather so there are always a lot of accidents, as well.  We've had some terrible ice storms in the past that just shut everything down for days.  Hope this one doesn't do that.

Amy, I was a skinny kid and didn't eat a lot because I always wanted to be out and playing.  That worried my mother so she made me drink cod liver oil  to, hopefully, keep me healthy.  I shudder to think of it, too.  That was the worst tasting stuff.  Ugh!

I'm praying that Rick is doing better and will be home and recuperating soon.

Take care, All.