This has to be the best weather for piling wood!!Wood is all piled now and I have two batches of Heavenly Rhubarb jam made. Now to clean up my mess in the kitchen.

Gloria ,hope you found a moment to catch some zzz's. I was up four times last night with the dogs and have run out of steam, maybe I can catch some zz's

I'm home from work, had my lunch, let the doggies out and gave them a snack.  Now I'm visiting my friends. 

JENNY, I forgot to congratulate you on the new grandSON!  Take every chance you get to spoil him.  It's your duty!

LARRY, I hope you got your meatloaf.  Mine was good last night for supper and today for lunch.  Left over meat loaf is something I never get tired of eating. 

I'm going to play a couple games, fill out an application and maybe get a snooze.  Enjoy the rest of your day, Everyfriend!

Good Morning all, just back from our monthiy Community Members meeting. Very interesting today. We are offered an opportunity to speak, and of course I did. Whether I get results is another story,but I was thanked for speaking.

Later i enquired about having treatment for my continued back pain....this is done at our clinic. They will notify my Dr. and it is up to her if she wants it done at our treatment center. I am SO glad I live here.
While I was at the cllinic Eric felt I should have the handles raised on my walker, so I didn't bend over while walking. With in minutes he had it done and it is far more comfortable and keeps me walking straight instead of bending over. Help is given even when not asked for.

Soon time to go down for lunch. I will order half serving, unless it is something I really like and want to eat for supper at home. Then they will pack it up for me to take home and put in my fridge.

Life is good, and getting better ! Love you, my cyber family. Big Hugs. June

Is everyone asleep out there ?The reason I ask  ? no messages,and I just woke up from a long afternoon nap. Had a nice lunch...brought home enough for supper, did an errand, then lay down to read, and slept for over two hours. From my window on the world, I see carts lined up outside the patio dining room so others are alive out there and enjoying theilr supper.

The day turned lovely....sunshine and not too warm. I have my windows open and my indoor thermometer reads 82. Our nights are usually in the low 60's, so I leave my windows open and just use as sheet as covering.....and a nightgown of course. I'll be heating up my supper soon,then off for a "walk around" before the bed starts calling me again. Being 93 is like being 3 months of age again. I get my stomach filled and then fall asleep. 

Jane, what games do you play on the computer ? Free Cell is my favorite then solitaire, or sometimes a jig saw puzzle. I have others listed but they are just so-so.

Lloyd, are you still planning on turning over the farm to your young Nephew to run. You had talked about it some time back. I know you enjoy doing it yourself, but you will have to slow back little by little as the years go by. I loved living on my Uncle's farm during the summer months when I was a kid. A great, good style of life.

Time to go heat up some supper. Have a good nignt dear hearts. I love you all, and God loves us even more. June

June, I am still resting up from my weekend in Indianapolis, so have not posted much.  I had a good time and I had said this would be my last trip, being 94, but I told them if I felt as good next year as I do now, I'd be back (Shirley told me this would not be my last trip there and she may be right).  My nephew Tom and my cousin Tom meet in Merrillville IN, we have lunch, then my things are transferred from one car to another and away we go.  We do this to get me down there and also back home.  Both Toms like the arrangement because they can get back home the same day. 

Dot had a birthday Sunday and she is getting along quite well.  She has had extreme pain in her hips due to arthritis but she keeps busy, knowing if she doesn't, she won't be able to move.  She still drives and picks me up for church because I do not drive now.

Mary Ann

I'm off to Dreamland.  Good night Everyfriend.

JUNE, the games I play are mostly word games but some card games, too.  I like the word games because they keep my mind active.  I have to think.  I love crosswords ever since my grandmother got me interested when I was 11 or 12 years old. 

I'm off to bed!

I know it is early but good Morning every one, hope you all have a great day.
I had another of those nights where I slept just a short while; I worked some out side did yesterday did not think too much but maybe so. I am going to couch put my leg up fiend a good western on you tube and most likely take a nap. see you all later. oh yes Jane you are correct but i think if i stop I will pas on and not ready to do that.

Lloyd

Good morning Everyfriend!  Doggies got me up a little before 5:30 again this morning.  It's light very early and I think that might be why they are up so early.  I guess it's up to me to adjust.

Lloyd, take it easy whenever you feel like it.  You've earned it!

I already made the dog food and now we're waiting for the boinger to let us know "pill time" has passed.  I'll be off to WM again today to greet my public.  Wish me smiles...and take a few for yourselves while you're at it!

Good morning everyone.

Still cool here 46 ° and with a threat of rain in the air. Cleaning around the house today, have a fridge that need a cleaning also.

Jane, have a great day at work LOTS of smiles through your till.

Lloyd, I know you have to do something and I agree but take it easy please.

Better get ready for the day.

Enjoy your day everyone.

 Morning everyone, not up to sitting here this AM. Hope I can later,

  Hi Everyone. This should be another partly sunny day, no rain in the forecast and a high of 91. 

This afternoon I will make a trip to Target to have the SIM cards changed over to the T-Mobile lines to see if we get better service before we cancel out the Consumer Cellular plan for our cell phones.  There was a T-Mobile store in the shopping center where Pat picked up her shoes yesterday and I checked with them and they said we should have strong service in our location.  I may have to spend $30 a month more to get service through them if what I plan on doing today doesn't work. 

This evening Scott and we don't know who else in terms of Elizabeth and Jennifer, will be out for the evening.  Pat fixed a Jello salad yesterday and the green beans and this afternoon will fix mac and cheese with ham chunks for our dinner tonight.  Yesterday we did eat out at IHOP and had a very good meal.

Gloria, I hope you had a nice day yesterday and avoided more rain last evening.  We sure haven't been below normal temperatures here as it has been hot. I see that today is not getting off to a good start for you and hope you will be feeling better later.

Lloyd, do you have chickens for egg laying purposes or just to eat? 

deAngel, your new portable oxygen sounds very good and I see you can carry it over your shoulder.  I looked it up to see what it looked like.  Does it use rechargeable batteries?  That is so much better than what use to be required to wheel around an oxygen tank when one was out.  The oxygen concentrator I have is anything but portable and is very noisy but runs on electricity.  Fortunately it does have wheels but must weigh 40 or 50 pounds. 

Amy, I remember that Rhubarb always grew very early and very large.  I don't remember my mother ever using very much of it and I really disliked whatever she made with it.  Hope you got some extra rest yesterday.

Jane, we didn't have meatloaf yesterday as we ate out and I had the Senior Sampler Breakfast for my meal.  I don't think IHOP has meatloaf on their menu.  I know that Cracker Barrel does feature it however.  I just read this morning that IHOP is changing their name to IHOb and will announce what that means next Monday.  Apparently someone has decided the IHOP log is stale. 

June, glad you were able to be heard in your Community Members meeting and hope you see results.  It sounds wise to check into some treatment for your back pain.  I hope you will be able to have treatment in your treatment center and not have to go off the property for it.  I have understood that one should walk upright with a walker.  Pat has hers so she doesn't have to bend over. 

Mary Ann, sure hope you will be able to make your Indianapolis trip again next year.  It sounds like the trip wasn't too much for you this year.  Happy Birthday to Dot.  It must be hard for her to keep active with the extreme hip pain. 

Lloyd, sorry that last night wasn't a good one for you.  Sometimes we don't recognize our limits and do overwork. 

Amy, hope you don't have to chase too many of those dust bunnies today.  I know they are persistent, at least they are at our house. 

Larry just for eating, eggs are too cheap to balance $$.and also have friends have eggs handy.
hot hot here. see you later.

  Lloyd

Good morning.  Just want to say Hi ! 

Nothing much special going  on in my little neck of the woods. We had several thunderstorms last evening and this morning the sun is shining.  Still a little chilly for this time of the year.  Another rainy week end is forecasted. This will make the 3rd or 4th rainy week end.  We have had enough rain for a while.

Gloria de,  My friend is looking into getting the type of oxygen that you are using.  She had called one place and they said she didn't qualify for that. I am wondering what determines whether you qualify or not?  She wasn't sure what that meant either.

MaryAnn, I, too, hope that you will be able to make the trip to Indianapolis next year.  Sounds like you all have it worked out that it seems like an easy trip for everyone involved.  I do not mind traveling by car, as I like to look at the scenery.  I would sure like to be planning a trip somewhere.   Not too far, but just someplace nice.   I did go up to Connecticut last fall to see my grand daughter, and I am hoping, that I might be able to go again sometime.  It was about a 6 hour drive and not bad at all.  We stopped a couple times just to get out and stretch a bit.

I did make a call to our local recycling office in town to try to clarify some things about some new laws that just went into effect in our county.  In the past, we have been able to put our recyclables in a plastic bag and put out with our trash.  No longer can plastic bags be used. So, our manager has told everyone that we have to take the recyclables out to the recycling dumpster in the back driveway and dump them in the bin.  We can store them inside a plastic bag. but the things inside must be dumped out of the plastic bag.  Most of the residents here are up in arms about this.  There are a lot of people who just aren't able to do that.  So, the majority of residents have decided they just will put their items into the regular trash.  The lady I talked to was very nice, and she gave me the number of someone else who could give me more information as to what we might do to help solve the problem.  Last evening, we had quite a heated conversation concerning this "new" problem.  Our place is getting almost as bad as the place where Gloria lives.  We have a manager who is just not interested in the welfare of the residents.  She is more interested in making sure all the units are occupied because that gives her bonuses.   We have a new  resident coordinator, who is trying very hard to organize activities, but she is being held back by the manager.  Very little participation among the residents.  I have not had much dealings with her, except to hand her my rent check.  But, according to some of the residents, she is a very hard lady to deal with.  Wants things her way, or no way.  She is the 6th or 7th manager that has been here since I moved here, 11 years ago.  We did have a meeting several months ago, like Gloria did, but very little outcome from it.

I am feeling a lot more rested and feel like doing something.  So, I guess I better get myself moving along.

Hope everyone will have a great day.

Joy

Good afternoon, nice sunny day,still in the 60's

Joy, I had to pay full for my inogen (very expensive oxygen) but worth it to me, as it weighs only 2 lbs. If I got the 4lb Medicare pays a big part of the coast. I met a women in Homemakers that medicare paid for the whole unite,. Maybe she has low income?  You do have to have your pulmonary doctor write and order. I have rotator cuff problem, I cannot pick up over 3 lbs. The Portable that medicare gave me last year weighs 9 lbs

Larry, I just wrote a lot about my new oxygen in the above post. I go out quite a bite and this I  or my friends can handle if I need oxygen, Medicare had give me one on a cart and also two 9 lbs portables. I wish we had a CrACKER bARREL here but none in NYS I heard.  We have stopped in nearest one in Conn,

MaryAnn, glad to see you home safe, know your Kitty is happy

Our trash is picked up weekly but our recycle is picked up every other week.  The haulers gave us a tub for recyclables and we put loose things in there, putting both kinds in front of our garages.  Recycle is picked up early in the morning and trash about noon.  Tom takes care of the recycle and I do the trash.  We've had half a dozen trash haulers in the 37 years I've been here. 

Larry, what is the purpose of the small 'b' instead of the capital 'P' for the IHOP change?

We are enjoying upper 60 degree weather today and the sun is shining brightly.  Oh, the sky is a pretty blue.

I told the Indps folks about having a cat named for Kendrick Lamar and the parents didn't know who he was but the quads and their sister (ages 27 and 30) did.  The parents are in their 60s.  I get a kick out of people's reactions.

Mary Ann

Gloria de,,  No,  I don't think it was that my friend has a low income......just the opposite.  She has quite a nice income and investments, so I am thinking maybe she has too high an income.  She was going to try several other places.  Or, I thought maybe her problem wasn't  as bad and didn't need that kind. She complains about what she has is just a little too heavy to handle, plus it doesn't really last that long for her to be out for any length of time.  I haven't talked to her for a few weeks now, so maybe she has been able to get something that is satisfactory for her.

Joy

I'm home and I'm recuperating from 2 very long lanes full of shoppers with very large orders.  I took a very long nap after everything was taken care of at home.  Gonna loaf tonight!  Enjoy your evening!

Joy, I am very happy with my inogen, I do not need oxygen all the time, but have it when I get short of breath, after walking any distance.  I also have ongyon all night though.  I can also use his one to sleep with as I can plug it into and electrical outlet I will use it to morrow when I go out to a Red Hat luncheon

Janie, how long have you been an employee of WM ? Could you possibly speak to the "in charge" person and arrange for a permanent short line lane ? It hurts me to think of you working so hard at this time of life.

I went to a good Blble study group this morning, and that is the only worthwhile thing I have done today. Enjoyed my morning routine very much, but come lunch time, I just fade away and spend the afternoon sound asleep. I did take a walk late this afternoon, but trying to decide to eat some supper. I have not been what one would consider hungry for years now.

Just finished another book. The author spoke to us several months ago, and gave us free books. Mine is autographed,so it is a keeper.

I better think about heating up some left-overs for supper, but I'm sure not hungry. I brought home half my lunch,so that will be supper. Keep well and happy dear hearts. Love, Hugs and Prayers. June

Good evening.  Another day that passed much too quickly. 

Son Brian came over today with Oliver the Doodle.  He and BoB hung some cute little lights out on our patio for me.  They look very nice and give off just enough light with out being too much. 

We are having a lightning and thunderstorm storm!  So far no rain, but I hope it will turn into some.  The news said it is too warm to allow the rain. 

We are meeting some cousins for breakfast tomorrow morning.  It will be very god to see them all. 

I really appreciated all the nice comments about our newly expected Grandson.  I do not think we could ever not be excited about getting new babies in our families.....

Think I will get off f here as there is really a LOT of lightning and thunder.
Lea saint dreams t9 all.

Jenny

Good morning everyone..

Overcast and very muggy here this morning.  We vote today and then will head on into the city. Hubby's remote for his hearing aid has stopped working and the company is giving him a loaner till they get a new one for him.

Larry, with two long haired dogs, there are always dust bunnies but I don't mind that little inconvenience it is not a worry.

Jane, sure hope you get short lines and short orders

Gloria, I hope you feel better soon.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Hi Everyone. It looks like we are in for another hot but otherwise nice day here in the South.  I had a very busy day yesterday and this morning will be the same.  I did go to Target yesterday afternoon and had our phone put on the T-Mobile system rather than the AT&T cell phone plan.  I had to wait while and elderly lady was trying to get put on the Cingular Cellular phone plan only to find out her phone was not compatible.  She just couldn't understand why not and the patient man who was helping her explained the situation over and over.  He then helped me and all went well with my phone but when he tried to connect Pat's phone he got a message it was locked, although I had bought it as an unlocked phone.  The AT&T store was near by so took it there only to find out they couldn't help me or won't willing to try (a continuation of the lack of service with AT&T in their stores that I had previously found).  Anyway last evening Scott was able to help me and we got the unlock code by jumping through the hoops on their website and all seems well and I think Pat now has good service. Unfortunately, I hadn't taken the little folders the sim cards came in to get a refund on the two sim from AT&T so this morning left early and was at  Target when they opened and got my refund.  In a little while I will  go pickup my friend and we will go to the Thursday coffee group downtown. 
I haven't had time to read the postings since yesterday and will do so this afternoon.  I just wanted to check in for now.

Lloyd, I agree that eggs are now very inexpensive.  We get eggs now at Aldi's for $0.99 per dozen.  For awhile they had them at $0.49 cents.  I don't see how farmers can afford to produce for that price although think Aldi's uses them as a loss leader  as they are more expensive in the other stores. 

Joy, I guess the rain is just enjoying being around your area.  We are finally getting some days and nights without rain but it is now really hot during the day.  Of course, we are only bout 2 weeks away from the start of summer so guess we have to expect hot weather.  In our little town we can put recyclable items in a special blue bag the city provides and put them in the trash can.  However, it is not required and we don't do the recycling anymore.  I would be one of the residents who just put the recyclables in the trash if I lived in your town.  Sorry to read that you seem to have an uncaring manager now. 

deAngel, your new oxygen concentrator sounds well worth the expenditure.  I remember when my sister and I spent $4000 for a special mattress to prevent bed sores.  He was shocked when we told him what it cost and I reminded him laying on his dollar bills wouldn't bring him any comfort and he never said another word about it.  It was constantly changing the air pressure in the different cells of the mattress and was well worth the money. 

Mary Ann, I have no idea what the "b" in IHOb stands for and they are suppose to reveal what it stand for on June 11th.  They are asking people to guess what it is going to stand for as a way of getting up interest in something that is totally unimportant, in my view. 

Jane, it doesn't seem fair to ask you to work two long and busy lines during the shift but I suppose fairness is not a consideration.  I hope you get a couple of days o recuperate before having to go back to work. 

June, nice to read you were feeling up to attending your Bible study group and enjoy it.  If I don't get things done in the morning they likely won't get done as I wear down by noon.  Yesterday I was busy for several hours in the afternoon and feeling felt it last night and find I am a bit weary this morning but OK.  I will have a quiet afternoon and hope a quiet Friday as well to rest up for the weekend. 

Jenny, your lights sound very nice.  Your area sure seems to get a lot of storms and variations of weather form day to day. 

Good morning Everyfriend!  For some reason, this thing was not bringing me back to the Soda Shoppe.  I thought no one was posting until I came in by the back door and there you all were.

Our doggie groomer will be coming today to clean up  and beautify the doggies.  We're all ready!  Well, I am and Annie's ok with it.  Mickie would rather not! 

It's still chilly here...down in the 40s overnight and only up into the 70s during the day.  I refuse to turn the heat back on so I've had to dig out the sweat pants and sweat shirts.  But I guess I'm saving on the A/C too.  I've only had it on 1 day so far and that's unusual for June. 

I hope you all have a lovely day!

Jane, yesterday the temperature in my condo was 69 degrees and that was too cool so I did turn on the heat - in June yet.  Today is more normal and outside we will go up to 85 degrees so I'll let nature heat both places.

My windows were washed yesterday so we can see out again (they weren't that bad).  Being Thursday, the lawn guys are here.  This place looks like a million dollars when the are done; they do a good job and we've had them for years.

I am over recuperating from my trip to Indps and should do something productive.  Whether I do or not is debatable.  I'm like June and let my body dictate my actions.  I think my brain enters in there somewhere, too.

Mary Ann

Good morning everyone. This stretch if damp and rainy weather and low temperature is sure doing a job on me. Looks like it will be around a few more days. Have slept little the last few days. Spending most of the time laying on the couch with the remote close by and dozing on and off. Cna will be here soon and will be getting a back massage.. Just letting you know I am still alive.

Larry, sounds like you and I and Gloria are all walking the same path as far as tiredness is concerned. I woke up at 6 a.m. as my nurse came in with the thyroid pill, nitro patch three more meds to take with food later, and a refill on my breathing machine.....what a life !!!!But I am thankful to be here and able to complain. I plan to take the day off though. I am rarely this tired in the morning, so I will let the body rule.

Good afternoon,

Didn't wake up until 8:45 this morning - probably because it looked like "dark-thirty" outside!  No storms - just heavy constant rain.  2 1/2 inches in my rain gauge - most fell between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.

I'm glad I tended to my bird feeders last evening!!! 

I have plenty of food and plenty of e-books to read so am very content to stay in and stay dry.  (Also have some desk work that "could" be done.   We shall see....    )

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere an Enjoyable Day.

hello everyone. my internet has been on the links. hope it is working proper now.

Lloyyd

Lloyd, your message came through just fine. These computers sure keep us guessing ! Take good care and keep healing. Prayers are with you. June

Good night my friends.  I'm off to Dreamland!  I wish you all happy dreams and restful sleep.  Tomorrow is a new day!