Good morning everyone, had a time getting to sleep last night so got up and read till almost 4 am. Now I have had one cup of coffee and will need another one to finish waking. When I pulled the shade in the BR up I saw a moving truck outside, someone else moving out.

JANE I did not care for fishing either, I think it was being outside and away from house work that I enjoyed. I know one reason I liked camping was because cleaning and cooking were easy. One thing that worries me is I hope our troops don't get sent out to fight again in someone else's war. I worry it will weaken our country and open it up to attack. Now that really scares me and the Ukraine and all those innocent people of all ages being killed is inhumane. Imagine bombing hospitals and killing the sick inside. Hitler returned?

AMY  it is dry here but not really sunny yet. I looked at the moving truck just now and they were bringing out a head board and a bureau mirror. Both from up here looked very ornate with scrolls and carvings. Something a woman would like more than a man? We have had more men move in lately than women and I think there is only one man here that was here before I moved in. I don't usually bother looking at furniture coming in or going out but what I saw is something I would have liked. I can send you that Fresh French Blueberry pie recipe if you want it. I got it out of an old Yankee Magazine must have been close to 50 years ago. I think I said one it  was in an old Farmers Almanac then I came across the original one I tore the page out to keep. That paper is now yellowed with age. If you make that pie with your own filling I like bigger berries to cook and thicken and small raw ones and all those popping in my mouth when bit into, yummy. Once I tried it with cooking some frozen blueberries, they did thicken but it never set right. It called for FRESH berries and that is all I used except that one time With the one crust you chill it and then served with whipped cream. Now I want a piece of one but no berries in the house. I made a strawberry pie using the same recipe-big berries need to be cut to cook and thicken and small ones better for the raw ones.

Have a good day everyone, no one coming today, a quiet day for me. One thing though, talking about fish makes me want some fish and chips. I just might call Mike and ask if he would like that and tell him if he would order it and pick it up I would treat him and my DIL to it.
See you all tomorrow, the good Lord willing.

Good Morning everyone.  Shirley you are welcom at our place any time . just get on 2 Highway east of lature and get on ZZ go south to the three Black Mail boxes in a cluster on the west or eastside of the road. do a  right turn  on the south side of them. the duplex on the left asyou come up the drive is ours. just rattle the door and we will let you in. the RV has plenty of bed space in it, and plenty of clean sheets.we can let you stayin it when you want privecy or sleep. we all could go to the lake of the orzaks and go fishing or just sight seaying. we have a comutey dumpster. and the people that have the service are on a strike and it is over ran with trash bags. Nancy went to the Mail box an on the way back thrue a trash bag full of trash, on it.was a chore for her but she made it. we have a good bright sun and light and gusting wend today. Nancy said the car outside said 53º but the wend felt colder than that. see you all later. I slept in again.just been up a little over 1/2 hour. going to do another lazey day.

Lloyd

Good morning, plus nineteen recently at 7:52 AM and heading for a high of forty-one. We're about a month behind re: spring this year. From the news, it seems to me that we're not the only area delaying spring this year.

I haven't heard the construction guys so they're probably assembling on the front or official side of the building. The only remaining question is rather they're to follow one floor all the way around or simply one side at a time? They've done both with earlier steps in the process. Actually, two questions, to start on the first or fifth floor?

This entire project was supposed to be completely finished by December first. It's been plagued by mis-measurements, items back-ordered, and weather conditions. I don't know who is to blame as we're not told anything, no printed notices sent out in these days of Covid. However, I suspect both are pointing fingers at the other!

I've finished my taxes and paperwork for this year and caught up and filed others. I still need to do a written budget. I have the papers to assemble it, but I simply seem incapable of using it as with using planners. I do best with fewer frills. I write everything down both on and offline and staple an adding machine tape to the paper copy.

I don't trust cloud services, Google is known spyware, it records every keystroke and while protecting you from others, it turns around and makes a profit by selling your info to whoever has the cash.

"The spyware can steal messages, contacts, device details, browser bookmarks and search history, record calls and ambient sound from the microphone, and take photos using the phone's cameras. The malware also tracks the victim's location, searches for document files and grabs copied data from the device's clipboard.

The malware hides from the victim and tries to evade capture by reducing how much network data it consumes by uploading thumbnails to the attacker's servers rather than the full image. The malware also captures the most up-to-date data, including location and photos."

https://hothardware.com/news/study-claims-google-chrome-spyware-run-firefox

http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/

Good Friday morning HELLO to EVERYFRIEND.

Thank you to ALL who commented and wished me the best on my EMG test.   The test went well.  We liked the doctor and feel she was thorough.  The news was not great, but could have been worse.  There is damage to the nerves n my shoulder...duh‼️ She attributed mainly to the original fall and he fact that they had such a hard time getting my dislocated shoulder back into the socket.  That being said, the two surgeries did their part as well. The damage is only in my shoulder not my neck or my lower arm.  She thinks I have every hope that it will repair itself to some degree but it will take as much as a couple of yeas 🤪🤪🤪 The doc called my shoulder "frozen" but Dr. Dave does not agree with this as this is a orthopedic issue and the fact that my PT can rotate my arm every direction without a hitch, he thinks I need to hold off on this opinion from her and wait to see what my orthopedic surgeon says after he has seen the report. I felt a little down after we got home, but this morning I am ready to tear up the world to get this shoulder working again. 

PATRICIA, what a headache to have to be waiting around for when ever the workers will do you balcony😩. Wow, you are going to enjoy some warmer temperatures today🌷🌷 Yikes, frightening trouts about malware that you have shared

SHIRLEY, I, too am sad that you will not be returning to CO to camp again.  I know you love to do it😩😩 I wish you and I could meet up with Lloyd and Nancy and go to the Lake of the Omari's....now that would be fun‼️‼️

JANE, I got tears in my eyes reading about the borrowed crystal necklace too.  How sweet.  I love old traditions and just wish we could do more of them now days.  Many seem to have gone by 5he way side😩

Ah, fishing🥰. I had my fair share as a child and after our boys were old enough.  My mom's family were big fisherman.....we would head out at the break of dawn together headed for some high country lake after gathering our worms and night crawlers the night before.  I liked catching them, but I sure did not car much for sitting on the bank watching my bobber with the sun beating down on me. 

When my mom and dad were first married they lived in Leadville CO.  My dads brother and he would take my mom hiking in to various high altitude lakes.  Mom said she began to feel like a mountain goat!  Now those lakes had the BIG trout in the that were natives, not stocked fish.  My dad caught a big one and had it mounted and it hung in our home for many years.  I found a picture f my dad proudly holding it awhile back and sent it to him.  He was thrilled to see it again....it was a rainbow withe the brightest salmony pink stripe.  Fresh trout fried back then were delicious. 

Seems it never rains but it pours‼️ My dermatologist called yesterday to say the second biopsy was good, but their is some kind f cancer concern so I go back to him next week for @ scrape an$ burn procedure.  I had this done a couple of months ago on another spot, so I know all about it.  Gurrr, as this will keep me from my swimming AGAIN for another couple f weeks😩😩

I wish EVERFRIEND a good day and a good weekend.

Jenny

I grew up fishing, using lures; it was a large part of my summers as we spent most of it at our cabin on the Salcha or traveling on other rivers. The only time we dug and used worms was in Colorado, visiting relatives in the Grand Junction and Montrose areas.

To this day, I'm the recipient of fish and shellfish. Some of my closest and longest friends are retired Fish and Game employees. Whenever he returned from a hunting or fishing trip, I  received the goods from their freezer cleanouts.

I offered cooking instructions and free babysitting, which was no problem as their two daughters were close friends with my daughter. Bartering services have long been a part of life here or at least part of mine. From childhood to adulthood, it has remained the norm.

Patricia, the night before we were to go fisihng.my Dad and I would go out late at night 9- 10 pm with cans and flashlights and pick the dew worms. Great when there was a hill as you didn't have to bend down that far!! Later on Dad built a worm box and put it in the basement with dirt/worms and moss to cover it and keep it damp. Every now and again he would take the  used tea leaves and sprinkle that over them.

Rarely did we use minnows. Later on in life I went fishing with my neighbours and there was no way we would put a hellgrammite on our hooks, her husband had to do it. When one grabbed my pants I said that was it...back to worms for me!!

Since the only terms I'm familiar with is worm boxes and minnow,  I'm going to be getting busy with my search engine.

Hellgrammites look and sound ferocious for their size, so no thanks!

Dew worms also sound too much of a good thing.

Evidently, earthworms have made it to Alaska's S. E. Still, any who made it to the Interior, including snakes and other creepy crawlers, cannot survive the permafrost just below the topsoil.

  We're, my borough, considered low!!   The first time out of high for Covid since March 2020!

Only 84 new cases and no deaths since ten in January/February.

This is wonderful news!

However, I'll still be wearing masks.

What great news Patricia!!
A bit of relief for you.

Covid news great, Patricia, but Hellgrammites will never get on MY hook. Actually, Amy, they look wicked enough to be a varmit to be hunted & killed!!!  Oh, I'm still shivering.

Lloyd, nice offer you made & I thank you but as you know, we haul our own beds, don't we?  I do love the convenience of stopping any where my eyes want to close, pull off & go to sleep. There is a WallyWorld in nearly every town but the Corp of Engineer campgrounds offer plug in power, plenty of trees, birds & squirrels, and if you get one of the higher camp sites, pretty good TV. The antenna works great on my motorhome and with the Golden Age Passport, price is almost shameful so cheap.

Jenny, now it's time for you to figure how to make that shoulder work... you can do it! The orthopedic that took care of my knee 2 or 3 years ago offered me surgery any time.... but I convinced that knee I would be super disappointed if it didn't get better fast. It did, no pain at all & both work as good as if I was 40 or 50. The muscles not so whippy, could do with lots of exercise but I am getting lazy, just plain lazy. No surgery, tho.

I can't keep my eyes open & a quickie nap sounds good. Will be cooking all day tomorrow so need to rest up. Gloria, wish you lived close enough to sit & tell me how to fix those recipes... I do enjoy cooking but can't follow a recipe, seriously.   Few things are a hit so I fix them over & over.

Today I'm gonna throw together a ready made graham cracker crust with vanilla pudding stuffed with bananas. Such pretty bananas I couldn't pass them up & even have a better than usual taste... but they go down easier with pudding. Have a bag & half of Cara Cara oranges so will need to juice some & after drinking will have a few to add to mashed bananas for fruit ice. So easy to throw together & the kids & grands think I'm a genius for fixing it. Hardest part is having freezer space to stir every few hours as it sets up. I add enough sugar for me to love it. I could munch all year on it.

Nice to have such great neighbours!
Just changed into pjs to watch TV...dogs started to BARK! A peek out the window and I saw a truck in the yard. Quickly , yes I can move fast when needed and quickly dressed...well sort of. Going to door I met the neighbour and he handed me a fresh bottle of maple syrup...how fresh..it was still hot! Didn't recognize the truck as he just bought this one.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I was so tired last night that I went straight to bed without even thinking of signing out of here.  There was a lot of action here yesterday and I'm on a strict schedule today.

First, Cathy is picking up me and my recycling to take us to the center to get it out of my house.  Then we're dropping off our library books and grabbing a couple more from our lists.  Then we're heading for the Amish Grocery store to stock up on items we both need.  And, hopefully, Cooper will be arriving before we have to go or Frankie will be dropping him off when no one is here to greet him.

When I'm finished here, I'm heading for the showers.

JENNY, it's nice to have some backup to whatever the Drs. tell you.  Your son must be a real GEM!  I sure hope everything turns out well.  Don't give up!  I know you won't but remember that we're all behind you and sending best wishes and prayers your way.  How nice that you found the picture to share with your Dad!  I bet he was thrilled!

SHIRLEY, I sure hope your grass grows.  When you sow it, ask Cas to look in on it.  I bet his help will give it push up to the sun and rain (or watering)

PHYLLIS, I haven't worried about doing my taxes since my son got his accounting degree.  I just shove everything in an envelope and drop it all off at his store or his house and wait for the results!  Seems fair...I paid for the degree! 

I'm off to the showers!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

For Gloria
https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.msg215345#msg215345

Good morning..

A cloudy morning here and I doubt we shall see any sun.
Laundry day today and putter about.
Honking geese going over the house at the moment. the other day I saw a loon .Most of the lakes are still frozen over so I hope he finds one open to land and feed in.

Gloria, yes please post your Blueberry pie recipe..
Love the photo of your daughter and Saguaro.I didn't know they grew that big!!

Better get a move on slept in a bit and now need to scurry.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

I rode over on Bubble's link to see the photos so better go eat breakfast & start cooking. Haven't heard if my neighbor gets sprung today or tomorrow so think I'll just take on over & it'll be there for anyone that shows up. I got some delicious black grapes at the store yesterday & thinking they might taste really good in chicken salad, along with some pecans & walnuts. I fixed enough for an army since their families gather around, so nice to have happy families to see out my window. Forgot to buy a package of "paper" bowls & don't think I have enough in the camper to take over. Times like this I do use the nicer throw away dishes! I'll let them worry about it. She did say they had plenty of refrigerator space & that is something I lack for bulk storage. I used to have a full size frig & freezer in the garage (not combo) but got rid of in one of the moves. Have little frig & freezer & hardly hold anything. Better than nothing!

Good morning, nothing to mention that hasn't already been said. So, I'll go with some quotes.

"I'm pretty sure that eating chocolate keeps wrinkles away because I have never seen a ten-year-old with a Hershey bar and crow's feet." Author Amy Neftzger

"He will need every tool in the book today."  Sports Commentator, Andy Townsen

"Funny how the nature of a normal day is the first memory to fade." Author Lionel Shriver

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."  Author Mark Twain

"We humans are different--our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them. Our recollections change in their retelling."  Writer Mira Bartok

Correction: An earlier version of this article misattributed a quotation. The lines "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race," were said by a
character in the movie Dead Poets Society, not by Walt Whitman.   The New York Times

Patricia  I am sticking with the story that chocolate is made from beans,beans are a vegetable and vegetables are good for you. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Good Night everyone. AMY I am with you only I am saying dark chocklet is Best. good night snd sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Good Night....and Good Morning Everyfriend!  Today was a long and a busy day.  We made our first stop at the recycling, then we went to the computer place and we were 15 minutes too early so we hit the library.  I got one book, ordered another one and Cathy got two.  Then we headed back to the computer place.  After a lot of looking and a lot of talking, I ended up ordering a new laptop that can be hooked up to the new screen, keyboard and mouse that Cindy left here for me.  They will pick up my old computer (which they built about 10 years ago, transfer all the stuff I want onto the new one and get rid of all the junk on this one. And then I'll be totally confused.  So he promised to be on the other end of the phone line if I need him!

After that we hit the Mennonite grocery store and stocked up good, came home and Cathy went home.  I put my groceries away, had lunch and then Cathy came back and picked me up and we made a shopping trip to Kohl's.  Boy was I tired when I got home.

After all that, I still had Cooper to care for, and all the house stuff to tend to and My sister called me and we talked for a good hour and a half.  I'm hoping to make a visit to her soon but so far, it hasn't worked out!

GLORIA, I saw your picture and commented on it over there.  Those Cacti were one of the things that really amazed me on our trip to Arizona!  It brought back memories!

Now I'm hitting the haystack.  I don't have to be up early tomorrow so I'm not setting the alarm.  I just have to get up in time to be ready to leave for church at 9:45.  I hope you are all having a peaceful night's sleep and that you have a happy and relaxed tomorrow!  And may God bless us, everyone!  And may He look after the Ukrainians!

good Morning everyone. well it is 4:45 am and cloudy.so the weather gusser says, It Is still dark out and I do not see any stars so I will take his word. I got a drink and relived the dry mouth and going back to bed and cuddle up close to Nancy untill she hollers and makes me get up for the day. she will go to church as usual and i will get her preacher on line and watch and listen to them on line. Hope you have a great day.

Lloyd

Good morning...

Just when you thought winter was on the way out it has the last say.....tis snowing out!! Not a lot and not big flakes but snow!

A day of rest here ,may look after the neighbours critters  if the sap ran but being so cold it may not have. The maple syrup is delicious!

Jane you had a fun filled packed day yesterday!

Lloyd, dark chocolate is the only way to go!!

Phyllis, how are you?

Better get moving..

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Another Good Morning to Everyfriend!  The weather here doesn't know what to do with itself.  It's down to 35 and calling for a bit of snow around noon!  I'm not even going to look out the window to see if it does that.  I'm ready for SPRING!!!

I slept in until 7 this morning and I have until 8:30 when I have to start getting ready for church!

Frankie is making a last trip to WM this morning to pick up some stuff she needs and a large bag of Middlesworth Potato Chips that will be transported to Mexico for the Groom-to-Be.  He became addicted to them when he lived in Pennsylvania and they are a local place (about 15 miles from where I live) and not available everywhere.  I'm afraid he'll be eating potato chip "crumbs" when they get there!

She's dropping Cooper off while she does that and then taking him home to sleep with her.  Tomorrow he'll be here to stay until she gets back from Mexico.  My Little Buddy!

I was going to tell AMY to "keep her snow in Canada" but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.  She is a real SHARER, isn't she?

I'm off to the showers now and then church and then NOTHING for the rest of the day!  I think I earned a day off!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Jane, I don't want it either.the snow is slowly going and more on top is not needed. I want to go play in the dirt. Just read from a gardening site a good idea and I am going to use it...put dew worms in the trugs...here is the article I was reading.

https://www.ruralsprout.com/add-worms-to-soil/

Good morning everyone. Stayed up late watching a movie last night-or this morning? Don't ask what I watched don't remember the name but it  was a western of course. An old one with corny scenery where they are riding their horses and the clouds never move and you never see the horses but the actors were bouncing up and down. Most likely what used to be called B movies but this one was lower than that. I do get stuck at times watching a movie that really should never have been made.

AMY  if any one came to my door after I got into my jammies I would just put my robe on. If they called and said they were coming I would be dressed. I don't  think any of the ponds in this town froze enough this winter for ice fishing. There is one big pond here that we would see cars on it in winter while they were ice fishing. Not only are the saguaros tall but old also. The can grow up to 200 years. They only grow in southern Az. Anyone caught digging up a small one gets a hefty fine and a possible jail term. If any one is building a tourist attraction and wants one they have to apply for a permit and not many are approved.

SHIRLEY  that chicken salad sounds so yummy. wish you were my neighbor. My daughter and I would make salads and they were never the same. One of us would think of something else to add and the 3 men folks seemed to like them, the oldest one didn't complain. My sons liked any kind of food except liver. I would cook bacon get that out of t he frypan then add liver and onions. The kids and I would eat the bacon and the veggies and were happy.

PATRICIA  must be my love for chocolate and how much I have eaten is the reason I do not have many wrinkles at my age, especially after losing about 80 pounds, still don't know how I lost those pounds took almost 2 years for it to go away. I sure wasn't trying.

SHIRLEY Yvette had the surgery on her knee the beginning of November and is still out. She was told 3 months altogether. Already over 4 months and the muscles in her thigh are still not strong. About now she is thinking she should have had the knee replaced and she would be healed.

LLOYD  they say that the dark chocolate it better for health but I stick the the milk chocolate.

JANE  if I did half of what you did with all that shopping and running around hey would have had to pick me up and put me to bed. It was 38° when I got to the PC this morning. The sun is shining but not too bright. There is a light overcast and some clouds so who knows what the day will bring.

Had my coffee and now i is time for breakfast. Have a good day and be safe.

AMY I have been setting here reading your post Link, about egg shels. I have read in the Past about your egg shels and benifits. one thing is griend them intoo powerd in your blinder, put it in your garden and or flour pots, even put some of it in juce and drink it also read about bana pieals. it is amazing about what you can do with what we all through in the garbage. a lot of what we through in the garbage could be recycled and go a long way to saving Mother earth. reading is a good pas time. I had a leingthey post made ready to post and the grlimans ate it. Nancy went to church and left me in bed asleep. I havent been up long, too late to watch her preacher Live on the TV. so pray for me to do better this week. I was settinghere in My office watching the birds among them was a pair of robbins hopping around picking something out of the grass. they shure fun to watch. the people that have our trash service are on strike,hollering abut no benifits. Our dumpster is over stacked, and some neighbors tha do not belong to our grupe are also thorwing there trash on ouver full dumpster. it is in court do not know how it will comee out? have a good day see you all Later.


Lloyd

Good morning from a warm, no clouds or snow in sight, Interior. They're forecasting a cool April with a bit of sleet here and there which, if so, will continue our very unusual winter, spring, and hopefully not summer.

They came by yesterday afternoon, putting in our new balcony screens. They surprised me by coming from the right and going up and down instead of a floor or a side at a time. I hope this means the end of construction for a very long time. Other than that, no news.

good Night and sweet dreams everyone. It is cool here also. currently 34º and cloudy. hope to see ypu all tomor in good shape and sperits.

Lloyd

Just stopping by to say "Good Night Everyfriend!"  This has been a busy day but not physically.  I've been doing a lot of paper work, some dishwashing, a bit of cooking and not much else.  Cooper stopped by for a while until Frankie did some shopping and we played really hard while he was here.  He loves attention!

Now I'm going to go fall into the haystack and rest my eyes for a bit!  We're supposed to have more snow flurries during the night and I really don't want to see them.  There were some this morning just as I was getting in Cathy's car to go to church and more as I was getting in my friend's car to come home.  A lot of people around here have begun to organize their yards and I'm still thinking "SPRING".  I'm ignoring the snow.

Good Night.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!  And may He look after the lives of the Ukrainians!

Good morning.

Going to be a busy day here with appointments plus we want to look at pellet stoves for the garage/shop and I need a printer. There is no hurry on the stove  but yes on the printer.


Jane , just overcast here today and shhh on the snow. My friend had her granddaughters dog for the weekend and boy The dog never stayed still! She would run with their dog until both were tuckered out. Granddaughter pick her up yesterday and phoned back to say that one the way to Grammas the dog was all over the car.On the way back home,she slept,got out went into the house and curled up and slept some more!! She had the time of her life at Grandmas!

Gloria, when we were in Montana I asked Kyle to pull over. There were cactus with flowers on all over, a State trooper pulled in behind and asked if we were alright and I explained what I was doing. His next words made me walk back out to the road when he said watch out for rattlers!!

Patricia, nice when all the work is done and everything back to what we now call normal. Does the noise bother Farrah?

Lloyd, I like the idea of earth worms and will try that in the trugs.

Better scoot.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Today my week with Cooper begins.  Frankie will drop him off sometime today and then take off for her mother's house.  They will leave for Mexico on Wednesday and the wedding is Saturday.  Getting exciting in this family!!!!

It's below freezing out there!  The overnight low was 31 degrees!  I hope it didn't freeze all the flowering bushes that were starting!  Forsythia is one of my favorites and it had buds yesterday. 

Even if I were a full-time gardener, I wouldn't be able to actually put Worms into anything.  They make me squirm almost as much as they squirm themselves!  I never liked them and our next door neighbor, Charles, knew that when I was little.  He tested me almost daily!  If he hadn't been so cute, I'd have had to knock him over the head with something hard!

Got my second cup of coffee and today is "office cleaning out" day!  The guys from the computer place will be coming here to get my old computer and hook up the new one and there's no way I want anyone who is not related to me to see this office!  It's going to take me days to get it in shape.  It's taken me years to get it in this shape.

I guess I better get started because when Cooper gets here, it will be play time for a bit and then a walk before he settles in!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!