Good morning everyone, 56° now and slept great with just a fan on in the bedroom window.

JANE  thanks for the explanation of the baking soda and the "tough old birds".   

AMY  was that a tornado up there to do that much damage of just a bad storm? I know a hurricane can do that much damage, too. This coming week end when we celebrate Memorial day is when most here will be planting their gardens.

LLOYD  with something as delicate as the heart monitor I would take it back in person.

Being lazy this morning, must be because i have dirty hands lazy cna today. Laundry day so she will have to do a few things besides sit with her eyes closed.

Have a good day, keep cool and stay safe.

Life sure making U turns lately, needed rain & have 3 inches in my rain gauge since last night. We DID need it but weather guesser says it will keep on keeping on thru tomorrow! My plans to head to Missouri ended because my fav campground has a low road at the entrance & I've gotten there before to barricades across the entrance.

Amy, only one package of lettuce seed has sprouted & those little roots are hanging on for dear life! They showed up a couple days ago but the other 3 packages are "no shows", with the price of those seeds, I will go into mourning~~ 

Lunch time & maybe a nap, why not? Y'all behave, Monkey Pox will getcha!

Shirley you may stop here 2 highwa to highway zz south to the three black mail boxes on your right, make a right turn right aroubd them , that is our driveway. the left hand duplex is our,s. we are most always home. we went to V A today and got all problems resalved. and stopped at sams club and got grocerys , so have plenty to feed you. we also stopped at SIL & deaughters house and got a couple gallens of fresh cows Milk. it is raning here now and has all day and last night. But we have good soliad graveled drive way. just come on any time. we have plenty of room for your  RV. if i do not have the plug in installed I have two genaraters so can hok your camper up or we havesome place for you to sleep.

Lloyd

Another day has come and gone!  I'll be off to the haystack in a few minutes so I can drag out and meet Cooper early in the morning.  Today was a slow day!  I got a few things done but not as much as I wanted to do.  I think I might have been resting from the doings when my company was here and all the chicken and broth processing in the past few days.  I just felt a bit out or sorts!  Tomorrow is another day! 

One of my jars of broth didn't seal so I'm making a pot of chicken noodle soup with it!  And since Frankie will be here for supper tomorrow night, I'm doing a "Coca Cola Pot Roast" recipe that I ran across on line.  It sounds good!  I'll let you know how it works out!

Now I'm heading for the barn and the hay stack!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow!  I wish you no damaging storms and good growing things!  Today, our two local mallards decided to take up residence in my yard.  I looked out and they were parked under the bird feeder.  It's becoming a regular gathering spot out there!  I went out and spread some dry bread chunks and they're all gone!  I don't know if the ducks got them or the squirrels.  Guess it doesn't really matter!  Good night Everyfriend!

Jane, I took out some stale crackers & crunched in the bowl of water this morning & those blackbirds that hang out under the hanging feeders went wild. They love bread & crackers more than the bird seed but all love the walnut meats! Only one robin eats the cooked hamburger but they all seem to like the grapes, especially the robins. I cut them in half so easier for them to pick up to take to the ground to pull the juicy part out. This last bag of birdseed I bought had more sunflower seed than anything & read that is why so many doves. Not seeing as many squirrels as earlier, but I think most of the neighbors are also feeding.

Lloyd, that is very kind of you & Nancy but I've called off my trip for now. Looking at radar I doubt if my favorite campground will be open, it has a low entrance road & got there one time to barricades at the entrance (it's on highway 7 between Clinton & Warsaw, name is Long Shoal) and I'll just wait until the weather tames down. Do hope when I get down that way we can meet, maybe in Warrensburg?  I know how to get into the McDonald's parking lot with the "Elephant" & be able to get back out. Thanks for the offer, I do appreciate it. Glad you got the heart monitor back to the VA.

Gloria, hope your good back massage person come back soon so you don't have to put up with Dirty Hands any longer. Hard to find anyone willing to do a good job these days. I gave up & turned the furnace back on, couldn't pile on enough clothes to keep warm. I've been washing up the winter clothes to put away & dragging back out. I suppose in all our years we have seen crazy weather like this but NOW we have time to think (and gripe) about it.

Off to bed, hope we don't get rain all day again, plan to get the pool uncovered & cleaned over the weekend. Today the water is standing on the cover, the water is up to the top. Lucky when they put the pool in they saw fit to put the lower side away from the house so it doesn't seep into the foundation. And that is the ONLY thing I can say nice about the pool!

Sweet dreams and God Bless.  Love ya'all.

Good Morning Everyfriend!Right now it's 53º here and heading for a high or 73 and cloudy all day.  Not too bad!  I checked the bird feeder and they've almost emptied it already.  There was a squirrel and two grackels under it.  The "unders" will disappear when Cooper appears but the birds that frequent the feeder have become used to him and they still come even when he's out in the yard.

SHIRLEY, thanks for all the info about feeding the birds!  I can do some of that stuff!

I need to get something to eat before he arrives and get ready for him.  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good morning..

Beautiful day in the making here...temp is not to go above 72°.

Not sure what is happening today...will toss a coin and see which way the day goes. Beans ,peas and cumbers were planted yesterday along with the rest of the blue and yellow wave petunias.

Gloria, they are calling it a derecho.......and in some areas yes a tornado did touch down. Many are still without power today and it will be a while yet before it is restored. All the food in fridges and freezers is spoiled if one didn't have a generator to keep them running. Each day on the news we are seeing the devastation it has left behind. So far 11 people have died from it.

 Derechos (pronounced like "deh-REY-chos") are fast-moving bands of thunderstorms with destructive winds. The winds of a derecho travel at least 58 miles per hour and have been recorded as fast as 130 miles per hour. That's as fast as some tornados! But instead of spiraling like a tornado or hurricane, the winds of a derecho move in straight lines.

Jane, that is my favourite soup..comfort soup!

Shirley, our beans that I first planted are up as the swiss chard, carrots and a few garlic bulbs are peeking.

Best get ready to meet the day..

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Good morning everyone, For a Wednesday I slept late, the landscapers were quiet , they were busy clipping the bushes and making sure they were shaped just so. Looks like they want to put the best look on for Memorial  (remember when it was called Decoration day?)Day. At least I was awake when they started the mowers and sweepers. Have to make out a grocery list and send Fran-CNA- to the market. I had her before Yvette started so we know each other and I like her. She is one of the few who do not stop and always find something to do. Lazy dirty hands found time to sit an hour out of 4 yesterday. She sits with her eyes shut and when I see that I always ask her if she is that tired she might as well sign out and go sleep in her car. I have a CNA on Mondays -Nancy- who is busy all the time and she never forgets my back massage either. She is 71 and puts dirty hands to shame and she(Diane) is in her 50's. I so wish I could do my own work again. These days if I am on my feet longer than 15 or 20 minutes my legs feel like they are ready  to fold under me so that lets cooking out pretty much. Both sons have bought me different TV dinners and I just cannot eat them with all the junk-preservatives-in them.
Bill did get me some stuffed shells at the market near where he lives-best market for fresh produce-and  at first I wondered how they would sit in my tummy, some things with tomato sauce upset it but these are great. This market has 6 stores in the state and family owned. I freeze half of the shells for a later time and they are yummy. I really need to eat more of a variety than that though.

SHIRLEY  another good reason to make sure Dirty hands washes them good when she comes in here. I think she is afraid to get them wet and she will not wear those plastic gloves the company gives them. She has an excuse for every thing, will not use hand sanitizer-dries her hands with the alcohol in it. I have some from Hempvana and it is a foam with no alcohol in it-all natural. Everyone else who comes in likes it and I have a bottle of the liquid form of it and they use one or the other and like it. Even my little great grand got his Mom to get the foam one for at their home.

JANE  every day is a good day when I get a good CNA so today will be good. Fran knows how to shop and will no get me anything not on the list or substitute with a different brand. I think dirty hands gets me something from the market i don't want on purpose because she knows I will give it to her to take with her. I have noticed her eyes when I do that like she has pulled the wool over my eyes to get something she wants.

AMY  there have been storms here in the states they call straight line storms and sounds like that Derechos you talked about. Don't think any area on earth is free from all storms of one kind or other or earthquakes either. A couple of weeks ago they were talking about a series of quakes over 2 days here in Rhode Island but they were not felt because they were off shore. Another words on the ocean floor.

Goodness just looked at the time and Fran will be here inn 20 minutes. I have time to  least get dressed before she is here. Still have not had breakfast either.

Have a good day everyone and stay safe.

Good Morning everyone. Is 10;30 AM here. I have not ben up but a few min. was after Midnight when I finely got to sleep,is the reason i was so late getting up this morning. I f Like I could take a nap soon. It is over cast but no clouds any where. Have a good day everyone.  Gloria you had a intersting post. I do not know whom you can tell about to get rid of the Bad cna. do the best you can. I do not travel anymore. so can not come help you,Mabey you should try mooving in with one of your children. they Lived with you when they were young. reamber once a man and twice a chiled. you should fit in there ok. we are blessed with the duplex,s two sets of double garuges in between. and the great and great grands check on us regular and are more then ready to help. we keep gudies on hand for me and the great grands. do not know if it is guddies or love keep,s them comming but dosenot matter we enjoy them.

Lloyd

Beef Pot Roast is in the slow cooker and now I'm going wait to make the noodle soup for tomorrow.  I had a couple phone calls I had to make and I was on hold both times.  But I finally got something accomplished.

I'm going to finish up the carrot soup that I made with the stuff that we had in the pot with the chickens when we cooked them.  I'll have that for my lunch today.  I'm trying to use up stuff that is in the fridge and not leave stuff that I know Frankie won't eat.  And I'm trying to leave space in the freezer for the stuff she'll probably bring over here.  I expect her to be here most of the time that I'm gone because it will be a lot easier for her to get to work and she can just let Cooper out in the yard if she comes home tired!

I had a cardinal and 2 red winged blackbirds at the feeder this morning!  When I saw them I really jumped.  That's the first time for the RWBB.  I had a cardinal once before.

Didn't accomplish much here but tomorrow is another day. I was worried about my sis so off we went. On the 70 mile drive we saw some of the devastation, trees toppled over, some twisted, highway signs down, shingles off of roofs and when we arrived in the town my sister lives in we saw more wreckage.  Looks like God has taken over the car wash and you now drive in and wait for rain...no roof on it. My nephew's car had the back window shattered by a branch but they got off lucky compared to others. Power came back on last evening for them. We took a different way home and saw a highway dome flattened along with a barn and many trees into match sticks.

I am enjoying the sweet scent of lilacs coming in the open windows and door...just wish they lasted longer.

Jane, your house must smell so nice with your roast cooking!!

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"Beef Pot Roast"   My mother used to make the best Beef Pot Roast. And she did it in the rattiest old aluminum pot. That pot was so beat up that most people would have thrown it out. She would do the pot roast and veggies in it, and then it was the men's duty to get the mashed potatoes done (with lots of butter and milk).
Now I'll just sit here and drool. 

Hi There, Ya'll!  The Roast Beef was great!  RICK, no mashed potatoes!  This one called for cutting up the potatoes in chunks and adding them to the crock pot.  It was yummy!  We both had two helpings and there's plenty left and I only did half a recipe!

And, AMY, you're 100% right!  The house did smell delicious and I could hardly wait for Frankie to get here to eat!

Now I'm off to the haystack.  I think Cooper is already there.  He disappeared about an hour ago and I bet he's all cuddled in by 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 and all the school children!

P.S.  I had 3 squirrels, and a Cardinal today plus all the birds who frequent the feeder regularly.  The feeder empties out fast!

Quote from: JaneS on May 25, 2022, 10:19:01 PMHi There, Ya'll!  The Roast Beef was great!  RICK, no mashed potatoes!  This one called for cutting up the potatoes in chunks and adding them to the crock pot.

How's chances of sending that recipe - to my email.  I have my mom's recipe somewhere on my computer. Many years ago (like 65 years) she typed it up and mailed it to me when I first got married and was in Charleston . The ribbon in her typewriter was on it's way out so some parts are almost impossible to read - even computer enhanced. She used an old pot on the stove top, but I am more likely to use the slow cooker. I also do like the veggies cooked in the pot with the meat.

Do love a good chuck roast but haven't seen one cut the way I like for ages. I keep asking the butcher if he want's to go with me to rustle a nice beef in the Flint Hills. He just smiles.

I didn't get the birds fed right today, sassy pants must be working on another nest, but did see her out there once. I have not seen any red winged blackbirds at the feeder, I get such a kick out of watching all the birds. 

The birds are all waterlogged.... poor babies. More rain for tomorrow morning & no let up all day today. What I can see of the river through the trees is it is higher than we've had for a couple years. The many trees the beaver cut down should float on down to the dam... In the 33 years we've lived here I've never seen so many downed trees from last year to this.  Been busy little beavers!

Amy, I drove thru Greensburg, KS after the tornado wiped out that whole town, one of the TV weather men that visited right after has put together a video I'd love to see. Bobby Gould & January (her dog) make it thru just before it hit. They rebuilt the town "green", never be the same & still a lot of stubby looking trees. Glad your sis is okay.

Can't keep my eyes open so time to shut up.  Sweet dreams & God Bless.

Good morning...

My wake up music was loons, crows, robins and gentle rain..

Would like to finish off the garden today if the rain holds off for a bit. Will take the day as it comes..

Phyliss, hope all is well at your end of the world.

Janie, PA is sending men to help restore and clear up down trees.....so thank you!!

Patricia, how is it in your corner of the world...ice all gone now?

Lloyd, enjoy the cream off of that milk, what you buy in the store is garbage compared to the real cream.

Need to skedaddle..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Frankie is up and off to work and Cooper and I have had our first walk of the day.  I sat and watched the birdies on the feeder while Frankie got dressed and while I drank my first cup of coffee.  HARRY, the black squirrel was there.  And so were George and John (his two grey friends.  I wonder if anyone can guess why I call the black one "Harry"?

RICK, I'll be happy to send you the Pot Roast recipe.  Do you want it the way I found it or with my adjustments?  I suppose I could do it both ways  I'll try to remember to do that today! 

SHIRLEY, I didn't actually have the roast that they showed in the picture but it was a good one from Davy's Market. 

Now I better get on my horse and get moving!  Or should I put an egg in my boot and beat it?  Either way, thigs to do are rearing they heads and hollering for help.  I hope you all have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow?!

AMY, amazing that PA is sending help to Canada for after storm cleanup.  Kinda makes me proud of where I live!

Good Morning  AMY &  JaneS.  well the grilmeans did it again ate my post and it is gone. well what I said was, cloudy and the treas are setting stil no weind at all. not a leafe moving at all. I have  not built feince here yet. so our cow is up at our deaughter and sils. deaughter is determand to skim the cream off and keep it. not good . I like to have my owen cream and do as I wish with it. well off my pedstial and on with my day. Have a good one and better than tomorow. I have taken my vitals and sent them on to V A with sadilaite. that device that va gave me is amazing. it sends the vitals to va and is not hooked to a phone line or any thing else. just dose it via sadalight. I push the butten and it say,s good morning and are you ready to start your day, talks me through what to do next and so on. I set here in my office and do a lot of bird watching. also. Nancy has a bird feeder for the humming birds on the back of the house,sure is fun to watch the humming bird eat and dive bom each other. it is amasing how much feed they drink out of the feeder. see you all later.

Lloyd

Quote from: JaneS on May 26, 2022, 07:33:07 AMI wonder if anyone can guess why I call the black one "Harry"?

George and John were already used?

Wrong Rick!  He's named for my all-time favorite black actor whose book on his life I've just recently read.  Guess again?

Good morning everyone, was another good night for sleeping with the fan going. Too bad the rest of the summer couldn't be like this. The days have been in the lower to mid 70's and cool enough to sleep without the AC. 57° now at 9:30. More my kind of weather. Still like winter better than summer heat and humidity.

LLOYD  CNA's are is short supply or so the office says. They hire anyone who applies for a job. It can be a hard job because some of the clients need a lot of care. I still try to do every thing I can for myself. I need mostly someone who can cook something I can eat. I would never ask lazy dirty hands to even boil an egg. I would never move in with one of my children, for one thing they all have stairs and I can no longer climb stairs.

JANE  my mouth is watering with the thought of your pot-roast cooking and the aroma filling the house. Some of that with mashed potatoes and home made gravy from the roast drippings and I would be happy. Of course if my oldest grandson was around I would have to share with him. He always goes to Arizona for Thanksgiving with Regina-her oldest son- and it is near his birthday so she has that for supper the first night he is there. That is his birthday meal that he asked for when he was 5 years old and he in now in his 40's.

AMY  I miss the scent of lilacs coming into my windows. When I lived in the apartment in my son's house there was a fence on the side of the house by my living room there were lilac bushes along that fence so I had plenty to bring into the house and smell the air coming into those windows. I miss that and so does Regina. She tried several times growing lilacs in San Diego but they all died, even the ones that were for the climate there.

RICK  no you went and did it, I will have to ask my sone before he comes here Saturday to get me a pot-roast at the market before he gets here. I will have to start cooking it early on Wednesday so the CNA that day can mash the potatoes. I never had a written recipe from my Mom. All the way she cooked anything was in her head and she was a good cook and baker, best pie maker, too.

SHIRLEY  one of the men who lives where Regina is started raising some cattle, That place was a big ranch at one time, and when he butchered the first one he brought Regina a big chuck roast nice and thick. He knew the best cut for that. She had to cut it in half and freeze half of it and he would not take anything for it. Chuck roasts here look more like a steak now.

I did not realize how late I was here this morning when the cna got here. Just now turned the PC on again and there this was still waiting. Talked to the best CNA this afternoon for over an hour-I think I did say a few times she loves to talk? I now have my fingers crossed, I would cross my toes too but they will not cooperate. She goes to the job on Monday to see the nurse and get the OK to come back to work. She only has 2 clients and I have talked to the other one a few times-a wounded vet in a wheel chair. She has a good sense of humor like Yvette had and the three of us were talking on phones and laughing.
Maybe I will not have lazy dirty hands many more times. I just went to put away the dishes she washed this morning and out of 8 items 4 I had to wash over. Butter dish still had butter on it. Small pan and cover I used last night and had soaking and should have been easy to wash were were still dirty. as soon as I picked both up I could see the food on them. If I had to put up with her much longer I would be calling the office and complain. I know it would do no good, I would get the came old story "we are short of help"

Will be on Skype soon to talk to Arizona so think I will get ready to talk for at least an hour with Regina.
Have a good rest of the day.

well good night and sweet dreams. it has been a good day hope to see you all tomorow, in good health and spirets.

Lloyd

Well, I'm here but I'm thinking of taking a walk down to the river tomorrow and pitching this computer in and then walking home.  If I do that, I'll have to start in the morning and probably won't get back until supper time!  Or maybe I won't get back at all!  I'm getting so frustrated with getting things done!

RICK, just in case you don't get my email (or you get the wrong one) I'm going to try to post the recipe in the recipe folder on here.  The one I got off line was so many pages and so many words that I typed it up and was looking for the buttons to print a copy for me and to make a copy to email to you and I lost it.  But I know I can put it on here and it will do as I say.  You can copy it from here. 

All these companies that make computer (and phones) should have classes aimed at old folks who didn't grow up with this stuff.  When I was in high school I took a typing class and it was one of those old typewriters that you use a bar to return the paper roller to the beginning of the next line.  If you every watch Perry Mason you might see a secretary using one of those.  I loved my first electric typewriter but everything was still on one page and to send it you needed a 5 cent stamp and an envelope. 

Oh well, I'm going to hit the haystack and hope for a better day tomorrow!  It can't be as frustrating as this one was!  Good night my friends!

Jane, - I'll be on the look out for that recipe.  If by chance you can't get it here I'll just wing it (when I get the meat) and use my mother's old recipe as a guide. My mom's recipe is only partial, as the ribbon in her old portable typewriter was almost shot and pretty dry. But she did try.

Good morning

We had a gentle rain during the night,all the plants are well watered  now.

Another day of not sure how it will go,need outside work,inside work and sewing to do.

Working off my tablet and will be back when computer is on.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  The weather here is cooler (in the low 60s and only going to the high 60s today. 

RICK, I got the recipe posted over in that place.  It worked fine over there.  I have to get some lessons from my daughter while I'm visiting her.  I also noticed that you made my COWBOY STEW and liked it.  I've already made that twice and I really like it!! 

I have to get moving this morning.  My daughter, Cathy, is picking me up to do some errands and I have a few things to do before she gets here.  I hope you all have a great day!

We've always liked Dogs & Beans. But the Barbecue sauce adds much to the end product. I usually try to find the beans with onion and bacon - or is it bacon and onion.  I know that's going to be done again soon.

Good morning everyone, Woke too early to stay up so laid on the couch and slept 3 more hours. Slow moving and almost 10 am already. After sunny days and cooler temperature it is overcast warmer at 66° but feels damp. No cna on Fridays so today I am on my own and can even stay in my night clothes and be lazy all day if I want. After talking to Yvette yesterday I am hoping with fingers crossed that she will be back next week. I think I am having it hard with that lazy dirty hands but her other client has only had a few in all the months we have had to do without Yvette. She does live pretty far for most people and she has dogs. Yvette loves driving so that is OK and she likes dogs. Now they are using the excuse of the cost of gas, the company is not giving them more for traveling and they use $2.00 as a base for what they give them for gas.

JANE  I don't have far to take my this Dell to a river. Just have to throw it down the bank in back of this property and there is the river. I should not blame Dell but Microsoft or that that rich guy in Washington state. 10 I am used to and like but still not as good as the old XP we had but putting it together with 11 stinks. I am not into gaming like 11 is and I will not pay to watch a movie on the computer. I still have the HP here and if had the strength I would move this one off the desk and put that one back here. I would label all the wires first so I would know where they go.

Had enough coffee so think I will now have brunch-too late to call it breakfast?

Have a good day and stay safe.

GURRRRRR.  I DID IT AGAIN‼️😩 Lost my post‼️

Another week over and done.....where does the time go?

Monday I had 2 MRI's....one on the hip and one on my lower back, as well as a CT of the hip.  Hopefully they will be able to find out what is going on and it can be helped🙏🙏

Our grands have finished this school year.....hard to believe it is this time of year already. 

This is a sad time for the family.  Michele's Birthday and their anniversary is this coming this week,  The 17th, the day she passed is quickly approaching . 

Happy news is coming though too....our new grandson is slated to be delivered on the 2nd of June🙏🙏

I enjoy reading all of your posts so much, 🥰🥰. Cherish the special friendship s that we share here🥰🥰

I wish you all a happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend.  Ours will be spent doggie sitting in the city by the bay....San Francisco  🦋 So excited to be able to go do something different 🥰

Jenny