Callie, I miss Hal as well and Larry, Jerry from the Netherlands, Oscar, Glen, Den, and so many more!

Patricia, I am happy it came in handy. My neighbour just made a Artisan loaf in her cast iron pot and oh my it looks so good!!  I miss the gentle teasing between Callie and Hal..that was priceless!

Shirley, I hope your Dr comes up with results that suit you. I know my friend has difficulty breathing and is on 4 puffers /inhalers and I keep telling her a wee bit of oxygen just might help with her breathing or at least make it easier for her. Earlier I went out to feed the crows and  one was flying over head... hovered overhead and I could hear the wind in his wings......flew off into the pine tree while I put feed out.

Patricia and Amy, Thank you so much for reminding me of Hal's name.  I could not come up with it when I was posting.

Hello Everyfriend!  I think I accomplished a lot but I had to do it in jigs and jogs because I kept forgetting things and having to backtrack.  I got my papers and bottles all ready to go to the recycling and was opening the door to go put them in the car when I realized that today is the second SUNDAY not the second SATURDAY.  So I put Mickie in the car instead and went to WM to get an ink cartridge for my printer.  I stopped printing 15 minutes after Cathy dropped off my groceries yesterday!

And I spend about a half hour on the phone with my niece who always orders candy to give to friends and work associates at Christmas.  I didn't think she'd want to do it this year and she said "no" first and as we talked, she decided that everyone she gives it to would be disappointed if they didn't get it this year so she's doing her usual order.  I have to have I ready the Tuesday before Thanksgiving because that's when my grandniece goes home from the nearby college.  Then I also give them some for their family so I have to have that ready early. 

Guess the Christmaas candy is about to take over my kitchen now that the canning is just about done.  I am going to get some beets at the Farmers Market on Wednesday and do them but I can get the centers mixed and in the fridge.

Noe I'm getting hungry.  Mickie already ate but I wasn't ready when she was so we took our last walk before dark and now I'm ready.  Keep on keeping on! 

Almost forgot,  SHIRLEY when our palms would itch my Gramma always asked which one it was.  It always means you're going to get money but if it's you left palm you won't get to keep it!

Well, shucks, Jane, it's the left one & can see all the ways it can leave my possession, winterizing the pool & RV for starters. Thanks for the warning!  I'm off to bed before the phone rings again. The oldest son was here this afternoon to fix the sand filter for the sprinkler system, noticed one sprinkler head was not doing it's job so replaced it with the last of the spares & I'll have to order more. Not sure he will call again tonight. Been a long day.

AMY, I hope that leg just keeps feeling better no matter what the dr. says is bothering it!

I'm off to my favorite haystack!  Tomorrow is another day!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

well I fell asleep on the couch watching a move, so when I woke up, checked in here not much active.
this place is about to blow away looks like. Good Night and sweet dreams. shot and pill time so see you all in the morning.

Lloyd

I cannot let one more day pass without saying a quick HELLO to EVERYFRIEND 🍁🍂

Welcome Summersun.  So nice to see a new name here in our Soda Shoppe. Please join in again soon so we can all get to know a bit about you.  We are a fun loving group and always welcome new ones to come and join us. 

AMY, let me be the first to wish you and any other Canadians a
      🦃   H A P P Y   T H A N K S G I V I N G  🦃
tomorrow.  I do hope you will have a blessed day and that hopefully the family can be there to join you. 

We had quite a lot of winds 💨 here today and boy did the temperatures drop rapidly.  Mother Nature is doing her best to get the leaves to dry up and fall off of our beautiful trees before the snow flakes begin to fall❄️

Enjoy the rest of your evening and pleasant dreams to all.

Jenny

for Shirley

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.msg185727#msg185727

Good morning.

If weather permits we may get some raking done today. The pines and the cedar have shed their needles and old growth.

Shirley , loved your photos and commented over there.

Jenny, thank you. We had our quiet Thanksgiving yesterday. Today we eat the leftovers!! The BEST part in my thoughts. Due to Kyles immune system or rather lack of it we kept quiet . Dogs also had a turkey dinner and boy they sure licked it up!
Turkey was such a good price I did pick up an extra one and will boil that one up for the dogs.

Lloyd, have you scrolled back to read all the messages?

Callie, you're welcome...I always enjoyed the posts between you and Hal on betting on the games.


Jane, me too! Not my driving leg thank goodness but I don't trust it to do the stairs properly, I do one step at a time.

Better go check the fire......could be a good day to make bread too!

Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  We had rain most of the night and you could almost hear the ground slurping it up!  We sure do need it!

I have a little thing to share with you.  I was out walking with Mickie yesterday and when I'm out weird things go through my mind.  There are 3 houses on my side of the street on my block.  Mine is the last one on the dead end....

   On Wednesday of last week, ANDY, the electrician was at my house.
   On Thursday and Friday, CANDY, my next-door neighbor's daughter visited her from Maryland.
   Friday, my friend's friend SANDY arrived from Michigan for a visit with her.
   It occurred to me that we're just having a DANDY week on our block!

Now I'm off to the showers because I have to pick up Cooper to keep Mickie company while I see a movie with Mavis and Sandy!  It's Sr. Citizen's Day.  You all have a good day!  Make it your own in every way!  And don't forget to share it with your good friends in the Soda Shoppe!

Amy am not sure what you are thinking about please do not hit me again. but I do not reamer well any more since all the head knocks in 0-14. feel free to tell me what I mess up on though, just do not hit me again my head is sore enough now. Have a good day.

Lloyd

Lloyd, no one is going to hit you, hug you maybe but never hit. If you just scroll back...look back at the messages.

so_P_bubble thanks for the posting of te beavers and there handy work. some years back, beavers built a dam on my brothers place but we had to tare it out because it flooded our creak crossing to the bottom field. no other way to get to it to farm it.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone, a whole 45 this morning and will not get out of the 50's even with the sunshine. Now the forecast calls for the rain to start tomorrow. The weather guessers keep changing the day. Turned the heat up  and it is starting to feel warmer in here now. Did not need it yesterday.

AMY  I love lasagna, too, I wonder if Yvette can make it I sure will not thaw all the sauce I have in the freezer to make it and would never use the jar stuff, to me it never tastes good, maybe I am too fussy with flavor? My "at em" deserted me several years ago and every day is push day now. How  is your leg doing? Have you heard what is wrong yet?

JANE  remember how busy the NEST was in those days before SN shut us out? This SS used to be busy, too. Wonder what happened to those who posted here and suddenly disappeared. I used to stock up on coo‪kie and candy making before Thanksgiving and start making after Thanksgiving. Wanted to get the box mailed to San Diego early enough for them to get it in time for Christmas. Then would get sta rted for the ones for my 2 sons and their families. I still miss doing it but that's life.

SUMMERSUN  nice seeing you again, come back and talk more to this cyber family. We are a caring group and worry about each other when someone is missing.

PATRICIA we push the #6 on our phones to open the door into the lobby. The one wanting in has to ID to us so we know who it is.

SHIRLEY  depends wha thand is itchy. Right you are going to meet someone new-left money. A  least my legs are OK but oh my aching back!! 3 days in a row with no back massage with the Hempvana. I think that will be the first thing Yvette does tomorrow. My daughter did send a couple of pics she took of the Aspens. She said seeing them up close she could see the difference of the bark on them and the white birch we have, of course the leaves are very different.

CALLIE  I noticed the time on Summersun's post and the good evening and wondered where she lives.Since they cut  down all the pines in the back don't see birds or deer going through anymore there and the witch will not let anyone put food in front for them no more in the front either, even the hummigbird feeders, she said they made a mess. We really enjoyed them. I remember your bet  with your Texas friend and the Yankee dime.

PATRICIA  Oscar helped me a lot when I started in SN and Larry heled me a lot too, when we started here. Hal sening so many jokes and seeing him on Skype.

AMY don' t see ot hear many crows around here.

LLOYD  hope you slept good last night.

JENNY  good thing you posted, almost ready to send a search group for you.

BUBBLE  thanks for the ride to photos.

SHIRLEY wonder how  the beavers can move a  tree as big as that one. Love the beautiful Peace Rose.

LLOYD  no one would hit you with anything but a wet noodle and that  would never hurt anyone.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Welcome, Summersun.  Love your username.

Still dreary and cloudy here in North Carolina but I think the rain has moved on.  I certainly hope that there will be no more hurricanes hitting the U.S. this season.  The poor people down on the Gulf have had enough.

Laundry today and a phone call to tussle with the bank.  I hope I can correct a mistake that THEY have made.  It doesn't help my confidence when the bank makes an error with MY money.  sigh 

Take care, All.

Good Morning Everyone,  from the
cool (55 degs F) and cloudy,
rocky coast of Maine.   

Now that I have finally got
my apt organized,  I am looking
for things to do daily, after
I finish my meager morning chores,
such as bed making, clearing the kitchen
sink and taking shower etc...

I suppose that I could just start
over and redo everything, one more time...

Shirley,  I am sorry to hear that
you are looking forward to yet another
heart procedure,  and sleep study?   
Yikes,  but we do what we have to do
to keep time passing easily.   
Best wishes to you. 
Perhaps it is better for you
to get this done sooner rather than
later when covid could return and mess
things up for you ... 

I wish everyone a good,  safe, covid free
day...   

Hugs to all
Sandy

Happy Columbus Day...

Do you do anything special for this day?

Good morning from an Interior with a nip at 24° and clear. It's 9:23, and all I've done is tidy up and feed Farrah and myself. I do need to return to downtown and return the ankle boots I purchased Thursday. Otherwise, a loaf of bread and a beef roast in the slow cooker, and that's all on tap for today. Tomorrow my new sheets and towels are due so that this week will have all kinds of excitement. How ever, will I handle it? 🤷‍♀️

Amy, glad you, Kyle, and the dogs enjoyed your holiday, and I know what you mean about leftovers. Here, the standard sale is to purchase over $100.00 in groceries and get a free turkey close to November's Thanksgiving. I usually go that route as the turkeys are smaller. I don't really celebrate Columbus Day. He was hardly the first or the last and not much to write home about.

Gloria, do you push 6 on your cell or an intercom? I had several guys helping me with PSP and animations; I'd never known about it before. I only took photos before that and still have my Nikon and my Canon, but they are six years old now and very out of date. Plus, I no longer have strength or agility in my hands, so my cell phone is used more. Rae and Bunny were wonderful about showing a newbie the ropes. My only earlier computer use was in the office using the specific programs and closed systems related to those positions.

Sandy, I did so much clearing, donating, and trashing back in 2016 that everyone believed I was moving out. This past spring, I did a mini organize, and it has made such a difference! Now all the donation places are closed, even the recycling centers. What shocked me is that the homeless center where I used to volunteer announced it was closing! It was always filled, and I wonder where those people will go in winter like ours in the arctic?

 I know the two homes for emotionally disturbed and handicapped youth are open, plus a shelter for homeless teens. I understand, a building housing adults with mental issues who can't live on their own, only in a structured environment, because the bus goes past it. And there are seven studios here on the main floor for mentally challenged adults. Perhaps the city or state has a plan? I need to find out because I can not believe they'd dump a vulnerable part of the population.

Good morning Phyllis, I know what you mean about banks or any financial institution. I hate dealing with that.

Hello Everyfriend!  I went to my first movie since before Christmas with my "down-the-street" friend.  We saw "War With Grandpa".  It was pretty funny and had a good ending!

When I got home, I didn't feel like doing anything so I didn't.  I just took the dogs for a couple of walks in the rain and fed them and me and watched a little TV until Frankie came and picked up Cooper.  She feels better today and never did have any fever so I guess it wasn't the virus. 

We've had a rainy day most of the day and it's supposed to last most of tomorrow, too.  It sure is dreary!  Now I'm going to hit the hay and try to get a few more than 40 winks in!  I wish you all a peaceful nights sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow!  And may God bless us, every one!

Good morning everyone, it  is raining at last and looks like more than the drizzles we have been getting that is too little to even measure. When I pulled up the shades and looked out it is bouncing off the pavement. Even with all the rain we had during the winter we are 10 3/4" short for the year. This is supposed to keep up all day and through most of the night. Yippie.

PHYLLIS  hope you get a chance to get dry before it rains again there. Those people along the Gulf coast must be ready to move by now with 2 hurricanes so close together. Good luck getting the bank straightened out.

AMY  the last few years the statues of Columbus in this state
have been defased wirh red paint or the heads on them knocked off. This year they took all the statues down and put in storage. Wth a state with a big Italian population they really celebrate the day. Seemed odd this year with no celebrations or parades. Not that I go to anything anymore.

PATRICIA  if all we have is a cell phone we push the 6 on that or if we have only a landline we use that. These days more people just have cell phones. No intercoms here. BUNNY is the one who got me started in PSP. I still miss not using it anymore.

JANE  glad you enjoyed the movie yesterday. Last time I went to the movies was to watch the first Star Wars movie. I would not be able to sit through one anymore. Right now I think everyone here is welcoming this rain.

Have a good day and stay safe, make sure you wear a mask going out.

Good morning everyone.

Woke to the sound of a gentle rain falling. Not sure of what the day will bring but I am going to do one job that I have been putting off.....I hope. This pantry has been a catch all and it is time to straighten up!

Why is it when it is raining and the dogs have been out, they just want to hug up to you?

Gloria, hope today is the day you get your back rubbed. This has been an odd year and I hope it is never repeated!

Patricia, it is not difficult to spend that amount  in groceries anymore. Hope you can handle the excitement....just go with the flow.

Jane, I can't remember the last time I was to a movie. I do remember the smell of the pop corn though. Just as soon as you got inside the theater it would tickle your nose.

Better make a move...

Enjoy your day and stay safe and as Gloria said wear your masks!

Good Morning!  It's still wet out there but not raining at the moment.  The temp is in the low 50s and only heading for the mid 60s today!  It's going to be another dreary day but I can't complain because we sure do need the rain.  The ground is still slurping up the water!

My day for today is going to be "as it happens".  I do want to get to the hardware store to have them trim the two boards I already bought and buy one more for the white shelf unit.  I also have a trip to Fairview Country Store on my agenda for some day this week and maybe today will be the day.

I have to cook up the turkey burger that I got for making dog food and my plan is to keep enough out to make a small meatloaf for supper and another meal.  Also want to do some scalloped potatoes.  I've been hungry for them for so long, I forgot when it started. 

Cooper won't be coming over for the next couple of days because Frankie is off so Mickie will travel with me wherever we go.

I guess I better get started or nothing will get done....again!  It's almost time for the boinger anyway!  Enjoy your day Everyfriend1  Make it your own in every way!

In No. Carolina it is not called Columbus Day anymore.  It is Indigenous People's Day.  And since it was a holiday for the bank I'm dealing with them today and hoping to get things straightened out.

Cloudy and foggy this morning.  I will probably go back to bed after I get through with the bank.  I didn't sleep much last night.

Take care, All.

Good morning from a dark, cool Interior at 26° heading for a high of 35° today. Yesterday I got my shopping done while feeling somewhat out of sorts. I returned the shoes and purchased some odds and ends and back home only to go back to bed and sleep. Today, I feel so much better.

Gloria, we don't have anything connected to our phones per apt, just the closed-circuit TV that I haven't seen as I don't own one. I like living here; I wish one of the large groceries was in town and not at one of the malls.

A graph from NOAA's Centers for Environmental Information illustrates that we had 113 inches of rain this summer that blasted any earlier record we might have had. And, "As Siberia remains in the headlines for record-setting heatwaves and wildfires, Alaska is experiencing the rainiest five years in its century-long meteorological record. Extreme weather on both ends of the spectrum—hot and dry versus cool and wet—is driven by an aspect of climate change called Arctic amplification. As the earth warms, temperatures in the Arctic rise faster than the global average." This summer, we rarely saw the sun, but from late September and so far, October, it's been lovely but cooler.

Amy, I'll try, but that excitement shivers through me thinking of all the exciting things in my life. Just think, I still have that loaf of bread and roast for today!     

I would love to have another cat for Farrah or even another dog for me. Both of us are getting restless, and I think Farrah would love the company! Unfortunately, we are allowed only one pet, twenty pounds or under.

Got a bunch of stuff done today including, making dog food, making dinner, going to Fairview Country Store, getting gas in the car, getting my boards cut the right size, walking Mickie 3 walks (or does she walk me?).  I also made some necessary phone calls.

When we went out the last time we found a little pumpkin and a plastic bag of Hershey's Kisses on the porch.  It had a note written around it's stem "Say a prayer every day for hungry children"  And there was a note attached, "A prayer pumpkin for you. Say a prayer every day. Hugs and kisses from St. Andrew's"  That's my church.  I never heard them come and I was home when someone left it!  That was so nice!

Now I'm going to find that haystack again.  I'm really tired tonight and there's lots I want to do tomorrow.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy, healthy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

Day is done, gone the sun............and Shirley is heading to bed. Not much to show for my day but it is time to shut down. These days in the 80s are wearing me down. Had lots of leaves & dirt to clean out of the pool from wind & dust yesterday (whine-whine). I changed clothes over & over, cold when cleaning the pool, cleaned up to shop, back to summer work out clothes & now eager to jump into pjs.... Wishing all sweet dreams, God Bless and BRING ON FALL!

good Night and sweet dreams everyone see you all tomorrow.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone.Woke with the film over my right eye again.. Cannot hardly see to read what I am typing so will be short. Think I will tur the TV on and just lay on the couch and maybe fall asleep and wake with that film gone.

Have a good day and stay safe.

I'm up but not so sure about the "attem" part of it.  Sometimes things just get to me and this morning seems to be one of those days!  Maybe it'll get better!

I have to make a trip to the Amish Store. There are some things for my candy making that are cheaper there than anywhere else and I can't even justify the difference with the gas.  So maybe today is the day for that.  And the Farmers Market is on the way so one last stop there.  I still need some beets and now I have the jars to do them in!

We'll see what the day brings.  I think that might be a song for "Sound of Music".

I hope you all have a better day than yesterday!  GLORIA, get rid of that film!