The package just came (Amazon) yesterday with 6 & instructions said use all 6. Since "I don't know nuthin", I follow the rules. Seriously, you know how it is when you know what you're looking for has GOT to be there so every time I pass by that utility room I step in & look around again. In the dryer as well. I did not take the comforter but about 8 steps from utility room to area between kitchen & family room where I put up the folding dryer to let it air before putting on the bed.

These are so neat, weigh nothing & not nearly as much trouble as the real feather comforters. My daughter gave it to me for the motorhome & it was so light I decided to get one for the house. I bought a king size & brought the queen size in the house, didn't want to hurt her feelings by telling her RV bed is king, the 3 house beds are queen. I was finding the quilts & blankets I used were making the old bones hurt because they were so heavy. This is the first time I washed it. Have real down on the bedroom downstairs but will decide how to make it usable again since over time all the feathers/down has lumped into sides. One of those jobs "the ladies that volunteer for hand sewing for their churches" could probably fix & sell at a fund raiser. What can I say, we grew up when everything had more than one life, right?  I am so tired, going to turn in early since I got up way too early & no nap.

Rick, that tool bar or whatever it is came back on it's own. Gloria also has trouble every time her HP has updates. Thanks for the tip, probably won't be the last time I lose something on a computer (or in the house). 

Wishing all peace & sweet dreams. Going to give/offer the cats one more meal. They sure didn't like the hamburger for their last meal. Before the stores started selling the pre-packaged meats the cats loved it. They have plenty of the dry Friskies that is supposed to help for furballs (not the dryer kind) & they are doing a lot of cleaning up/shedding.

Fur ball link:  https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Ecoigy-Reusable-Softener-Alternative/dp/B07NRSF8M2/ref=sr_1_18?crid=3UH76UGTYVF25&dchild=1&keywords=fur+dryer+balls&qid=1632532204&sprefix=fur+balls+for+dryers%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-18   Well, pooh, that didn't work.

Shirley, I cleaned your link.

https://tinyurl.com/ahxd95wb

Good evening and goodnight, sweet dreams. Hope to see all of you tomorrow. also would like to see more activity Like we used to do.

Lloud

Thanks, Patricia, I couldn't get it right, my brain has already gone to sleep. That's not the ones I bought but didn't see them. My computer & everything has been strange, really isn't ME!

OK, I've heard of dryer balls and I didn't see anything in that article that called them "fur balls".  So did you make that up or are the ones you bought called "fur balls"?

Naw, Jane, they are fur & balls & the cats have been having trouble with furballs lately so it's what is in my head!

Good morning...foggy one that is and chilly!! Kyle put a fire on this morning, not sure if it is just for now or will stay on for the day.

Laundry to do after we take back the bushel basket that  had the tomatoes in. Also need to pick beans and maybe pull the plants if little coming on them.

Jane, oh no...are there no jars at Walmart? Neighbour was saying yesterday that Canadian Tire had a whole whack of jars in. I may have to get some as I have no pints left just half pints I want to do mushrooms in. Hope you can find some jars.

Shirley, I will do a potato partially in the microwave then bake it. Less time in the oven and I do end up with a crispy skin. I bake it at 400° for roughly 30 min later it with butter and garlic.

Better move it.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's dense foggy here and they have a warning out to drivers to be careful until 10 or later when the fog will lift.  Thank goodness this isn't one of Frankie's early days to get to work.  She doesn't have to be there until 1.

SHIRLEY, that's OK, you can call them whatever suits your fancy!  I have strange names for my stuff too.  Lots of jars on my canning area are actually labeled "taters and maters".  It suits me fine!

AMY, I checked on line and it does say that my local WM has pint jars on hand.  Cathy is going to check that out when she shops this morning and if they do, she'll get me 2 boxes.  We'll see what happens there.  I will NOT buy them from AMAZON.  Theirs are 2 and a half times the regular price!  WalMart does have them on line.  If there aren't any in the store, I'll order some.  I'm going to need them for the squash soup and for veggie soup.

Better get my "rear in gear", get off this chair and start something or it'll be a lazy day.  I have to load up the car and make a trip to the recycling center this morning before noon, too.  My baskets are full!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!  If it's foggy where you are, be careful!

Good morning everyone, I think I was asleep before my head made it to t he pillow las t night . You might think I had worked hard all day  to sleep  that way. I did see something this morning I have no t seen for 2 days, a patch of blue in the sky, but  we still have rain in  the forecast. 59 now but feels damp in here  this morning.

LLOYD  wish my little great grandson lived closer so I could see him more often.

JANE  glad y ou had good news yesterday with the check up. Seems like I always had to drive into the sun going to work and going home. Some days worse than others.

AMY  would you have a slice of that cheese cake left? One of those things I cannot pass up, yummy with those wild blueberries is double yummy.

SHIRLEY i NEVER WRAP A POTATO with foil and never poked with a fork either. None ever exploded either. Depending on size about an hour at 350.

Guess I wll go get my breakfast ready, getting hungry.
Have a good day and be safe.

Laundry blowing on the line with hopes it gets dry before we get more rain!

Gloria, I put some in the hidey hole for you to enjoy. I Very rich tasting but oh so good!!

Quote from: Gloria on September 25, 2021, 09:01:25 AMSHIRLEY i NEVER WRAP A POTATO with foil and never poked with a fork either. None ever exploded either. Depending on size about an hour at 350.

Some directions call for covering (or wrapping) them with foil after microwave cooking. I believe this allows them to continue to cook after removal from microwave, in addition to keeping them hot while cooking other stuff.
For the lazy (me), locally we can buy baking potatoes already cleaned, prepared, and wrapped in plastic, that can just be put in the MW and cooked as is. They are properly vented so that the plastic does not blow up as cooking.
I do believe that a baked potato is better when done in the oven.Does something for the flavor, and the skin which I like.

I'm assuming when she refers to "fur ball" it is the "wool" dryer balls.

The bushes from the maters growing in my yard have landed in the recycling and the last of the maters themselves were made into my MIL's Italian Spaghetti sauce and is right now in the canner to be eaten when the snow flies...or earlier if we choose.  Two things done today.  Now for the taties!

Had a piece of cheese cake!  Thanks, AMY,  Um Ummmmm gooood! 

I'm hungry for a baked potato!  But it will have to wait.  Spaghetti is on the menu today with the sauce that wasn't enough for another jar in the canner.

Cathy just texted me that she got 2 boxes of pint jars at WM and has them in her cart now.  HOORAY!  I'm saved!  Don't have to do the rest of the taters in quarts!  But I might anyway cause I have all that donated squash to make soup to can!  Need pints for that.

Back to work!  Do whatever suits your fancy today!

Jane ,the bushes from the French beans have also landed in the recycle here! Picked the last of them this morning, can't say I am sorry to see them  go as we have had a lot of beans from them and shared with the neighbour too ! [

Back to work../color]

Good morning from the Interior at 33 degrees. It's still lightly snowing as it did all day yesterday, but no real accumulation. I don't know what I'll find to do today. My friend bought me some more high bush dried cranberries and three pints of birch syrup. Another friend sent her husband over with some frozen salmon.

I finally had to text everyone and ask them to stop for now. I'm not ungrateful, but I wonder if one, I'm becoming a project for my friends or two, if they're cleaning out their freezer or pantry, and three, I have nothing to give in return unless I begin regifting! I'm the only one using this stuff, and I'll probably still have some left next summer!

Thursday saw another thousand more new Delta cases and ten deaths statewide. The Feds are sending 400 hundred medical personnel to the state as the hospitals are rationing care. The Governor has announced that all state workers will work remotely other than emergency crews, and we're heading into another locked-down winter. I forget what our old life was like.

Patricia, please keep the snow your way. I know we will get some in Oct but don't mind waiting. Nice that your friends gift you with these goodies. Jane's ,gift her with squash!

Neighbour asked if I would shorten the sleeves on his shirts....a job I don't like doing (rather make a quilt) but will do them for him. Great day out so far, laundry blew out ,Kyle cut the grass again and some "stuff" put away for winter.

....mutter-mutter-mutter.... had a post all done & it blew away! Gotta run now, but thanks for all the suggestions for baked potatoes! Cleaning out closets & kitchen cabinets sure makes a mess...

Had a call from a friend my age that had week end guests, the wife went to her Dr when they go back home, for a sinus infection & tested positive for Covid! Both had their shots. Friend thinks she has passed the time for catching & not only had Covid but has had the shots. Not sure how we will find an end when it keeps changing.

Still have much to do around here & better keep rolling. Found a group that will be here Monday to clean gutters & trim out the volunteer trees about twice as tall as me in the berm & about waist high in a flower bed next to the sidewalk to the front door. I've cut them down every few weeks in front but can't keep up in the berm. Think I will cry with losing some of my "family" flowers in the process. I have plants from my mother & from a couple different houses we lived in but they are getting buried under these red bud trees, elm & mulberry. I don't think this crew will have or take time to work around the keepers & since I can't keep the volunteers from returning all the time, "will think about it tomorrow"... or not.

Gotta get busy. Gloria, can't imagine not loving those fried apples but since I like the sweet & softer apples that could be the difference. It's okay to be different, right? I would LOVE to have a tree ripe red delicious apple right now~~~

Patricia, send ME the snow... or better yet, send ME to the snow! YES!

Rick, I've seen those ready to bake potatoes but didn't think about buying them. I usually just bake in the microwave but since I had the oven on & fairly full with 2 cast iron Dutch ovens full of roasts to grind when done... thought it a good time to oven bake 4. Turned out good, I cut one in half & mashed the insides with lots of butter & shredded cheese, put back in the skins & back in oven. Yummy... and by then it was ready to take the roasts out, make a gravy with all those good drippings so sliced an end of one roast into bite sizes & covered with gravy, tasted pretty good. I had already fried a whole chopped onion in a big chunk of butter, drained a can of green beans of half their water & dumped them into the onion & cooked down. Fixed a bowl/dish up to freeze for the next camping trip when I'm alone. Even if I have no electricity I can turn on the generator to "nuke" in the microwave & add a single serve of applesauce, I'm a happy camper.  I'm hungry, skipped lunch & nearly supper time! I've done this a lot since Cas died, my neighbor called it "lupper"....

Oops, you snuck in, Amy. Shorten sleeves is one job Cas never asked me to do. Always would bring new pants or suits to have me take up half or quarter of an inch on one leg because the alterations people refused to do individually & he had one leg only slightly longer but so picky the trousers had to "break" just right or he wasn't happy, and the waist had to fit perfect, belt was not to wrinkle the waist (Heaven forbid), so I'd take it in that quarter inch.  

Shirley, I found it rather funny that he asked did I have a sewing machine. I could have said no as I do have more than one...I think 7. He still has his sewing kit from the army but I guess he figures a machine would do the alterations quicker.

Well, the day is over as far as I'm concerned.  And I'm beat right down to my socks again but it was a good and a productive day.  I have 3 pint and a half jars of old fashioned Italian spaghetti sauce over my MIL's recipe and 7 more quarts of taters waiting to be cleaned up, labeled and put away for "when the snow flies".  Cooper went home and the kitchen is all cleaned up.

And wonder of wonders, Cathy found me an electric pressure canner to buy today!  It won't be here until this coming Friday so I'm taking the week off from canning and then doing the squash soup next week.  I'm so excited about this!  I can't wait to try it out!

It was a gorgeous day here, today!  The sun was out and there was a lovely air moving.  Cooper and I took three walks and he never wanted to come back home.  Tomorrow, I'm going to try to make it to church.  I missed the last two Sundays and I'm ready for this one.  I have no plans for tomorrow so I'll just take it as it comes.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!  And may God keep the snow in Alaska!  I don't want it here!

The furball is found!  I am stunned that with a bright light & using her phone/camera, daughter found it stuck inside to the right of the door opening. Not sure what it was hanging onto but at least I won't wonder any longer if it melted!

I just deleted a long paragraph of whining about the pool, think I've griped about it enough for this year. Better go touch up the kitchen, take my Sat night bath & wash my hair, we'll fill 2 pews at church & at least 2 booths & tables at McDonald's in the morning. The great grands have more soccer games during the day so they will all be busy. I make a point of NOT going to any of the games for fear someone will have feelings hurt if I don't show. Still to be in the upper 80s to low 90s this week, but the lower temps at night make it more pleasant.

Glad you found the canner, Jane. I'm still debating whether to get an air fryer. I've got a George Foreman ready to put on the shelf in the basement, with the FryBaby I cleaned & took down this past week. Already have shelves full with the meat tenderizer, various other stock pots, slow cookers, you name it & I've tried. Still use the old cast iron more than any other appliances except the microwave. Have the Black & Decker convection oven I thought would solve all my problems & can't remember when I used it last. I don't take to changes very well. Probably wouldn't use the air fryer, either.

One thing I used to used a lot when camping by myself, was the single hamburger grill that was round on one side & square on the other. The heating part was square & just right to make a slice of toast after frying an egg ... doesn't take up a lot of space, & I have a little electric pan to heat water for coffee, so I'd pack it along with an extention cord in a tote, pull it out of my conversion van & set up on a picnic table (I stayed at Corp of Eng campgrounds with electricity), could have my breakfast before heading out. Both vans we had came with queen size beds that were very comfy, room for port-a-potty so what more could you ask for? Still have the old red Coleman cooler that kept better than any other.

Sweet dreams & God Bless, Shirley

Shirley...mystery solved..

Good morning..

A day of rest here although I may get the neighbours shirts done and that job is done. We are to lose our power from 7:30 to 10:30 today while the hydro is putting in an new pole and transformer box. We do have back up generator here and Kyle tried it out yesterday just to make sure it is working.

Jane, you will enjoy your electric pressure canner and it sure will get a work out! Good for Cathy on finding the needle in the hay stack!

Shirley, have fun with family today. I really enjoy my air fryer. I have yet to try a blooming onion but that is one of the next things I want to try. Fish, potatoes, french fries and Janies grilled cheese are all delicious when done in the fryer.

Better get a move on and get ready to meet the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I only have a minute because Cooper is already asking for his walk and I have to do that and then get ready for church. 

SHIRLEY, AMY I also open a pint jar of my canned taters, rinse them, spray a little butter on them, salt and pepper and throw them in the A/F.  Takes about 5 minutes and they're great if Frankie decides to stay for supper.  She loves them!  One hamburger for me or couple hotdogs...there's no end!

I hope you all have a great day...see ya later!

Well, that was a quick power outage....just hope they got it all done.

 We went out and on our travels, I saw this gorgeous hunk walking through the mist in a farmers field. Beautiful huge timber wolf!!

No excuse now.off to sew.

Jane, I also do that and shake different seasonings on them.

Good Morning everyone, AMY is all I see so far. I with two hitches got 10.1/4 hours sleep, feel pretty good. it Is 60♂ and clear here, not a cloud in sight or a leaf wiggling on the trees. Have a good day. I am going to go eat a bowel of cereal, and turn the preacher on TV. at our church live.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone, sun shining again today. I was outside several hours yes terday and it felt so good to be outside in the fresh air and no rain.  Still no leaves starting to change, think I am rushing the season?

AMY  oh boy,  thanks for  that cheese cake.  Double YUMMY good.

RAMMEL  so right, baked in the oven and crispy skin with lots of butter on it .

JANE  glad you got your pint jars. Way back when I did canning there was never a shortage of jars.

SHIRLEY  I jus t cou ld no t sem  to do those fried apples right so gave up trying. I don't care for baked apples either. Only time I use red delicious in mixed with other varieties making apple sauce.


LLOYD  hi.

Guess I'll go have my breakfast  and t hen ge t  to wondering what I will do today.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Shirts are done and back to their owner..now I can sew!
Each day I give Babe, who by the way will eat anything until I put a pill in it. She then becomes Martha Stewart!!  Trying to trick her to get her med down is a game for us..one that she wins more often than me!

A good Sunday HELLO to EVERYFRIEND 🍁🍂

Unfortunately, I am not going to do my water exercises until after the six weeks and I can remove my sling.  We drove to the rec center and Bob went in to check things out.  The "ramp" I remembered turns out to be 5 or 6 gradual steps about 6" high, and the water is 3 and a half feet deep.  Just a couple of weeks to wait, so all is good.

Yes, our son, DIL and Ollie Doodle did find a home to buy.  It is very nice and has a back yard for Oliver to go out in.  It is in a very nice and safe community in San Francisco.  We are excited for them and can not wait to see it first hand.  Someday 🤪

Love reading all about the canning many are doing.  I miss the good ol days when my mom and I would can together😘

Continued thoughts and prayers for Bridget🙏🙏

Enjoy your day, EVERYFRIEND ‼️

Jenny

AMY, Annie was an accomplished pill finder, too.  But she loved those Milo's Kitchen meat balls and her pills were touch enough that I could punch them into the middle of a meatball and she'd eat it right down.

We've had our walk and an outie in the yard and my lunch and checked in with all my kids and now I'm going to see if my eyes would like a little nap.  Cooper is already out.  OOPS, it's almost time for his mother to come pick him up.  Guess I better wait for a nap until she shows up.

Maybe I'll stretch his legs again.  He's holding out on me today. 

Interrupted my post for a walk with Cooper (his idea) and he produced.

Nice to see you back, Jenny.  Sorry you can't jump right in the pool and get started but it's not going to be too long.  Good news from your son.  Hope you get to see their house soon!  Take care and the days will fly

GLORIA, this is the first time in my life that I ever remember a shortage of jars, lids and canning supplies.  I think a lot of homebound people have taken it up.  That's all I can think of.  The manufacturers can't keep up.  And Amazon has them but they are overcharging!  I won't be taken in!

Beautiful day in Central PA.  Enjoy your day...wherever you are!

Jane, this little muffin will find it in a piece of hot dog, I have wrapped it in meat, stuffed it in chicken and tucked it in peanut butter on toast.  Must admit it is funny as you will see the chewing  of the food , then she spits the pill out!! I will try meat balls next, thank you for the idea.