Soda Shoppe January 1, 2025

so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 12:38:10 AM

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for January 1, 2025

so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 12:38:40 AM

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so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 12:39:14 AM

"For me, becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end."
—Michelle Obama

so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 12:39:28 AM

Love me without fear
Trust me without questioning
Need me without demanding
Want me without restrictions
Accept me without change
Desire me without inhibitions
For a love so free...
will never fly away.

so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 12:39:40 AM

Detachment doesn't mean not caring. It's taking care of yourself first and letting others take responsibility for their actions without trying to save or punish them.

so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 12:39:51 AM

Cell phones bring you closer to a person who is far from you. But it takes you away from the ones sitting next to you.

so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 04:23:55 AM

sorry, I was late with the new page: with this cold, I overslept!

Happy new year to all!

Amy · January 01, 2025, 07:10:51 AM

Good 2025 morning!!

Happy new year, may health and happiness hug you tight!

The New Year came in without our help, we were sound asleep. Quiet day here..relaxing and just enjoying the day.

Bubble, thank you for the new start page. You need not apologize I do believe a wise woman posted this. It's taking care of yourself first . Wise words dear lady.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 07:41:11 AM

May all your troubles during the coming year
Be as short as your New Year's resolutions.

so_P_bubble · January 01, 2025, 07:44:40 AM

As we start the New Year,
Let's get down on our knees
To thank God we're on our feet.
~ Irish ~

In the New Year,
May your right hand always
Be stretched out in friendship,
But never in want.
~ Irish ~

patricia19 · January 01, 2025, 08:01:57 AM

Good morning, I hope everyone is enjoying the start of a new day. And yes, Tome, you were missed. I went to bed early last night, so here I am at 3:55 am, no coffee yet, no meet and greets, they're still abed but Farrah's been fed.

I awakened at midnight by competing fireworks from the city and upon the hill from the university but soon fell back to sleep. Nothing planned for today but some reading and more internet wandering.

Amy · January 01, 2025, 08:13:36 AM

Good morning Patricia, hokey teddy bear you're up early!!

patricia19 · January 01, 2025, 08:22:05 AM

Hi Amy, I tend to sleep or more accurately nap at night and usually fall back into a doze but I guess my mind was going too fast to fall back easily. I'll probably end up in an inadvertent nap this afternoon.

Amy · January 01, 2025, 08:28:19 AM

Patricia, I love those naps when one can squeeze them in. Just came in from cleaning off the back walkway and the apron going into the garage. Although the snow is so pretty it is a stinker to move...rolls ahead of the shovel.

MarsGal · January 01, 2025, 08:30:41 AM

Tome, ditto what Patricia said.

Also missing for a while now is PatH2O (PatH), whom I suspect is also surrounded by family and friends and enjoying herself immensely.

I found some pork chops I forgot I had, so I am back to pork and sauerkraut for today. I also did another grocery order (early) and now have rye bread to make an open-faced Reuben with leftover sauerkraut. So, all set for the next day or so.

I guess a bunch of you will be watching football and the Rose Bowl Parade among others today.

Happy New Year everyone!

BarbStAubrey · January 01, 2025, 11:18:23 AM

Woke up to the news from New Orleans knowing my grandson was there with his girlfriend - could not get through to my son or to Cody and getting scared by the minute - finally after about a half hour got through to my daughter-in-law who had talked with Cody and all was well... I'm breathing again...

And so with that bit of wakeup news onward - hope everyone is ready to make the New Year great. Happy New Year!

Tomereader1 · January 01, 2025, 09:00:24 PM

Ah, MarsGal, I love a good Reuben! Wish I had one today.

Amy · January 02, 2025, 06:31:25 AM

Good morning...

Haven't been out yet but I think there may be a wee bit of a waltz needing to bo done. Not a lot of snow and I hope it is not as heavy as yesterday's snow. Temp is 24° do I think the moisture has gone out of the snow making it easier to move.

Not sure what else is happening, will know better tonight.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · January 02, 2025, 08:20:32 AM

Good Morning Everyfriend! And just in case I didn't wish it to you yesterday "Happy New Year" I went over to daughter Cathy's for supper last night and I had my sauerkraut for the new year. I can almost hear my grandfather (he was German) saying, "You'll be lucky this year!"

I didn't make it in here last night. I had Cooper overnight and I fell asleep on the couch with the TV on and it was 9:30 when I woke up. My first thought was "at least I don't have to be up to mee Cooper in the morning". He was asleep on the couch with me. He spent the night. We just had our morning walk and it's COLD out there! It says 31 degrees, feels like 18 degrees! I think I'll stay in as much as I can today. I do have to stop by the dr.s office for a lab test and Cathy says we can stop by WM to pick up the stuff on my list.

I wish you all a great day! Make it your own in every way and pop back in and let us know how you did that. we might like to try your way and junk our own!

CallieOK · January 02, 2025, 10:19:20 AM

Happy New Year, Everyfriend!

I posted this just before Bubble changed the page! Seem to make a habit of that. Resolution is to keep up with the date and wait.

Until I married a Mississippi native, I didn't know about the southern tradition of having blackeyed peas on New Year's Day for good luck. So I learned to make them like his Mother did.. We used to make the sons eat one for each year of their birth. Yesterday, my son asked me if I'd had my 89 peas! (I cheated and had a spoonful with ham and biscuits).

It's terribly dry but temperatures are near freezing for a daily high. Supposed to change next week to "snow showers". Wouldn't you know I have things scheduled to do?

I need to straighten out my checkbook. Jane, would you like to junk your plans and try mine? (I didn't think so )

Enjoy your day, Everyfriend.

JaneS · January 02, 2025, 12:03:12 PM

CALLIE, I might be able to handle that problem. I have an Accountant in the family. I actually put her on my checking account and she checks me out when she thinks I need it. And that's more often than I think I need it. But I'm happy she does it! She keeps me honest and out of debt!

patricia19 · January 02, 2025, 12:59:43 PM

Good morning, very cold here through the fourth with ice expected again overnight. I ended up sleeping for four hours in the afternoon and then between one am and seven this morning so I'm hopefully caught up.

Meet and greets, and daily domestics finished, Farrah's fed and I'm having my first cup of coffee so I thought I would check in with all of you.

It looks like the entire world is in a deep freeze or expecting one this week. Amy, you and my sister have the same forecast while I'm the exact opposite! $:-\$ We'll be back in the pluses on Sunday rather dramatically with a 24 degree jump.

I'm basic about my accounting, list what comes in against what's due and split the remainder between spend and save. So far, my bank has liked that idea. My issue, I like to shop but don't need anything. I've also kept up my de cluttering so I tend to look more on what can go out then what I can bring in. That puts a damper on my shopping.

BarbStAubrey · January 02, 2025, 01:23:08 PM

Noon and still cold - just got off the phone to a squirrel removal company - I've been hearing sounds and then New Year's eve with all the fireworks it was just after 11: and this awful caustic smell - could not figure it out and thank goodness it was a bit less in my bedroom at the end of the house but I still had to cover my head with a blanket and breath inside that space.

It wasn't till yesterday I realized it had to be animal - remember from my house in Austin when I had a racoon get into the attic - also had lots of birds get in and die up there but this was not a dead animal odor. I think the fireworks scared the wild animal just as the fireworks scares pets and so nature reacted.

I've an empty half acre lot next to me covered in trees. Between the empty lot and my own yard I never in my life saw so much squirrel activity and so I finally called and they will be out here tomorrow to inspect every inch of this house before they do anything and then if they detect entry points they will close them up and set traps around the perimeter of the house.

Not an expense my budget included but it has to be done - just spent a fortune on Furnace box and AC coils that now I'm thinking may have been damage caused by squirrels in the attic. It never stops does it...

Amy · January 02, 2025, 03:46:20 PM

I shall be glad when all the days get in order!! Anyone else having a problem remembering what day it is?

Jane ,told David about your sauerkraut.

Barb, it never stops. Neighbour went to go into town and her brakes fail, thankfully she was still in her yard and not on the highway when they failed. Shook her up some.. now her vehicle has been towed to the garage and another expence they don't need.

Patricia, I bought Callie a can of sardines to try...haven't heard yet how she liked or disliked them.

patricia19 · January 02, 2025, 04:58:30 PM

Amy, Farrah was on a chicken only phase and then switched to fish only, preferably salmon. Now she's turning a nose up on fish, particularly salmon. Unluckily for her, she gets what I have until It runs out and I go shopping again.

Her wet food, in conjunction with the always available water and dry food, is only a tablespoon at a time three or four times a day. She lets me know by going to her dishes and giving me a skin and bones look.

Barb, squirrels can be an issue. They're smart enough to try more than one way to solve a problem. I remember once years ago, one of the senior homes had an issue with animals getting into the food supply. They researched, and had an entire reorganization with an expensive company and thought they had solved the problem.

A couple of days later, a kitchen worker walked into the pantry and found a squirrel sitting on a fancy decorated birthday cake, enjoying the frosting immensely. The photo she took made the news.

RAMMEL · January 02, 2025, 10:22:04 PM

Years ago I saw a Documentary, probably on PBS, about squirrels, and how they can solve problems to get to food. Maybe I'll try to find it.

so_P_bubble · January 03, 2025, 05:43:23 AM

I wish we had squirrels here, they are so fun to watch - better than our plentiful feral/wild cats.

Amy · January 03, 2025, 07:54:23 AM

Good mmorning..

Oh boy are we lucky!!!No dancing with Mr SB! To the south where my son lives they had to deal with snow yesterday and again today! My friend just sent a photo of her hubby out blowing snow again as he did clean it up last evening and it looks to be a foot deep! Phewww. We are usually the ones that get dumped upon with snow but not yet.

Today is nip into town to deal with a few things then home to purge the closets. One has so much fun (not).

Bubble you may have our red squirrels..they are even so bold as to have a stand off with the big crows over food.

Better get the day started.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Amy · January 03, 2025, 07:58:04 AM

Don (radioman) good morning to you!!!

RAMMEL · January 03, 2025, 09:57:47 AM

Couldn't find the squirrel Doc I was looking for, but there are some via a search engine.
We have grey and black squirrels, and a couple of reports of a white squirrel but not red. Years back I had one that would jump up on a bench on my front porch and eat sunflower seeds out of my hand.

S&F seems to be bogging down again - slow responses.

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