Good morning
Starting at 20° this morning with rain later on today.

Using the log splitter was fun!! It is electric and once you have the chunk of oood up on it, step on a pat and pull the lever....easy peasy. Got one area done and may work on the cherry later this week.

A day of rest here..we shall see how that goes.

Jane, how is everyone???

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

ISAAC ELIOT WILSON, 6 LBS. 8 OZ.  JOINED THE WORLD AT 3:33 THIS AM!  hE'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND BOTH PARENTS ARE HAPPY!!!!  SO ARE ALL THE GRANDPARENTS AND HIS GG!

Welcome, Isaac Eliot!!

Cooper David is 6 months old today. Maybe they will meet one day.

A blessing to be sure GG!!! A welcomed gift to the family. Hello Isaac Eliot, you have come into a family of love.

Jane, what a wonderful, happy day! Congratulations!

Thank you for all the welcomes!  I have some pictures of Isaac and when I figure out how to get them from my phone to my computer, I'll post them.  My daughter Cathy is in her glory!  She's down there holding and hugging him!

CALLIE, remind me...where does Cooper David live?  Is he also in OK?

I have to get some sleep.  T will have my doggie friend back in the morning and I also have to be ready for an early dr. appt.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a great day tomorrow!

Jane...
Welcome in to our world Isaac Eliot Wilson, I am so happy for you Jane, knowing how happy you are...

Good morning.

We are off and running today a quick trip to the city to pick up glasses then home!

Jane, you also have a busy day ahead of you! Love  to see the photos of Isaac. Bri just became a grandmother and she is over the moon with him. She send me photos of Mason and he has grown so much since Oct 6!

Better scoot.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Congratulations to the family, Jane. I am looking forward to seeing those photos of little Isaac.

I also look forward to pictures of Isaac!
   
CALLIE, remind me...where does Cooper David live?  Is he also in OK?  Miss Ellen is the only family member who doesn't live in the OKC area.  She doesn't want to move back here but I think she sometimes wishes she were within driving distance (which - in this part of the country - might mean up to 150 miles  ).

Love the Thanksgiving graphic - best I've seen although I notice not many acknowledging Thanksgiving on TV or on Facebook much less on any news outlets or other social media - In fact across from me in the upstairs window is a Christmas tree all lite up - to each his own but too early for me... OK can someone clue me in - tried to like the graphic and it turns immediately into dislike - I must be doing something wrong - Help!

Good morning..

Not going to see any sun today  and starting temp is 29°.

Managed to get our glasses and of course leave  money at Costco yesterday. One lady told me we have a dolar store and a $500.00 store..meaning Costco!

Tying up loose ends today, die to the postal strike here all our bills will be held up but we can still pay them at the bank. That may be a job for tomorrow as I need to fill up jerry cans with high test gas for the snow blower.

Seems someone has been loading up the clothes hamper ,so laundry will also be done.

BarbStAubrey, first welcome to S&F and to the Soda Shoppe.  You did nothing wrong, that is the way it goes when liked. If you look back at your message you will see I "liked" it.

Jane, hope all went well at the Drs yesterday.

Patricia, is your snow still there or did it melt away? I am getting ready for the dance but don't mind if it doesn't happen.

Better get the day started.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Hey, Barb. I see you made it. Don't forget to say hi over on the Library Bookshelf. TomeReader sometimes show up. 

The sun is just about ready to pop up over the horizon. Temp is 43^o and will be in the low 50s today. No rain predicted until Nov 26. Voluntary water restrictions in this area are in effect, but my little water company is not on the list. Veolia is a British company that has been buying or servicing smaller water companies. Apparently I moved into one of them. They are not real good at notifications like Pennsylvania American which is who I had at the house.

The highlight of the day will be getting my monthly delivery from Amazon. Otherwise, it is the usual tidying up and my continuing very slow battle with trying to find spaces for my remaining boxed items. If it would just turn a little colder and stay there, I can change out my summer for winter clothes. I did manage to pull out one sweatshirt for the one really chilly day we had last week. Maybe I can scrape together enough for the laundry for added excitement. The cats will want attention and there are books to read. So, I am not without things to do, just nothing terribly exciting.

Quote from: BarbStAubrey on November 19, 2024, 12:21:27 AMOK can someone clue me in - tried to like the graphic and it turns immediately into dislike - I must be doing something wrong - Help!

BarbStAubrey
Just click ONCE on the "Thumbs Up" - at the top of the post. That should do it.

Good morning, minus 30 with about three inches of snow presently. Tomorrow we venture back into the pluses and Thursday may bring freezing rain which should turn any remaining snow into ice. Nothing is familiar this winter and freezing rain, which we've had a lot of this year, is a new phenomenon along with warming winter temperatures.

Every time I go outside, I take along my trekking pole. With my weeble wobble movements, it's a winter time necessity. This is my second winter without glasses, as no one will prescribe them for me until I have cataract surgery. Presently in the city, there is no one with an available schedule to do the surgery and I cannot afford to fly out to have it done.

Nothing new here, yesterday morning I spent ferrying papers from one place to another and the day before that in the laundry room. Tomorrow is catching up domestic duties. Thanks, Callie, for that expression, and of course, daily meet and greets and daily routines.

Callie, I wanted to mention that I still have Hoover cousins in Orchard City. I remember we spoke once about it being a suburb of OKC?

Patrcia, I dont know of an Orchard City anywhere in Oklahoma.  Do know of some Hoovers but don't remember talking to you about them.

Son and I have had a very busy day...errands and appointments.  We got a lot done but I'm worn out! 

Callie where in OK are you? Have you had any cold weather yet?

Callie, this was years ago, may have even been in Seniornet.  I'll find out where it's located in or near OKC from my sister.

Hello to Everyfriend!  It's beem a busy day here also.  Christy took me to WalMart today and I got most of the things on my list.  I took some off and put them on another list because we're heading for the Farmers Market tomorrow.  She loves that place!  I also forgot 2 things I needed so we're going to pick them up tomorrow!

Also, she made dinner for us tonight so I had a chance to take her little doggie for a walk right before it got dark!  He's such a little cutie.  And tomorrow she's going to help me post the pictures of our new baby.  This afternoon, Granddaughter Natalie called while she was holding him and we got to see him move around and open and close his eyes and just be a new baby at home.  I wanted so much to take him in my arms and hug him.  I sure wish they lived closer!!

Now I'm going to head for the haystack so I have some energy tomorrow.  Cooper will be arriving at 7 and we want to hit the Farmers Market in the morning!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow. 

Barb, I'm in the Oklahoma City area.  We've alternated between wearing shorts and heavy coats most of this month! Trees still have leaves, flowers are still blooming and, yet, a possible freeze is predicted for parts of the state tonight.
Fortunately, my area wasn't affected by the terrible tornado damage but we came close. As of today, the state has had 23 tornadoes with damage in November.

Patricia,  I "Googled" Ocean City, Oklahoma and all I came up with was a neighborhood in an OKC suburb.  Will be interested in what your sister said.

I don't have to get up at any particular time tomorrow morning...so I don't think I will!

Sleep well, Everyfriend, and have pleasant dreams.

Good morning

Milder here with a temp of 42° this morning. Due to the postal strike we won't be recieving our power bill or any other for that matter. I did find out what is owed and will deal with that this morning when the bank opens.

The sun did come out yesterday so laundry wad put out on the solar dryer.


Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good morning, a late start again today with temperatures warming once more and warmer tomorrow with freezing rain expected.

Callie, thank you, but it is, I believe, Orchard City.

Jane, you are doubly lucky in that all of your family is close and that you have a new precious great-grandchild.

Amy, our postal service cannot go on strike but what do I know, I'll have to look it up. Edit: I was totally wrong. They are in arbitration presently and,"October 19th, Some 200,000 mail carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks."

Callie, I just received a message from a cousin, it was Midwest City, Orchard Drive. At least I had part of it right!

Did not know postal workers were on strike - that would have had to be national right? My young postal delivery person is a sweetheart - here in Magnolia the outside postboxes are lined up on only one side of the street - this house has a large front yard with a circular drive and since I am, in just the last year dependent on my walker getting to the postbox across the street was a challenge at best - and so he said there is a caveat that most are not aware of that after a certain age or if a physical issue makes it difficult the postal system here can authorize you put a box near your front door and since he has this route rather than going through the system to get approval just do it. And so I've a black rural mailbox 6 feet from the front porch - on top if I do not get out to pickup my mail for a day or two he stops and knocks on Paul's door to check if I'm Ok. Paul is my son who lives 5 streets away. Can you believe!

Paul was the one who convinced me to have all my utility bills paid automatically and to receive all the bills through my email - sure makes it easy and what I love about the electric company billing is they send me a weekly graph showing my use of electricity compared to the preceding week - so different here compared to Austin where everything was on one bill except gas - here the city takes care of NO utilities so there is a separate bill for everything, water, electricity, gas, garbage, I have a septic so the septic people come 4 times a year so that charge, a small HO annual fee on and on it goes and so paying automatically is a God send.

Hope everyone is having a good day - I'm off to plant some herbs in hanging baskets for my front porch

Barb, there's no one national union. There are different postal unions in different areas of the country.

Patricia, I'm sorta familiar with Midwest City. Had a good friend (now deceased) there and used to play Bridge at her house. There's a small college there, also, and Great Grandson's mother will graduate there in December; she has taken all her classes on-line.

Barb, we also have "cluster" mailboxes at the end of the block and, when I could no longer walk there and back, my son helped me get a mailbox by my front door. Had to get a doctor's permission, fill out a form for post office and get a mailbox. I wanted it next to garage facing door so I wouldn't have to step outside but HOA didn't approve that. 
 
  I also pay all utility bills and some others on-line through my bank. Get bills through e-mail and, because all aren't the same each month, I do have to go into bank website and type in the amount. I can choose date to be paid as long as it's a day or two before bill is due.
Agree that it's a God send!

Doing desk work today.  "Get busy, Callie"!!!!   

We have been busy every day and when Christy doesn't have me doing something, I'm on the couch, pretty well conked out!  We've had good meals ever since she got here.  Some I planned and some she planned.  And we've done a lot of scooting around!  I'm tired when bedtime arrives.  In fact I'm tired before it arrives!

Guess I better hit the hay early tonight.  So I'll just say Good Night Everyfriend.  Sleep peacefully and wake to a happy day!

Tomorrow is another day.     Goodnight all.

Good morning..

IT IS SNOWING!!! Thankfully all but one job is done  and I will do that one today. Make a spot in the garage to park  Mr Snowblower. and hope that it will be a while before the dance begins.

Jane, you will appreciate your bed but I bet your thoughly enjoying Christy's time with you!!

Patricia, I am not happy with the mail strike at all!! Children aren't happy either as they like to send Santa a letter . Maybe a store will set up a box for the letters to be dropped off???

Rick, did you get to see Oak Island?  Don't want to say too much and spoil it if you haven't.

Better get a move on.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.