Support Groups - Steel Magnolias #28

GOOD AFTERNOON MAGNOLIAS :wave:

It is a beautiful day in the neighborhood and all is well. I have been working on making new Index papers for all my binder cookbooks where I put recipes I cut out and saved. I have a binder for about each category like main, fruits & veggies, sweets, breakfasts, bread, sauces & mixes, soup, and sandwitches don't save many recipes anymore because so many of the ones in the magazines are repeats from years back. :p I am so glad I started indexing them when I started saving recipes because now it makes it so easy to find something I want to cook that I may have not cooked in awhile. ;)

DONNA FAYE All that dog food you have been cooking sounds yummy. Can I send my two over for a meal or two? Your potato recipe sounds like an easy one to make. I got a real chuckle about Jack and the blinds. OOO sounds like you got some real good fruit for the week. I love fruit and need to re-stock my supply also.

SUSAN What a wonderful success at that yard sale. He sure did clean out his house for that one. Glad you didn't end up getting to hot out there.

JEAN That boat sounds like too much work to be messing with. Just when he got it all cleaned up and running well it would be next year probably. I don't have a window in my bathroom but the one off the bedroom has one and I sure like having it. It looks out to our back yard.

GAIL Howdy to you this day.

We are going out to eat at Applebees this evening. They have some yummy things on the menu that are WW friendly. :p Type at y'all later. :wave:

Good morning y'all. I hope this day finds you well. I am going to work on some house stuff today and then start cleaning tomorrow. I want to clean up my desk and bag up books and take them out to the garage to go to the Good Will, get my shoes under control downstairs and put all the stuff on the shelves on my desk in folders to straighten it up a bit. It looks like a hurricane blew through my desk.

I worked a lot on the scarf yesterday so should finish it today then I am going to make my dil's slippers since she is the next birthday. I will then finish my girlfriend's other sock and if I have enough yarn, make her a pair of slippers too.

Weigh in was this morning and I am steady, but I expected that as I think it has all caught up with the Nashville trip and such. I am having some constipation problems so am drinking benefiber every morning now and hopefully that will help with getting things back to normal. I am hoping the swelling will go down more too so all that will cause more weight loss that at the current time is causing me grief! :lol:

Fortune is in love with orzo! I gave him the chicken, orzo and carrots this morning and he attacked it while I was in the bathroom. I came out and he was just inhaling it. I talked to the vet tech and she said that dog food can carry bacteria that the plants are not always kept the way they are supposed to be kept so I guess I am glad I am doing this even with the mess if it keeps him healthy. I imagine dry dog food has much less chance of that sort of thing and he quit eating dry about a year ago and absolutely refuses to eat it. I have an expensive bag of dry and about 8 cans of food that will end up in the trash. I do have 3 weeks worth so I can make enough at one sitting to get through the following shopping trip. I don't even want to think what it costs to make, but I imagine not that much actually.

Jean: I hope you like the potato recipe. It is easy and is just as good at the ones where people put butter all over the top of the casserole. It isn't necessary and certainly isn't good for you. There is no taste difference using margarine and ff milk either. If you want to use regular potatoes, you might have to up the time in the oven a half an hour and in the microwave about another 10 minutes or so, I am not sure as I don't use peeled potatoes. I gagged my way through the chicken casserole last night. Jack really likes it and I hate it so I ate the baked chicken part and threw away the rice part and ate fruit instead. I don't like the taste of cream of chicken soup in the rice or at least ff cream of chicken soup in the recipe.

Maggie: I have a file folder full of printed recipes I use more than anything. I am a seat of your pants cooker so only use recipes where I need exact amounts. I have a ton of cookbooks but rarely use them unless I am looking for something and then usually go online to find it.

I guess I better get my day started. I am going to go up and open up the windows in the bedrooms upstairs and cool things off then shut them before Jack gets home so he won't have a fit. Men, they think we are persnickety! :lol: Faye

GRRRRR! Ladies, I want you to pretend you are customer service agents for a hotel. I am going to pose a question to you and you tell me what you think I want to know. In other words read the "email" I sent to customer service and tell me what information I am requesting. I have talked to two people on the phone and 3 now in emails and they keep saying the same thing instead of answering my question.

Here goes:

"I made a reservation at your blah blah hotel for 6 days. The rate I used was "third night free at checkout." I would like to know since I am staying 6 nights will I get two free nights at check out or only one since I am basically staying for 2-3 night periods. In other words is it every third night or just the first one?"

Ok gals, tell me what you think I want to know! Every person I talked to tells me this "When booked at the "3RD NIGHT FREE" promotion, the free night will be applied at check-out." I didn't ask them when I was going to get the night credited back but every person I talked to this is all they concentrated on was that I didn't get it until I checked out.

Good morning ladies. It's only 72 degrees right now and barely going to pass 80. I'm waiting for the AC guys to come. We had rain again last night. The paper says we've had nearly 2 inches in 3 days so that is good.

Faye, I think they are saying you get one free night, no matter how long the stay. It isn't credited every 3 days which would give you two. Thanks for the potato recipe. I'm trying it out for supper. Fortune is sure lucky to have found a mommy who will be his personal chef, too.

Maggie, the yard sale was only what was handy on the first floor. Margaret had a room on the second floor that is floor to ceiling quilting and craft stuff. You can hardly get in. I scan all my recipes and make my own cookbooks. It seems to be easier for me to go through them that way.

Jean, the yard sale was mainly quilting stuff. I doubt we had a hundred dollars of other stuff. There is a whole lot more in the upstairs and the barn loft. I have a rider on my homeowner's insurance for $15,000 for the contents of my sewing room and keep documentation through pictures and receipts up to date. That is not a large stash for a dedicated quilter. I have friends whose sewing machines cost more than that.

Gail, this is the big week FIL comes to Delaware? I hope it all goes well while he's there.

Have a great day.

GOOD MORNING MAGNOLIAS :wave:

It is currently 76 degrees and expected to get up to the low 90's this beautiful day which isn't windy yet. Our strawberries are going to be so good. One got ripe and we halved it and it was absolutely wonderful tasting. We also got some radishes out of the garden for they grow so quickly.:p We get our Jeep back today! Will had them check the brakes while they have it. Then we can give the truck back to our friends that loaned it to us. They have 5 vehicles so haven't missed it for they said so. :p I am a happy camper for at weigh in this morning the iron monster showed me a pound down. Will is also a pound down so we are the same in the losing department this day.:D We are waiting to go to the market this day until we get our Jeep back. Life is good. The wall behind my desk is looking good. I have been saving pictures of food out of my two magazines I get and taping them on the wall and they are a couple of feet from the ceiling now and all around the shelf I have above my desk and all the way to the wall at my left. It looks so good with all those veggies and fruit and good things for my program. Some of the pictures are huge ~ bigger than the actual food. I am sure you have seen these pictures in your magazines. They are all out of the WW and CL mags. One of my favorite ones that isn't food at all but an attitude ~ a cute little rabbit on the back of a big turtle.:p

DONNA FAYE I can tell your place is cooler because you are back to your knitting. It is so wonderful that your little pooch is attacking with vigor the food you made for him. Little guy is getting gourmet in the true sense of the word. Our two scudders are at the groomer getting a cut and bath this day. :cp: They will smell good for a day anyway. That is good that you have a maintain this week :bravo: for your system will lose the weight by the chunk when your water retention subsides. I am so thankful that the meds I take keep me from packing liquids. So very thankful. Plus :coffee: is a duretic and I love my sf ff cappuccinos with a double shot of espresso. :woohoo: Your message to find out about the 3rd day free deal was clear to me. However I do think their deal is 3 days or more then you get one free. So you could stay 15 and still get one day. If they had worded it a day free for each 3 days then it would be different.

SUSAN We seem to be alike in how we save our recipes you scan and I cut and paste well I do use double stick tape.:p Graceous sakes your friend Margaret did have a lot of "stuff." Good thing that you and your friends that are helping with the sale know the value of the items you are selling for the gentleman. He is fortunate you are doing that for him.

JEAN & GAIL Hope you are both having a wonderful day this day.

Type at y'all later. :wave:

Good Afternoon, Flowers! We've had a very strange day for weather! I drove to church in pouring rain, drove home in strong winds that was blowing "for sale" signs over in yards, now the sun is peeking out and the wind has settled into a gentle breeze. It's 60 degrees and on the damp chilly side. I'm waiting a couple days to do laundry so I need to put some tops 'n bottoms together to see what I have and what I need for MN.

Maggie -- :congrat: on losing another pound this week! I keep a sheet of paper in cookbooks with page #s of favorites in that book. Most of my cookbooks have sentimental value to local people or my hometown churches so I hope that someday Beth and Amanda will want them. :yes: Glad your Jeep will be home today!

Susan -- You are smart to take pictures for your insurance man. :yes: We should but just never have. :o I watched a sewing machine demonstration one time and was just amazed at what it could do. Mine are plain and simple -- forward, backward, hem stitch, and buttonholes. My old one has embroidery discs that I've never used.

"Gma" -- :congrat: on your maintain today. I'm so glad Fortune is enjoying his food that you make for him. :D I have to admit I've never used canned potatoes, but will give them a try. I'm guessing you get one free night at the hotel as long as you stay the 2 nights, no matter how many nights total.

Gail -- Wishing you safe travel to and from VA! :hug:

Well, I have a dishwasher to unload and should vacuum fur bunnies. Ernie should be bald but he just keeps on shedding. Enjoy the rest of the day! :D

Jean -- :wave: from Iowa!

Good morning to you ladies. It is cool here this morning so I went upstairs as soon as Jack left and opened the window in the bedroom and put the fan in it and it was drawing nice cool air into the room so it should be a lot cooler in there today. Hopefully in another month I can buy another unit to put upstairs.

I finally got an answer from the hotel. Thanks ladies for giving me your opinion. You answered my question exactly so you obviously understood what I was asking. She finally got on the ball and told me the same thing you did, so I cancelled the reservation and booked with the Radisson. I found out that besides the higher rates at the first hotel, you also had to pay 8$ a day for parking and $10 a day for internet service in your room. Bologna with that, even the cheap hotels give you free parking and internet service nowadays. Like Jack says charging people that is basically free profit, well they can take their profit. The Radisson in Branson is lovely has the same amenities but has a pizza restaurant, a sports bar restaurant and a bistro in it, free parking, free internet and is right off the strip so easy access to shows and such. The just renovated the whole hotel too so all their rooms have been undated. The only thing this room doesn't have is a mini fridge, but we take our cooler for our drinks so that is the only reason we would need a fridge at all anyway. The plus side is even with the one day free, we still save over $240, which is about 2 1/2 days of meals. The only thing I am concerned about is that Jack's knee surgery will have been 2 1/2 weeks and the hotel is on a hill. I may have to do the car parking and such if he finds it difficult.

I finished the scarf for Alicia this morning and will start on her matching hat then will have the three piece set done and can do the duffer slippers (this is a picture of the ones the designer made, aren't they cute? The ones I wanted to show you another lady knitted and she put embellishments on them and such but her photo isn't showing up on the website anymore) I can't wait to start on them and may just jump over the hat for the time being and start the duffers.

Jean: We had a real nasty thunderstorm roll through here yesterday afternoon. It got black as night out right after Jack texted me to "batten down the hatches." I texted him back, "why?" and before he could answer me back it got all black and thunder and lightening and wind and rain. I got my answer and had to go out and roll down the patio table umbrella so it wouldn't twirl around in a circle with the wind. It passed fairly quickly then the sun came out and dried everything up before bedtime. I did accomplish what i had on my list yesterday so now today I should start cleaning again, but I have been up and down a lot last night and am sort of sleepy. I am going to make myself some breakfast and maybe start those slippers.

Maggie: Thanks for you input. I thought I had asked the question fairly easily to understand and obviously so because you all were able to answer me, but seems they only hire goofballs at this hotel chain since I couldn't them to answer until this morning what I was asking. Congrats on your lb down! :carrot: Fortune really likes the orzo pasta. He is having turkey with orzo and mixed veggies today and has already eaten about half of it. His favorite was the chicken with orzo and carrots though. Other than the mess it makes cooking all the stuff, I don't mind making his food really and if it keeps him well I am all for it.

Susan: Wow, I didn't know you could buy a machine that expensive. I know they have some beautiful machines that do some extraordinary things these days that projects almost sew themselves. I watch the quilting show on PBS from time to time and enjoy seeing the patterns and such them make. Oh, the thing about the raspberries molding is they were in the plastic containers they come in and were molding that way so I took them out and put them on paper towels to make sure they were nice and dry then put them back in one of my own containers with a dry paper towel in the bottom and they seem to be doing fine. I saw that Jack took a fruit medley for lunch the other day. He didn't have to sit and cut them up is the reason, he could just take them straight out of the container all ready to go.

Gail: Hope all is going well with you today!

Well gals, time to go for today. I have chores and cleaning and knittng and reading to get done. Have a great Tuesday and hope the weather is nice where you are!!! Faye

Good Morning, Flowers! It is dark and raining in my corner of the world this morning. I have a couple errands to run and need to stop at the library sometime today. For whatever reason I woke up an hour after I had gone to bed; :hyper: I finally got up and read for another hour then managed to go back to sleep.

"Gma" -- I hope you have a cooler day today! :yes: I know that sometimes hotels will add extra charges after the fact. In the fine print, non-owners are charged $15 a day for valet parking where we stay in Maui. It doesn't cost anything if you go to the garage and get your own car. It sounds like you ended up with a better hotel all the way around. The slippers are cute! What color yarn are you going to use? You have a busy day planned for today!

I need to get busy! I'm dressed and ready in case the dw repairman brings the part today. :crossed: Hope you all have a terrific Tuesday and enjoy! :D

Jean -- :wave: from :rain: Iowa!

From the now I have seen everything file: Someone actually knitted a whole digestive system! (I was looking for knitted buttons or flowers etc to put on the duffers and I came across this and just had to look at the link) too much time on somebody's hands! :lol:

EWWWWWWW!!!!

GOOD AFTERNOON MAGNOLIAS :wave:

It is a beautiful day but for the high humidity. Reminds us of the days we lived in TN. Just got back from taking a dear friend out to lunch that is moving to Florida. We had a great time and I had a sandwich and cottage cheese while trying to stay OP. :p Then the guys wanted apple pie so I ate a few bites and gave up the rest. It didn't go to waste or my waist either. :D Life is good. Will is out putting treatment on the Jeeps ragg top and such today. Making it all pretty and like new. We will get the new breather system put on this coming Thursday which will give us better gas mileage and be better for the system. Open up its airways so to speak to breathe better. Next will be some external items like a new front bumper set up. Anyway we like it to be user friendly. Funny thing, my knee hasn't 'gone out' since I bought that brace. Fine with me. I don't have a clue what I am going to make for dinner so I had better put on my thinking cap and get something thawed. The folks at the building center just gave Will a huge piece of marble counter topping which he will use for his leather works. They make custom kitchen counter tops and this is a cutout from some order and no good to them. A much smaller piece from the place he buys his leather is @$200 so no telling what this huge piece would go for there. This piece is 1 inch thick, 21 inches wide and 27 inches long. And then an ovel one that is 11 1/2 inches wide and 14 1/2 inches long by 1 inch thick. I have the ovel in my office for when I do some pounding. :p

JEAN You could send some of your rain here for we could use some more. Did you get your dishwasher all fixed up now? Hope so for we have all become so dependant on that appliance in out homes.:p

DONNA FAYE Some one sure had more time on their hands to knit something like that. I hope they donated it to a doctor of their choice to hang in his or her office. Could you just imagine me making one like that out of glass ~ could be done but not by me! :D After making the dog food for awhile you will get better at it and it will be a snap. Your pooch will thank you for it by the gusto he shows as he eats it.

SUSAN & GAIL Hope this day is good to you.

I need to go and get some chores done. Kitchen counter is calling my name. :wave: Type at y'all later.

Good morning to you ladies. It is going to be another hot one in the south today climbing up near 100 degrees again. It only cooled off to about 80 last night so you don't get much respite from the heat.

Jack and I went swimming with Thomas yesterday afternoon after he got off work. The water was pretty chilly but it was nice to get in and do some swimming around and hopefully going a couple times a week my feet will not be so swollen. This heat kills them even in the ac.

Jack keeps losing weight and is now down 30 lbs. He has about 15 more he would like to lose before vacation I think and that should put him at goal. His work pants are becoming pretty lose and he is losing his tummy too so all in all he is pleased as am I.

I have one of the slippers knitted and it looks huge, but of course it loses about 30% of its length when you felt it so it will be just right. I was pretty impressed with my color choices as they blended terrific and they aren't even the same brand. On top of that, I bought them online and it can be difficult to match colors sometimes, but these look great and I hope she likes them. I have started her hat too and hopefully have enough yarn to finish it and not have to get more, but it is going to be close. I hadn't planned on making a hat, but saw this cute one on the bernat site using the yarn I used for the scarf and gloves so I decided to make it too. It is sort of a beret style.

I am rearranging furniture a bit today to make the ac more efficient. I am hoping it helps. It is working great, but the loveseat recliner was sitting right in front of it and may have blocked it a bit from cooling the whole room so I turned the loveseat around so we shall see.

Fortune is on his last day of antibiotics thank goodness. He is really a sweetheart about taking them but I still get some teeth because when I stick it back in his throat he wants to bite down to swallow it. He never really hurts me, but those little teeth are sharp anyway! :lol:

Maggie: You should see some of the other stuff people make revolting. I think making something lovely would be better than making sex organs or this thing. I don't think it was like a med student or anything either because of the site it was on. It was all kinds of weird knitted stuff. I spent about an hour on Ravelry yesterday and found some cute dog sweaters I might make for Fortune for this winter when I get to a place I have nothing needed to be done and when is that? I still want to finish my pretty green sweater I started for myself for the cruise a couple years ago. I am hoping it will fit me by next year if I can ever get to it. I have a lot of gifts to make yet. At least it keeps me busy and knitting keeps your hands busy too as would you glass craft I would think. Is your craft easy to walk away from at anytime or if you start something do you have to finish it before you can stop? Fortune's favorite that I make is the chicken, orzo and carrots. He had that this morning and attacked it and it is gone! :lol: I think the turkey and mixed veggies is probably his least favorite but he eats it too. I am going to research and find out just what veggies I can put in dog food and be safe. I know you can't put onions or garlic in anything as they are toxic to dogs, not that I would do either there isn't much nutrition in them anyway.

Jean: EWWWWW is right. I mean they knitte the thing from the tongue which is the very top part and ended with the rectum so they covered the whole digestive system for sure, but am not sure, why??? How's the packing coming for this weekend? I am not sure I would want to lug all that stuff all the way up there and back. You are a better woman than I that's for sure. We would be staying at a Hilton or something!!! :lol: I used a pumpkin color for the bottom of the slipper and a varigated that has a pink an orange some lavender. It sounds awful, but it worked out terrific. Here is the slipper before it has been felted. They felt and sort of look like little flats. I have to go to the craft store and get some fabric paint to put on the bottom. You make patterns on the bottom and when it dries you have a non skid surface like those socks you get in the hospital with the rubber bottoms.

Well, I guess I should hit the road and start getting some work done. It isn't going to do itself and my house is a mess as I didn't get what I wanted to get done yesterday. Have a great middle of the week! Faye

Good Morning, Flowers! It's another cloudy cool morning in my corner of the world. I'm getting a pedicure in a few minutes; I'm thinking positive and hope to wear sandals next week! The dw guy is bringing the part sometime this afternoon so need to pick up the kitchen and vacuum the crumbs. Ernie tends to drop a piece of dry food and then plays with it on the tile floor. I'm usually the one who steps on it in the end. :twirly:

Maggie -- Apple pie . . . . :T ! Your Jeep will be pretty spiffy when you get all the parts for it. I still wash a few dishes by hand. I don't have a window over my sink and I do miss that although I don't mind doing dishes by hand.

"Gma" -- A BIG :congrat: to Jack on his weight loss! He is doing so well with the program for being a somewhat picky eater. The secret to packing for MN is a LIST! :yes: My "mom" used to bring everything, but I've pretty much taken over the last few years. She is still using a cane, and will at least until August, so it's harder for her to maneuver around the kitchen. I'd rather take my own favorite bowl, pan, sharp knife, or whatever than wash everything before I use it up there. Some of it is pretty ratty looking. I wouldn't be surprised if this is our last year; the prices have increased so much and the fishing hasn't been very good the last couple of years. I don't work on the clothes packing until tomorrow and Friday so I can do last minute laundry. I like the color of yarn in the slipper!

Gail -- I hope you have your FIL settled in by now. May your time together go smoothly! :)

Susan -- What are you up to today? :dunno:

Guess I will start on the kitchen pickup before it's time to leave. Have a wonderful Wednesday -- halfway through June already! :D

Jean -- :wave: from Iowa!

Good morning, ladies! 71 degrees. Haven't needed AC since they installed it. But that keeps the electric bill down and is alright with me.

I was a slug this morning and didn't get up until 10 am and I went to bed at 10pm last night. I guess I really needed the sleep because I feel more energetic today. I'm rearranging the living room, cleaning windows, waxing furniture, etc. today. Friday will be the family room. I am getting rid of 2 bookcases and a china closet that is in the breakfast room (I have another in my dining room). The thrift store is sending someone to take them out of the house for me. They are nice pieces, but I just don't need so much anymore.

I had quilt guild last night and dinner with the ladies before hand.

Faye, I like the color of the slippers. Can't wait to see it when it is felted. Congratulations to Jack on the weight loss. I'm sure his knees appreciate it, too.

Jean, I hope you enjoy your trip. It sounds like a lot of work to me. I'm for staying in a hotel with a pool and room service.

Maggie, Will sure was lucky to get that marble.

Housework calls. Have a great day!

I am here. Since I last posted...and I'm not even sure when that was, a lot has happened or so it seems that way. Yes, my FIL is here in Delaware now. I won't go into it but as hard as he is trying, he is not the man he wants us to know him for. And the sad thing is, Wayne has not seen the whole picture yet because he has to be at work. I'm not complaining. I'm just scared. Scared for my FIL. Scared for my husband when he truly sees the whole picture (and he will by the end of the weekend) and scared for myself (because I don't deal with stress very well). My FIL cannot be on his own now. I'm not sure (at this point) IF he should be on his own. After the drive up from VA to DE and after this morning, the very least my FIL needs is assisted living care. There is so much to this. Okay. Enough.

I want all of you to know how much I appreciate you saying hello to me in your posts. That means so much to me. Just knowing each of you are out there (in different parts of our country) ready to read my sometimes scattered thoughts mean the world to me. And I don't like being a negative person. I really am the sort of person that sees the glass as half full.

I am taking one day at a time here.

Jean, I know my FIL is trying to make things go smoothly. He has so many things wrong with him. When I went to pick him up at the hospital yesterday he was given 12 prescriptions. TWELVE. Everything from a urinary tract infection to a cold to cholesterol to atrial fibriallation to heart to different kinds of pain meds. We did not sleep last night because he coughed so badly last night and then fell asleep at 6am. Today, he has two people visiting him for home healthcare. I'm not sure who these people are but I will find out. And through all this because he was watching some of Dr. Oz on the tv this morning he now wants me to go out and buy him some anti-puff anti-wrinkle cream. Go ahead. Laugh. It's okay. I would love to have a pedicure today!

BRB

I am back.

Susan, the weather was so nice while I was in Va. Beach. And its a nice day here at home in DE. My air conditioner has not run yet for the day (but my FIL is cold and is presently wrapped up in a throw like Whistler's Mother). I know this sounds strange but I can't wait to see my next electric bill. I bet you have some gorgeous quilts and some in progress that are equally beautiful. I love arranging and re-arranging my knitting supplies. I don't have anything insured though!

BRB

Hey Maggie....sounds like you have been busy putting up all those photos of fruit and veggies. I love my cookbooks and I have had some binders started for the same thing. I agree with you a lot of the recipes I'm seeing are more or less repeats of some old recipes I've clipped and saved. I, too, love WW and CL magazines. Do you think you'll ever buy an e-reader that you can read magazines on (along with books of course)? I'm not sure about that myself as I feel old-fashioned in loving the actual hard copy magazines (and books) in my hands but I can see where it all could have their own place in our very technical world. I haven't a clue as to what I'm making for dinner tonight. The grandkids come over at 4:30...and not sure how that is all going to work out with the physical therapist here at 4:00 for my FIL. Its a little nerve-wracking to me have my home all turned around. I'll live through this.

BRB

And here I am again...

Donna Faye, your puppy dog is one lucky little thing! The food you are making for Fortune sounds yummy! ;) Really. We do these things for our doggy family members because we love them and they love us so without prejudice. And they can't do for themselves. Don't you worry about maintaining---you have the right mindset. I'm sure you will lose next week. Hopefully, the benefiber and the swelling will go down and you will lose a lot. Remember slow and steady wins the race. Okay about blah blah hotel (love that by the way)....I haven't a clue. But remember my brain is blah blah right now. Good luck on getting the answer. HOWEVER, I would think you would (should) get two nights free....but you may only get one. Yeah...I was a lot of help. NOT. Okay...just read your next post! :) I'm glad things are worked out at the Radisson. Love the slippers!

Gotta go.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAGNOLIAS :wave:

It is a beautiful day in the high 70's and a slight breeze here in the Heartland. Will is out spiffing up the Jeep and the dogs are supervising. I think it is tomorrow the parts are in for the new breather system and that won't take long to install. We have been looking for a tent trailer to pull behind the Jeep for our vacation time. We are not the resort ~ stay in hotel types. :p But to each his own I always say and 'what ever trips your trigger'. I am deciding what to make for dinner this day. I operate best when I have a plan of what to fix. ;) If I wait too late in the day to make plans then is when I get myself in trouble. Time to go get my latte and Will is off with the dogs to bring me one. He found some more of those meat wrapped doggie biscuits at the dollar store today. The dogs love them and the first ingredient is beef so they are the good kind for them. We are careful about what treats we give them. My nails are getting very long and it is time to cut them so I will do just that when I get off here. I just received my current catalogue "The Artisan Table" put out by "Cooking Enthusiast" and they have some "I wants" in it. I know where I will be spending some of my July allowance. :p Life is good.

DONNA FAYE Your slippers are going to be so cute. I can quit doing glass work anytime during the process and pick up where I was another time. But I do like to finish up with one process and clean my area before starting on the next phase. :bravo: for Jacks tremendious progress in weight loss. I imagine you have lost more or at least the same as he. I bet moving that piece of furniture will do wonders in your cool air circulating and cooling down your place.

JEAN I don't blame you for taking your favorite "tools" with you when you go to MN. We have what it takes as far as cooking items at the cabin in the Sequois out in CA placed in containers so they stay clean and ready for the use of which members of the family are up there. I did take a crock pot up there when I would spend 3 weeks during the summer though. That way we could be gone all day out and about the mountains and when tired when we got back ~ dinner would be ready. In your case you are wise to take just a few of your favorites with you. Our place up there has 4 bedrooms and we can sleep 25 for there are 6 bunk beds in one of the bedrooms and several couches in the front room and lots of floor space.:p We had many good times at "the cabin."

SUSAN Isn't that they way it is you get a new cooling system and then the temp cools down. AH but it will rise again and you will be so thankfull you have a good system that will keep you cool.

GAIL Breathe. Girlfriend I feel for you. Having your FIL in your home is temporary and you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. ;)Nope I don't think I will ever buy an e-reader. I like my hand on visuals too much. I can take the page out of my binder and slip it into a plastic sleeve to protect it and take it to the kitchen where I prepare the meal. All my books are back here in my office and I don't like to take the whole binder to the kitchen.

I gotta tell you what I had for lunch that was yummy and 8 P+ ~ a WW frozen entree called Orange Sesame Chicken. I added a zero point half can of sliced water chestnuts for crunch and enjoyed it ever morsel. There were lots of big chunks of white meat chicken in it and to eat it I had to cut them all in half. It is one of their new ones and I will definite do it again. :cp:

I need to go plan dinner now. Watermellon ~ that will be one thing. :cool: It is getting cold in the fridge as I type. Later ladies. :wave:

Susan -- I love the "no air, no heat needed" days! :yes: You will have your house squeaky clean again soon. It's nice that the thrift store will take furniture you no longer need. I'd much rather do the hotel and eat out kind of vacation; that's exactly what we do in Maui. :cheer:

Gail -- I did :lol: (really!) at your FIL wanting the anti puff, anti wrinkle cream. I could use some of that! All you can do is take one day at a time and hope for the best for him to get back on his feet again. :hug: At least you will know that you did all you could do to help.

Maggie -- What's on your kitchen "want" list for July? ;) You talking about bunks in your cabin made me think of where Bob goes fishing in Canada. They have bunks but think the cabins are only set up for 8 or 10 people. I've not seen the WW dinner you mentioned. It sounds good! :T

I'm going to head off to bed and read for awhile. See you all tomorrow!

Good morning ladies. It is a pleasant 78 at the moment but it is going to be hot, hot, hot again today. The farmers are going to be crying for rain soon I am afraid with this intense heat and sunshine. Funny not too long ago we had more water than we knew what to do with and now we need rain. :)

I finished the other slipper and will sew it up and felt them this morning. I have clothes to put away and the bed to make upstairs and some cleaning to finish downstairs, mainly mopping and then that is done. Tomorrow sometime I want to get more yarn to finish the hat. I didn't have quite enough then wash all of those things and they my dil's birthday presents will all be done and I can get the socks finished and a pair of slippers for my girlfriend done and her birthday gifts will be finished. I still have to think about what I want to do for my dd for her birthday and then knit socks for the grandsons for Christmas.

Gail: Hang in there and use the help that is given. Don't try to do too much yourself. Since you don't know exactly what is going on with your heart, try to not get too stressed out. I know it is easier said then done, but like a baby, when you fil rests, you rest too. It is important. We all care very much about you and don't want anything to happen to you.

Jean: Yep, I am your basic lazy cow on vacation. If we are in our room I sit and read, watch tv (rarely) or of course knit, I swim, we do whatever we are going to do, we eat out and we VACA as I call it. I never was a camper of any sort. My parents took us camping a lot when I was a kid and I didn't mind it, but as an adult :no: If I have to, I will stay in a cheap motel versus a more expensive one, but camping :( Of course, I don't have a husband that loves to fish and such so he is not a camper either. Thomas told us the other day they are talking about next year's vacation going to Mt Killamanjaro and go mountain climbing. :eek: Just the thought of them doing that scares me to death. He said they were going to do a smaller mountain first to get used to it, like that makes a difference to me! :lol:

Maggie: Glad things are all put together with the jeep. I have menus for 2 weeks and I stick to them though I may arrange the days. If I don't we are eating out and that makes everything go every which way. You would get a kick out of Fortune and his homemade dog food. I don't have to beg him to eat, that's for sure. I told Jack this morning he is like a little kid though, leaves his veggies as I found a couple peas on the paper towel I put under his bowl. :)

Susan: Jack's whole goal is to get into his 36 waist jeans before vacation and the way he is going he will do it. He is better at losing weight than I have ever seen anyone. He sticks right to stuff, though he bought a box of the individual oreos for his snacks because he is a sweet eater. Those and the little ice cream treats keeps him away from the candy machine at work and the oreos are about 5 pts a pack I think. He eats a bowl of cereal every morning and has a ww style frozen meal most of the time for lunch then his dinner so he always has pts left for a sweet snack at night. I have been staying away from most sweets for good reason. My body is a sugar craver and I am going through another round of female stuff and so my hormones keep me hungry. Anyone that says that is a myth is crazy. It sure does mess with your system. I have until Sept then back to the dr to make a decision about what we want to do about it.

Well gals, I need to get going and get my chores and work done early. Lots to do, lots to do. Have a great Thurs. Faye

Good Morning, Flowers! The sun is peeking through the clouds and it's a nice 65 degrees outside. Today is "crunch" day: I need to lay out clothes, do some laundry, make a grocery list, and run a couple errands. I have cards to write, and deliver, for the pastors' "goodbye" reception that we are going to miss on Sunday. I'd love to know how much money has been given to/for them, not that it is any of my business; I've posted a lot and know more is coming in this week.

"Gma" -- You have a busy day planned for yourself! I will add spot cleaning to my chore list because I like to leave a clean house "just in case." Bob did a lot of camping as a Boy Scout but has never mentioned that we camp. My idea of camping would be a fancy 5th wheel or a motor home, both being very expensive. I'd also have to cook 'n clean which wouldn't be my idea of fun! :no: I hope Thomas and his parents will opt for a safer vacation next year. Mountain climbing would worry me too!

I need to get dressed and start on my "to do" list for the day. Wishing you all a terrific Thursday! Enjoy! :D

Jean -- :wave: from :flow1: Iowa!

Jean, it's okay to laugh! At times it is a riot around this house I live in. Especially now! My FIL is up and rollin' around in his wheel chair I type this! At least he ate more for breakfast today. That's a good sign. When you talk about the cabin, it makes me want to go somewhere like a beach. I would love right now to take a beach chair, a good book, some sunscreen, and a bottle of water and sit down at the ocean's edge.

Maggie, y'all have a cabin too? Did I read that right? I want a vacation spot. Or at least to go "VACAing" like Donna.

Donna, well I had a melt down this morning. My FIL has duplicate bottles of medication which makes things more confusing. He's having me dump old prescription into new prescription and some pills are different colors and I'm trying to read to make sure they are the same thing with the same mgs in each dosage. I'm trying to tell him this might not be a good thing. Wayne said not to argue with him. I had a meltdown and started shaking and crying. I told him I was afraid we were going to get things mixed up and he'll kill himself taking the wrong thing! I felt sorry for him. I scared him. This is the first time he's ever seen me like this. I don't do stress very well. We are fine now. I am fine now. Whew! I need to find a quiet corner and knit. All that cleaning you do puts me to shame. You are one energetic person!

Well, I need to go transfer clothes from the washer to the dryer, water my flowers outside. Check on my FIL. I am okay!

GOOD MORNING STEEL MAGNOLIAS :wave:

It is in the high 60's right now and fixin' to get to 94 this day later on. No spring here for sure. Our garden continues to grow and all is well. I have several boxes I need to get down stairs that I am saving to use to ship things in. I just don't like to keep them in my office/work shop. I also need to get a glass order made up for I am getting low on "choices." I also need some solder and that has gone up a lot since my last order. I can usually get two buildings done with one roll. They don't even put the price of it in the catelogue for it is subject to change with the market on silver. The solder I use is half silver. The company I deal with is in Florida and I have used them for many, many years which is lots. There is not a glass shop anywhere around here. I don't know if there is even one in this state. :p I always like to purchase "stuff" locally if they have it but around here it is not likely they have what I want. :( But catalogues have lots of things. Amazed me for the local market did have lemon curd. Which reminds me I need to add WW cream cheese to my shopping list. I sure like those little individual tubs. Some of that and lemon curd on a low point english muffin is so good.

DONNA FAYE What joy that you little pooch is eating with gusto now. :cp: Nope, mountain climbing is not my cup of tea. The most mountain I ever climbed was the one across the meadow at the cabin that in the 20's had a ski lift. We would pull our sleds and tobagins and inner tubes up there and have a blast going down the mountain trying to avoid landing in the creek at the edge of the meadow at the bottom. Then back up again. Last time I did that I was in my late 40's. I don't do that anymore. :p

JEAN One of my "I wants" is a set of 4 soup spoons and the matching ladle. It is a pattern of hand-forged stainless steel with heat blackened handles with the pig tails at the end in different shapes. I have iced tea spoons, cob holders, spreader knifes, BBQ skewers, condiment forks and serving spoons for condiments in that pattern. They all go nicely with the set of flatware we use which have the blackened handles with a twist at the end. :cool: I have a set of 4 each but have 8 long handled tea spoons. Fun to use with company and root beer floats since we don't sweeten our tea.

GAIL Don't let your FIL get to you. Just ignore his wierd behavior and just deal with his creature comforts. :hug: OH yes our family has had that cabin up 6000 feet on the Sugar Loaf mountain as long as I have memory. My uncles used it for a hunting cabin and then sold it to my folks when I was young and we went up there a lot through the years. Sometimes it would snow and cover our cars in the winter and was gorgeous in the summer. We had a shower in the bathroom. When it got so cold and we had shut the water off so the pipes wouldn't burst so when we arrived in winter time we had to warm up the place before we could use the facilities and turn the water on. Had a lovely "out house" out back. My grandmoter had it all decorated up cute inside. It was big enough to take a "possibles bath" in there. In the kitchen there is a wood burning stove and a gas stove also. So pleanty of ways to heat water to keep clean.:p Huge long wooden table down a couple steps to a big dining room. We played a lot of games on that table. It would seat a whole bunch of folks. I could go to the cabin and play in the snow then on the same day go back down the mountain and surf at the beach. 180 miles and high altitude to sea level makes a huge difference in CA weather. Down the mountain a little way is the remnants of a small saw mill and then a "lodge" that serves some meals and has rooms. During the roaring 20's it was quite the recreation place. Over the mountain a bit is what is called California Hot Springs which was a resort area way back then where folks would come up in the summer form the heat in the valley to play in the hot spring waters. When we would go up to the cabin when no one else was there I had a check list of what to do to shut everything down before I left. Had to make sure I turned off the water pump, shut off the electricity etc. and drained the water out of everything. My Bro in law has had to replace a couple toilets that exploded in the cold when he forgot to drain them when he was shutting the place up. We laughed at him. Anyway I probably told you much more than you wanted to hear.:o Be safe my dear friend and don't stress. Please don't stress.

SUSAN I imagine your place is all spiffed up and shining now.

I've yacked enough ~ to hip gotta go. :wave:

Here are the slippers for Alicia. She has size 11 feet and I tried them on when I got them out of the washer so I know they fit. I took one of my old tennies and stuck it in the slipper to use as a form and put them outdoors. It is going to be 100 today so they dried pretty quickly so here they are. I even finally found the buttons to put on them. I am going to put the biggest one that is on the card on each one so I had to buy 2 cards, but they were inexpensive. I think they go great with the slipper. Now all I have to do is get fabric paint to put on the bottom to make them non skid. Once I get the presents done, I will get all your sizes and make each one of you a pair. They knit up quick and I can do all three of you a pair then felt them all at the same time! Anyway, I will keep it in mind when I get all this stuff done.

Gail -- I can just picture you with all of your FIL's pill bottles! I would get confused too! :crazy: Bob's mom had lots of pills and I was glad when the nurses took care of doling them out to her. She ended up in a detox unit when she moved back here from AZ because she was on so many prescribed narcotics that different AZ doctors gave her without checking what she was already taking. We don't do any beach sitting where we are going in MN. The resort is on a river that merges with another (I think); it's strictly a fishing setup. They do have a little beach area for kids to play and swim but it's not fancy by any means. Are you knitting tonight?

Maggie -- It got up to 86 here today and my air did come on this afternoon. It's cooling down tonight so will be good sleeping with the window open. :yes: Do you get your glass supplies all from the same source? I didn't know that solder comes in a roll, nor that it was half silver. I would love to see the spoons with the pig tails on the end. Beth has a pig collection so anytime I see anything pertaining to a pig, I think of her. I enjoyed your description of your cabin. Jason has been adjusting around the Bemidji area and took some pictures of the cabin my parents owned. Whoever owns it now has done some remodeling and added a fireplace. I'd love to go inside; it was not fancy but had running water and heat.

"Gma" -- Alicia's slippers turned out so cute! :dance: How tall is she? I have her pictured as short and petite, so I was surprised when you said she wore a size 11 shoe.

I need to work on some more clothes packing and then I'm heading off to bed. It's been a long day. :yawn:

Good morning all! It is a cool 69 this morning and supposed to rain all day but we aren't getting away from the heat. The heat index got up to 111 yesterday though and I am glad I didn't have to go out in it.

We are supposed to go swimming with T today but if it rains all day that squelches that. He leaves for Boy Scout Camp on Sunday so this will be the last day we get to swim with him for over a week. He gets home on his birthday then we will be going out to Melting Pot on Sunday for his birthday. Pretty much everyone is giving him money this year as he is saving to buy an Ipad. I did buy him a pair of cuff links. He collects them and I tried to feel him out about what he had but he said he had so many his parents told him he couldn't buy anymore. I just hope he doesn't have the pair I bought him if he has a lot. He does have some cute ones though. He likes wearing french cuffs when he does his recitals, on the ship during formal night, etc.

Gail: I apologize. I thought I had sent you a link to help you with the drug business. Anyway, if you go to drugs.com the have a "pill wizard" and you can see what the pill is the name and such to make sure you can combine drugs. I hope that might allay your fears about his taking the wrong stuff and such.

Jean: I had to laugh. My daughter in law is a big girl. She is about 5'8" or so and probably weighs 175 lbs. Ya, she is always telling me about sales and stuff she gets on shoes because she knows I have big feet too. She has been doing mini marathons and did the one in South Bend recently while being sick so she said she is done until fall. I think she walked a good deal of the last one. She had a sore throat, hives and something else. Me, I would have said phooey with the whole thing, but she did it. She is doing a Mexican Murder Mystery birthday party for a friend's 30th birthday. She calls herself the "producer." I told her it sounds like a lot of fun.

Maggie: Hope you are fine this day. I only know about solder because with Jack being an electronics tech he has used a lot of it in his day. When we were teens we used to togoggan behind our youth leaders house in the woods. It was always scary because it isn't a straight shot but dodge and weave, but it sure was fun and boy does it go fast. I am way past doing that kind of stuff anymore.

Susan: Hope your weekend will be great!

I am going back to working on the sock until I can get out and get more yarn to finish the hat. I have been looking for a pattern for a dog sweater for Fortune this winter. The first one I made is too big under the belly and I want to make another one but haven't found the pattern I used originally nor one I really like yet. Whenever you ladies think about it, please email me your shoe size and I will keep it in a file so I can make the slippers. I always have to have more than one thing going at a time because I get bored so I can do them in between working on gift projects.

Everyone have a great day and weekend. Jean, hope you have a grand time in MN with your mom and family. Faye

Good morning everyone! We're going into Day 3 here. Did I tell y'all my FIL slid off his bed (at the hospital) and cracked a rib? Oh yeah...it never stops for him! Bless his heart. The pain medicine he was taking for that just doesn't help very well. I suspect it's not very strong and that can be a good thing. He was given a prescription for Oxycotin but refused to fill, said it would be too expensive. In a way, I'm glad he did not get that prescription filled because I know it's highly addictive and that is just one more thing he does not need. So I found our heating pad and that seemed to do the trick for him. He felt better yesterday by dinner time. His appetite is coming back and I'm glad for that. Along with all the different meds he has I've been told by the home nurse that he should not eat anything with Vitamin K in it. Not ever paying attention to Vitamin K I had to have a short lesson on the foods with Vitamin K. And of course, those are the foods my FIL wants and besides that he was fed salads (leavy green veggies), tomato juice, V8 juice, etc. with Vitamin K in the hospital. This is enough to just make me want to bang my head against the wall....but then I would have a headache! :dizzy: Today, the physical therapist is coming at 10:30. The home nurse is coming sometime before 2pm. I leave at 2pm for my own doctor's appointment. Wayne will get off work at 3pm or as soon as he can and he'll be home no later than 4pm. My FIL can be left alone for short periods of time. And did I tell you he's regaining his appetite which is a very good thing. But he had a bad night last night--rolling around in his wheel chair at 3am, watching tv in the kitchen and not going back to bed until Wayne left for work this morning at 6am. I keep saying to myself, 'we're gonna be okay'....

Maggie, I love childhood memories and it sounds like you have some very nice ones spent in that cabin! My FIL tries very hard not to be demanding. Truly he does. It's just overwhelming to me when I see all that medication on the counter but the nurse who is coming to the house today is going to help me get it organized in a better way than I have it. I am so grateful for physical therapist and the nurse who comes to the house.

Donna, the slippers are soooo cute! I love the buttons and the large one especially that you are going to use. I will check out that website this morning and you may have sent it to me and I didn't see it. I will look again. But thank you so much. We have a Melting Pot restaurant in my area. I've passed it many times and wondered how it is. The problem is I would have a hard time getting my husband to go there (he can be so fussy) but I bet my Lunch Bunch Ladies would want to go! I am the same way myself--having to have several projects going at once! This lacy scarf I'm knitting is taking me forever as I'm using fingering weight yarn and size 6 needles. If I ever finish it and block it I will have to take a photo of it for you to see. Usually with a project like this I need something simple to knit to take a break with. Either socks or a dish cloth. Although come to think about it socks can take me awhile too. For me, I guess its all about the process and not the finished object so much. I knit for calmness in my life. I can have anxiety attacks at any time which happened yesterday. I haven't had an anxiety attack in a very long time....and that is one of the main reasons I retired from the university so early.

Jean, the cabin and area sounds wonderful. I love the water....river or ocean. So calming. Wayne would love to buy a boat but I have no idea when that dream/wish will come true for him. He told me he would love to have a boat with a cabin and just sit on the dock! He'd be a dock duck then! Right now I would settle for a weekend somewhere near water other than DE or VA. One day.....

Susan I hope you had a nice evening and a great day planned ahead of you!

Good morning ladies! 76 degrees and headed for 92 this day with severe thunderstorms later.

I worked yesterday, had dinner with my friends and then went to applique bee. Tonight is lock in so much quilting being done. Don't you hate it when you do one thing around your house and then something else needs to be done that didn't look bad at all until you did the first thing? Now the family room carpet looks dirty so I'll have to clean that.

Gail, I had a 7-day pill container that had for separate compartments for each day for my husband. Once a week I sat down and made it up and then I didn't have to worry about it anymore. They also have pill things like that for people who live alone that open only at specific times so they can't forget and take medicine again. My husband had 17 prescriptions. One of the curses of old age is not being able to sleep. Hang in there and you will be fine. Try not to over think things and get yourself sick. I'll keep you in my prayers.

Faye, I'd sure love a pair of those slippers. I wear a 9-1/2 shoe. Since I lost weight, my feet have gotten smaller. I was once a 10-1/2.

Jean, I'm with you...my house has to be clean and tidy before I go on vacation...in addition to wearing new underwear in case I get in an accident and have to go to the hospital.

Maggie, I love hearing your stories. They are always entertaining. I could just see the toilets exploding.

Have a great day, ladies!

GOOD EARLY AFTERNOON MAGNOLIAS :wave:

It is currently 81 degrees and not expected to get higher than 89 this day in the Heartland. We had winds at 60MPH with gusts up to 70MPH so we did take down our hanging wind chimes. :p Didn't want to find them down the block somewhere. For some reason Ragg Mopp doesn't like the thunder and high winds but Beanie is imperviois. Storms have always bothered Raggs. Beanie is a bash on regardless dog. We had Colonel Cluck AKA:KFC for lunch and that grilled chicken sure has a good taste to it for all of it's 4 points+. I refuse to eat their 5 point+ biscuits (but they are soooooo good) and discard them after pinching off a little taste for Ragg Mopp. :cool:

DONNA FAYE I will be one happy camper to receive a pair of hand knitted slippers made by you. I e-mailed you my shoe size. You are a peach. Solder comes in different amounts of tin and silver content. The first number is the tin content and the second the silver. The more tin the quicker and easier the solder will melt. For instance 60/40 has a lower melting point than 50/50 but the 50/50 is best for all my copper foil soldering. Then there is a 63/37 blend that is ideal for fancy, decorative solering on foil or lead. And there is a blend that is lead-free for all fine soldering and jewelry work. For soldering the chams on my bracelet I use a lead-free alloy containing actual silver for the jewelry. I don't use any of the standard 40/60 which is plumber's solder because it doesn't make strong smooth joints for my glass works. Bet you now know more about solder than you need to know.:p

JEAN I get all my supplies from "Glass Crafters" out of Florida. I'll cut out the pictures of the spoons, etc and send them to you so you can see what I am talking about. Each piece has a different design on the end. I think they called them pig tails because each piece has a different curl at the end.:p Yep solder comes in one pound rolls except for the silver I use for my bracelet which comes in a 1/2 pound roll ~ read what I posted to DF above about the different kinds. We seem to be running around the same temps you are there.

GAIL Three of us even took 4 of the girls that had off grounds priviledges to the cabin one summer and they had never been to a place like that much less walked on trails in the mountains. City kids! Needless to say they had a wonderful good time of it. I could say a lot more on those types of outings but it may bore you to tears. :p I am so glad that there are those that come in and help with your FIL. This weekend also Wayne will get a full dose of what you have been dealing with and have his eyes opened. Bless his heart.

SUSAN Have a wonderful afternoon.

Good Afternoon, Flowers! The sun is shining and it is very humid in my corner of the world today. I've been to get my nails done (hate going on Friday because it is so busy), WM, and the grocery store. I've been putting clothes together to figure out what I'm forgetting to pack. Have food piles and recipes ready to pack and the cooler ready for in the morning. Groceries are more expensive in the resort area so try to take as much from home as we can.

"Gma" -- I hope the weather holds so you could swim with Thomas today. I remember the BS camping days. :yes: The first year Jason went he came home with mostly clean clothes. :o His last year was a trip to the Grand Canyon where they camped at the bottom. On the other side of the bushes/trees were nude travelers from Europe! The murder mystery party sounds like fun. I don't know where I got the idea Alicia was a smaller gal.

Gail -- What is the harm in Vitamin K for your FIL? I've never heard of anything like that. :no: The best part of the MN trip is that there is a huge mall in St. Cloud as well as numerous antique shops, crafty places, and gift shops around the area. I take magazines and books along to read also. I am glad that you have a physical therapist and a nurse coming in to help you care for your FIL. :hug:

Susan -- I know you will enjoy your quilting lockin tonight. :) I had to chuckle at you wearing new underwear in case you were in an accident. I guess that thought never crossed my mind. :dunno:

Maggie -- Our KFC has terrible food! They've messed with the original recipes and ruined them. :yes: We had a thunderstorm during the night and I guess more is on the way. :( The Mighty Mo doesn't need any more rain that's for sure!

I need to get back to my list checking so I'm not doing it a midnight. Of course Bob has all his fishing gear together and his clothes packed. Men!

Enjoy the rest of your day and have a great weekend! :D

Jean -- :wave: from Iowa!

MAGNOLIAS I see this thread has gone to 3 pages so I have started a new one. Consider this one closed. Thank you. See y'all on the new thread. :wave: