Good morning, ladies! 46 degrees and overcast. The forecast called for sleet to begin around 7 and then turn to rain and back to snow tonight. Hopefully that's not going to happen as its already warmer than predicted for today. I don't see sleet or snow at this temp.

Faye, Congratulations on the big loss! I'm sure your sweater will be beautiful. You do such lovely work.

Jean, I've had to have the Fish and Wildlife come and trap raccoons and move them. We have some huge ones. They told me to call if I see them in the daytime, especially, because the carry rabies.

Maggie, what's up this day with you?

Good morning, ladies! Only 36 degrees today. We did end up with rain, sleet and snow yesterday but only a dusting and it's gone now. We haven't had snow in April since 1940 so we are all hoping that this is the last of the winter weather. My daffodils and crocus are blooming.

Tomorrow is Glory Bee (quilting bee) and Glory and I are hosting a full English Tea for the ladies. and then Friday is English Paper Piecing at Bella.

Gloria Steinman turns 80 today. Women's Rights, burning bras, what hoopla she started. She's going for an elephant ride in Narobi to celebrate.

Maggie, I use Mastercook and have for many years. Its about $20 and wonderful for it lets me type, scan, or load recipes directly from websites and I can organize them in cookbooks. It also computes the nutritional info based on the USDA stats. I have the recipes on my computer, a thumb drive and stored in the Microsoft cloud.

Have a wonderful day.

Good Afternoon! The sun is shining and we are in a wind advisory until 8:00 tonight. I wonder how "they" know the wind will slow down, or stop, at that time. This was my morning to work in the gift shop; I wasn't busy but saw several people I knew. I bought flowers and took them up to my co-bell ringer. The nurses were working on her so I didn't get to see her. I got a much needed hair cut after lunch, and will go to bell practice in a little while.

Susan -- What are you serving at your tea? We did have a raccoon visit a couple times this winter. We caught one in a live trap a few years ago and he was really mad. When Bob took him out in the country to let him go, he had rigged up some sort of pole to release the trap door. He put the cage on the ground and got up in the back of the pickup to open the door. He was afraid the coon would turn around and attack him. Fortunately, he just took foo running as fast as he could -- the coon, not Bob.

Maggie -- I don't envy you typing recipes. Good luck! Glad you like your new "do."

"Gma" -- It sounds like you have had a busy day " on the run." What a nice surprise to get the credits and be able to spend them on something you will enjoy. I'm so glad your numbers are moving in the right direction and hope you can get off the meds all together.

I need to change clothes and head off to church. Enjoy your evening!

Good Morning! It is raining in my neighborhood this morning. We need it badly. The robins are happy! I went to church to help put together the monthly newsletter, which I haven't done for several months. Two of the "older" ladies couldn't help this morning. I need to make a grocery list and head to the store after lunch. Bob went with a bunch of farmer friends to visit another farmer's collection of refurbished tractors and farm equipment. Crafty club was supposed to get together this afternoon but the hostess has the flu so canceled. I have lots of things I could work on, trick is to decide which to tackle.

Hope you all enjoy your day!

Good Afternoon! It's another cloudy, windy, cold day in my corner of the world. At noon the weatherman said the weather isn't going to warm up much for another week. *sigh* I've been working on the afghan this morning. I called my friend who is still in the hospital. Her leg is numb so she is having therapy, and won't be going home any time soon. No one seems to know how long that might last. They are also waiting for the biopsy results on her liver. She is single with an elderly mother who still lives in her own home and a sister who is going through chemo for breast cancer. Guess my "problems" are pretty minute.

"Gma" -- Sunday brunch sounds like fun! I know you always enjoy spending time with your family. We had a couple good thunder booms when it rained. It's been so long that I wasn't sure what it was at first. Glad that Jack is on the mend and feeling better. Who or what is the "cat who" books?

I need to get a load of laundry going, and get back to the afghan.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the day!

Good Morning! The sun is shining, just a breeze blowing, and it's supposed to be in the 50s by afternoon. I hope so. I've been on the phone with a customer support person who actually spoke English! I have a friend who uses a Shark steam mop which we borrowed, and it works much better than the one I have now. I ordered one and Bob put it together this morning. There are two heads, a rectangle one and a smaller triangle one. I was missing the smaller one which fits behind the toilet. This is my gripe about Amazon -- they often order/ship from a different company and that's what happened. The machines have two different model numbers. The rep said what I ordered and what I got is the same machine although they have different numbers. When I explained about the triangle piece she said, "oh!" So they are sending the missing piece plus extra cleaning pads for my inconvenience. Not bad for a few minutes on the phone. Bob is off on his Saturday morning rounds and I need to do some laundry then work on the afghan. I'll get that done yet, just wish it were smaller so I could take it with me when I know I'm going to have to wait somewhere.

Bob has mentioned painting the smaller bedroom where my pc is located. He thinks he needs his own desk in there. I'm not sure how sharing space is going to work. Summer will be ok because he can spend hours putting in the garage and out in the yard. Winter, I'm concerned about!

Maggie -- Last summer when I called for a mammogram appointment, which I have always made myself, I was told I needed the order to come from my doctor. Not a problem but took extra time leaving a voice mail for his nurse, and her to let me know they faxed the order. Glad to hear Will has no pain with his tooth. The post part does sound like pain though. I've been going through some old recipes, but one came up on Facebook last night. It's called Shipwreck and Bob's mom used to fix it. It's actually a scout recipe Bob made in tinfoil over a camp fire: hamburger, onion, potatoes, carrots, and tomato soup. This recipe added rice and celery. I remember it smelling so good.

"Gma" -- Do you think there might be people staying in the condo when the workmen aren't there? How very rude of them to block your driveway! Did they move their vehicles for you? We had the Iowa game on last night, they couldn't do anything right and Connecticut couldn't miss. Bob said there were a couple of bad ref calls against Iowa. They were behind the whole game, usually 10-12 points, but came back to lose by 4. I will have to look for the "Cat Who" books.

I am dressed and need to get busy! Hope you all enjoy a sunny nice day!

Good Afternoon! The sun is shining, the wind is blowing, and it was 57 degrees on our way home from church. We stayed after first service to drink coffee and visit until lunch was served at 11. The youth group grilled hamburgers and hot dogs to raise money, for postage, to send care packages for the military. Came home to a plant dumped on the floor so "the boys" must have had some sort of disagreement. Lucky for them the 46 1/2 year old plant was still in one piece! I have no ambition right now but need to continue working on the afghan. I just put some squirrel and bird food out on the deck. There are honey bees swarming and landing on the corn and the hanging bird feeders. We've never had that happen before.

I need to check the dryer as I forgot to get the sheets out last night. Most likely one or the other will still be damp. Enjoy the rest of your day!