Afternoon ladies. We finally got the desktop reloaded with everything so it is working again. I have to figure out some stuff because I don't like the look of it at the moment, but I will figure it out. We still don't know what caused it to crash, but I lost everything I didn't have saved on cd, luckily it was nothing important, just stuff I have to put back on my favorites list, etc.

Gloria: Hope you had a grand birthday today! I barely remember the show, but remember Ed "Cookie" Burns as being vavavavoom good looking! lol I think Connie Francis was on that show, wasn't she? I remember they all drove around in convertibles! lol

Jean: Hope all is going well with you this weekend and it isn't too cool your way. I saw it was in the 50's this afternoon in Chicago so figured your weather was cool too. We are in the upper 80's here. Jack and I plan on getting Iphones sometime this year more than likely, but I am trying to get a lot of things paid off before I take on a more expensive phone plan since we use a pay as you go one right now. Jack is hot to trot to get an Iphone, but he is just going to have to wait for a few more months! lol

Susan: Hope you have a grand time with your sleep in. It is always fun for older ladies to do fun teenage things I think. Sounds like you are set with the food and it sounds good.

Dear sweet Kelly and Tom are going to keep Fortune for a couple days when Jack gets his knee operated on. It will give me a change to get Jack settled downstairs for a couple days without Fortune jumping on him. I don't know how involved it will be for him to get around. This ortho surgeon uses some kind of cold wrap on the knee after surgery that helps it from swelling and I guess it heals faster this way. He is hope until the 27th then has a dr appt and I think he is going to see if he can just stay home the rest of that week then go back to work the following Monday. We shall see, you never know.

Well, I need to go and figure out supper tonight. I think I may just warm up the hash brown casserole I made and make a hamburger for each of us tonight. Have a great one ladies! Faye

Good evening, ladies! A cooler day in the 70s today but very nice.

Went to WW and lost 1.2 this week. Glory and I went to a tea this afternoon at an antiques shop. It was a lot of fun and wonderful food. Did some grocery shopping...isn't that another one of those never ending jobs!
Tomorrow will be church, laundry, and housecleaning.

Have a good evening!

Good morning gals! It is a bit chilly this morning but looks to be another fine day. I do wish we would get a hard rain to wash away all the sap. It is on everything on the deck and my hose sprung a leak from over winter I guess.

Susan: Congrats on the loss You should be almost back down where you were I would think. That is what is fun about that area to live in. With all the historicals they have cute shops and such. Here, unfortunately, everything is geared to two ethnic groups, neither of which I belong to so the small shops have nothing interesting at all.

I am going to get the rest of the upstairs cleaned today and then tackle downstairs tomorrow and get all the laundry caught up again so Tuesday and Wednesday I am free and clear to concentrate on Jack.

I guess I should skedaddle and get us some breakfast. You all have a wonderful Sunday! Faye

Good evening, ladies. Only in the low 60s today.

I decided to wash quilts today and it took 5 loads with 2 more for tomorrow. Now I have to decide which ones will be packed up for awhile and the ones that will be displayed/used. Polished the china closet, cleaned the glass and washed everything in it. That was a job. It sure is sparkling now.

I need to get my walk in before it gets dark, so this is a short post today.

Good morning to you gals. I am off in just a bit to the laundromat to get the clothes dried and then folded and brought back home. Jack wants me to take it easy for several more days so I agreed and didn't work upstairs yesterday. I imagine it will all get finished up this week sometime since Jack will be flat on his back on the couch most of the time.

Maggie: You might have to make a double batch of hot dogs next time. I love them but unless you can find fat free that aren't a dieters friend that's for sure. Sounds like you are rolling along towards spring. I bought strawberries on Saturday but they aren't pretty here yet. Jack likes them sliced and mixed with ff cool whip.

Susan: Boy you are a worker bee that's for sure. That's the thing about china and chatzkees, they get dirty even in a cabinet. I should wash my Lladro as I haven't for quite awhile and they get film on them.

Jean: I can't believe he is 5 already. They sure grow up fast. Jackson will be three in a couple months and Thomas will be 10. Seems like just yesterday we were fretting whether or not we would get to Jackson's birth on time. That recipe of mine that Susan calls "Faye's Stuff" comes from the American Heart Association if you need something good for older people.

I was looking at pricing for the cruise next year since we aren't going to do an actual vacation this year and as soon as I can I am going to get it booked because the price has gone down about a hundred dollars. I looked at Vegas prices for the rest of this year and the hotel costs are very low. I read an article that said it is possible Vegas will never recover from what has happened to it and that people will just stop going there. Not me, I will continue to visit it because I love it there! lol

Well, I am off to the shower, get some breakfast and off to the laundromat so I can get the laundry done. Have a grand day all! Faye

Good afternoon, ladies! Another day with a high of 61...supposed to be back to 80 by the weekend.

Tonight is Bible study. I washed and waxed the bedroom furniture this morning and cleaned my bathroom.

Jean, I'm an old farm girl and I use white vinegar and water to clean glass. I use Murphy's Oil Soap to wash furniture and Old English lemon oil to polish it. I have good results with those and was taught to use them by my Grandmother when I was a girl. I store quilts in pillowcases. Plastic bags or tubs can cause mildew and otherwise damage fabric. You need to periodically refold them so the creases don't get "set" in. This time I folded them in thirds, next time it will be quarters. The ones I really value I don't fold but roll on the cardboard tubes that decorator fabric comes on and then put in a muslin sleeve. I get the tubes from an upholstery shop here for free.

Faye, I'm glad you are taking Jack's advice and giving yourself a few more days recovery. Then it will be your turn to wait on him. Maybe booking the cruise will give you a little more motivation to get the weight off. I have 5 more pounds to be back to my old WW goal weight but because I am now shorter, I have to be under 150 so 10.5 pounds to go. I'd like to get to 145 so I have some leeway.

Hi, Maggie!

Good morning to you all! Jack just left for work, (tell you about that in a minute,) Fortune is fed and gulped it down, I balanced the checkbook, so have a couple minutes to sit and chat.

They called yesterday to give Jack a time to go to the surgical center, then called back and said they had a cancellation so they moved him up an hour, then the dr's office called at 4 pm and said that approval for the surgery had not come from OJI so they had to postpone it for another week. This poor man is limping around in a great deal of pain. He called OJI directly and talked to his case worker and come to find out the doctor sent over Jack's diagnosis, which was a torn menicus on his right whatever whatever and digenerative disc disease, in other word's arthritis. Well, he did specify that he was only repairing the meniscus and the other is not covered because it isn't an on the job injury so they wouldn't approve surgery until he wrote a letter and clarified. He told her he was in pain and having trouble walking and I could hear her through the phone, "You are on light duty, aren't you?" Jack: "No," then "Well you are home then?" Jack: "No," "Oh, well then we will just try and get this scheduled for next week" or something like that. She knew he was on full duty because THEY don't allow light duty for more than a few days. I am furious about the whole thing because he can barely walk now he is in so much pain and hadn't been taking any medication because he had to stop 5 days before surgery and now he as to work another week before he can get this taken care of. I feel horrible for him and can't do anything to help him.

Susan: Sounds like you are almost ready for summer with all your spring cleaning. We were a bit cooler here yesterday, but it was still warm in the afternoon. I noticed it has been quite chilly up north though.

Maggie: Sounds like you keep up your shooting skills. I look forward to the local tomatos, strawberries and such here. We have some lovely truck farms you can get grand stuff from in the summer.

Well gals, better get some breakfast in me and get a move on. Things don't get done by themselves. Faye

Good morning to you ladies! I feel a little chilly this morning, but it is supposed to be in the 80's today and sunny.

Jean: I emailed you the recipe, but am not sure it is to the right email address, do you still use the longlines.com? If not, email me so I can then have your email address. Since we had to completely reinstall windows, I am not sure the address I have is correct. I had the same issue with the little pointy light bulbs that go in our little chandelier in the entranceway. Twice I bought the wrong darn bulbs (too big) and finally decided I better take one of the bulbs with me since I couldn't seem to get it correct. Jack needs to take our ceiling fan down completely and check it out because non of the lights are working. The fan works, but the lights don't.

Maggie: No, Jack's pain is strictly the torn meniscus on the side of his knee and the longer it goes, the worse it gets. Thank heavens the OJI place called this morning and said they have the ok to do the surgery so it will be next Tuesday. He is pretty miserable, I know that and will be glad for the relief of getting it fixed.

Nothing much on the radar today except to do a bit more cleaning. I take it a tiny bit at a time so I can get it done. I guess tomorrow I will do laundry again and take it to the laundromat. I will be glad when I have enough to get the new dryer. I could buy one now, but I don't want to get the basement priced one and don't want to do what I did before and get one that repair costs prohibit it from getting it fixed. I am going to buy a maytag this time with a bigger drying capacity because my washer has an extra large capacity I think and they are more expensive. Until then I just haul the clean clothes to the laundromat, but it isn't that big of a deal. I remember the days of hauling dirty laundry, a baby, a 4 year old and cleaning supplies all to the laundromat every week. Of course I was younger and had the energy for that!

You gals have a good one. I think it is Cheerios and fruit for me for breakfast. Faye