♪♥♫ GOOD AFTERNOON IN NOVEMBER MAGNOLIAS ☺♫


We didn’t have any trick or theaters at all last night. The tiny candy bars we got in a bag will go into the freezer and the tootsie pops should last quite awhile also. Guess all the kids were taken to the “rich” part of town.

Not much going on here this day besides the usual. We have to rent paid for where we have the MH parked so now our bills are paid. I need to get the items ordered Will wants to give to the museum folks as Christmas gifts.

Did I mention that Will bought me a small rice cooker which is the size of a small Crock-Pot. I made some last night in it and it worked so good that I don’t know why I didn’t have one of them years ago. Just add rice and water and It just cooks it and you don’t have to watch a pot on the stove. It will make white or brown rice. I do know why I didn’t have one years ago for they were too big then and this one is made for servings for a fewer number of people. There are so many things one can do to jazz up the rice also. I know I am going to have fun experiencing what I can do with the rice using it.

JEAN That is nice that Bob has those friends he can have breakfast with.

[b]DONNA FAYE[b] I am sure thankful that my main squeeze doesn’t marathon foot ball games.

Always remember ~ Never, never, never give up
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Good morning, ladies! A cool 43 degrees right now and the sun is trying to come out after rain earlier this morning. The leaves are finally starting to turn. My back yard is covered in pine needles already.

Sandy and I went to church bazaars yesterday. Got some good bargains. Came home with 2 full bags and only spent 3.67! The baked goods looked so good and it is just as well I can't eat them - the cakes were $30 and $35 and were gone in an hour! People make the same thing year after year and those who want there products arrive early to get them.

My first cataract surgery will be December 11. Dr. only operates in the afternoon and I'm scheduled for 2:30 - and nothing to eat or drink after midnight. I need to think of something to keep busy. There is the beginning of a cataract in my left eye but he doesn't think it'll be ready for surgery until Spring. We decided reading glasses will be the way to go so I will be able to see without glasses for the first time since I was 3 years old.

Maggie, I have a vegetable steamer that I can also do rice in. I got it years ago from saving Healthy Choice meal UPC codes. It does a great job. I also use it for other grains. I passed out pretzels and had a grand total of 8 kids. I don't think I'll bother next year. There are parties at the churches and the Y so kids don't go door to door much here.

Jean, too cold for me. I'd be happy to never get below 35 this winter. There was a combine fire in a cotton field here last weekend. Fortunately the fire got put out with only about an acre of cotton lost but the machine was totaled.

Faye, I turned heat on about a week ago. Just too cold for my breathing. That was a lot of candy you got the boys. We have a shop in Smithfield that sells all the old time candies - by the piece or pound. I am going to quit quilting until I get my eyes fixed. I can't see well enough to do the quality of work I want. I can get things ready to sew - making patterns, cutting out the pieces, etc.

Have a wonderful day!

Good Morning! It seems like it should be lunch time and I have been up forever! I woke up a couple times during the night and checked the time, not sure why because I turned back the clocks when I changed the sheets that morning. The sun is shining and it has warmed up to 40 degrees; my flowers took a hit the night it got down to 21 and they are a sad looking bunch. Bob said he will dump the pots this afternoon.

We skipped church this morning. It is All Saints Day remembering those who died in the last year. I've lit the memorial candles for the last four years, last year being a last minute call from the minister because no one bothered to organize it. This year I dug my heels in and decided I wasn't going to do it. Sure enough, I got the call late Friday afternoon from a gal who "didn't know anything about how to go about doing it." Last night I got a call to be an officer in UMW (United Methodist Women) because the group is falling apart; same story that the older members have either died, are tired of doing it, or no longer able and younger gals aren't interested. I don't even belong and never have; I turned that down too, I have enough irons in the fire.

"Gma," I think football is on tv year around if one has enough channels to search. I/we watched the World Series and I don't mind basketball. I hate having golf on, that's like watching paint dry. I either read or am on the computer so we are having "together" time.

Maggie, thank you for starting the new thread. The guys ate breakfast at a grocery store where several farmers get together every morning at 6. Have fun with your new rice cooker. I just bought some that cooks in the microwave and in its own bag. Bob likes rice better than I do, give me a potato any day.

Susan, waiting until afternoon for surgery is a long time without food. I'm surprised they didn't allow the time difference to early morning. It will be nice to have it over before Christmas. You won't have a lens implant? I get a catalog with all the old candy and gum in it. Shipping has gotten so high that it offered free shipping with a $75 order. Who needs $75 worth of candy? Not me!

I need to do some laundry and think about something for dinner. Having Bob home for lunch will be different. Hope you all enjoy a relaxing day!

Good Afternoon/Evening! It's been a dark gloomy day with a few sprinkles this morning. We had lots of money to count at church so it took a little longer there, and then I picked up the gift shop money on my way home. I had a meeting this afternoon and it lasted longer than usual too. Bob has practice today so I finished the gift shop deposit; still need to write checks and will drop them off at the hospital tomorrow. I might have had an hour more of sleep Saturday night, but I am tired tonight.

"Gma," it actually felt like a spring day this morning, much warmer than the last few days. You will get back on track and take care of those pesky pounds that managed to sneak back on. Bridge is too serious for me, so I gave up trying to learn how to play.

One of our TV stations has been showing a clip of two dogs playing and then a sign saying "non-political ad. You're welcome!" Don't forget to vote tomorrow! Enjoy the rest of your evening!

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It was chilly day here in the ♥-Land and I just had to get out a wrap to use when we went out and about today. We have had to change our plans to go to our friends house for Thanksgiving dinner because Will’s treatment lands to close to that day and everything tastes metallic and he has a hard time eating when it is that way. We went by the place we get coffee to let our friend know that our plans have changed. She said that she would love to load a couple plates and deliver them to us at our house. Now that, my friends, is a true friend.

I had fun today and placed some orders today from catalogues for Christmas gifts because I didn’t want to wait and then they are sold out. I ordered something for myself with my “allowance” that is funny ~ “Lightsaber Chopsticks” from Hammacher Schlemmer ~ Lightsabers from Star Wars. The sturdy chopstick sabers and their integral LED”s can be detached from their bases for easy cleaning. Each contains a watch battery and they come in red or blue and I ordered the red lights. I do eat a lot of my meals using chopsticks.

DONNA FAYE Sorry to hear you are up a tad but you know how to lose and when you can get back to it you can do better.

JEAN AH yes tomorrow is voting day. I sure hope they catch more people voting more than once. There was one on the news tonight that said she voted many, many times and just used the names of folks she knew weren't going to vote. I think she was on her way to jail for they did catch up with her.

SUSAN This small sized rice cooker will cook from 2 to 6 cups cooked rice yield. I have several yummy sounding recipes for use in it. One I want to try soon has chicken stock, pine nuts, parsley, onion and olive oil. Sounds to me like a nice side dish for some baked chicken. I can also cook Soup, Chili or Stew in the cooker. I can see it will be a nice little appliance to have along in the MH.

Always remember ~ Never, never, never give up
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♪♥♫ GOOD MORNING IN NOVEMBER MAGNOLIAS ☺♫


As token gifts we have decided to give a nice coffee mug with one of those cubes of chocolate with marshmallows on the top and a plastic spoon stuck in it to stir with to make a “mug of hot chocolate.” We got one of the hot chocolate deals from our friend that owns that gourmet shop and we found that Wal*Mart sells them also. I will round up some nice mugs to put the cubes in. I love this time of year and the gifting of people.

My back has been hurting the last few days due to the atmospheric pressures this time of the year. It feels so much better so I guess the pressure has let up. “They” say that those pressures cause folks weakest part in their body to hurt ~ you would think it was my head now wouldn’t you. AH but my back is the weakest part in my body and it really did hurt but not so much today.

As soon as Will gets back from the bank we will go vote ~ this is voting day.

Always remember ~ Never, never, never give up
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Good morning, ladies! 56 degrees and the sun is starting to come out.

I hate the time change. I got all the clocks changed in the house buit forgot the car. After I went to the Y yesterday, I ran into Kroger to pick up a few things and then thought I'd get a salad at Wendy's before doing some more errands. I was surprised the parking lot was empty and there were only 2 people working - the clock in the car said 11:45 and it was only 10:45. Duh!

Faye, We'll be having a recount in VA - Warner (dem) won by a very small margin. There were call after call to the radio and tv stations in Virginia Beach because the voting machines had apparently been tampered with and when you voted for a republican the vote jumped to the democrate so if you weren't paying attention, your vote didn't go the way you thought. The city council announced by noon that they were going back to paper ballots next year. I'm thinking it may be Jeb Bush and Hillary for president in 2016. I have no respect for her and wouldn't vote for her if she were running unapposed. I don't do buffets because I don't eat enough to pay for them.

Jean, I'm going to quit PPQG at the end of the year. The young ones sit back and won't do anything and I'm tired of being asked to do things all the time. I will have monofocal lens implanted during my surgery. I got a real shock when I went to pick up the prescriptions for it - the doc said he only prescribes brand name but will change if necessary - 3 little bottles of drops were $2,689 - not covered by insurance. I'll be calling for them to call in generic.

Maggie, how nice of your friends to offer to bring you dinner. My friends and I aren't exchanging Christmas gifts. Instead we are putting what we would have spent into and envelope and taking it to the food bank. So my shopping is done.

Have a wonderful day.

Good Morning! My day got off to a bad start, well at least for me. My morning routine is to read "my" morning paper with my coffee while Bob reads his. I called the Sioux City office to say we didn't get a paper, and some IDIOT decided that beyond the local area wouldn't get papers today because of the late election results from South Dakota and Nebraska. We will get today's paper tomorrow. I felt sorry for the rep because I'm sure she will be getting calls all day long. I wrote a letter to the publisher stating I didn't know of anyone, who would be interested in the results, not having access to a TV or radio. It's a cloudy morning and the wind is supposed to pick up as the day goes along. The only " have to" for today is bell practice later. I might check in on the gift shop because the buyers and some volunteers were decorating for Christmas yesterday when I walked by.

"Gma," the gal who won the Iowa Senate seat had a nervous (?) laugh throughout her victory talk last night. She sounded not too smart! It will be interesting to see how fast the Republicans turn things around, or if they can. Your buffet sounds delicious! If I could take Ian, I would get my money's worth.

Susan, I think I double check clocks for a couple days to make sure I set them right. I usually forget a watch in my jewelry box, and notice it in church. I sure don't want Hillary and Bill back in the White House! I hope that the people in TN don't have to go back and vote again. We use paper and pen ballots. What is PPQG? I was surprised the eye drops aren't covered by insurance. With the changes coming, that might become more common for other meds. I like your idea of Christmas shopping!

Did I tell you the black tom cat that Bob took to the farm is back? Sonny's not happy, he tries to chase him away by running back and forth across the two sliding doors. Black Cat just keeps eating. My squirrel with the broken tail is here and the others keep chasing him off. He is a sad looking guy! Hope you all enjoy a wonderful Wednesday!

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My coffee mugs look so cute. I used clear wrap and gathered it up on top and tied it will a string of tiny plastic Christmas lights and put a crochet snow flake on the side. They look festive and pretty.

As I said before back has been hurting the last few days due to the atmospheric pressures this time of the year. It finally feels so much better.

As soon as Will gets back from the museum we will go out and about. I need the veggies to make my soup so that will mean a trip to the grocery department and he plans on grilling burgers this evening so we will need some buns. Burgers are so much better done on the Barbie.

We have been invited to spend Christmas with our friends in Texas so we will be making plans to make a trip down there for that. The dinner will actually be at his brothers home but we know him and his wife also and that will be fun to see them at that time. They consider us family and rather insist we be there.

Gotta go ~ All of you ladies have a great day.

Always remember ~ Never, never, never give up
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Good morning gals. Very chilly here this morning, but at least the rain has moved through.

I am doing pretty well on my first snowman. I had to rip it out completely and start over because the bowls came and they were much bigger. Ahh well, I have enough yarn so it is no problem. It is an easy pattern and since I had to double the stitches, was able to put it on circs which I like much better if I can use them in the round. I can knit with them faster.

I noticed last night that the black neurosurgeon that is a republican has officially thrown his hat in the ring. I like him, but I am afraid because of what that dope in the White House did people are stupid and won't vote for another black president, at least for awhile. I imagine Jeb will eventually announce and I think there are a couple others going to make a run for it. We shall see. Heaven help us if that you know Hillary gets elected.

Maggie: We will have Christmas eve with Thomas, Kelly and Tom then be by ourselves Christmas day as usual. Not a big deal to us really. Hope your plans come to fruition.

Susan: I didn't think of the car either so I am sure I would have panicked when I keep it on Monday to go for my mammo. I sure hope your eye surgery makes a big difference for you. I did keep seeing that there was basically voter fraud with your machines there. I kind of panicked when I went to vote as I was having trouble with my machine, but it was just my fingernails so she got me a stylus!

Jean: What a dumb thing to do. We have a lot of misinformation like weather stuff because our media covers such a large area. We cover Memphis clear to Jackson to the east then part of western AR and North Mississippi. You get some notice and find out it isn't even for here. Of course all the shootings and murders are for us. It is like living in Detroit anymore only I am not sure we aren't worse. We had this gang of about 100 kids hanging out at one of the shopping centers and when patrons came out of the Krogers were beating them up. It was awful and basically they got their hands slapped for it and one of the guys got hurt badly.

Well gals I need to go. Have a great weekend. I have a haircut and color tomorrow. Whoopeee it needs it for sure. Faye[/COLOR]