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Thankful Thursday
GOOD LATE MORNING MAGNOLIAS :wave:
It is in the 70's as I type and going to be a nice day here in the Heartland. Oh how I do love the cooler weather. I function much better when it it isn't so hot. I found a web site that sells lots of funky socks and I plan on ordering a few pair. :) Not much going on in my neck of the area but I am sure I can keep busy. I do have some glass work to do. I will have the afternoon alone since it is Will's day to work at the museum going through the old town documents that are so interesting for him to read. I am so glad he is enjoying his volunteer work.:p Ragg Mopp sure likes the cooler weather also and our Jeep does also. I need to figure out what I am making for dinner and get the meat thawed. Right now I don't have a clue nor an inclination to think about that now. :p I am sad that a couple of my favorite items are no longer being made by the companies that I got them from. Glide had small tins the size of quarters filled with floss. I like to have them in the glove compartment and in my purse and in my travel bag and now they no longer make them. Their smallest container is a 2" by 1" rectangle. I thought that it was just in this area I couldn't buy the smaller ones but then I called the phone number and found out my quest was for naught.:( The other item that I can no longer get is the Stim-U-Dent orange toothpicks that came in a nice little packet like paper matches do. Johnson & Johnson no longer makes them. If I had known they were no longer being made I would have bought a lot of them, but alas, I didn't find out until my supply was about to be depleted and time to buy some more came about. These were good items that I had first learned about from my dentist years back. In fact thay gave them out along with a toothbrush. Now I get a toothbrush and a small tube of tooth paste. I give the toothbrush to Will since I use an electric. That way he can change every three months and then get new ones at the next cleaning and not have to buy any in the meantime. Works for us. Since I can no longer get those nice toothpicks that were designed to remove plaque and fight gum disease I will just have to use those little brushes that go between teeth. They still make them, I think. I'll have to add that item to the next shopping list and we shall see if they are available still. I have some teeth that are very close together and I need to clean between them and regular brushing doesn't quite do that. I do go on, don't I. JEAN Tatting is a good thing for you to learn. I learned that when I wanted to make some little snow flakes and flowers, etc to paste on some greeting cards I made years back. I sneeze at least twice a day. DONNA FAYE I sure do hope you can get it through to that numb skull you are dealing with on your clothing issue. The shoes I got from FootSmart come in WW(2E) which works well with my brace. I also have flat feet ~ born with them. If you still have the catalogue which is called "FootSmart Fall Preview" you can turn to page 33, middle row, left hand side and see the ones I got there on sale for 30% off. I got those in cork color. Those sandals are not in their next catalogue. The other shoes are on page 36 or S as it is called. I got the Ghillie walker in Denium Nubuck in the same size as mentioned above. If that size fits you I suggust you get a pair of the Ghillie walkers because they are so comfortable and don't break the bank. I have had to pay twice that much for my SAS shoes which I will need a new pair of soon. They last me a few years. I have only had two pair of them for 10 years and wear them daily. So all in all they really aren't that expensive if I get that much wear out of them. SUSAN Quilt away my friend. Time to see about some lunch. :wave: Type at y'all later. |
Afternoon On Thrusday
HOWDY AGAIN THIS DAY MAGNOLIAS :wave:
I got so busy that I didn't have any lunch until 3 o'clock. I don't usually eat breakfast like most folks do. I just am not ready for food and when I do eat breakfast it seems like I have a :hun: day all day long. Anyway I did some work and then planned dinner :chef: which is going to be lemon pepper baked chicken breasts, green beens with a sprinkle of bacon bits on them and some of my rice mixture. That, my friends, is a low point dinner. I had soup, cottage cheese & a sliced up tomato for lunch. So far this week I have stayed on track and OP. Anyway I just wanted to peek in and post that what I decided to make for dinner. :p Type at y'all later :wave: |
Maggie -- It sounds like you are enjoying some nice weather. It is almost too cool too quick around here. :( I keep dental floss in my purse and have one of the small round containers that my previous dentist gave to me. I know I saw them in some store but have never bought any. The craft group just sat and visited about their summer activities over warm apple crisp dessert, ice cream, and flavored teas. That was fine with me! It seems that when they began many years ago, the hostess would purchase the materials and everyone would make a craft item to take home. I knew everyone except one, and there were 9 of us. Your dinner menu sounds :T !
"Gma" -- I think you asked what a tavern is and I forgot to answer. They are also called sloppy joes, loosemeats, or some say bar-b-qs. They are just crumbled hamburger with some sort of sauce on them. :D I've used Manwhich in a pinch but also have a couple recipes that I make from scratch. There is a trademark Maid Rite sandwich which is just the meat with seasonings like pepper, garlic, etc., and they are yummy too. Bob is at church for practice and I think we are going to eat out when he is finished. I lost a 1/2# this week which surprised me since I overate all weekend. :( |
Good morning to you all. I hope this day finds you in good shape. It is very humid here this morning and near 80 degrees. I don't think we are done with the sticky weather quite yet.
I have given up on this dope in CA. She was supposed to contact me yesterday about my order, but you know she didn't. I seem to always get her attention when I post something nasty on her dress shop facebook page. I don't hear from her today I am going back to the facebook. Time is at a crunch now. I have less than 2 weeks to get the stuff and hope it fits. She also owes me $50 for return of the swimsuit, which I haven't seen. The BBB doesn't scare people like it used to. I am going to report her regardless because she deserves it. I don't know what she is like in her shop, but her online business, which is where most of her business is conducted is run very shoddy. I hope to get upstairs and clean the bathrooms today. I have been running a low grade fever off and on for several days and right now I feel like it might be up again. I guess if it is not better soon I will have to get back into the doctor's just to make sure. I know I am going on 3 weeks with the female stuff, which is ridiculous. I sure don't want to have to deal with this on vacation, but not much I can do about it. Maggie: I saw your shoes online at Footsmart. They do look like they would work really well with your brace and the toe cut out and such. I think toothpicks of any kind are going by the wayside. Younger folks don't ever use them except for cake baking and such. You don't see them in restaurants like you used to. Grandma used to get these cinnamon ones that were really good. Dusty Baker the manager for the Cincinnati Reds always has a toothpick in his mouth playing with it. He was the Cubs manager several years ago and I would see him on tv and swear he was going to choke on the thing the way he played with it. You dinner sounds good. We are going to treat ourselves tonight, but instead of eating out, I am going to make bbq ribs with baked potatoes. I have a killer sauce I make that Jack loves so I thought I would give him a bit of a treat. Jean: Ahhh, sloppy joes. I fix them using half lb of ground sirloin with manwich and whole wheat buns. Cuts the points big time. I thought when you said tavern sandwiches maybe they were made with tavern style meat like tavern ham, which is delicious. Start with something small so you don't put it away like you tend to other projects. I think if you do something really small you might find a craft you really enjoy because you won't feel so overwhelmed. I sometimes still do when I knit. I see it is 9 and I have yet to eat any breakfast or get any chores done save feeding the dog so I guess I better get started. Hope you all have a nice weekend. I have mostly housework planned but I think we will put Fortune in his seat belt and car seat and take a ride if it is nice. Faye |
Good Morning, Flowers! It's windy, pouring rain, and crappy in my corner of the world. :( I've been to get my nails done and pick up new library books; I made it home just as the rain began. We didn't make it to Sioux City yesterday so will go this afternoon. I have laundry in both the washer and dryer; can't see the dust so that can wait for another day! :)
"Gma" -- I would be happy to send you some of our 'cooler' weather! This is almost too much of a change too quickly. :yes: I hope your temp returns to normal so you don't have to visit the doctor. I wouldn't want you to be sick while you are on vacation though. :no: I am still working (rarely) on the Christmas stocking I started umpteen years ago. It really isn't a good project to drag around with me though. One of the crafty gals crochets and knits so I'm hoping maybe she will teach me how to read and work a pattern. I think next time we will hear about a trip to France that one of the other gals is taking. She has a sister who has lived there for years so she will get in on nontourist stuff too. Enjoy your ride! I hope you all have a great day and enjoy what you are doing today! :D Jean -- :wave: from :rain: Iowa! |
Finally Friday
GOOD AFTERNOON MAGNOLIAS :wave:
It is in the high 70's again today and wonderful weather for the wind isn't blowing. Just the constant breeze we get. I went in to do lunch and Will had the stove pulled out so I just came back here. He is cleaning behind and beside it. All that talk about sloppy joes gave me a meal idea. I will also make some cole slaw to go with. Thanks folks. I have some onion buns which are going stale which will work for those terrifidally. I have been cleaning my office/work room and putting things back where they belong and finding new homes for some things. I have so many cookbooks in here I really need that book shelf Will said he will buy me. :o Currently I am using a wooden chair as a book shelf. I like everything ship shape when I start a new project. A friend left me a jar of salsa on the front porch on their way to Florida. It is some she made and sure looks good and chunky. I am going to open it tomorrow and put some over an omlet for brunch. JEAN Tea with warm apple crisp and ice cream sounds wonderful. What a nice fun group of folks to gather with. Plus you met a new friend. I am sure you can pick their brains and learn a new craft easily. DONNA FAYE Would a pair of those shoes work for you? LOL Will has a toothpick in his mouth at most times. He takes it out to eat, sleep and preach and smooch of course. :o BBQ ribs and bakers ~ what time did you say dinner will be ready? If we had a lear jet we would be right over.:p Isn't it wonderful what foods we can eat and stay OP. The kitchen floor is dry and the stove is pushed back so I can go in and do my thing and get some lunch. Type at y'all later :wave: Have a wonderful afternoon my friends. |
Good evening, ladies! It was a beautiful day. You can tell fall is on the way - its so cool at night. I turned the AC off yesterday. I keep it at 78 degrees anyway because I'm always cold.
I finished my quilt at 11 pm last night and turned it in for the challenge this morning. I'll try to get a picture on Tuesday so I can post it. It's a wall hanging because I only had those 13 ten-inch squares to work with. I can't say I'll be rushing to do machine applique again. Maggie, have Will look for dental flossers the next time he goes shopping. There are several brands. The are only a couple of inches long and great to carry in your purse. I always have some. You get dozens for a couple of dollars. One end has two prongs with a piece of floss between then and the little handle has a pointy end like a tooth pick. I'll try to put a picture of one at the end of my post. If it doesn't work, you can google dental flosser and see them. Jean, enjoy your craft group. It can be so much fun to get together and learn something new...to say nothing of the great desserts. Faye, the rip-off woman is probably not a member of the BBB. If so, they won't do anything because they only give out info on members. It's a sorry life we live me. Have you ever thought about getting a second opinion on the female issues? I hope you aren't coming down with something? Tomorrow I'm going with Sandy and Shelly to Mathews Market Days. It's wonderful juried arts and craft show outdoors. There is a large artist colony living there. Not that I can afford to buy anything but lunch. Have a good evening! |
Good morning to you all! I hope you all are having a nice weekend. I woke up at 5 having to go to the bathroom and Fortune too so now I am up. I checked my bank to see if she by any chance credited back my suit since there was no email from her but nada and while sitting here Fortune is barking and not at the door which means, "I want breakfast!" I got up and fed him so he would leave me alone for 5 minutes, he chomped down and now is sleeping in the recliner! :lol::lol:
I am going to try and get the downstairs cleaned today. I wanted to get some work done upstairs but the temps ballooned into the upper 90's and pretty quickly so I gave up that idea. It does need it so I am going to have to bite the bullet tomorrow and get it done. I may give Jack the vacuuming duty so I can get things done faster. Susan: I think it is all hormonal including the slight fever on and off. I am limited by my insurance as to how much I can do. I have to get referrals to a gyn, but I am going to have to do something if this continues. The thing is, it isn't like "fertile" woman have at all, but it comes and goes in a light form, but everyday for days and days then may not do anything for a couple months, sometimes even 6 months at a time. I have seen one gyn, at least two gp's and then the doctors who did my testing and talked to me about it. They pretty much all concur on the findings that I have nothing to indicate any kind of trouble on or in any of my female organs. Since I have had 3 ultrasounds in different forms and a couple other tests internally and they can find nothing along with 4 rounds of blood tests, 3 different rounds of hormones of different kinds, the only thing they can come up with is I am not through menopause completely. I talked to some ladies on the WW boards and 3-4 of them said their mother's were near 60 before ending menopause so.... It is time for my physical again though and with a new doctor so I will probably start all over with it again and see what can be found out. I am sure she is not a bbb member because she just opened an actual shop a couple months ago. Until then she was all internet and you would think with that being her business, she would be better at customer service. I know one thing, I ever get all my stuff and my refund and I am done, done, done with her! Maggie: My grandson uses those little pick and floss things. In fact, last weekend he came downstairs with one doing his teeth and was trying to talk to me at the same time! lol I have almost run out of room for my cookbooks on my bakers rack. The shelves underneath are holding shoes and some other stuff so no room there. I also have two pocket folders full of recipes on paper I have gotten off the internet and such. Jack loved the ribs, me not so much. Nothing was wrong with them, I just wasn't very hungry last night until later. I just ate some potato and later on had a ww meal. Jack likes the different flavored bread that Subway makes when he gets deli sandwiches. I wonder if he would like the onion rolls? Jean: Jack asked me last night if we were supposed to get rain because his shoulder hurt. I had no clue but we have been clouding up every evening. No rain last night again but when you have arthritis it isn't the rain as much as the barometric pressure change that causes pain so it wasn't surprising he hurt. I told Jack last night when I was feeling particularly miserable I figured I would have to drag female products with me on vacation just in case which would irritate me no end. Jack went to France when he was in the Navy and didn't like it. He said the people are rude, they don't like Americans for the most part and he had didn't enjoy being treated that way. That wasn't in Paris and maybe Paris is different. I have to decide what I want to make for dinner tonight. I was a dope to do the ribs yesterday because the oven was on for 4 hours! The house got pretty hot combined with the weather outside. It is definitely going to be crockpot or top of the stove night. Guess I should get started on the cleaning. I told Jack as soon as we get back from vacation the weather should be cooler on average and I can get a normal treadmill routine started then maybe later walk in the neighborhood again. Right now that isn't an option until I can get some of this weight off since it is uphill all four directions so the treadmill is going to have to be it. Have a great weekend all! Faye |
Good Afternoon, Flowers! The sun is shining and it's a beautiful day in my neighborhood. :D I sold a balloon in the gift shop this morning and had a nice visit with another lady from AZ. She said it was 110 when they left Phoenix and they got here last night. I asked her if she was cold and she was. :lol: She's a retired teacher and here because her 99 year old mil is heading for a nursing home against the mil's wishes. I need to make a grocery run and can't find my list. :tantrum: I was sure I had put it in my purse a couple days ago and was going to add to it. I've gone through the recycled paper, my purse, and a kitchen drawer with no luck. Makes me nuts when I can't find something! :dizzy:
Maggie -- I'm glad your weather has cooled down some. I love home made salsa -- wish we could share it with you. :T My fil used to put salsa on everything after living in AZ. I looked at tea kettles yesterday in a kitchen shop; one was $59.99 and another $69.99! :eek: Needless to say I didn't buy any. Susan -- How do you hang your quilts at home? Mine came with a rack that my bil made for the quilt. The Arts and Craft show sounds like fun. :) I need to be thinking of something homemade for a Christmas gift. :hyper: My mind is a total blank right now. "Gma" -- I was awake at 5 this morning too! I did stay in bed until 6 but knew I had to find something to wear this morning and wanted to be at the gift shop by 9. :twirly: My knee, that the doc thinks is arthritis and I don't, is tender today and was yesterday too. Maybe it is the change in the weather. :?: Does Jack's knee bother him at all? Bob just left to work on his tractor for awhile. He spent a frustrating morning at church trying to get lights to work in the sanctuary. We have the fixtures that hang from chains and several have been burned out since last April when we played bells. Well, it seems that the needed 'big' bulb is no longer available! :mad: Wouldn't you think the DUMB custodians would have mentioned it to 'someone' in the office so Plan B could be in the works? Bob was torked to say the least because he could have checked yesterday in Sioux City. I hope you all are enjoying a nice day! :D Jean -- :wave: from :flow1: Iowa! |
Sunny Saturday
GOOD AFTERNOON MY MAGNOLIA FRIENDS :wave:
It is a bright sunny day in the 80's here in the Heartland this day. I am happy to say I am still OP and feeling good about it and do hope for a loss come Monday's date with the Iron Monster. All is well this day with Ragg Mopp sleeping beside me ~ on the floor of course :D He is such a good boy. I am making pork chops and the fixins with it for dinner and have a couple Schwans boneless ones thawing as I type. I like to lather them with lemon pepper and garlic first with a spray of olive oil and they cook up so yummy. I might even bake some of my little point friendly biscuits. Will loves biscuits so I do believe I will do that. I have this wonderful vanilla smelling soy candle burning as I type and it sure makes my office/shop smell good. I still have some sorting to do in this room and will get to it when I get off here. When we receive "stuff" from the mail in big boxes I like to save them for shipping glass articles in and I have quite a few just sitting in the middle of the room and under my work table. I can find room in the closet in here if I nest them I am sure. They really aren't in my way where they sit but do look cluttered.;) I have about got another building built and need to line up another project. Got to keep busy ya know. I am wearing my other new pair of shoes this day to get them broken in ~ well to be my feet friendly anyway. I have several pair of lite cakki sox that have the toes out that I like to wear with sandals. That way my toes are ~ gotta sneeze ~ open. Makes the sandal look better that way because I don't wear a sock on the other foot most of the time when I wear sandals. Works for me. ;) These look like Birkenstocks but have more of a flat footbed so my brace doesn't rock in them. I wore only Birkenstocks for years and years so you can imagine just how jazzed I am to have found these sandals that work with my brace. I hope next summer in their catalogue they will have them again and I can get a pair in a different color. You must be tired of my talking about my shoes. :o It has taken 10 years to find these and I am so happy. :carrot: My therapist back then told me I would forget about my favorite Birkenstocks and love my SAS. Well I love my SAS and didn't forget Birkenstock and found a substitute that will work. Life is good. DONNA FAYE Does your grandson use the ones with the green handle and have a tiny brush on the end or the white plastic pick thingies with the barbs on one end and are flat on the other end or the bow shaped ones with the floss strung on them? All are good for getting in between teeth. :p I woke up at 5 also and went back to sleep. :^: I could not stay up that early since I didn't go to bed till about 2 am. OH yes how our little critters do tell us when they are hungry or want a treet don't they. JEAN Weather does affect arthritic knees. I have a tooth that is affected by the baramator fluctions also. High humidity places really hurt folks with uncle arthor in their joints. I would be glad to share some salsa with you ~ this that my friend made is sooooo good. When she gets back from Florida I am going to ask if she will sell me a couple jars of it. I hope you found your shopping list ~ I hate it when that happens because I write things down when I think of them. I started doing that on one special tablet and don't tear the page off. If Will decides to go to the store sometimes he tears it off and takes it with him then I start a new page. SUSAN Market Days sound like fun. Enjoy yourself. I do remember having some of those thingies you described. Good idea to get them again. Someomes here ~ too hip, gotta go. :wave: |
Good evening ladies! It was a perfect day today.
We had a lot of fun at Market Days. In addition to the usual horrible choices of food, the Kiwanis was selling Fried Krispy Creme Donuts with ice cream and chocolate sauce. I did not buy one! All I bought was a salad for lunch. I didn't make it to WW this morning but that is okay, too. I've only missed one other meeting since last October. I'm tired tonight - we walked a lot! Have a great night. |
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