Good morning

It's another beautiful day. I'm making plans to go to Paragould for another uncles get together at 11.30, but I am planning on coming back home.

The boys were inching their way back to my part of the yard. So I went out and told them myself that they were not welcome here. The neighbors grandson got a bit huffy with me. But that's okay. If they don't give him limitations I will. I've notice he's helped himself to some bricks and other things I had in the yard to help hold down the basketball goal. I'll get those today and put them in the shed. Guess that's where they should have been in the first place.
We're under a flash flood watch for tonight and tomorrow. I'm a wimp when it comes to weather these days.

Hello Worldlies!

Quick pop in to say hello. Did a good jazzercise class this morning, then a shower, & back out again. Had too little for lunch yesterday & popped over to Walgreens next door to our bldg. They had a good sale on jerky, so I tried. Sure, a lot of sodium, but the chewiness iworked for me. So today I went back & bought two more pkgs. for future snacks.

Then I stopped at the thrift shop before my hair appointment. Bought a colorful beach towel for $3.50 since I don't have one of my own. (I borrowed my sis's when I was a teen & never returned it to her. It's a thin towel, but what's cool about it is that the design is a giant can of Budweiser beer on it. Vintage 70's, lol. Someday I will return it to her in the form of a gag gift. :D)

Ok, waiting for my color to set, then comes my cut - nothing new or different planned.

Tonight will be the Blackhawks game on the telly.

Personals tomorrow, have a good day everyone! :flow1:

Sunday and I had better make this short since I have a ton of stuff to finish off today. Always seems that when I am busy I should never sit down with a cup of tea and biscuit since I always seem to end up dozing off and then nothing gets done.
Today I need to clean out the car and assemble the new toy - which is a mobile ladder scaffold thingy - I bought to be able to trim up the top of the hedge without having to get up and down and moving the ladder. This way I can trim up about 6 foot of hedge without having to move the thing. And it is on lockable wheels so I don't have to pick it up to move it either. So that is to be put together today as well.
Yesterday I washed all the cot bed linen and got it dried, so making little S's bed is part of todays work as well. Since it is not blowing like crazy today as it did yesterday, I might get to poison some of the weeds down the side of the house. These have come from next door - the neighbour there seems to think that the grass only needs to be mowed when it is so high that you lose the dog in it. Most of my neighbours are pretty good even if they are not gardeners, but this one has no interest in a yard whatsoever and should have bought an apartment on the twelfth floor of a 40 storey block. Not much chance of much going in the tiles or around the hot tub there.

This cat is about to drive me crazy. She had her breakfast, went down the hall and out the bedroom sliding door and walked down the back of the house and sat at the dining room door waiting to be let in. No. Not. Going. To. Happen......

Happy - Yes I get the font thing. Normally only on this site and it seems to depend on where I have the cursor arrow at the time and whether I am scrolling up and down the page. Ctrl + 0 will take it back to 100%. That's zero not o. Ctrl + and Ctrl- zoom in or out. Don't know whether I hit something that puts those combinations together or not but it sure happens often.

Ceejay - hope the flash floods don't come your way

Laura - Watch that jerky. You may hold water after eating that stuff. Glad you had a good exercise class

Okay - shower time, then into it. No time for sitting around today.

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE 3FC DADS AND SINGLE MOMS!


SORRY I AM SO SCARCE. MOVING MY ARMS HURTS MY BACK.
I HAVE THE DR COMING TUESDAY.
I NEED A VISIT SO I CAN GET A WRITTEN SCRIPT.
NO FAXES FOR NARCOTICS ALLOWED:rofl:
HOPE TO CATCH UP WITH YOU SOON.

Here you go Laura - $20 on ETSY in case you wanted to replace your "borrowed" item. :rofl:

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Happy Sunday everyone -

Happy Father's Day although except for DH, all the men are gone in my life. No more living grandpas, dads, brothers, or uncles. :(

Yesterday was an interesting day. It was overcast and at time spitting moisture so not the best of days weather wise. The mosquitoes were ferocious as usual. The event was held at a local greenhouse - she has gorgeous flowers - her begonias literally glowed they were so fiery. They had a couple of workshops - one making a serving tray out of a giant rhubarb leaf, another making imprints of flowers onto fabric using a mallet -however that one took some extra embellishments with markers or paints - but still, an interesting concept. There was another workshop in which people were doing something with plain glass bottles and vases but I wasn't able to stick around enough to see the finished product. My cousin's wife took a class on painting flowers on glass bottles and she was actually very good at it. There were a couple of vendors there with handcrafted goods. I got a very interesting vase which makes it quite easy for flower arrangements when you are not adept (like me) at arranging flowers. I will have to see if I can snip some of my flowers and will post a picture for you. The animal photographer I worked with was just the sweetest, nicest girl ever. She was born in the town we were working in, then moved south to go to college and recently moved to a neighboring state to the "big cities". She really has a flair for photography and animals. We had 9 dogs and someone was thinking of bringing their horse over after my shift. She said one year someone brought both their dog AND their pet parrot. The bird was a beautiful green. It was fun, except for the mosquitoes I really enjoyed it. On the way home I stopped at a local gift shop in town I had meant to visit but never did and also picked up a few groceries from the small store there. Got home and DH said he had a taste for Chinese food which I am always up for. So the steaks will wait until today and we had a nice take out dinner yesterday. Took a nap afterwards and watched some tv and had a quiet night. We got some rain but not enough perhaps for the garden so I'll go out and check and harvest some arugula for a salad tonight. It's supposed to be rather chilly again tonight - I am really concerned that I won't be getting much in the way of cucumbers or tomatoes out of my garden this year. :(

Mel - I hope you get the relief you need soon. Rest up as you know best and we will be missing you in the mean time. :hug: Where's Igor with a gentle back rub when you need him?

Shad - we have one of those scaffold type ladders too. Very handy it is. Especially when you can walk side to side and not have to keep stretching precariously and moving the ladder. Be careful though. Sounds as if Miss S is going to be staying with you during her visit. How long are they in for? Is there room for DS and his partner or is it just you and the baby? Miss Sunday will no doubt be displeased that yet another intruder is in "her" house. :lol: Thank you for validating that you also have the problem with the font size. I really thought it was me except for the fact that it only happens on this site. Boo on the neighbor who ignores their lawn. We had neighbors like that in TN. Was a young couple who loved to spend their weekends away from the house doing outdoor things like camping and kayaking and the like. I never understood why they bought a house since they had no interest at all in taking care of it. DH was super frustrated since their front lawn quickly went to weeds, the seeds of which would always blow downhill and infest the lawn he worked so hard to keep decent - not perfect but grass filled. Then those people sold out to another young couple - the wife was a very unfriendly, snooty princess who spent her days laying out by the pool while the guy mowed the lawn twice and then neglected it just like his predecessor. Which was quite frustrating for us having sunk a lot of money into making our house prim and pristine and then having the house next door look like an abandoned lot. :mad: I guess mowing the lawn is for old folks :rofl:

Laura - my former co-worker's husband would make what she said was awesome deer jerky. I never did get to try any. He also would get a beef roast and make jerky - but I didn't get any of that either, will just have to take her word for it. DH had some deer jerky that one of my cousin's friend's made - he said it was really, really good - would love to know how he made it but this guy is VERY secretive about most aspects of his life so that's a no go. D said it's not hard to make it and since you are making it for yourself, you don't have to put in all the salt and preservatives that you would if making it commercially for extended shelf life. I imagine it must be similar to fruit leathers which were popular several years back. Most of that stuff has a smoke flavoring which for some reason gives me really bad reflux so I don't eat that stuff. Did the Hawks win last night?

Ceejay - I hope the neighbor boys don't give you any trouble. After all you suffer through I'll be you'll be looking for a quiet place with your sister. It's one of the reasons we like our place as much as we do. Undeveloped land on one side of us, 100 acres of undeveloped forest across the road and we only have one neighbor to the side - a nice guy with teenaged girls but we have a fairly thick pine tree border between us so it feels quite like we are by ourselves. No neighbor's screaming young kids, no having to look at people who don't want to mow their lawns, no bouncing balls in the yard, no yards with abandoned junk cars littering the property - it's HEAVENLY ;) :lol:

Michelle - sounds like you had a lovely time with Santa. California sure is agreeing with you - seemed like you worked non stop in WI and barely had any time for recreation. At least you can enjoy the sun and the sand! Santa seems to be making the adjustment well also.

What's Annie up to? Lemme guess - outside in the garden??? Take good care of your ouchie toe there woman!!!!

Ok, let me get off the computer and accomplish something useful today. I think I'll try my hand at the dog biscuits for the Humane Society too. I'll pass along the recipe if anyone is interested - all natural ingredients - we could eat them too although they are a bit hard on the human teeth :D

oh and one other thing I was going to say... Yesterday at the photography session customers had to leave their name, address and contact info. One guy came in with a beautiful malamute dog. After he left I glanced at his address. When we were house hunting up here, we were very interested in 2 houses. After much discussion we opted for the house we have now. That guy with the dog was the one who bought the other house we liked - and looked at 3 times - we were that interested in it. I was struck by how sometimes your life passes through another person's - sometimes you are aware, sometimes not. Just like a person walking into the thrift store dropping off a donation turned out to be a high school classmate, and one of her most favorite students is my next door neighbor. Then again too there was the person I saw at the event yesterday whom I worked with for 6 months who acted like that was the first time we had ever met when I said hello to her. How quickly they forget you when you stop volunteering - or was it just being insincere when they gushed over you while you were there???

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IT TOOK ME ALL DAY TO READ AND TYPE THIS BIT BY BIT.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR BEHIND.:rofl:

STILL WAITING FOR SS TO CALL ME BACK.
I THOUGHT SHE WOULD AT LEAST LEAVE A DATE.
I THINK WE'RE PLAYING TIT FOR TAT.

RICHIE HAD TO WORK AGAIN TODAY.
SO JEN MADE DINNER & WE ATE EARLY WHEN HE CAME HOME.
NONE OF US CAN EAT BIG DINNERS AT NIGHT ANYMORE.

THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THIS WEEK IS I LOST 3 LBS....181.5 NOW.
MUST BE FROM BEING IMMOBILE IN BED.
I WASN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THE REFRIGERATOR!! ROFL

HOPE TO SEE YOU GALS TOMORROW.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.





SHAD....I HOPE WHEN YOU GET BACK WE CAN CHAT.
WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING??? TOO SOON TO TALK??
I AM GLAD THE LICHEN CREAM IS WORKING.
HOPE IT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE....WHO'D A THUNK ALL THIS???
HOPE THE CAT BITE HEALS TOO. GEEZ!!
WE NEED TO COLLECT BUBBLE WRAP AGAINNNN
THIS TIME FOR YOU!!!
SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT OTTOETTE BUT DIDN'T KNOW HER.
WHAT AN AWFUL TIME THEY ARE HAVING.
HOPE TOO THAT M & M MOVE A BIT FASTER SO YOU CAN SEE IF IT WILL WORK OUT OK FOR YOU AS WELL:crossed:





HAPPY.....THAT JOB IS LIKE THIS TOWN.
ONLY THE CHOSEN FEW GET TO DO WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY ALSO MAKE UP ALL THE RULES!! JUST LIKE BULLIES!!:lol3:
HOPE YOU MADE BIG BUCK YESTERDAY AT THE FUNDRAISER!!
I can't wait for the first salad from the garden!!!
Save me some for sure.
FUNNY TOO ABOUT THE GUY THAT BOUGHT THE OTHER HOUSE.
LIFE CAN BE SO STRANGE SOMETIMES!!!




CEEJAY....I LIKE YOUR RETIREMENT PLANS.
HOPE THE KIDS STAY IN THEIR OWN FRASSING YARD!!
WE GET SKATEBOARDERS HERE.
THE SENIORS GO OUT AND YELL AT THEM!!!
HOPE THE DAY IN PARAGOULD IS GOING WELL!
BE CAREFUL WITH THE FLASH FLOODING. :crossed:




ANNIE....I AM SO VERY SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT SISSY.
WHAT CAN I SAY. SENDING BOTH OF YOU A HUG:hug:
:hb: BELATED HB TO AINSLEY:gift:
I AM GLAD OCEANAIRE WAS SO NICE.
YOU DESERVED A GOOD TIME:encore:




LAURA...CONGRATS ON THE WEIGHT LOSS.
GOOD LUCK WITH THE NEXT SESSION!
GLAD YOUR AREA MADE IT THRU THE STORMS.
THEY WERE WACKY!!
GET YOUR BUTT OUT TO THE STORE AND GO SHOPPING!!
I LOVE CLOTHES SHOPPING...IF IT'S FOR SOMEONE ELSE!! ROFLMAO




MICHELLE....NOW I AM SORRY TO HEAR YOU HAVE TO JUMP THRU HOOPS AT THE DMV.
THEY WANT EVERYTHING NOW!!!!!!
THEY WERE THE FIRST AGENCY TO GO NUTS WITH INDENTIFICATION!
GOOD LUCK WITH ESCONDIDO.
LOVED THE PIC OF RYAN!!:bb:

Happy
So far so good today. The grandkids haven't been around this week end. I did see a couple of friends come by the house going next door but they have left. It's supposed to rain this week so I'm praying that they will not be here.
And yes I'm looking forward to the peacefulness at my sis's.

Laura
Good job on the exercise class yesterday. What's ya doing today?

Mel
:hug: to you my friend. It's so good that you have a doctor that still makes house calls. I hope you get some relief soon.

Shad
When is Sophia coming or is she already there? Is her mom and dad staying also. What a treat this will be. I'm missing out on both of my sister's grand children.

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It's still quiet this morning. Looking like rain but I haven't checked the weather map.
I've been food shopping bought enough supplies for a couple of days.

Mel
I'm like you can't eat big dinners any more. And congrats on that three pound loss. Makes me want to try again.

Hi Ladies...

Such a hard, weird, emotional Father's day for me. Thank God we went to Curtis' parents house last night and spent the day there. We had a cook out today. I took homemade slaw, baked beans, cheesy mashed potatos, and his dad's fav...braunschweiger ball. His dad was in heaven. All and all it was a good day, however I noticed on the way home that I missed 4 calls from sissy. Called her and she was on her way to emergency at hospital...we beelined it to the hospital, that was the longest hour drive of my life. Come to find out, she is fine, was just experiencing the remainder of the miscarriage...i.e. severe cramps and heavy bleeding, nothing else wrong, as they feared tubal pregnancy. She is fine. At home resting. Ready to resume life...look forward and not back. Crap I am so glad I only have two kids. They make me crazy with worry. Home now...Sassy completely worn out, C out fishing on our pond, me just hangin.

Sass has to have tear duct flushing on Tuesday. Her left eye will not stop watering and is so puffy. Finally the Vet figured out it was her tear duct and not infection, only about 250 bucks later. The surgery will be about 150. I cannot believe I spend so much on this lil critter....but I love her so.

Have a great evening/morning...

loves.

Evening all.
Just going to be short tonight. I'm running well behind. I went into town today to test drive the Audi A3 and then talked money to the guy. I knew I wasn't going to get much for a trade in of my old car, and I didn't but they came up with a figure that gave me a good discount and then knocked off another $500 when I mentioned that I was going off to test drive the Mercedes. Perhaps I should have mentioned some other things I was going to test drive as well. Anyway I have bought my new car. Now I will have to think about going back to work to earn some money. Oh joy.

Forget who asked, but Sophia and her Mum and Dad will be coming up on the 4th of July and going home on 14th July and yes they are staying with me. I am off to NZ on 23rd June and back on 1st July.
Oh yes and Happy you asked about carrots being ready. Well to be honest I really don't know. I generally start to pull them when the top of the root starts pushing above the ground. The young ones are probably more delicious that the mature ones IMO.

So that's about it for today. I will be back with personals tomorrow morning. It's cold and it's late. I'm off to warmer places. The cat is already there.

:cofdate: GOOD MORNING WORLDY CHICKS

ON MY WAY TO THE OFFICE.
SOME EXPLAINING TO DO WITH MAINTENANCE.
THEN I AM FREE TO LEAVE.
NOT PUSHING MYSELF THIS WEEK.
Richie's DAUGHTER IS DUE TODAY.
THE SON IS STAYING HOME FOR NOW.
LOTS OF DISAPPOINTMENT GOING AROUND.
I AM STAYING OUT OF IT.
NO DRAMA ALLOWED IN HERE.....LOL
HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY.




SHAD...IT WAS ME THAT ASKED ABOUT DATES.
HOW IS THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON MY TIME??
GOING TO ASK JEN TO TAKE BOTH PHONES IF IT IS & SHE IS STILL HOME.
IF NOT....SIGNS CAN GO ON THE DOORS!
I AM GLAD YOU GOT A GOOD CAR DEAL!!
CONGRATS AND ENJOY THE NEW SMELL!!:scooter:




CEEJAY....HOW ARE THE UNCLES DOING.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU STILL MEET WITH THEM.
HOPE THE STORMS PASSED YOU BY.




ANNIE.....I AM GLAD SISSY IS DOING OK.
BUT YOU ARE BOTH GOING THRU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.
WISHING HER A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND HOPE SHE RESTS.
BETWEEN ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
STAY STRONG LADY. :hug:
THURSDAY IS ANOTHER TJ's SHOPPING TRIP.....GUESS WHO IS GOING?:dance:
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOU GIFTS.

I'd been concerned about Sissy, Annie. Do they not do D and C's any more for miscarriages. Just curious. Medical science changes every day.
Glad she's okay.


Mel
Don't blame you for not wanting the drama. I didn't want any today either. But first thing we've had to drain another tank for yet another inspection.
Hope this is the last one for this year.

Shad
Did you buy the Mercedes or the Audi3?

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Gotta go see if I can get my computer to come on. I'd like to get things done before all this rain comes through.

Morning all. Running late today, I missed my usual train. I'll try to get back later to post.