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Good morning ladies. It is going to be warm today, mid 80's. It sure has been jumping around a lot here. It is supposed to be back into the low 70's upper 60's next week.
I have started the pillows. I wanted to make 2 round and 2 square, but gave up that idea when I kept putting the circle together and found the pattern leaves a big hole in the center they just stuck a button over. I am doing a honeycomb pattern on the first one so we shall see how that comes out. Today is football day here. Jack watches college football all day, which I don't really mind. I could always send him upstairs, but I like having him down here with me. Maggie: We are going to be alone this year as Kelly and her family are going to Indiana and we can't go this year as Jack is out of vacation. Hope you have a lovely time. Jean: Jay came out of it all perfectly fine according to Alicia. Jack just called their house and no one answered so either they were on a call or are not at the house. I told him not to leave the house for at least 24 hours and walk around or he is going to be hurting big time so if they are out with friends he is nuts and going to pay for it. Jack walked around when he was told not to when he had this done and he was in agony later, black and blue and swollen. What can you do? :lol: Everyone have a good day. Faye |
Good Afternoon! It's another nice sunny day, but windy, in my neighborhood. The leaves are really coming down today! We went to church and then out for breakfast. The restaurant was really busy so took longer than usual. Bob just left for the farm and I'm either going to vacuum fur bunnies or start going through shoe boxes. Neither sounds inviting but both need to be done.
"Gma," I gave Bob the option of watching football last night when he got home, and he chose baseball. We went to college with a guy who was a Royals pitcher and married a girl from Bob's hometown. He retired to become their announcer, got cancer, and died a year ago. Our weather is supposed to be cooling down next week, but still warmer than normal for going into November. We've had snow by now several times over the years. That makes winter seem so long. Next weekend we switch back the clocks. Guess I will rev up the vacuum and get that done. Hope you all enjoy the rest of your Sunday! :wave: |
Good afternoon gals. It is gorgeous here today in the 80's so I will take that for sure.
We went to the commissary this morning and came home and put it all away then went out for lunch. We came back, put on work clothing and blew out the leaves to the end of the garage for pickup. We will do more next weekend. It was a little tough on me so I stopped when I felt even a little bit uncomfortable, but he was almost done so didn't need me for the rest anyway. I am so tired of dealing with our post office screw ups. I ordered some underwear and it was supposed to be delivered yesterday and it wasn't. I went to the USPS website and again it said they tried to deliver but there was no secure place (they never even tried to open the gate as it was unlocked ) and also they left a notice, which they didn't. So, I am going to chew out the supervisor tomorrow morning about them not delivering. I would bet it is a relief driver. Jack is upstairs in his office goofing off probably playing games on his laptop and I am watching some program about autopsies of famous people. I know, a little warped huh? It is actually about what caused their deaths. It is interesting actually. If I had been smart enough I think I would have enjoyed doing coroner work believe it or not. I like the puzzles of it. Jean: Predictions are the Cubbies are going to make the playoffs next year. We shall see. The double A club in South Bend is now the Cubs organization so it will be fun to go to their games again. They have a gorgeous ball field. I saw the picture on your friend's fb page and I think that is Bob in the background isn't it? It sure looked like him. Looks like your weather is pretty so I am sure the farmers are rushing around trying to get the end of the season done before your first snowfall. You all have a great Sunday. I am going to continue to watch tv and knit. Faye |
"Gma," yes, Bob is in the back of the picture. Rich has the headset on, and Joe is Rich's grandson. Joe drives the combine this year and loves to pull the wagons with Bob's tractors. Rich has a different brand of tractor and even prefers Bob's to his own. :lol: Joe would love to farm, or so he says now, much to her mother's dismay. Rich has two daughters about the same ages as Beth and Jason so the kids grew up together. In fact, we named Rich and Deb as guardians when our kids were little.
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Good morning to you all. We shall see what the weather shall be today. I have a dr apt tomorrow so of course they are predicting 90% rain. At least they have valet parking with a porte couchere so you don't get wet at all. It is free, but I usually give they 3 or 4 dollars.
I have to call the post office this morning and I hate to do that sort of stuff. I don't know why they can't get their act together. It is pure laziness. I plan on telling her we don't see to have a problem with UPS or FEDEX delivering. We don't bologna from them. I stayed steady at weigh in this morning, but am not working real hard at it. I am still just trying to get back on track health wise and still tire so easily. I didn't try to walk at the commissary yesterday. I rode in a scooter type cart. I think next visit I will be ok to walk. I do walk around and do something things, but nothing long or strenuous yet. I try and keep my food under control even if I am not being exact as I don't want to gain a bunch. Jean: I hope they are able to get all the crops in and ready for winter. I can't believe we are almost to Halloween already. Someone said how many days until Christmas on FB and it shocked me to think it is less than 2 months now. I imagine Thomas will be easy, money or gift cards but I am waiting to hear what Jackson wants. I will have to ship it to him. You Gals have a nice start to your week. Faye |
Good Morning! It's another nice day with sunshine, no wind, and warmer than "normal." I've been to church and balanced on my first try posting. Dropped a check off at the hospital and am home again. I forgot my WM list and need to take a book back to the library. Realized I had read it before and forgot to initial the pocket. The "new" cat we thought someone dumped showed up with a collar last night. I opened the door to check the collar and it tried to come in. Bob had a meeting this morning and then will head to the field. They are hoping to get that one done today.
"Gma," hope your mail person gets your undies delivered today! :crossed: A maintain is better than a gain, and you have been doing so well. Perhaps your body just needs a rest. I need to get back to walking; even though the weather has been so nice I just don't do it. :( It would be nice to have someone to walk with. There have been cornfields that have sat through the winter. I'm not sure what they can use the corn for then. I have lots of things I could do, I just need to pick one and get busy. Wherever you are, and whatever the weather, enjoy a marvelous Monday! :dancer: |
Good Morning! The sun is shining, the wind is blowing, leaves are falling off our trees finally, and it was chilly 34 degrees early this morning. I had planned to stay home today but Bob said, "if you're out and about, I'm about out of . . . ." That means he might have one squeeze or squirt left if he's lucky. His last funeral suit needs to go to the cleaners so will drop that off while I'm out. He gets lots of hugs in his hometown church so comes home with makeup on his suit. Good thing I'm with him. ;) Otherwise more sorting and pitching -- the catalog pile is getting too high and I know the Christmas ones will be coming soon.
Hope you all enjoy a terrific Tuesday and stop by to check in. :wave: |
Good morning ladies. I was busy all day yesterday and never got in here to post.
The doctor says I am doing fine, but he thinks there may be fluid under my incision since there is a hard lump there. Right now he is just wanting to watch it and see if it goes away by itself. Otherwise he will have to draw off the fluid. He doesn't want to have to do that since it is a chance for infection. Got my nails and toes done yesterday and the polish I picked had been thinned and it never dried properly on my hands and smeared them all so I had to come home and redo them myself. I had a color that was similar so just took off their polish and used mine. Jean: I did get my undies and washed and folded them and put them away. I don't know what the heck goes on at the post office, but the people are not doing their jobs. Of course I got the run around and excuses and told her just to redeliver and I hung up. I just get tired of having to deal with it all the time and I get no where so from now on when they don't deliver I will call and just tell them to redeliver it I guess. We were discussing Jack's suits and tuxedo last night regarding the next cruise. Since we are doing a back to back I guess we are going to go with the ship just doing a pressing of his stuff if need be and we will just buy extra tux shirts for the second cruise. We plan on getting off the first ship on Saturday, pick up our car, go to the Laundromat and wash all our clothes and repack and then get back on the second ship on Sunday. I imagine we will get some looks taking a bunch of suitcases into the Laundromat and just washing stuff and repacking. You gals have a nice middle of the week. Faye |
Good Morning! It's sunny, no wind, and a tad bit warmer than yesterday. Sunshine sure helps the attitude to get things done! I'm working on my "to do" list and have bell practice later this afternoon.
"Gma," it's good to see you today! I was beginning to hear an echo here. :lol: Too bad you didn't smear your nails at the salon, and they could have done them over. How do you dry your nails there? My salon uses either a little fan or a light machine that you slide your hand inside. Hope your lump will disappear on its own. Not much newsy from here today, so hope you all enjoy a wonderful Wednesday! :wave: |
♪♥♫ GOOD AFTERNOON IN ROCKTOBER MAGNOLIAS ☺♫
I have been going through my magazines and saving a couple recipes from each and will get my books in order. I have had a recipe that we like using white potatoes and was happy to get one now using Sweet Potatoes. The recipe is for Hasselback which means to cut the potato in 1/8 inch intervals so it looks like an accordion and brush the slices with oil between slices as much as possible. You bake the potato and then drizzle a mixture over the top. Anyway they are fun to make and yummy to eat. Another recipe I didn’t want to lose is Slow Cooker Pulled Pork that is so good for sandwiches on a sturdy bun and the easiest way I have found for making it. My plan is to get all these recipes into their proper binder and typed on the index before starting with my doll making. We found a neat gun range out in the country in the hills that we joined. They have combination locks on the gates and we were the only ones there yesterday. The one closer to town is always so packed with folks and costs about 3 times more to belong. The one way out in the country has all we need to get in a good practice. Life is good. JEAN Have fun at your bell practice. DONNA FAYE I have a great way of drying my nails. It is a can of ONYX professional 3-2-1 Nail Dryer. It actually does do a quick dry. You hold the can 6 to 8 inches from nail and spray once over each nail. Repeat if necessary. Always remember ~ Never, never, never give up . |
Good morning to you all. Chilly here this morning, but I haven't turned on the furnace yet. I am waiting until the day time temps stay in the 50's or below and nights are consistently in the 40's. We don't get cold and no chance of frozen pipes so I am not turning it on until we have to.
I got a bunch of stuff from the place I get my mammogram. You have to jump through hoops to get a darn mammogram. I have to call the surgeon's office this morning and have them fax an order over plus do an online registration and paperwork they sent me. Sheesh! Jean: I should have known better than to use that polish as I could see it had been thinned down. We have fans at the tables and then they have a long table with uv lights for both feet and hands. I should have moved over to the uv light but I stayed with the fans. I always make sure they are dry to the touch and not tacky at all, but I really think it was the polish and not how long I sat there. Maggie: I have used the spray dry before, but like I said in this instance I think it was totally the polish being bad. I have seen the hasselbeck recipe many times. Jackson called yesterday to tell me thank you for his Halloween candy. I talked with him a few minutes then he ask if I wanted to talk to "my son" and I said ok. Always cracks me up that he doesn't say his dad but my son. Jay said, "Mom that's a lot of candy." I just said I know and left it at that. I bought these cute Halloween decorated boxes with candy from the 60's through today in them. Thought the boys would get a kick out of them. It had 60 pieces of candy in the box. Well gals, better get this darn mammogram stuff done except the phone call. My appointment is the 10th so don't know how long it will take them to get the thing set up. Have a good one today. Faye |
Good Afternoon! It's another nice day, sunny and no wind. I met my friend for coffee and we talked away the morning. I ordered some shoes online, same brand and size I've worn for years, and they are too short and too narrow. I had to print off a return label for UPS and I took it to Mailboxes where we have shipped packages for years. She said she couldn't take it because of the label and I would have to find a truck driving around town. I asked if I could call an 800#, and she said they would charge me to pick it up. They supposedly stop at a bank "around" 4:30. Guess I will be making another trip into town later. I left our rings at the jewelry store, to have the settings checked and have to pick them up later too.
Maggie, I've seen the potato recipe but have never tried it. It looks so good! :T "Gma," someone put my friend's social security number on her deceased husband's name. "They" wanted her to go online to get it straightened out, and she told them she wanted to talk to a person, face to face. She finally did get to meet with a person even though they don't/won't make appointments. He died Sept. 1, and it still isn't straightened out. Makes one wonder if anyone takes pride in their job anymore. :dunno: I should get busy and think of something for supper, that Bob can warm up when he gets home. Enjoy the rest of your day! :wave: |
Good morning to you all. It is in the 50's this morning but is going to dip way down into the 30's tonight.
I really need to finish the toe on Thomas's sock so I can launder and block them but just haven't been in the mood. I have been working on my pillow sham though and it is coming along. I did get my solid color yarn yesterday and it matches nicely with the variegated color even though it is a different brand. I am mixing up the patterns too so they should look nice once they are all finished, which will take awhile. Jean: Hmmm, I don't think that lady knows what she is talking about. They are supposed to take anything with a label on it. I have done return stuff all the time where I just print out a return label and put it on the box. I think she is full of bologna. What did you end up fixing for dinner? We are having steaks tonight. We don't do trick or treaters here so there will be none of that. I just don't find it safe to have an open door policy in this neighborhood. I usually fix up little baggies and give to the kids across the street from us and that is it. There aren't a lot of kids that live here anyway. No one in the government seems to know what they heck they are doing anymore. We are so messed up it is unbelievable. The things I read are frightening. I just hope the dopes in this country have enough brains not to put Hillary in the White House. I saw the other day that Obama's wife wants to run for office. She has no training to be dog catcher let alone run for an office that actually means something. Well girls, you all have a nice weekend. We are going to do some work upstairs cleaning and blow more leaves this weekend. Faye |
Good Morning! It was a COLD 24 degrees early this morning. The sun is shining and the wind is blowing; the Weather Bug says it has warmed up to 33 with a wind chill of 22. I went to get my nails done this morning and then headed to the grocery store. I think the prices have all gone up again. Crazy! I remember when a sack of groceries averaged $5-10, (dating myself, I know) and now it's closer to $25 a bag. I did my good deed and picked up a cart that some inconsiderate person left loose in the parking lot. The wind blows them until they hit something, usually a car. Some people are so stupid! Bob is moving to an area 30 miles away to harvest the last corn crop. Hopefully they will finish the replanted beans and be done Sunday.
"Gma," I'll trade you temperatures! ;) After the fact, I wondered if the fact I would be charged return postage had anything to do with Mailboxes not taking my box. They still ship UPS, and one other time I returned shoes that were free shipping both ways. I did catch the UPS driver at the bank; there is a big drop box by the bank, but of course my shoe box wouldn't fit. I don't think we will have many trick or treaters tonight. With 11 houses, 4 or 5 will be dark and kids won't walk a long block to chance a piece of good (?) candy. I agree about Hillary and Mrs. O. :dance: I'm thinking soup for lunch so guess I will do that. Enjoy the rest of your day! :) |
Good Morning! The sun is shining, a breeze is blowing, and it's 27 degrees as I type. :brr: I've been awake since 4:30 when I had to make a bathroom visit. Bob was getting up at 5:30 so don't think I ever really went back to sleep. He was meeting his farm friend for breakfast and then heading off to the field. I got up before he left, and the "boys" even looked sleepy and a little confused that early. :lol: No specific plans for my day except laundry, picking up, and maybe I'll vacuum the fur bunnies. I do need to sweep leaves off the deck and feed the squirrels first.
Hope you all enjoy a relaxing day! :wave: |
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