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Just finished watching episode 2.... Oooooh!! 😧😮😲
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Can't wait for episode 6 on Netflix JACKIE, but I guess I will have to. Anne.0
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I love Sundays because it starts with grocery pickup and includes a walk with my friend that I see once a week. Jake and I spent a lot of the afternoon watching TV together--him in the recliner and me on the exercise bike with my knitting. Now I'm off for my evening walk and phone date with my friend in California.
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Good Morning and a Happy Monday to all. It was cold 1st thing at around 35 degrees and a trace of snow (now gone) – tomorrow it will be 68! That’s our kind of crazy weather. Heading to Blink Fitness soon… back hurt yesterday and I had to skip for the first time in ages.
BEFORE I FORGET & FYI ONLY: I know a lot of you watch YouTube video’s like I do. Many people I follow tend to speak “slowly” etc. and it is super easy to speed up the video. I often set mine to 1.5x instead of “normal” – I only found this out in the last few months, so I thought worth mentioning in case others were not aware. You can just go into settings for the video you are watching.
It was a fun 4th Birthday Party / cook-out for our great-great-nephew. He wanted a Camo theme and everyone obliged… (Not sure Jean and I rock that look LOL). He was so cute leading prayer before eating. It was a great time and felt “normal” to such an extent we ended up staying until late in the day. Must say, my niece and her husband are great hosts. Here are a few pics.
Sandy – I laughed at the Saturday “Pandemic date night consists of them eating dinner in their bedroom and watching shows together with a locked door.” As noted above – the party was fun… but the only place I will wear that Camo tee is the gym or around the house. I don’t care if people hunt to eat (I’m against trophy hunting), but I couldn’t kill anything.
Lin – Funny you mention getting ready for church. I must say, we look forward to non-TV services in the future. We are actually between parishes right now. Our church of several decades in the city has completely changed in recent years. Most of the people that were the “glue” to church activities have passed on or moved away. The parish we will likely join located near-by limits people and has a reservation system, so we might wait until things open up a bit more.
The zoo was fun and like you, I love the Llama’s. We do enjoy being members for a quick in/out when the mood hits. Of course, advance reservations are required now….
Jackie – It was actually the YouTube re: Dr Campbell and Prof Spector that reminded me to mention about adjusting the playback speed.
Anne – You mentioned: “but I do wonder if someone is out to destroy western society as we know it.” I am very concerned about so many rapid changes being made that are overwhelming the system and people as individuals… there seems to be an intentional push to pit one group against another by race, wealth, ethnicity, religion etc and promoting intentional chaos. I so worry about the degeneration of society in general with regards to what is considered acceptable. And then there seems to be attempts to shift power from states to federal government. Beyond these issues, I have no concerns – but feel like I am living in the world of "Chauncey Gardner" (The Peter Sellers movie Being There). LOL
Can’t wait til we have access to latest season of Line of Duty!
Time to hit Blink Fitness – Hope everyone has a great day! Bob
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Our “heatwave” duly arrived around midday after a very chilly walk with George and Betty. I’ve been pottering in the garden and have just painted on a 2nd coat of clear preservative to the wooden greenhouse. Now need to pop into town to buy a high factor sun screen so I don’t get told off by the dermatologist for having a sun tan!
Builders have gone for the day!!
I’ll check in again later.
Have a safe Monday everyone,
Jackie
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Happy Monday! It is going to be a beautiful day here with temps in the middle 60's. It's a good day for Joe's 97th birthday and my friend's 78th birthday. I will be picking up an Edible Fruit arrangement for Joe at one today and we will celebrate my friend's birthday when all four of us are fully vaccinated. My son who visits with his wife got his first shot yesterday so we have already made plans for them to visit the weekend before Mother's Day. Now if only Rob, Lisa and Bryanna could get their shots I would be happy. On our zoom call yesterday my daughter is still not ready for a vaccine so I told her unless she gets one I will not be visiting with her. So stubborn.
Jackie, omg, what a mess, even George is confused. How long will this take to get back to normal?? You have reminded me that is one of the first appointments I want to make when fully marinated. I don't see any odd marks but better to be safe than sorry especially since I love the sun so much.
Bob, great pictures, your great nephew looks very happy. I think you and Jean rock the camo. I am also waiting for no reservations before going back to my Church in person. I did go to the parking lot yesterday for palms and asked the pastor to bless my new car since my friend did with hers and I was jealous. He said he does it a lot and sprinkled holy water all over the car and me with a blessing. I loved it!!!
Barbie, Sunday sounds like a nice relaxing day for you and Jake but do you every just sit and relax??
Depending when Joe's family is there we will try to get together outside but either way will deliver his present.
Also want to ride the bike as I am holding on to my goal weight. Have a great day.
Sandy
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Hello everyone. Busy crushing boxes as the recycling cart will be emptied tomorrow. I never catch up. Probably because I keep many boxes for the just in case project storage or donations etc. I don’t have great timing on the boxes in and boxes out process.
Women’s history month means another Zoom call today. This organization usually has the calls at 6 or 7 pm but today is it at noon so I have a half hour until the call.
Jackie, wow, your house really is under construction. How often will they take the rubble away? I really hope it is completed quickly. I need an appointment with a dermatologist too. I have found some new troubling spots so must get on the list. I would imagine they are very busy as people become fully vaccinated and want to be seen.
Sandy, busy birthday time! Joe will love his gift. Very considerate of you. Making the decision to receive the vaccinations seems to be as politically heated as a face covering. Did I mention I ran into (well almost given the spacing) to a gentleman that I did volunteer work with decades ago? He was bemoaning that he has made the decision to be vaccinated as he is doing air travel for work but his wife refuses to consider it. That is not making for a happy home.
Bob, I love the birthday photos. Great decorations and food and happy people, in their camo. Sorry you hurt your back. Ouch!
Barbie, glad you had an enjoyable Sunday. It must be your favorite day of the week.
Annsie, are you still doing online puzzles? I am doing the same, not so challenging puzzles, each day.
Palm Sunday online yesterday was different. They started with a Baptism service, then special music from the choir, a reciting of the people who donated Easter lilies for the church and the names of the people whose memory they wanted mentioned, and finally the message. So they were on, then off, then on, then off. Had to keep refreshing the feed. No reservation is needed at our church because no one wears a face covering of any type. After church they had a party with the Easter bunny for the kids. I was surprised, from the photos that I saw, how many adults and children attended. The kids seemed to have lots of fun.
Yipes, it is getting late. Moving on.
Today’s teapot comes with no information. I think it is lovely.
Lin🙋🏼♀️
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And me as well LIN but I love daffodils and primroses, especially the ones that grow wild.
Not much from me today because I am spring cleaning. What on earth does one do with shabby old sheets. Not good enough to donate and I'm loathe to send them to the dump. Throwing out most of my cloth shopping bags. Why keep them when everything is delivered these days. AND that's just the start! I've ordered a new duvet cover and pillowcases with an Egyptian cotton fitted sheet and I hope they are as pretty as their photo! I had my old bedding for YEARS but I still manage to feel guilty when I buy myself something.
JACKIE your renovation reminds me of the time when I lived in Derbyshire. Our bungalow only had two bedrooms and I had the brilliant idea of knocking part of the living room outside wall down. What a mess! When finished it was gorgeous. We had an L shaped living room/dining room, a second front window, a wide hall off the new dining room with loads of cupboards leading to a third bedroom for Mark. A huge beam supported the roof between LR and DR on which I hung my antique ribbon plates. Don't do what we did though! I only enjoyed our newly renovated home for six months. Rolls Royce was in trouble, Pratt and Whitney offered my ex a job in Montreal and the rest is history.
Our temperature and weather is always almost like BOBs. Freezing this morning, but now the sun is out and we are at 48 fahreinheit.
Oh my, Sandy, Mikes friend has just sent me an article stating that the Canada immunization committee is advising the Astra vaccine NOT be given to the under 55s. Wonder why? I'll wander off and have a read,
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Long article but appears to be blood clots again and particularly in women. Some cases reported.
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Changed my mind.....delete
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A beautiful morning so I found a quiet spot on the moors with no lambs in sight for us to amble. The builders arrived while we were out and already the surfaces I wiped down last night are covered in a fine dust, the faces of Dave and Joe too! The plan is to have all the old render and plaster off before the Easter break then I can decide if I want any exposed stone. At the moment I’m thinking not because the small rooms will feel closed in. I’m expecting them to be here about 3 weeks what with Easter pausing the work. A hired skip has been ordered that should arrive some time today then all the rubble will be wheelbarrowed and emptied in it and hauled away by the hire company. It’s quite tiring for me just watching but thank goodness the weather is fine so I can either potter or sit under the garden umbrella.
The first time the weather has been hot enough to operate the automatic roof vents in the greenhouse!
When I first purchased this cottage Anne I had a long list of renovations I planned to carry out but was made redundant a couple of years later so only basic repairs were carried out. Hopefully I won’t pop my clogs before I get to enjoy these changes!
I expect you had a mother or grandmother who used to make serviettes and hankies out of worn cotton sheets like mine. Then there was wartime when nothing was disposed of so I was brought up in a 1950’s home where that recycling continued. Enjoy your new bedding... I’m betting you will love sinking between newly covered bed and duvet!
Skip arriving! Off to direct....
Jackie1 -
Yesterday was a day of great adventures. We went to the post office to mail a paperback swap book, to curbside pickup at the library to return a book and get one that was on hold, and to our favorite Chinese restaurant to get take out. I realized that the one change I've made since we got vaccinated and our county relaxed some rules is that I didn't wear disposable gloves to the post office.Sandy, I like being active. Sitting and relaxing annoys me. I like to talk to my friends while walking, and watch TV while riding my bike. The closest I get to sitting and relaxing is my time on the computer while I eat my breakfast or lunch at the dining room table with Jake. Temps are freezing overnight but warmer during the day--suitable for pulling weeds. Barbie 0
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Hooray JACKIE the ends in sight. I wonder if the odd stone exposed around the fireplace would work if you can imagine what I mean. Could look quite attractive against a plain painted wall. Sympathies on the redundancy, in a way I was made redundant as well when I got dumped and lost my old way of life. It All worked out for both of us!
I ordered the duvet set from M&S. It's a pure cotton blossom embroidered set - white and the trailing blossom is on the edge of the pillow cases and trails down the duvet cover. Thought it appropriate for an old house and very spring like. Hope it's as pretty as it looks. Couldn't manage a photo at this point.
My mom would take a worn in the middle sheet, cut it in half and then sew the outer edges together to make a new single bed sheet, and she used to carefully unpick Dad's shirt collars and the back would become the front when resewn oh and my cousins royal airforce shirts were cut down to make my wartime school blouses. Honestly don't we have it easy these days! Old sweaters unravelled to make new striped knitted sweaters, pullovers, mittens etc.
Talking of mittens:
We warm up today! 17c or 66F. Must get some Vitamin D sunshine!
Have a gorgeous day everybody,
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Mornin Ladies –
Going to be a gorgeous day today with sun and upper 60’s vs this coming Friday with a 33 degree high and 23 degree low forecasted. Jean already suggested we cook-out for dinner. She is headed out to breakfast to meet “the girls (maybe a couple guys)” that worked together and are now retired of “lost” their job. It has been a few months. Gym was good and may take a 2nd walk. I was “sloppy” on my eating last week and made sure yesterday was back to my usual.
Jackie – You’re one busy lady “pottering, walking, painting and popping into town.” Tired just thinking of it all. Nice pic...I can almost sense what it feels and smells like. Assume you will be taking Vitamin D vs. laying in the sun LOL. (Was signing off and saw your second post and photo – absolutely beautiful! Jean would be jealous.)
Sandy – Ya gotta love some sun and warmer temps. Wow a 97th birthday and an Edible Arrangement – I LOVE THOSE – especially the pineapple covered in chocolate (not exactly on current menu – but I can still recall the succulent taste).
Thanks on the photos. You know you are aging when going to the birthday party for your nieces, daughters baby LOL. As for the Camo – it was great – as long as we kept out little jackets on….not much of a Duck Dynasty person (although they had it on the TV and I took the opportunity to jokingly mock my side of the family – fortunately we all have a good sense of humor).
Next week we get our second shot. While we weren’t crazy about getting it & my daughter didn’t pressure in anyway – we both knew (given her own actions) it is something she likely would appreciate. When she found out we had gotten shot #1 – her “cheerful voice” replied. “that’s great!”. Glad you and your new car got blessed.
Lin – Glad you liked the photos. It was fun and my back seems to slowly be getting better. I only missed the one day – and a post gym hot bath always feels good for a couple hours. Happy box crushing! LOL Love the tea pot – would look great in a “sun room.”
Anne – Hope your weather improves. You have reminded me that I need to get my office in order “again.” Don’t know how I do it but every time I re-organize and spruce things up – 10 days later I am back to Fibber McGee's closet.
Time to get dressed and head out! Enjoy whatever sunshine you can grab! Bob
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Hello everyone! Hahaha I’ll bet you didn’t even miss me! Our WiFi went down. It took multiple phone calls of doing this and that and entering this and that and trying this and that. At last we are up and running. We had No email, no MFP, no google news or research. Good grief....over 300 email spam etc had bunched up, just waiting.
We might have some sun today. We had afternoon sun yesterday. We have our second shot on the 7th. We have an anniversary on the 3rd, giving each other a jab in the arm and a nice homemade dinner. Some champagne and sugar free cookie for afters. Our daughter put together a CD of some of our favorite songs from long ago to accompany our anniversary dinner.
Our son found a early shot of moderna. There is a site called vaccine finder that finds places with extra vaccine that needs to be used quickly. Yea! We are getting our whole little tribe jabbed!
Ooops raining again. Katie wants in and a brisk toweling off Nice reading everyone’s posts and we are all just scooting along.
Patsy☘️
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I was just wondering if you were okay PATSY when whoof you appeared. Anne. ❤️0
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Happy Tuesday! Warm but windy, the kids should be able to play outside. I hurt my hand yesterday carrying too many things and almost slipped off the edge of my garage step and somehow hit my hand. It is much better today so it is not broken, not even swollen, I think more like a jammed finger or knuckle. Just can't lift anything heavy.
Patsy, good to hear from you and glad you got your internet service back and running. My son and Lisa are getting closer to getting a vaccine as well. Sounds like you will have a quiet but wonderful anniversary with lovely music.
Bob, funny but I split an dipped pineapple with another lady visiting with Joe yesterday, it was delicious. I just hope Joe can get all the fruit off the skewers or that his son will help him. He eats low carb so maybe that wasn't the best choice for him. I can't help myself from pressuring my daughter and my son, they both live in hot spot states, meaning Florid and Arizona but you are right I can't control their choices.
Annsie, your new sheets sound beautiful, you will love them. As far as the old ones if they don't have any holes just donate them, they could help and unfortunate family.
Barbie, I do like being active but the pandemic has slowed me down. Lisa and I are hoping to do a lot with the kids as soon as we are able. They need to get out and have fun, this has been very hard on them especially Robby.
Jackie, what a beautiful garden, you really have fixed things up and I hope you get to enjoy it all for many, many more years.
Lin, that would really stink if your spouse opted out of getting the vaccine and you got one, kind of selfish if you ask me, which you didn't.
Another friend passed away from Covid I was informed yesterday. He was 88 and married for 30 years, just became a grandfather this last August. So sad.
Have a great day, stay safe and be happy.
Sandy
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The skip was carefully driven down the track without hitting cars parked by the road and this evening is already half full of rubble. Everything I touch is coated in dust but I’ve been advised to hold off doing a major clean while the knocking down continues. I can see Dave’s point but it is unpleasant so will count the days.
Bob, haha, yes all the Vitamin D advice used to go over my head when I spent so much time outside in sunshine. I’m not sure it’s a habit I’ll ever drop now!
I’ve always been impressed that you get through your family events surrounded by so much food without succumbing so one little blip ain’t at all bad. My resolve would be straight out the window every time!
I’m so sorry to read you hurt your hand Sandy but please just DON’T carry anything heavy! You asked about my back and hips recently and I meant to reply earlier. All doing extremely well considering what I sometimes put them through!
I love fresh pineapple even though it can make my teeth feel over sensitive!
Lin, I loved yesterday’s teapot decorated with so many Spring flowers. Absolutely delightful. I don’t understand why so many are still against vaccinations although if people fear the AstraZeneca one I get that. It’s all the other Facebook misinformation so many are quick to believe that I find odd but we do live in free societies so to each their own!
Patsy! Of course we missed you but I didn’t want to fuss in case you and John had been visiting raves now you’re vaccinated! Your anniversary plans sound perfect with something home cooked and yummy. How many years now or shouldn’t I ask? 🙃
Haha Anne, yes I remember sheets stitched down the middle after a hole had been cut out!
M&S sell beautiful bed linen and you’ll feel like the Queen!
8pm here which is my new settle down time now I’m restricted to conservatory or bedroom. Almost dark outside so I’ll stretch my legs on my bed. I have a friend who watches tv in bed every evening but goodness, my back would soon be complaining!
Take care everyone.
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Hello, I couldn’t get to the Sneakers page this morning. This afternoon I just was able to get to our group when I had to leave for a Zoom meeting. It was a lovely meeting on starting seeds and gardening in general. The lady even made her own seed tape out of toilet paper, glue and seeds. She also showed the planting and the result. She double planted a crop with one vegetable tape on one side of the furrow and a different one on the other side. Amazing. The crop was beautiful and and as one crop was pulled, the other one had space to spread out. Amazing. The homemade seed tape spacing was perfection. Okay, enough of that.
I heard from a friend this afternoon and she is still quaking. A friend called, not feeling well and her symptoms seemed severe so she and her husband leaped into the car and beat it over to the friend’s house. They finally persuaded her to let them call 911. The paramedics ran an EKG, said she was having a heart attack and they left for the hospital. While there she went into cardiac arrest but thankfully they revived her and placed two stents. Now she is doing okay but is very tired. How fortunate to have such clear thinking friends.
Jackie, wahoo, the slip has arrived without taking out any vehicles or corners of buildings. That is a good start. They may tell you to hold off on major cleaning but it is your house and you are living through this, they aren’t, so do what makes you happy. And wahoo, the automatic vents work!
Speaking of houses, a friend is trying to persuade me to sell my house, buy another one with a mortgage so I can deduct the interest on my taxes. Her point is I will pay lower taxes. Hello!! I would pay out more in interest than I would save on taxes. Plus buying a different house would cost a lot more. And the disruption would be massive. I told her I was not only well settled but my roots run deep. It will take extreme circumstances to dislodge me.
Sandy, not warm here at all and windy so not a very pleasant day. I hope the kids are having a good time. I am sorry you hurt your hand. I hope it feels better soon and that you don’t do anything to make it worse today.
Patsy, oh gosh, I hate being disconnected from everything. I am glad you are back. But certainly not as happy as you are to be back!
Bob, our 60’s are a memory right now but should be back by the weekend. If you are barbecuing, enjoy!
And glad your back is better.
Annsie, aha, another great order from M & S. I bet you will love the new duvet set. Give us a look when it arrives.
Barbie, an adventurous day. I am smiling. It sounds wonderful to me as well.
Guess I had better get back to work, I have been sitting too long.
Lin🙋🏼♀️
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