Anne - Happy Belated Birthday!
Marcella

We still have a bit of the storm lingering around. Thunderstorms today and rain, of course and winds. I need to get out of the house! I am going stir-crazy. Cabin fever, as we calłed it inAlaska. I am not sure why it effects us more in bad weather.

One of the things that is so interesting is how unevenly we all age. John has always had that male thing of selective memory. He can remember enormous lists of things but then there are times when that ability just drops away. I remember people things, not machine things. I can hear just fine. John can hear amazing things relating to machines, some music, irritating puppy sounds. But I often have to repeat myself several times to get through to his brain. It is part of our amazing differences. Both of us are so clumsy. We are scary. I can see an accident like Buzz and Mike had, happening around here.

Jackie: your walks with dear little George are wonderful. Katie's exercise is more or less constant. She can go into the huge fenced area anytime and she does. She brings in muddy sticks and stones for us to deal with. The there is the morning game of ball and the evening game of tag and another ball game. She seems to have one speed...FAST! I guess this is a lab trait. And chewing! Anyone thinking of a lab or a labradoodle should be ready for a total life change.

Shirley: are like like our son with his boat? Putting it up for the winter is a really sad thing. He hates to do that and goes through a lot of indecision. Can I leave it in the water one more weekend? His crew often have social things on the boat while it stays in the slip. It serves as a sort of vacation cabin in the water.


Anne: remember life without sweet little Jilly? Thank goodness you decided to adopted your little bean.

Lin: air conditioning? That is just wrong in October and nearing November. However, ice and snow aren't all that great either. I think your various activities are very interesting. Something I should look into. Our library isn't very active in community activities.
Patsy

Well Lin, I was wondering about your dodgy internet service and if it was better this year. I may have jinxed it! Many people are saying it is the drawback of leaving the traditional land line service, cable is unstable.. heehee, rhymed!!
It's nice to read that Some people have rain. It isn't us. Our yard looks like desert. Dried crunchy brown nothing. Today is Oct 17, and we left home on Oct 1. Three trips to California. Now we are home until Nov 1. The time will fly. We will vote this week and see our dentist on Wednesday. Saturday, Oct 29 and 30, we will attend the air show that rained out last year. Everything else is just household stuff.
Buzz, I know it must have hurt when you got bumped, but I hope you will not be in pain. You've got enough on your plate!
Marie, I guess we'll see you sometime!
Hi Marcella, I'm glad you popped in.
Jackie, thanks for the Cohen video. It's my favorite song. Beautiful music, lyrics are amazing.
And Lin, thanks to you mentioning Amazon Prime music, I have been listening to the Essential album. IMHO, he doesn't seem to be able to throw out any songs, no matter the content..but he should have, lol. I skipped several. Hmm, I don't see him as sad. His music and lyrics have a thoughtfulness missing in a lot of songs these days.
Thank you both!
I've had my feet up for about 30 minutes now. Time to finish putting away groceries. Beginning laundry too, I don't want to have so much to do later in the week.
Hugs to all, pups too.
Sandy enjoy your trip.
Chris, be safe on your quilting holiday.
Phoebe

Well, JACKIE, "Hello Again"! Did I ever mention my eldest DD many moons ago (She just turned 67) was going "steady" with a sweet young musician in Neil Diamond's band, so we knew Neil, his then wife Caroline, and sweet Caroline, his baby daughter! He may not be a great musician, but we have a soft spot for Neil! You're right about the leg, and it keeps running down through the huge bandage, so what a mess! Legs up again!
CHRIS, have a great retreat in those mountains. Sounds very special!
PATSY, I must have missed that you once lived in Alaska! Sounds so courageous! I agree men seem to have selective memories as well as hearing! Stupendous filters! Others tell me Mike continuously tells them he is so grateful he has me, but he has never verbalized it to me. Today, the Chaplain told him to practice saying it to me! However, his wife has the same yearning to hear it straight from her husband's mouth! His wife is really a saint, right there for everyone all the time.
LIN, we also have "bundled" service and once our modem is out, we lose internet, phone, TV... but landlines seem to be dinosaur items where I live. I don't think they are offered at all! Hope you get your service back pronto, luv...
PHOEBE (the poet!) ...hard to realize your area is so dry. We have some sort of rain daily. I'll have to listen to LC again. Maybe I'll hear things I missed?
Must get through my emails quickly so I can crawl into bed early. I finally fell asleep around 6 AM this morning, and I keep dozing off in embarrassing places .
Will try to sign off seamlessly...
Buzz

We are having a warm spell here too but rain is coming tonight. I had my cortisone shot yesterday in my hand and it is some sore today. I can type after taking some Advil, but when I was grocery shopping
it really hurt to lift the bags. My hand actually bruised at the shot sight, hopefully tomorrow is better.

Dave is at the boat draining the engine for winter and still has to put the frame up for the tarp,but its
much too windy today to that, plus he caught a cold and is not feeling great. I hope I don't catch it because I see Isaac in 2 weeks for a 4 day visit. I can hardly wait, we skyped yesterday and he is getting so cute. He loves to dance to records so he was performing for us.

Marie - How are you doing today?

Lin - Hope you get back your internet soon. We are in the process of changing to Magic Jack from
our original phone service from Bell Canada. We will still have hand-held phones and have taken
all our other phones away.

I want to get my walk in before it rains.

Shirley

Shirley, how long does it take to get to Isaac's home? It will be a long two weeks. I imagine there are children who now Skype on a regular basis, and I never have!! That shot in your hand sounds painful. Does it hurt to type? That reminds me, I think Jeri had some problems with her hands. Hope she is OK.

Marie, we sure miss you!

Lin, I don't know what you won, but it must be a good thing so congratulations. Are you going to a different library for the new coloring class? I used to think our local library was pretty nice, it had been in a much smaller building in town and this one was built new for them. When I went to the library in another county to get a card, I was shocked at the size of it. Upstairs downstairs lots of meeting facilities. I love it there.

Buzz, hope you don't have trouble with your leg pain. I think the part where men sing your praises to everyone but you is a universal men thing! So glad you have some good hearted people there.
Hope Sandy had a safe and fun trip.
I've been seeing photos of snow on Facebook. Out west I think. Around Reno, or Lake Tahoe. Sigh, it will come. We are still very warm here for two more days. And just like that, it's gone. 85-90, then on Friday, a high in the 60's, low in the 40's. A whisper of rain but not a certainty.
I took it easy today, doing laundry. My new glasses are ready, prescriptions ready, ill get them Thursday I think. Tomorrow we'll be going to the dentist. Talk to you on Thursday.
Phoebe

A quieter day today after yesterday's visit from Scruff while her mum went to the city of Truro to meet friends for lunch. A lot got crammed into one day for me because after our usual walk and then getting Scruff settled (for her that means constantly chasing whatever gets thrown for her, anything from a tennis ball to a rubber hedgehog!) I had a hair appointment in a town about 10 miles away that is currently in chaos while all main roads are closed due to a cycle route being created through the middle! Now I'm all for green projects that might help the planet but this idea is crazy because the town isn't bypassed so bikes will be competing with heavy traffic. Meanwhile I followed my nose through back streets to find a car park relatively close to the salon then walked the rest of the way. Home again for a cup of tea and then off to my first yoga class being held in the local community hall. It's not easy for me to lie on my back on a hard floor due to years of low back pain but did my best while muscles screamed at me and then after an hour did feel the benefits of all that stretching so will definitely persevere and also practice at home when I find a moment to chill.

Buzz ~ Hopefully you're still snoozing as I type. Do take care of that injury to your leg and ensure it's kept clean and covered until it heals and I suppose it's stating the obvious to say please don't take risks getting too close to Mike's chair if his driving is becoming erratic. No, you hadn't mentioned yours and your DD's association with Neil Diamond and although I agree he's not the best musician he certainly has a knack to write and produce popular music. He wasn't someone I particularly appreciated until I watched a BBC live concert of his a few years ago and recognised just how many songs of his I knew so well..... probably a bit of nostalgia taking over!!

Phoebe ~ Welcome home for what must seem to you a lovely long break even if you have to fill your days with mundane visits to optician and dentist! Delighted to re-introduce you to Cohen and agree, there are some of his songs that should have been dropped along the way. I've a double CD set of his London concert that I often have on as background music and there's definitely moments when I'm happy to switch on the hoover or pop out to feed the chooks!!

Lin ~ Is that a US Miranda or our British comedienne's show? I adore to read that you have so many hobbies and pastimes now and although it was obviously so sad for you to lose your dad I'm happier to hear about and see your magical colourings or Tai chi classes than the horrors of those dreadful winter journeys you had to make. There's a contentment about you I love!

Shirley ~ I hope your hand is feeling less uncomfortable today although imagine the bruising will take time to go since you can't easily stop using it. You'll have to keep your distance from Dave so you get to see Isaac.

Patsy ~ You have the ideal arrangement for Katie to burn off her energy and who knows, maybe in 5 years she might have calmed down just a little!! A friend was telling me last week that a farming friend she knows who breeds all varieties of puppies has a litter of Labradoodles that are "just so cute"!! I'm thinking that because a Border Collie they rescued a few years ago is getting on in years they might be thinking of buying one but we've already had the conversation about just how crazy the breed is. Patch her collie has lived outside in a barn because she came off a farm where she never went inside the home so hated to be indoors and I'm thinking a bundle of fluff and fun like your Katie will be a shock to the system!! I'll keep you up to date!

Marie ~ We're all missing you so hopefully your computer problems will be sorted soon.

Nearly lunchtime and hooray, the sun is doing its best to sneak a look so I'll get moving and hopefully do a couple hours of gardening this afternoon.

Happy Wednesday to all.
Jackie

Not hiding LIN, life's getting in the way, or rather diminishing hours in the day, or so it would seem. It didn't help that I got a book for my birthday and I've had my nose stuck in that. A first thriller novel from Paula Hawkins, "The girl on the train". I did guess correctly half way through who "done it" but that didn't stop me enjoying it immensely, hope she writes more!

Then I've done a lot of letter writing, or rather email writing.
My poor cousin in Australia is in a lot of pain from knee surgery years ago after a car accident. She was in the passenger seat and as the car sped along out of control she was flung out, seat belt still attached to her AND the seat and she was dragged along on her knees on the gravelly road. I so wish I could hop over there and help for a while but I am 7 years older and don't think I dare travel that far on my own! Not to mention Jilly Bean. The leaving of!

Talking of the Bean she had a bad day on Sunday. For starters she barfed all over the carpet after our walk. This was a first for her after our talk about Katie etc. Anyway the little monkey must have chewed and swallowed something green and plastic because that's what ended up on my carpet. On our next walk, someone petted her, and she squirmed and wriggled with such joy that she got her head out of her harness and into the tight back piece. Rush into the house to cut tight harness off of her windpipe and prevent her choking. She shaking like a leaf. Finally, evening walk, her and nice dog Molly sniffing noses when great galumphing Rheilly flew over from nowhere it seemed dragging owner behind him. He snarled at poor little Molly and tangled himself up in Jillys leash and I'm not sure if he stepped on her or not, but she's yelping. Owner just stands there saying "oh he's protecting Jilly" (like before!) I carry my little shivering pup home, Rheillys owner giggling and saying, "you're not carrying her home are you? You better believe I am!
The moral of this story, never take Jilly out again at times that coincide with the carthorses walks and his clueless owner.

And THATS why I haven't been around for a couple of days, not wanting to bore you all.

Alls been peaceful ever since! Just by changing our time and route.
Anne.

ThANKS PHOEBE YOU've How long ave we been onlines friends always watch out for me.THANKS thanks Phoebe for letting the group know I was having problems. Alice seems to have taken care of it.I think at least 14 years. By now. I remembeer you thought you were too young to be a Senior. We let you grow into it. Gayla another long time friend. Lots of facebook friends from the Lighten up group. By the way Gayla how is neil doing?

MArie

The answer to my question is....no I have not figured this video posting procedure out yet!
Patsy

Patsy, I hope you will be able to post the video. Love to see the Critters.
Sandy, Robby sure gets around for a sick baby. He must have lots of energy. Cute as can be, I wonder what he was singing?
Marie, I saw your post on Facebook and shared the information here.
Shirley, is this arthritis in your hand? Hate that it's so bad. It must disturb your sleep too.
Lin, today i saw a handwritten chalk board easel in a small town about 10 miles from here. It said something about joining them for coloring classes.. I thought of you. It would be fun to join them.
Anne, what a goofball pet owner! I guess that dog runs the show in that household! Do you think he will let the dog behave that way if they encountered really Big dogs? Grrr.........
Home from dental day. It's been over five hours and I'm still numb! Soup for me.
Phoebe

Go Robby!!! I heard "Fight Song"!! Well some if it. Am I wrong? Just watched the Charlie Brown Halloween show--still love it!!

Phoebe, I would love coloring classes! I just go to coloring time with no instructions or learning involved. You do what you want to and maybe you might pick something up from watching someone else. I would like to learn techniques.

Patsy, I don't know how to post videos. I guess I would need to start with a YouTube account.

Sandy, do you need anything more than the basic account?

Anne, I hope you avoid that clueless owner and his uncontrolled pet.

Well, here in the United States, we know what will be on TV very soon. Running away. Haaa.

Colored another little pumpkin today. Tomorrow is games and puzzles!

Hugs.

Lin

Sandy, I at first clicked on closed captioning, lol, it was cute the way cc tried to interpret Robby.
Anne, sounds like you've got a big hound in rheilly. Glad Jilly is ok, sigh, little bit must've scared you! What a day!
Nite
P.s. Lin, I won't go, no long term commitment for me.
I watched the last three or four questions, almost reasonable, but neither one could keep it up. Lol.. slinging arrows!
Phoebe
P.s. hi Jackie, forgot to say hi earlier

What a cutie little star ROBBY is! His dancing attempts are adorable too, SANDY! I took PHOEBE's hint about cc and it was hysterical/ridiculous!Now I have to learn how to close a video!!! LIN's pumpkin is just gorgeous; she has a natural talent.
I finished most things in time to watch the great debate (except for my kitchen counter, woe is me!) sat down, got my legs up, and promptly fell asleep! I don't know if I saw the last 2 or 3 nasties, but having turned in my absentee ballot, I really didn't much care. In my memory, I never recall such a dreadful campaign season! MARIE, happy to see you back, and hope all is well with both of you. PATSY, the entire procedure is more than I can handle, too. Would enjoy seeing videos but I can't even figure out how to "unplay" them! JACKIE, you are such a good friend and I'm sure it's appreciated. Do you ever leave George with others? Neil made an album with Barbra that I enjoyed, as she is my all time female favorite! SHIRLEY, I found with my fingers or hand, the OA was painful and occasional shots were a relief but the pain itself disappeared once the finger finally slipped out of the joint! Not pretty, but finally painless. I guess today there are finger and hand surgeons, but I hate surgery! ANNE, I have horrible visions of the Jilly and the monster dog!Although sometimes those Dane sized dogs turn out to be so-o-o-o gentle. Past my bedtime again. Back tomorrow. Sleep well, y'all!
Buzz