Happy Birthday Jackie and Chris!!!

To all my Sneakers friends. I'm having a lovely birthday..... long coffee morning with friends and later tea and cake covered in candles!! Weather too awful to venture far so battening down the hatches and curling up with George and puss cats!

Jackie

Happy Birthday Chris and Jackie. Hope you noth have the. Greatest Birthdays.

Aren't birthdays great? Jackie! Hope you had a lovely day with friends, fun, food and cake! And Chris...happy birthday to you. I feel sure you will be quilting up a storm or at least a quilt to keep warm in a storm.

Cold! Wet! And windy! I had an amusing UFO occurrence. Since it gets dark so quickly here on the north Oregon coast, I normally close the drapes to keep out the cold and the dark. Yesterday I was busy and left the drapes open while I continued my tasks. I glanced out the window into the darkness and was startled to see a blinking light that moved around rapidly. I thought at first it was an airplane or helicopter. But this light moved very rapidly across the sky and back again. I was just about to call the coast guard when I turned around and there was Katie tugging on a nightlight cord that reflected in the darkened window. Heck! I was sure it was ET trying to make contact. It was a very unusual optical illusion.
Patsy

Many years ago, maybe the early 1970s, I was walking my 2 poodles in their twin harnesses when we all noticed a disk-like shape zooming sort of overhead. I recall thinking "UFO?"...how ridiculous! Except that the coat on both poodles stood straight up and they started shaking and whimpering while trying to crouch out of sight!!! The disk whirred extremely fast out of sight...simply disappeared, and the dogs took several minutes before returning to normal. I recall reading about several inquiries to various centers in the paper the next day, but there were the usual scoffing denials. I never heard further but have always wondered what we saw that day over the flat fields of Long Island!
so , PATSY, you brought back an unsolved memory today!
Buzz

My sister saw a UFO when she was young and just doesn't want to talk about it. I believe!

No aqua fit this morning, I have a infected toe nail and will be picking up my antibiotics today. How I got it, who knows. Always something.

Tonight we are going with friends to a junior B hockey game and dinner. Have a wonderful weekend.

Shirley

Awful weather first thing so George and I walked to the next village and on the way I did my best to clear drains clogged up with leaves that were allowing flood water to flow on the road. Even with waterproofs on I got soaked, especially when cars raced past me splashing the rain puddles over me!! For our 2nd walk we headed for the moors.... big mistake as the temperature had plummeted and the ground was waterlogged although we did manage about 20 minutes before giving up and heading back to the car.

Patsy ~ That's an hilarious story about the UFO.... good ol' Daisy!! My only "sighting" was very early morning New Years day after a party when a boyfriend and I were convinced we saw a UFO hanging over a hydro plant on the edge of Lake Ontario east of Toronto. This was around the mid 70's. We sat for nearly an hour watching a bright light move towards the buildings before it seemed to shoot away into the distance then back again, even phoned local police to report it but I think they imagined us worse for wear after the party! As dawn broke we realised it was the planet Venus rising from the horizon and moving clouds gave the impression it was traveling at great speed! Hate to think we are all alone in the vast universe.

Buzz ~ Believing dogs are far more intuitive than humans I have to believe that what you saw was a UFO although I know there were many secret aircraft being designed and flown over your country. George agrees too!! LOL

Lin ~ Hopefully your tummy upset will settle and good for you getting back to the mat making for homeless folk. I always think there but for the grace of God....

Sandy ~ It's so difficult to clear all naughty food from the home isn't it and for me yesterday friends brought and left a large cake and even with Brady sneaking a bite when I wasn't looking it's going to take several days to finish it off! So glad your bike riding is working for you and just think, a pound a week and you'll have reached your goal by the end of this month!!

Shirley ~ Sorry about your toe nail infection. Is Canespro available in Canada? It's supposed to work quickly and effectively.

The fire is lit and both me and George are now drying off after our cold moors walk so I'm going to settle down for the evening.

Jackie

Marie - Happy to hear you and Missy are doing so well!

Jackie - We're going to nail this weight thing and I'm certain that both of us will stay in our normal weight range from here on.

We live in the Atlanta area. So, for anyone that doesn't have a Superbowl team to cheer for, you can cheer with us for the Atlanta Falcons!
Marcella

Go falcons Go

Good evening, won't be doing much typing tonight. All the cutting and crocheting with the plastic has my hands in spasm and ache. Going to get some rest before starting again tomorrow. I have signed up for a paper crafters time in the morning and a card class in the afternoon.

Poor little Bess. Quite a long time until Wednesday!

I probably will not watch the Super Bowl. I wish I. Ours get the channel that carries the Puppy Bowl but I don't. A local shelter has a viewing party for Puppy Bowl at a local hotel. I will likely just stay home.

See you soon.

Hugs.

Lin

Good Morning Everyone

Finally. A slow day. Cold and snowy. A good day to stay home.

Marie - glad to hear Missy is coming along so nicely. It was like that with the dog we adopted. Took awhile but after a while we were "family". Broke my heart when she got sick.

Jackie - that indeed sounds like awful weather, but at least it's not snow. Sounds like you earned your warm evening for sure.

Marcella - congratulations. You worked hard and were successful.

Lin - you are always amazing me with all your projects. Rest up those hands you'll be right back at it soon.

Buzz - you obviously live in a very nice place. I like the idea of stuffing welcome bags. The serene lady sounded just who I want to be - but serene will never describe me. I'm too noisy and that will never change. Hahaha

Sandy - you have been doing so good!!!! Your bike riding is paying off. My scale finally showed a 1 lb loss, which is great more me. I usually only lose a 1/2 lb a week.

Patsy, I loved your ufo story. Gave me a big smile.


I've been working so hard at this weight loss thing. Faithfully recording it all and getting in my 10,000 steps every day - that can be a chore when you get home late.


Have a great day everyone.



Jeri

Well folks I have to say, I am very alarmed about things right now! We went to our special beach for a little walk and adventure for Katie. This beach has the iron remains of an old ship. It is called the Peter Iredale. Any way, in the past I have brought bread and various treats for the seagulls and other marine birds. For the past few years the numbers of birds have plummeted. Now the beach has no birds at all. None! The Pelicans have disappeared entirely. No more sand dollars on the beach. Anyone who doubts climate change needs to visit the ocean. It has dramatic evidence. More than the birds have disappeared.

I love cooking vegetarian. I am the only one in this household who enjoys a total veggie diet. John wants PROTIEN! Meat! Fish! Chicken or turkey! Eggs! And not just soy, nuts and beans but with something else. Ha! There times when I can fool him. Chili without meat is pretty easy. There is a great TV cooking program on PBS. Have you seen it?

Rain and snow here. That will completely paralyze the roads and our little town with San Francisco-like hills. We are not prepared for snow. The kids will love it...SNOW DAY! Everyone else (me) will stay home and make soup.
Marcella: Sunday's always has Sunday baroque concert of our PBS radio! I love it. I look forward to that sweet charming ancient music, often with harpsichord and flute. Makes my heart happy.
Patsy