Hello!!! Running impossibly late again. Mah Jongg is coming up soon. The rest of the week is stuffed to the gills!! I will say hello as time permits but will read everything with interest.

Stay warm, dry and healthy please dear Sneakers.

Hugs.

Lin, who doesn’t know if she is coming or going. Probably both.

I'm beginning to think we are kindred souls when it comes to personal decor BUZZ. I Love strong clean colours, much of my stuff is Scandinavian and I just have a few beloved ornaments. Toby jugs etc. If I could start again that's what I'd go for. At the moment it's a mish mash of inherited stuff and my own bought things.
SANDY, here's wishing you the best of luck. Soon be over.
Anne.

Happy birthday Marie.

I started reading the posts asking about my new rescue dog and then it diappeared. I will tell a little about her.
She's 2 yrs old. She's a chi weenie and weighs 8lbs. When we got her she was skin and bones. She is thin and a good weight now. Her name is Kandi. She is so cute but came with problems.

The worst is she has separation anxiety. Although it's getting a little better, just a little.

We finally got her housebroken. She nips at you. Even the vet wouldn't check her out yet until she calms down. She wants to chew blankets but we catch and distract that.

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Hello to Kandi. My Jilly Bean is a Pomeranian/chihuahua/Shiatsu mix, black with the Pomeranian ruff around her neck and weighs about the same as your Kandi CHRIS. She is 21 months old and extremely friendly, almost too friendly! I must admit I take Jilly with me everywhere it is possible.
This means the entire neighbourhood seems to know her, shop assistants, mailmen, little kids etc.
I felt I was too old to end up with a little playful dog, but guess what, now I've got her I would be devastated to lose her.
I'm so glad you've adopted Kandi. She's very young so you will have a little dog who will adjust in time and become a companion for years.
Anne.

Hi JACKIE, I'd go for the monkeys if it was for myself. I think maybe the floral too busy, but the monkeys! Just think how your dinner guests will have something to look at and discuss as you ladle out the soup!
Jilly's an assistance dog!!!??? Oh my I hadn't thought of that when she helpfully pulls my socks off every evening!!! She's far too short to reach my gloves at 12" but she's great at pulling socks off.
By the way it was minus 1 this morning! Florence the Furnace is purring away. I wish I could give her a dog treat for being such a good girl.
Thinking of SANDY.
Anne.

Hello Sneakers - the week continues to be busy and I cannot keep up. Today I started the process of making a claim on price protection with my credit card and Amazon. I purchased something from Amazon and found it much cheaper within several weeks - again on Amazon. I was on the phone for a long time providing information this morning. All to have them say okay, we will send you the paperwork to complete, attach your documentation and send it to us for review. So lots more paperwork fairly quickly as they must receive everything within 30 days or they will rule against me. They have no time limit on the issue. So if I succeed, it could me months before It is finished. So, I have the form to fill out now and I think I have found what they may be looking for to send with it. Just need to do it!

I met with several friends I hadn’t seen for a couple of weeks and we had a nice talk before everyone scattered for our own activities. I then met my friend and we toured the huge gift shop with the annual open house for a LONG time as we chattered about her son’s recent wedding, her cataract surgeries, dogs, and so much more. And yes, we looked at many things since this is the one time each year that everything in the store is 20% off.

I did some cooking when I got home and finalized my order for tomorrow’s fruit and vegetable order. Time to get the mail but my gosh, it is already dark. Wow!

Jackie, the actual fabrics samples looked different than the photos. The botanical print photo was lovely, the actual swatch not so much. So good choice. Oh, and I am so glad George has you trained.

Chris, your new cutie sounds adorable even though there are a few bumps in the road. I hope someday you might be able to post a photo of Kandi. We would love to see a picture.

Anne, I am so happy Florence is purring for you. It has been quite cold here overnight but today as it got to mid-day, it had warmed up a bit and was tolerable outdoors. Please do not attempt to feed Florence. A nice pat on the side if you are in the basement would be sufficient. Or maybe a little shout out to her as she runs to heat up your house?

Sandy, I am glad your rest is over and I hope the test is negative on the removed polyp. Take care and feel better tomorrow.

Buzz, I hope you continue to get as much rest as you can. I am trying to do that but I find the last several days, I am tired and go to bed but end up awake and just lying there with my mind racing about. Ack. Hate that.

Patsy, I hope your day was a good day today. A friend was talking today about some type of hat or visor she heard of that has little lights that are in the right spectrum to fight SAD. I have never heard of that. I may need to do some research.

Well, I need to get the mail. And I need to get together the things I need to help mark prices on items for our church bazaar. Two of us are going to work on that tomorrow evening and the big event is Saturday. There may not be enough green tea to keep me going on Saturday. Argh.

I do hope to see several other friends tomorrow morning for a little while before coming home to put away my lovely fruits and vegetables.

Be well my friends. Hugs.

Lin

Hello everyone! I can't help it, I must add my thoughts to the delightful fabric discussion concerning Jackie's chairs. I love the wonderful jungle and monkey fabric. I love the elegant lines of the chair with that print of lush green leaves and hidden amoung the leaves are the darling little monkeys. It is a delightful chic. It is the kind of thing that I would choose.

Our week will be wet and wild. Lots of wind and rain and cold. Katie will have every excuse to use the pee pads. My training will once again be for nought.

I am going through all my cds and finding a bunch to have on the turntable for day time listening. Cool jazz, but mellow. It will keep the spirits up during the dark rainy days this week. I need to wash more curtains before holidays. John's birthday is the 14th. The Lee Child book is out, must pick up a copy for John. Another birthday gift is a new toilet for his bathroom. His is one of the old style that is constantly breaking. Seriously! I know it sounds like a joke. It is part of our new rule. Gifts need to be something we actually need. (Sigh) We don't need any more stuff at this stage in our life. I have all the knick-knacks, what-nots, and do-dads that I can use. Do I sound like a curmudgeon yet? No? but we seem to have collected a mountain of stuff in our long marriage. We never seem to get rid of anything. It is multiplying in the dark closets!
Patsy

Morning all, just a quick comment from me because today is busy.
CHRIS, be careful letting Kandi out on her own. I daren't let my dog out by herself since a local had her chihuahua stolen out of her back yard and then, Jill is so small and we have a very large hawk sitting on the maple tree next door. It's bigger than Jill and could easily hurt her if it swooped down with claws extended.
PATSY I still put a pee pad down for Jill near the back door overnight. I usually find she's been during my own nocturnal wandering. I don't want to go out into the back yard at 2 in the morning in my nightie, especially with snow forecast overnight! She's often mistaken for a cat on a leash with her cat ears and after all it's no worse than my Tabitha Daisy's kitty litter. Small indulgence for both our comforts AND we don't encounter the skunk who's out with the raccoons scavenging during the wee hours.
Bye everybody,
Anne.

Hello sneakers. I'm later today because I finally got myself back to a weekly swim at our local pool which meant walking George round the village very early. Nothing changes..... first a young lad on his way to catch the school bus and always late running down a hill flat-footed towards us so the bang, bang, bang of his feet hitting the ground scared George and made him growl then just past him a lady jogger ran up behind us so he felt the need to protect me and snapped at her feet. In the past I've explained to both of them that they need to slow around my dog so as not to scare him so I don't feel bad about his behaviour, in fact it makes me smile! Late this afternoon I took him up on to the moors for a run but it was already getting dark so we didn't go far, just across to the stone Hurlers and back. I have to tell you all how much I value your opinions on the material for my chairs and it seems we have swayed one way and then the other together before all coming to the same conclusion.... the monkeys win and I can't wait to get started although terrified of the task ahead of me.

Anne ~ In Britain apparently millions of pounds were lost last year to scammers pretending to be a bank asking for money transfers but I gather there are moves afoot to make the real banks pay back the lost money to customers even though it's not particularly their fault. Thankfully my phone shows on its screen the number of these calls from abroad as unavailable so I don't even pick up but these emails are a worry because they do look genuine so I suppose the answer is to question everything. Well done Florence for being such a good girl and I hope as Lin suggests you regularly talk nicely to her!

Sandy ~ Great news that you are feeling so much better today but try not to dismiss the idea of ever having one again. Your offer of sending the green bottle to me was very sweet but I will only let you have my address if you message me yours then I can return something Cornish as a thank you!

Lin ~ The floral fabric was certainly a disappointment when it arrived because as you say, it looks nothing like its photo. At least it made the decision easy!

Patsy ~ It's true that as we get older and mostly have everything we need around us it's better not to receive gifts unless useful in some way and of course a loo is always going to be that! During my past year of clearing out and taking boxes of goodies to charity shops I have at times felt guilty about packing certain items off to be recycled but it does get to a point when shelves are creaking and dust beginning to accumulate behind the nick-nacks so something has to give! I do agree that my chairs with their Georgian style need something special and the conversations will be a giggle if nothing else!

Buzz ~ During the past week I've read a lot about these so-called Paradise Papers and it's stating the bloomin' obvious to say the rich know how to avoid huge amounts of taxes and certainly have no conscience about the rest of us paying for public services, hospitals, education, security etc. etc..... while they stash their money into offshore accounts. Will you get anywhere raising your concerns about your medical exemptions? Hmmm, you know what I'm guessing!! While we're on the subject of anal glands (LOL!!) that's not an area I've delved into before and it might just be a step too far but I'll certainly keep an eye on the little man's bottom in case then pay a vet to do the job! A good friend recently had a hip replacement and is singing the praises of the hospital I would probably attend if it comes to it but at the moment our poor creaking NHS has me waiting at least 3 weeks before getting a result on my x-ray then an age to see my GP to follow up before ever getting near a consultant so I'm not holding my breath. Just so long as they don't want to operate in the summer months when my garden needs tending!

I do hope dear Marie's scan shows she isn't too unwell.

Another day flown by and already time for me to think about cooking an evening meal so I'll wish everyone a pleasant rest of Thursday. Stay warm and safe.
Jackie

And Florence is making lovely little purring sounds PATSY. This is because we are forecast rain mixed with snow and I think it's already started. Well the rain bit. I've just put the garbage out for tomorrow's pick up (and the raccoons supper if they get the chance) and it's definitely cooling down, AND it's getting dark as well at 4:30 instead of 5pm.
Hello winter,
Anne.

It's almost scary to answer phones or email these days! I have to put my name in the subject line when I send an email to someone who knows me but does not know me as delraybuzz! Otherwise, they wisely delete me before opening!
Glad SANDY has recovered, and sorry to hear about MARIE!
I have been busy making posters and agendas etc for a meeting we'll be having concerning the possible loss of our medical exemption. For many seniors in nursing homes etc, that woud be a disaster, losing their one deduction ! Anyway, I'm falling way behind and need sleep desperately, so I'm off to bed so I can get an early start tomorrow.
Buzz

.....................Always believe something wonderful is about to happen!..............................

P.S Sandy ~ Forgot to mention, don't worry about the bottle, it was only because you made a comment about sending it to me. Tupperware is easily available in stores here if I'm desperate!!

Jackie