@Novembergail,, OH MY HOW PRECIOUS is that??? Awww LOL Double Doodles!! OH MY OH MY!! I want to play and play with them!! They look healthy too!! Awwwww Hope the puter gremlins get evicted!! Nice pic of the eagle.
@Tabatha_Cain,,, I hope the surgery goes well for your bonus D. Awww my last Step Mother,,, once she and Dad married (They had each been married before and each had 5 kids ,, she had ALL boys, in my family it's 4 BOYS and myself GRIN Not spoiled,,nah,, well not by my Mom, but my Dad? SHOOT ON MY YES!!!)she just introduced me as "my daughter" we had so much fun. I wanted my Dad as happy as he could be. Which meant making her happy, but awwww that was so easy!! She went from being called by her first name to being called Mum. I hope you are your bonus D develop this type of relationship. It was precious for all of us.
@Patti241,,,, Today it's so nice out, but tomorrow won't be!! At least we are in the safe areas.
@Grannysue91 ,, EYES TO THE SKY hon!! I'll be thinking of you of course, and HOPING ALL is right. Read last night around this type of things "PREPARE NOT FEAR." Makes sense. Also on that "The chance of your being hit is 1 in a million." But we know it'll hit some down in that general area. Here's hoping it's not your area.
@Majork29 ,, OH MY OH MY!! That's only 3 F!! BRRRRRR Where do you live? OUCH!! For us in January we see that, but not yet. Shoot we were 50 F yesterday (10 C) That's to WARM for us in Maine (Last northern state on the east coast bordering Canada.)

Good afternoon everyone! It's a mostly cloudy day here today. My daughter says hello to all. Both budgie birds are doing well and say cheep, cheep! I went for a short run earlier this morning and I really enjoyed it. I went for a walk a while ago and I feel great! I had a great visit with my friend on Saturday. I will be doing some dancing later on. Have a great day, everyone! Take care and stay safe.

Good afternoon folks, I hope you all are enjoying your day, I am watching snow falling, swirling, whirling dancing lightly down on the tree branches !! AND it is sticking. Flights and ferries have been cancelled due to weather and I am sure the valley will get more then I will here in Marpole. I wish I could say Amigo is better, but he just will not eat. We are still giving him meds and he is still with us and I am giving him dropper full of water after his meds - I wish he could eat, however, they say not to force them to eat, I have bought different kinds of food and he sniffs and turns his nose up IF he sniffs - he still likes peanut butter though ! He has not lost any further weight but if he does not eat, his body will use any fat on him, not good. I bought some liver today and tomorrow I will fix it for him and puree it to the point I hope he will eat it. He's in his tree now watching the snow fall - means he will sleep all night.
@Tabatha_Cain I sure hope all went well today for you and your bonus daughter and you have a good opportunity to bond more and deeper!
@NovemberGail love the picture of the eagle - at that height they can still spot their dinner as they have excellent eye sight! AND they know how to soar on the wind currents, so cool !! Hope your day went well !
@Kurtize stay as safe as you can and have that to go bag ready if needed.
@Dianedoessmiles1 neener neener I am looking out my window watching the snow fall - not as much now but maybe more later - at least when it is dark it won't distract me from the zoom meeting. Do make sure you have your to go bag ready just incase and hopefully your mtg will be on zoom as well such a good mtg prepared ! I'll see what I can do to comment on the 5% challenge to help encourage others to join. It's only been a year on this site so it takes time to build a good name/reputation as you well know.
Gene already has dinner in the oven, I can smell it - lol he's using the bigger oven. I will have coleslaw with what ever he has made and I might make some green beans too. Of all things I forgot to get egg whites this morning when we went to Superstore - I looked for babyfood for Amigo, chicken , but nope none just fruity stuff .... well have a good one !!

@lavalily, I do hope your friends and all the folks near the eruption, stay safely out of harms way. I'm glad to see you're continuing with these challenges. Happy Advent, dear friend.

Weather is certainly changing--from 61 down to the 20's tonight. The storms are south of us and praying that all stay safe.

Good to read all the news. My day went as planned and now I am soooo tired. Tomorrow I will probably get my part of the cottage finished. Still haven't heard back from the tech for the computer.

Tomorrow's word is STRENGTH!



Jonathan, our Yorkie and Billie's friend. Now you see him; now you don't.

@lindiemaep ,,,, Oh hon, so sorry about Amigo!! Have you tried all organic baby food or pumpkin puree organic or no additives? Cats LOVE THEM BOTH!! With the baby food it has to be one without veggies, ,,, for the first stage of just trying to eat. Most cats will one or both of those when they'll eat nothing else. TY TY TY TY for visiting the Challenge feed and leaving a comment!! BIG HELP!! LOL EVENTUALLY we'll get snow, but, I still do not how we'll get the snow off the car, so I am still at a loss, but we know it'll happen. Meeting was very good, I had a friend pick me up,,, I am so not sure of what's going on, but I've been so unwell. Hopefully over the next 3 or 4 weeks the answers will be there.
@bhsuzycue ,,, Ohhhh I remember after having a long weekend off from work,,, LOL IT DRAGGED MORE!! And the shorter weeks at school (2nd graders, I was a foster Grandmother, they called me Grandma) the kids were SO MUCH WILDER!!! LOL I'd get to laughing so hard. Hopefully next week will be it's normal. The weather now is just CRAZY all the time!
@nbruns83 ,,, Awwww we agree @Lavalily!! SURE HOPE You are still safe!
@Cseguin2 ,,, WOOHOO on the loss and getting things DONE!! I got a few things done I really wanted, but yesterday I REALLY DID to much!! YUMMY YUMMY they are fortunate you are there!
@Novembergail,,, I just switched over to the Weather Channel to see how things are going. OH SURE HOPE everyone is alright!! Yesterday was 50 today was 36 tomorrow 53 ,, the weather is insane. Just along the coast we'll have gusting winds up to 50 MPH.

Amigo by his water dish, I went out to get pics of the snow as it is still snowing!! When I came through the front door he was there, then went and lay down on the rug at my bedroom door. I decided to open yet another can of food and he was half way through the kitchen as he heard his food door open! He mowed so I opened the can and gave him 2 tsp in one of his bowls and he liked up all the gravey! @Dianedoessmiles1 where would I find pumpkin puree and how much? Is it the one used for pie filling ? Tomorrow after service group I will go get some chicken broth, hopefully no onions or that in it, low sodium otherwise I am gonna go buy some chicken feet and make my own broth.
@KatieCondy1 I have a can of tuna, although cats should not drink the water, I might Crack it open and try the tuna too!! Thanks!!

Good morning

Good morning, as I am typing I can hear and owl hooting and the dogs barking. It sounds like they are bickering back and forth. Too bad I don't have a night spotting scope to see the owl. Such a beautiful bird. I need to get ready to head to a meeting. Hope it isn't a long one.

@Kurtize same situation with my Tater, each place has quoted higher and higher prices, he hardly has any teeth left, and don't want to take back. Just too expensive!

Busy feed. Take care everyone. Be safe lavalily.
Night all. It’s Wednesday pm here

Sun decided to come out today..it even got up to a roaring 38 degrees!!
Since I was feeling a bit better I decided to make some Naan bread and veggie soup..but somehow some chunks of sausage fell into it..so it is now tomato sausage soup..hee hee. But indeed it took all I had to do that bit, so sitting watching Jeopardy. Fastest half hour on tv ..seems it just starts and is done. But then I love word games.
Diane..As you so often tell me..ya gotta slow down..and ya gotta go to bed to get your rest! I hope they have some answers for you soon. This has dragged on for too long.
So Amigo did at least lick up some gravy!! Hurrah for first step. I hope he continues that path.
Waving hello at everyone..just still a lil easily worn out..so think I will kick back and just knit for a bit!
ya'al have a good evening.

Good Evening Everyone!

Today was a busy, cold day. Even snowed this afternoon and evening. So far nothing's really sticking. Did some laundry, worked on Christmas cards, and ran some errands all before going to work. For dinner the residents had chicken breast that was done like poaching in seasoned chicken broth to keep it moist, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, a choice of 2 soups and rice krispie squares that I added a little cocoa to the marshmallows. Love when my residents give me feedback on my cooking. They definitely do vary. From never having anything but praise to the ones who will tell you exactly what they didn't like right down to the black pepper LoL. Normally tomorrow would be my Friday but nope not for the foreseeable future as we only have 2 cooks who can work the week days. Life just got busier.