Finally I am sitting down to catch up on how things are going with everyone. Not that I am very busy, but my computer is calling me....LOL

Sandy it sounds like you have been quite busy doing what all that you had to do and now looking after the grandkids a couple of days a week. It gets you out of the house too. Sending them off to school and being there to pick them up. Can get exhausting, especially with 3 but it only will last a few months before your break. My 4 month period of having my granddaughter 5 days a week after school became the whole school year. She was in kindergarten. Rarely see her now because they are so busy, so I am very thankful we got to really enjoy her.

Patsy so glad that you were able to get the required medical care to help you feel better. Medication side effects can be nasty some times. Be sure to get the rest you need to get over what lingers. Thinking of you and your husband.

Lin....Have you been working on any puzzles or has your card designing taken over those hours. You are so talented !! Hardly enough time in the day to get all of your books read. I am sure you are an avid reader too. I tend to do a couple of puzzles a week. I bought myself a set of Apple Airpods. I tried my daughters at Christmas and I loved them. I listen to a variety of music. These Airpods are quite the invention and definitely worth their money.

Jacki....I love your your new haircut and the coloring is so pretty !! I have almost all white hair now like my mom did. I am seriously considering coloring it with highlights, but just the thought of having to grow it out again makes me think twice, plus it would be very costly.

Anne I bet you are loving your fireplace that your son got for you. Is it a heater ? On a stormy day it would be so nice to enjoy looking at it. No doubt it is helping to keep you warmer with all of the storms you are having. Great purchase ! I really miss our real fireplace from our last house. Have to settle for a fireplace on the tv. Better than nothing I guess.

Recently my dr decided it was time to increase a med I have been on. My BP seems to go up and down for no reason. Plus I am seeing an endocrinologist for a change in meds for my thyroid. Now I get reactions and don't know exactly which rx it is. Trying to sort out the BP situation first. However my new thyroid med has me sleeping 3 nights in a row of only 5 hrs each night. Plus I have lots of energy. Too much I suspect. Thinking it has to be changed or adjusted too. More lab work....

Another pineapple express has hit our coastline today with rain and strong winds expected for a whole week. So much snow in the mountains roads are closed and ski resorts are staying closed since they have more snow than they can handle. The Bay Area and Southern California have had snow in places even along the beaches. With the howling winds I wonder how many more trees will go down as well as neighbors fences. So glad we moved from our last house because the trees in our backyard were huge. Once the new growth started in the spring we often would loose branches. What a mess it was to clean up. Pray for everyones safety during these difficult times. Can't even imagine being homeless right now. Those numbers are multiplying as the cost of living and job loss is affecting many in our state. So thankful for what we do have.

Hello to Barbie and Jerri and anyone else I may have forgotten.

Take care, Diane

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDY. I bet you are in for a fun day with those grand kids. Have a chunk of birthday cake for us sneakers as we wish you a year filled with love and laughter.

It’s garbage day here on another snowy day, so I hope the lads appear early to cart away a whole month of garbage. Although the blue box gets picked up weekly the big garbage is every two weeks and I missed the last pick up because of a skating rink drive.

Not only SANDYs birthday but maybe a super day for me and the pup. Mark might come over although he’s still got the sniffles. He ventured forth yesterday for coffee filters. Essential, our coffee filters. !!!

Your hair is really pretty Jackie. When we hit on a super haircut I sometimes wish it would stop growing and remain gorgeous forever.

Loved yesterday posts. Lots of good advice, great ideas, pretty teapots. We are all handling the snow very well including Katie who loves to eat snowballs!

Anne.

.uh uh. Tried an image but it didn’t work. Anne.

I can’t see my refuse bins it’s snowing so hard. It’s on record as being the darkest winter ever. That I can believe. Mr sun went off on holiday elsewhere I guess!
Jackie, I still think Lake Ontario is a better idea, lol. And cheaper!

For what it’s worth never ever live with your children unless finances forces one to. Best they visit and you remain in control. I say this because of various friends situations, and believe me I couldn’t personally have better sons and a daughter in law. I don’t want to spoil what I have !!
Anne.

Good evening. I signed in to a live YouTube and worked on my Easter cards while watching the ladies creating their cards.

So sorry, I meant to get here earlier. Duh.

Sandy, I hope you did enjoy your day even though you were home. Oh, did you go to pick out new glasses frames?

Wishing everyone happy and safe days.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
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Oh my JACKIE, it’s a good job I got that dustbin in, you should SEE the snow outside, the first massive amount I’ve seen since I lived in Quebec. To be honest I was scared a car would have crashed into the lump in the road. NOT brave!! I won’t be going anywhere today unless Darren shows up with his snow blower. Mike didn’t get it so bad up north so I hope he believes me and stays home. That goes for the recovering Mark as well with his own drive to clear. He has a snow blower.

I enjoyed yesterday apart from the mini adventure. I spent the afternoon listening to 1950’s country and western my favourite being Marty Robbins El Paso. I looked up his life as well and he was only 58 when he died from his third heart attack. Born in poverty he joined the US navy in WW 2 where he learnt to play the guitar. Happily married his second passion was racing cars and when a car stalled in front of him on the race track he swerved to avoid hitting it and crashed into the safety wall himself instead. So whilst Jackie was busy washing that man out of her hair I was humming El Paso. My musical tastes run from the OLD country and western which I can sing along with, then a huge gap to classical music and opera which I can’t sing to!
With the snow falling steadily it was nice to leave Ontario and arrive in El Paso, lol.

I believe we change the clocks AGAIN this evening. I’m considering leaving mine as is at standard time and relying on the iPad to tell me spring forward time for doctors appointments etc. Poor old Jilly has a particularly hard time changing to man made rules.

So time to take my mug of coffee to the shower.

See y’all. Anne.

Happy snowy Saturday. The snow did indeed start around noon. Heavy, huge, wet flakes. It is sticking to all the branches and shrubs and will be nasty to remove.

I am once again working on the card fronts. Had another idea this morning. Always dangerous. 😄😁😄

Anne, yipes, too much snow! Try to stay safe and glad you have nothing else to retrieve! Wouldn’t it be a terror if groceries were scheduled to be delivered? They must cancel I would imagine.

Sandy, glad you had a good day but oh my gosh, PJs with a video call. I wouldn’t have answered!

Jackie, inclement weather for you as well. Ack! I was watching the spaniels today and they had received some snow. It was the type dogs love to frolic in. And of course, they were doing just that.

Hello Patsy, Diane, Barbie, and Jeri. Be safe everyone.

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Lost my post 😤😢 and way past my bedtime so will leave it until the morning.
Jackie 🥰

Cute BARBIE, passed it on. Anne.

Hello again! Wet! Wet! Wet day and evening!

Had fun watching the academy awards. The animation winner was made in Portland by some acquaintances of Damon’s. He thought they they were a great group. A studio called shadow box or something like that. One of the artists, a sculptor, does amazing things then the animators jump In and use computers to do their magic. Damon bought me a doll, a little witch, that was crafted by this sculptor. I think I showed the sneakers this doll in the past. Wow! The fashions on the red carpet was really something. Oddly….John wasn’t interested! Hummmmmmm?

John is going to anther cardiologist next week. Hoping for some interesting strategies to make things better. Then later he goes to have his eyes evaluated. He sees double a lot of the time. Not sure what they will do about cataract operation and the heart condition. Fingers crossed on that.

After reading Sandy’s plans I almost hyperventilated. That would be a nightmare for me. Love seeing my kids however. Travel is not my favorite unless it is to some really glamorous place. I really am a stick in the mud!

All in all, we are getting along okay. Had a great visit with Damon. Andrea will be coming tomorrow. Grandson wants to come and whiz around with the vacuum. I will fix lunch. Katie will bark.
Patsy☘️

Good morning. I guess youcan guess we had snow again starting yesterday afternoon and overnight although peering through the window it doesn’t seem to have done much more than coat the drive. It’s still snowing.

Like PATSY above,I almost hyperventilated as well on reading SANDYS schedule! I take after my dad and I’m a real lover of the comfort and familiarity of home. Enjoyed travel in the past but was always happy to return, open my front door and plop my back pack in the hall.

As for the Oscar’s I have to confess I havn’t watched even one show EVER. Oh my, what an old hermit I am! And in a way Jilly the bean takes after me and Betty, JACKIES sweet little girl. When Mark and Mary Jo came to shovel on Saturday she watched happily for a while, then refused a short walk and headed for the back door and the warmth of home instead. I think when summer comes she will enjoy the new deck and a chair and happily bark in safety at the large dogs trudging past. Me as well with my coffee! That’s if we ever see summer again. The weather men say it’s been the darkest winter EVER on record here.

Someone is doing something inside Maria’s old home. The letter the agent sent to the Ms read how happy Maria was at the cash she got for the house. I bet she was with a profit of one million dollars! So far the Ms don’t seem interested in chucking me out. I have a little invested in it, but it is only a little. Lol.

Well, porridge cooled, time to move the bones.
Anne.

Wow. What a celebration Sandy. My friend and all of her children got matching tattoos for her late husband. They all got them on the inside of their forearm so they can look at it easily. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Later.

Lin