Hello, before I forget, yes Anne, I saw that photo that was AI generated but I will tell you I thought it was somewhat freaky. When they said it was AI generated, I said, I totally believe that! And there was a song released on YouTube that was created by AI learning the voices of 2 musicians. The guy admitted it at least. I am seeing images on Facebook that are computer generated and the person posting it doesn’t admit it. Lots of comments from people saying it is fake. We seem to be loving quickly to the point of never knowing if something is real. That bothers me!

Jackie, well done on finding you friend. Yes! Now 🤞🏻 for good weather Thursday morning.

Sandy, I hope you finished your errands today. I wonder why the tax deadline is tomorrow, the 18th? Did it have to do with Orthodox Easter on Sunday? I wrote a parcel of checks for taxes in the last month including Fed and State for remaining tax due 2022 and 1st quarter estimates for 2023, and not all have been cashed yet. They are slow!

Joy, so happy you had an excellent weekend. A lovely visit and delicious food.

Patsy, did I miss you? Sorry if I did.

I did more tidying and straightening up today. I am thinking of consigning again and found out my account is still in the system. So now I am trying to sort through all the rules, times, regulations, etc. to see if it is worth giving it a go again.

It has been quite loud in the neighborhood today as the neighbor across the street was having her roof replaced and it was a steady noise of air powered hammer combined with loud music. I am hoping they finished the job, but I don’t think so.

I need to get the trash out.

Be safe everyone.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
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Oh boy, normally an optimist my imagination is running wild when I think how millions can be duped by unscrupulous world leaders showing false images. Anne.

It’s a beautiful day so after a walk on the moors where I didn’t see another dog walker, I have been weeding and sorting through seedlings that require potting on. Linda gave me a pack of tomato seeds that, according to Google, are happier outside so I will have to chat to her about whether to bother housing them in my greenhouse.
Barney the gardener messaged first thing to let me know the person who cancelled his appointment for today had a change of mind so he won’t be here until next week. Hopefully the bees will have been rehomed so he can safely take the top off the laurel. The hens are mucked out and I’ve brought 9 eggs in to my kitchen. I eat an omelette last night so I’ll share a few and perhaps hard boil the rest.

Hands washed and an exciting glass of water consumed so back to work!
Happy Tuesday everyone.
Jackie 👩🏻‍🌾

Good evening. I need to login in soon for my usual Tuesday night live stream.

Today was a sunny and warmer day. I wish we could stay warmer and wave away the predicted storms. 🤞🏻

I made a trip to Trader Joe’s today and didn’t wear a mask. The store wasn’t overly busy and I didn’t linger. I never did get around to cooking or to cleaning vegetables today. I switched over to more cleaning and straightening. Today my task was to sort through all my make-up and lotions purchased before Covid, and the box of bandages and wraps that goes back to about 1975. A lot was tossed! Next on the list, the upstairs bathroom cabinet under the sink. It is packed!

Then I started on a card but haven’t gotten far yet.

Sandy, I hope you are enjoying your dinner this evening. And glad you are feeling back to yourself again.

Jackie, a busy day for you and as always, accomplishing a lot. Good for you.

Well I don’t see other posts, sorry if I missed anyone.

Be safe.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
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Hello Everyone….well, we had Monday doing laundry and errands and yesterday we cleaned house. This morning was last minute room check. Out of towners arriving this afternoon. Its early here but I am thinking about lunch. I am always thinking about food…..logging it, planning, shopping, prepping, and cooking as little as possible. Today, specifically, what can we eat that will leave kitchen spotless. Lori tells me I always leave crumbs…too many. I started one crossword this a.m. but didnt finish. Tomorrow I have to go to physical therapy and tell Kyle I fell again and I didnt do my exercises for the correct repetitions. It feels like I have to see the principal! So tomorrow Debbie and I will go out to eat. Since she drives me to my appointments, we decided at least I can treat her to lunch. So I have that to look forward to.
Joy

Hello, it is hot! And the 77 degrees F is accompanied by a severe storm/tornado watch. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I did laundry today, cleaned my fresh veggies, did some cleaning out and unfortunately was stung by a wasp. 🦟 OUCH! And shortly after I received a phone call from the friend who calls once in a while. She is apparently losing more of her hearing and ability to know what day it is. She asked me confirm that Mother’s Day was this week. I told her I needed to treat my wasp sting (not easy holding the phone) but she didn’t tumble to my need. A half hour later she said she had to go to have her lunch. What a day.

Anne, I knew which Sandy you were talking about. Our dear Sandy would never act that way.

Sandy, sorry you lost a bit of lovey but happy you had a good time. Enjoy your visitors! 👍🏻👍🏻

Joy, sorry you have to see ‘the principal’ but gosh, you do seem to have a happy life filled with visits, and lunches out. Enjoy tomorrow’s lunch (after the not so happy visit with PT).

Jackie, did you have a nice day? Is your weather more temperate now?

Patsy, hope you are okay. ❤️

Barbie, hope you are and Jake are well m

Be safe everyone.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
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We have high thin clouds and it is chilly out. Nothing looks like spring here at the moment. But I have high hopes.

We have an odd situation going on concerning family. John has a nephew who was a traveling salesman before he recently retired. He was successful because he connected to a company that supplied casinos and hotels. I confess to never really warming up to him. In fact I find him decidedly creepy. He calls himself a part time minister and has taken a few classes. I know I sound rather judgmental and I guess I am. He is insisting on coming to visit. Not only that but he wants Damon’s info and Andrea so he can visit them as well. They have followed my opinion as well, they don’t want to visit with him. I gave them his phone number and they can make their own decisions on his visit etc. it might be that he just wants to make contact with family. Or a chance to spread his interpretation of “The Word.” He has 6 kids, all home schooled and they are adults now that can barely read and write! So the drama continues. I will try to be more accepting and generous of spirit.

Beautiful sunshine at this moment. Glorious!

Dearest John us doing okay. His vocabulary is very limited but he is getting along better. The doc has decided he had a small stroke and it effected the part of the brain affecting speech and he is having some memory problems. Small hand and eye problems. He seems to be getting a bit better but refuses PT. We sneak it in by asking for help on various things and problems.

I miss chatting with you all but time is short and I must do more and watch over John and the house repairs ongoing. Whew!
Patsy☘️

Good Thursday morning to all. First, Patsy, how clever of you to find ways to PT your dear John. I am thinking of you. And Sandy, saying prayers you are healing from your grief and taking care of yourself. Sometimes we spend so much time taking care of others, we neglect ourselves. Jackie, in sunny Cali we have been having the coldest wind gusts…robbing us of the Springtime we love. Soon it will be so hot we cant manage! I will enjoy my morning coffee thinking of you weeding and seeding. Deb will pick me up and take me to PT later. I actually am looking forward to it. I mean Kyle is a sweet young man, easy on the eyes, who just wants to make me feel better!
Hope everyone had a good day.😍

Good evening. MFP is playing. I don’t see many of your posts until the next day. I am going to bed early. We did have many overnight storms. But mostly noise from strong wind and pouring rain. I lost some sleep. Now the thermostat is heading down!

Patsy, I hope you can avoid this relative. He sounds a bit like a snake oil salesman. ❤️❤️

Joy, how did your day turn out?

Sandy, busy time for you. Enjoy your time with your son and his wife. I know you will.

Jackie, that will be an interesting visit. Twenty years! You will never catch up on everything.

Anne. will Michael be stopping over to visit you while the MMS are away?

Nothing interesting here today.

Be safe my friends.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
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Never a dull moment it seems around here. First off Sandy, my husband and I are still together living in a senior community not far from where we raised our two kids. Both married, our daughter and her husband live about 1/2 hr away in a rural area. Two of their 3 kids are still at home...17 and 12. Our son, wife and 2 girls moved to Tennessee almost a year ago. They love it there, but we sure do miss seeing them. Joy....I spent my first 18 yrs in the Bay Area. It was a great place to live many years ago, but has really changed. Glad to be up in Northern California now for many years.

I too have been busy doing some major spring cleaning around here. My husband decided to go thru a lot of paperwork he had stored away taking far more time than he wished. He said to me to be sure he doesn't allow that to happen again. I try to stay on top of my sorting, but he has just learned a lesson in life.

During one of his computer sessions he made the mistake of opening up something. He responded to a PayPal message that turned out to be a scam. Many minutes later he realized something was not right. I dropped a bug in his ear after eavesdropping for a few minutes. It could have been a very costly mistake and hit on our bank account, but he suddenly realized what was happening. We beelined to our credit union praying a costly mistake hadn't happened. Thankfully the other had not realized my husband was no longer involved. Our bank was able to correct the monetary problem and all accounts were closed. Plus we had to take out computer to Best Buy to have them give us a clean bill of health to give to the bank. 5 days later and a few $$ we will get it back hoping to not lose a lot of info ie genealogy and photos ect. So be very careful when you answer your phones and open things on the computer. It will be a while before this is all straightened out.

Stressed yes but very thankful we have great people working at our bank. It definitely raised our blood pressures....Jerry is fine now, but I had to contact my dr. One thing lead to another, so I had to have more blood work done. And yes Sandy meds do affect the digestive system. I will get my blood work answers tomorrow.

Time to call it a night. Take care everyone.

Diane

Heather’s funeral today which was very moving. Her daughter, who read the eulogy, was so upset it wasn’t easy to make out everything said but I still learnt more about her life before we got to know each other.
The cold weather continues so later I spent a bit of time in my greenhouse out of the wind and now the fire is lit and I’m relaxing but thinking an early night might be a good idea.
Jackie 🥰

I enjoyed all my walking today but it was too cold for me to want to work on my yard projects. Spent time in the house riding my exercise bike and knitting a blanket that is almost finished. My knitting is for Project Linus so there is no deadline for when to finish.

Several of my neighbors have complained that spring is so late this year, but when I looked at the empty package from the zucchini seeds I planted last year, I saw that I had planted them on June 8 which is much later than the commonly accepted date of just after Mothers' Day. I just have to be patient. It will be yard weather soon enough.

Barbie