Sorry. Been very busy today. Will be back tomorrow.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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A busy day and dry! I shopped early at the supermarket while a load of laundry washed so I was able to hang it outside for a few hours. Before I walked George and Betty I phoned Sheila and the great news is she is out of pain. She is feeling tired so I didn’t visit but instead walked across the moors then came home to potter in my garden. So many jobs need doing I find myself going from one to the next then back again! The grass is almost dry so I managed to strim back the footpath so I can now see where I’m stepping and George was so impressed he lay on a stepping stone and sunbathed. Betty prefers the garden room. Plants in pots that survived Winter in the greenhouse have been tidied but I won’t put them outside for another week because it’s supposed to get cold after the weekend.
Nothing other than the CT scan on my lungs tomorrow morning and I might meet up with Sheila on Saturday for a walk. If not, I will take a birthday card to her at home.

How annoying Sandy that those 2 packages are still missing. Nowhere is efficient anymore!

Love the teapot Lin. At first I thought it was a cabbage but realise it’s far too exotic!

I’m now going to make chicken, potato and pesto bake for my evening meal. Easy preparation and won’t take long to cook.

Take care.
Jackie 🥰

Colder today but at least the sun is shining. We walked round the block dodging crazy car drivers, then I attended the mobile scanner. The whole thing took less than ten minutes so normally I would have popped to the shops but had left my purse at home so drove home, collected it, then drove back to the same car park because the ticket didn’t run out for another half an hour. I couldn’t find the makeup I usually buy so wonder if it’s no longer available, but did restock my dry eye drops. I will now change into gardening clothes.

I trust everyone is well, ready to enjoy this Friday. Headache gone Lin? Packages found Sandy?
Jackie 🥰

Oh Sandy, what an experience. Feel better soon.



Hugs.

Lin

I did dodge the showers and managed to walk the dogs to the next village and back. Later I drove to see Sheila and wish her happy birthday with a card and a box of my hens’ eggs. The injection in her back worked really well so she is finally out of pain. She must keep a diary of how she is for a couple of months and if she remains pain free should be able to be injected every 3 months. Other than that, a quiet day but too many heavy showers to make it worth my while working outside. Perhaps tomorrow!
Take care.
Jackie 🥰

Waiting for Palm Sunday service to start.

Wet day

I awoke to a dead furnace. What a morning! 👀

Back later.

Lin

Back again. The rain is very light now and the temperature is just over 40 degrees. Tomorrow, the high temperature may be as high as 60 degrees F. In any event, we haven’t received any snow and it doesn’t appear we will have any. Yippee! March may not go out as a Lion. 😊 not much time left in the month.

I did have a service tech come out to check my furnace. He was able to get it running again. Same thing as last October apparently. Nothing that they can fix, it’s more like resetting/rebooting a computer. He thinks the main control electronic panel is failing. I see a major expenditure in my future.

Jackie, glad you got out for a walk today, especially since your weather forecast sounds really wet! Wonderful that your hibiscus shrubs seem to be alive. Yes! Rest well. And happy to hear Sheila is seeing good results from the injections in her back. Hope she stays on that path.

Sandy, hope your eye gets back to normal and happy dog sitting this week. Best wishes on your follow-up appointment. I admire your high pain tolerance and wish I had one of those.

Hello Barbie, Diane, Jeri, Joy, and dear Anne—we do miss you.

Take care everyone.

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My the time flies since I was on here last. So many things have been going on with everyone.

Lin....I just read that your furnace has gone out. Also saw in tonights news the stormy weather you are having back there. Hope you are able to get the problem resolved quickly. Dress warmly too. I suspect it will be a few difficult days for you to get this all resolved.

Sandy....Getting that injection in your eye scares the dickens out of me. So sorry it turned out to be a very painful shot. I don't I think I would go for a second shot particularly if it might be a placebo. Get some rest so that your eye can heal
quickly. My opthalmalogist appt was a good one. My eye pressures were even better than my last ones. Thats what I need
to hear when I go for this appt.

Jackie.....More rain again I see, but glad you were able to get some clean up done. The chickens must be very happy with you right now. Doubt the tree trimmer was able to reach the top branches with a lot of wind. Hopefully the weather settles down a bit so he can complete this job. I need to go get some new geraniums because the ones I have in two pots are probably 15 yrs old. Not looking that great anymore. Thinking of picking up two hanging pots of something also. Two days of clear weather and four of rain. The nursery says it is overstocked with plants right now.

As for my colonoscopy procedure they came at me in two directions. Thankfully I was sedated. They got 2 specimens, but both turned out not to be cancerous. I was glad to hear that. It was worth every bit of getting this done. I hadn't been feeling up to par for several years. Finally was able to get the GI referral that I needed. Also more recently had a stress test done letting me know how that is going. Heart problems in the family and I had some questions. Have an appt with my internal med dr in a couple of weeks to get a run down on all of my results. An optometry appt in 3 wks then I think I am finally done with all of my appts. Glad to have this all behind me.

I haven't seen Anne on here for a while. I sure am hoping that she is starting to feel a lot better. I am concerned about her.

Hello to Jeri, Barbie and Joy. Hope you are doing well.

Thinking of everyone, Diane

Hello, between Zoom classes right now. I went to the post office very early this morning and stopped at the convenience store to use the free coupon I had for a lottery ticket. It had an expiration date of 3/31 so it was time to use it or throw it out. I never win anything but fun to have a free play!

Diane, glad you finally had your tests and that all was well. Now if the rest of your tests are equally as good news, that will be great! I am in the hunt for a new eye doctor. One of the tasks on my list. Hoping for a quick appointment with my regular primary care doctor on Thursday with a few blood tests, a lecture and a renewed prescription. Just no new medical problems. 🤞🏻

Sandy, glad that appointment is out of the way. Enjoy the pooches! They are real cuties. Do they get sad when their people are away. I had a dog who wouldn’t eat when we were away on vacation. Her little dog heart just broke.

Well, we had rain, hail and more rain today. Right now, it is actually sunny. We may have storms later and tomorrow back to wi tear like temperatures. I cannot believe the daily roller coaster.

Jackie, have you floated away with the continual rain? Maybe your tree trimmer should just sneak up and trim the trees without an advance appointment. 😆

Missing Anne, Joy, Jeri and the rest of the Sneakers.

Wishing you health and happiness.

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Thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes and all your news.

I'm not much for birthdays and Jake knows that so he doesn't make a fuss. We got take out Mexican food on Friday because he is charge of lunch on my dance days. The food was great and lasted for two meals. At 3 AM on my birthday when we took the dogs out for their middle of the night potty walk, Jake sang Happy Birthday to me. My dog walking friend made me a beautiful bookmark and I got cards both online and in the mail from entities like Google, AARP, my financial advisor, my part D prescription plan, and the management of the community we live in. It was a great day.

Barbie

My fire is lit because not only rain falling but hail too! To top it all my car warning lights are scaring me with every fault possible showing up. Thankfully I grocery shopped first thing before walking the dogs and at that stage only a lit up spanner symbol concerned me but when I later picked up Linda everything flashed, from tyre pressure to failing brakes, suspension and lights! We carried on to the coffee shop and caught up with news of her new granddaughter Darcy Margot, born last Monday. Just like Sandy, Linda has been assigned dog sitting and walking duties while parents adjust to sleepless nights! I stopped at my garage on my way home and the mechanic did his best to listen to the engine in the middle of a hail storm crashing on the roof! No obvious clue to what’s going on but he had a cancellation in the morning so I will return the car and leave it so it can be properly analysed. I’m afraid it won’t be cheap! Sheila will be driving into town about the same time so can pick me up then get me home after her appointment. I might just be staying home throughout the Easter period but do have projects to entertain me and plenty of food in!

It seems we are all enjoying plenty of rain! My weather app shows no change for the next 10 days! 😳. If I was a few years younger I would move to Spain or Portugal because right now, drought seems a better option.

Sandy, Lin’s suggestion for an eye patch had also crossed my mind yesterday. You would look wonderfully mysterious!

Take care everyone. I must change bed linen and think about an evening meal.
Jackie 🥰