Hello, yes, another busy day. Three more days of endless Live Videos. Day 1 just ended. A looooong day. Looking forward to trying a new brand (new to me) of marker first thing tomorrow morning and later in the day, experimenting with a new type of medium to spread with a palate knife over a stencil on card stock to produce not only color but lovely shine. At least that is what I have heard. Must remember to grab a palate knife from my supplies. Also need to cut some card stock.

Jackie, I heard there was going to be a new season of All Creatures Great and Small on our national PBS station. Yippee! That will be great. You do need to get some sleep. And thanks for the update on Anne.

Sandy, looks like you will be super busy until next week (at least). I hope you enjoy your trip.

Be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Hi, a long day today but the things I tried were fun. Tomorrow is an even longer day. Hoping there are more interesting things that make me smile.

Jackie, I hope you had a good day.

Sandy, off on your long weekend. I am confident you are having a great time.

Be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Hi! What a wonderful picture Sandy. Oh, that place is delightful!

One more class to go this evening. And one more day of it tomorrow.

Be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Decided to drop in to see how things are going for everyone. I am rather concerned about Lin and Sandy due to the bad weather conditions in the Midwest and East Coast areas. With Sandy traveling to Texas (?) right now I am not too sure where she was going there. Hoping all is ok with her. Lin likely has had some horrific rain storms, so I am l hoping that is all she has to deal with also. We just have the heat up to 101 tomorrow. Hoping this will be the end of our summer. I am more than ready for fall.

Jackie....It seems as if your summer has had more rain than usual also. Very hard to keep up with all of the gardening when you have to do it between rain drops. Glad you got those last tomatoes etc brought in to enjoy. Hope you are feeling better again. Get some rest when you get a bit of free time so as to keep the virus' away.

We keep an eye on the storms on the east coast. With our son and family now in Tennessee the current hurricanes become more of a concern. Spoke to him yesterday. Thankfully his home is on a hill so he isn't being flooded out. He also resides in the upper right hand corner of the state. The storms have hit many towns/cities there, but not where he lives. Our dil can still get to work and our granddaughters to school this week. Sean has to work from home for a couple of days because where he works there is currently no power or water at the business. Plus he has to change his route there because the bridge he usually crosses is now gone.

My husbands family are also ok but had lots and lots of rain. They all live in No Carolina.

Hope we hear from Lin, Sandy and Anne soon. Thinking of everyone.

Diane

Happy Monday. A quieter day with the storm gone although I could hear chainsaws buzzing when I walked locally with George and Betty. I assume trees or their branches came down in places but my garden plants survived, apart from the spinach trees in the raised bed. They are bent double, poor things! I did some batch cooking and generally had a relaxing day and the sun finally appeared late afternoon so we should be in for some gardening weather tomorrow.
David phoned me this evening to let me know he has been given dates for his pre op and hip surgery, which is great news. I’ve offered to drive him to the appointments and Hattie will stay with me while he stays in hospital. Sheila then called to tell me she cancelled her operation tomorrow because the driver she booked can’t take her and no one else wanted the responsibility of someone in their car who just had an operation! Seems odd to me, and if she had told me before she cancelled I could have helped but she seemed cheerful about not going!

Good to hear from you Diane and know you are well although it must be a worry when family lives in other states. The Florida floods were horrendous but I also see Nepal suffering a similar fate with torrential rain, huge floods and mudslides that make our storm look nothing. Mother Nature is definitely giving us a telling off!

I hope Sandy is enjoying herself and Lin chilling after all those lessons.

I’m off to bed early for once!
Jackie 🥰

I was running about yesterday, got tired out and fell asleep. Sorry.

And now another day pretty well gone. I did a couple of errands early this morning. It was cold but I did not turn on my furnace since it is forecast to be a bit hotter each day. But 45 degrees F was chilly. I wore a long sleeved shirt and a medium weight jacket. I hit a couple of grocery stores and returned some library books. It was too early to check out my holds. Maybe tomorrow. I put my groceries away and did several cardio classes. I did some research and paperwork, wrote a response to an email from a friend and then spoke to another friend on the phone for a couple of hours.

I would like to do some messing about with inks, etc. but the neighbor’s dog jumped on me, I put my arm out and the dog’s dew claw put holes in the area at the base of my thumb which has been bleeding and bleeding. Every time I wash up, it seems to start up again and soaks through my bandaid. I did a load of laundry that was blood stained from this little encounter. I wish it would scab over or something.

Sandy, I hope you are feeling better.

Jackie, hello. Are you working on your landscaping? The friend I spoke with this afternoon said she has a lot of dead heading and weed pulling to do. Doesn’t sound like lots of fun. It may be dry here but the weeds are still thriving.

Well, be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Hello. A warmer day today. In the mid-80’s with some breeze. I made my trip to Whole Foods for my favorite sweet potatoes. I also found a new type of vegan yogurt to try. I wanted a tiny container of it to try but they only had one size of the unsweetened plain yogurt. I had some for a late breakfast. Not my favorite but the ingredients are suitable. Maybe it will grow on me. 👀

Sandy, a busy day. I hope you enjoyed lunch with your birthday gal and that someone won something if you did a bit of gambling.

Jackie, a very busy day for you. I hope the chimney sweep gets everything cleaned up tomorrow. That will be very good given the heating season has started already. Wahoo, a chunky cardigan sounds very good! Get a good night’s sleep.

On to a special Live Class for a group of people who purchase from a local vendor of card supplies. I didn’t know there were so many unlisted videos on YouTube. Wow!

Take care everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Hello! Way past my bedtime so a quick drop in. The chimneys were swept and I had a nice catch up with Robbie who also installed the stoves a couple of years ago. I sent him home with a punnet of tomatoes for his wife who has been fighting cancer for several years. The pooches enjoyed their walk on a route that’s mostly flat and we stayed out for over an hour. Home to sweep out my garage before sticking down a rubber door trim across the entrance to hopefully stop rain running in when we have what’s now regular downpours. I have to leave my car out until Sunday to let it stick properly. More garden tidying but not for too long as my back was complaining from all the bending in my garage! Oh yes, then the window cleaner turned up so I’ll have to clean inside too.

Lin, I normally buy natural yogurt from a local dairy but decided to buy a pot of Duchy (now Prince William!) on my way home from the dentist. Turned out cheaper and delicious! Stunning teapot!

Sandy, I think we have heavy rain from Sunday so a good day for time to myself!

Must let the dogs out then get to bed.
Jackie 🐔

Happy Sunday. Another stormy day yesterday so I lost WiFi and my tv reception was so bad it made my head spin! We’ve a heavy police presence and drones flying over the parish because a vulnerable lady in her 70’s has apparently gone missing. She uses walking sticks to get about so assumably can’t have gone far but could have caught a bus so gone anywhere. My friend Linda dropped by after her vaccinations appointment and over coffee we sorted through packs of seeds for next year. She had brought spare chicken wire for me to place on top of my chicken run because sparrows, and even a squirrel, we’re sneaking in to eat the hen’s corn, so went home with a couple of plants I had grown from cuttings for her, plus a bowl of tomatoes as a thank you.

Today is cold, foggy and wet so I’ve not done much, except small amounts of housework. I’ve held off dog walking until the rain eases, which should be mid afternoon, but I did phone Sheila although she has caught a bad cold and struggled to talk much without coughing.

Lin, that’s great news that you are taking receipt of new ink pads and some other items for your card making. The spinach trees were seedlings that Linda gave me early summer so to be honest, I didn’t know anything about them! A disappointment because the edible leaves are tasteless so even the hens aren’t interested. They grew to over 5’ high and had some pretty pink flowers on the top but I wouldn’t bother again. They are bending even more since yesterday’s wind so will be chopped up and composted!

Sandy, I’m continuing to exchange emails with Anne and I think she will feel a whole lot better once the cataract procedure is over although Mike is doing a grand job looking after her. We discuss world events that are really not suitable for MFP forums!! However, she told me yesterday she had received a Google message telling her you had moved to California! I’m not sure why but it could be some sort of scam. Anyway I’ve promised I would let you know in case other friends are receiving a similar message.

Gosh, there’s a hint of sunshine suddenly so time to get George and Betty out! Enjoy the day and stay safe.
Jackie 🥰

Hello friends, I watched church online and attended several cardio classes. I am hoping we get back to the regular instructors soon. One lady said she would be gone for a couple weeks but it is over 3 weeks and she still isn’t back. One of the instructors said they thought she would be back this week but she isn’t on the schedule for Monday. She is the best dance instructor. Another really good instructor has been gone over a week and she lives in the Southeast and has lost power and Internet. She got a message through that a tree came down on their house but everyone is okay. Her son is autistic so I am guessing this is very difficult. I of course am selfish, as she is a wonderful instructor and I always hunt for her classes. Another instructor just isn’t teaching much, I don’t know where she is hiding.

Jackie, thanks for the additional information on the spinach trees. How sad that they are not tasty. Good to hear that you got extra wire for your chicks to protect their food from scavengers. Cool, that you and Linda sorted through seed packets for next year. Now that is planning! I hope the missing lady was found.

Sandy, sounds like good plans for this week. It gets dark so early and stays dark in the morning so long. I cannot believe the changes. We had a high around 68 degrees F today. That compares to 90 degrees F yesterday. What bizarre weather. Take care my friend and I hope all goes well with the kiddos and the dogs.

Barbie, how are you? Anything special coming up for Jake’s birthday?

Be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Hi, I hunted for preferred instructors for my classes today. Just one was on the schedule and the person doing the dance class said our regular would not be returning this week. I received a phone call while I was in the midst of my second class (with a great instructor) so I waited until the cardio section was over and called my friend back. We talked until she had to leave for lunch with a friend and then they were going to play volleyball at the Senior Center. I was starting to assemble ingredients for my lunch and received another call. It was my friend who is endeavoring to heal up from a broken knee. I hadn’t spoken to her for a long time so it was nice to talk with her for a while. She is using hand weights to try to strengthen her upper body. She says it is very difficult to move about with a leg that you cannot use. A few more weeks and she will go back to see her doctor. If she gets his okay, she will then be approved to move the leg a bit and to start some type of therapy.

Spent the rest of the day doing some sorting of things to throw some away as there was room in the trash this week. I also finished reading a book that needs to go back to the library.

Sandy, I hope all goes well this week. Glad you were able to grab your missing items. And I hope 🤞🏻they ate what you cooked for them. One day down!

Jackie, I hope you are okay and are not overdoing your outdoor work.

Be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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