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You will all be relieved to know that I shall not starve to death, me and the cat, because the snow removal contractors have just arrived to give me freedom! Earlier when I ploughed my way to the garage to put the garbage into the garbage can, the snow came up to my knees! Tabitha Daisy wouldn't have got through it at all!…

Nice warm JANET, thanks for the explanation on DH!! Even I can use it, DH for "departed husband" lol. Liked your sayings. Yes JO, being snowed in can be usual as I found out to my horror on emigration 46 years ago. We arrived to 95 degrees in July, just like walking into an oven when we got off the plane onto the melting…

JACKIE, thanks for the TV tip. Will make a note, Last tango in Halifax. I DO miss northern raw humour and British tv. It's an ethnic thing I expect. I really TRIED with Downton abbey last night, but halfway through had to go to bed! I'm so sorry BUZZ and SHIRLEY, honest, I tried. Your trip sounded wonderful. So beautiful,…

Measured back yard. 2 ft depth of snow.

SHIRLEY, measured back yard, 2 feet of snow. No sign of contractors, poor things. That's okay, I ain't going anywhere! Anne. Morning Marie.

Morning all, not good morning. We are snowed in!

Good morning, or is it! We are snowed in! Schools etc cancelled!

BUZZ you are right. No question, Maggie Smith IS good. Anne

Grand piano

Father time

Cop out

LIN, we appreciate you. My, I've never met someone who actually lived or indeed lives in the tornado belt. When I've seen these things on the TV news whipping through, it's just horrifying. We get a few each year here, but they are further north of me. I think if I was a USA citizen I would get me out of there fast and…

And we love you! Take care of yourself now. Anne

MARIE YOU ARE BACK!!!!!! Hope you feel a lot better, Anne.

Hello JO, I live in Canada but my sons and I are originally from the East Riding of Yorkshire. I'm older than you at 79, but I am pretty active. It really is a good site for losing weight. Congratulations on beating the cancer. I had 21 lbs to lose and once gone, everything else went too. All the aches and pains, it was…

BARBIE! I like the crime investigation shows too. I also love to curl up with a good crime novel. Not sure where this comes from as I would say I am a person who is not disposed to violence of any kind. I think it's trying to pick up the clues, and when one is sometimes right, very satisfying. Good for the brain as we age,…

SANDY that's what I like about the Fitbit too. That vibrating buzz on the wrist when ones managed to reach ones goal. Mind you, it frightened me to death the first time, now I'm listening for it. Also I love the way one is cuddled under the quilt at night, wake up, and can check the time with those well lit numbers. The…

Midnight madness

Oh dear JERI, ANOTHER non watcher of Downton abbey. That makes me, you and Phoebe, and I believe Jackie mentioned she'd "gone off it" so we've strength in numbers! One of my daughters in law loves it so much she is threatening to visit the UK just to look at the house! I'm sure you will love your new sofa. It's always a…

SHIRLEY, it's a small world isn't it. My friend Evelyn, 79, who now lives in the Cornwall, Canada area has a similar history to you, and my sadly now gone 3 lovely cousins, who were really like my older sisters used to spend almost all their holidays in Germany and Austria. Easy to get to from the UK of course, but the…

Hi JANET, nice to hear from you, and especially from someone in a nice warmer place. I'm up in Canada, and it's a chilly, snowy sort of day here. A day to put ones feet up and read a book, unless you are watching the super bowl of course. I'm terribly sorry you have lost your daughter, unimaginable. I am 79 and I have two…

Hi MARIE, are you feeling any better? I do hope so. Poor MARIE. It will pass, but no fun whilst you are coughing your head off, that thought. ❤️ ROSY, that's very creative and interesting - you beading and making earrings! How wonderful. That's something I've never tried. I've tried just about everything, but not that. Do…

Rambling Hobo

Good morning PHOEBE, Tabs was an abused puss too. Records at the Animal Shelter told me that. She was so wild when I first got her I honestly thought she had some wild cat in her. Still not sure! Today she is a loving, elderly puss who loves to sit on my knee. Unheard of when she first arrived. It's well worth taking in an…

P.S. Sawing asbestos I should have said, re dad inhaling.

Hi Shirley, thanks for the explanation, DH. I was almost right! My dad would have lived a long life too I think if he hadn't smoked and also I remember him dismantling an air raid shelter and sawing it in pieces to make into something else, so I wonder if the dust got into his lungs. They didn't realise that in the forties…

MARIE, I was starting to worry about you. The virus or whatever it is, sounds a lot like Buzz and I had, and it's absolutely horrid. It lasts too. I can't seem to get rid of the cough, but I do feel better. Anyway take care of yourself, and bless Alice for coming over. Anne

Rambling roses

Hello MARIE, I do hope you are okay. It's odd not reading your cheery posts today. Hi SHIRLEY, just read your post on the sneakers. You had a busy day shopping. How do you feel about target closing down? I'm glad you enjoy Downton Abbey. I did at first, but now I find it slow and tedious. By the way, I've been longing to…

SHIRLEY, do you watch Coronation Street by any chance? It was quite exciting this week.