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I hope you are in a better mood now. I nned to get some sleep. I need to be up early to drive my daughter to a doctor's appointment. I hope she gets home from Los Angeles before it snows. Because it should do that pretty soon here.

'cause I can't type with this damned cat laying on the keyborad.

Good night...

I also have typing issues it seems. Good night and sweet dreams, Cindy. I have a mix of snow and rain coming down.

Good morning, everyone!

We got light snow & ice during the night & it is a slippery mess out there this morning, making the commute tricky. The sky does look brighter today, though, and that is a good sign.

This time last year we had 40 inches of snow on the ground. This year we only have a foot. Odd!

I have a very busy morning before going to dialysis. And near the top of my to-do list this week is to get Maxi a haircut! The kid is beyond shaggy.

Good morning. It keeps changing from snow to sleet to rain here. But the high winds make visibility bad no matter which is happening. So traffic is one huge snarl. I called and rescheduled a doctor appointment so I didn't need to add to the snarl factor. And told my daughter to stay where she was and not drive home.
Now that my fires are up and burning, I am going back to bed.

I got the dishwasher unloaded and halfway loaded again. The second load of laundry is in. My girl is at the grocery store & I've paid bills.

Merme *busy as a bee*

Good morning---Tina I anm glad that Jonni is safe where she is---that was a good call. I hope your bad weather passes soon wnough.


Merme, glad you are getting so much accomplished--good for you.
We at this house need to schedule hair cuts as well. But with Rod's work schedule that is almost impossible.

I am so late today--I sopent a good long while trying to make myself a spreadshhet to keep track of my daily weigh-ins, & that is not happeniong it seems. I can make it weasy enough but I cannot figure out how to add to the page to cover a full sized sheet---I may have to give up 7 just do a partial page..

but now to go to get my therapy out of the way---gee I hope this wil be done sooner rather than later---it really messes up my day...

catch ya all later---

BTW: looks as if I missed a party goin' on here last night....
I'm just sayin' ..........
Apparently I missed the memo ????

I, for one, am glad that Cindy stays up late sometimes. It can get a little lonely around here in my evenings.
The weather is just plain snowing right now. We are to get 4-8 inches (but I sincerely doubt it). That is not much snow by the standards in other places but we are just not equipped to deal with it. There are plows up in the mountains and passes but as they are getting snow in measurements of feet, they need them. You would be hard pressed to find homes here with snow shovels. And we have plenty of sand but no snow-worthy equipment to spread it on the roads. I don't even own an ice scraper for my windshield. We just shut down when it does the rare snow thing.
So I am just as happy to be home.

Stay warm, Tina. We're not much better equipped for snow than you are. Only the main streets get any attention here, but gettin to and from the main streets is tricky, especially with all our hills. We've been having a cold spell. It's been dropping into the 20's every night. Aros warmed up my car and scraped my windows for me this morning, that was sweet. He doesn't normally do things like that. Work is going well today, getting lots done. Hoping for a run at lunch time. We'll see.

well ladies:

1) I am not going to rehab--(but will have a go on my stationary bike here in a few---
I am going to go antuiquing with my DD--yea!!!!!

2) we in Illinois are equipped for snow & ice here--but to look down my street you would never know it----
I have left my current house and the one I used to live in thinking I was being foolish to leave & a few miles down the road I found that the powers that be had totally cleaned off the roads...it seems the country roads (where I used to live) and the dead end roads (what I live down now) are the l;ast to get cleaned off around here.

I enjoy Cindy being up late as well--I am often up well past midnight (central time zone)

Antiquing is good, Carol. Have a blast!

Hi all,
Well we are supposed to be equipped to handle the snow and ice but have found our streets are some of the last to get done- they did plow it once this time but only the sunny places have melted much now... I went and got the boys a little while ago... it's warmer today... 30*... after 2* thats warm!
I have spent the last few days deep cleaning rooms... I did the bedroom and master bath... and the kitchen... next up is the laundry room and family room, taking the Christmas decor down in here today... going to move furniture and vacuum and dust really well... do the vents and baseboards- clean out the fireplace too... we have been using it a lot the last few day... get it ready for the next cold spell ... it's on it's way according to the weather people...

Well off to get to work- make lunch for the boys first... pass out med to them- we have our round of colds now too... always fun..
Nana

I am sorry you are going through colds, Nana. Don't you catch anything if you can help it.
I have brought in wood. My indoor woodboxes are full and so is my outdoor box. But I want one more wheelbarrow full to leave on my porch. So as soon as my hands warm around a cup, that will be next. It is still snowing and blowing around.

We opted for a two mile trail run rather than a run around the lake. Much more of a workout with the hills. Felt nice. I ate my lunch and now I'm freezing again. Hopefully when I start passing out my supplies I'll warm up.

Good going, Cheryl. I hope you warm up soon.
I have all of my wood in where it belongs. And the fires are burning brightly. When they die back a bit I have ashes to clean out of them.

I see everyone is keeping busy, still can't believe Tina has snow..we had a snow storm last night and today and my tractor won't start. I have been shovelling a bit but gave up. DH will hopefully figure out what's going on, we just put new parts on it a few days ago.

It's always something...

It is always something, Tamara. I hope you have an easy fix to it.
I think our snow is done for now. And it was just a bit too warm and windy for much accumulation. But I brought in wood and I'm thinking a nap will finish the warming up.

It is good to be home. The day seemed hard to me so I planned an easy dinner.... kielbasa soup. Unfortunately, my new girl bought beef smoked sausage instead of kielbasa so it doesn't taste as good as it usually does but we will still be glad for the hot meal.

For the next two weeks Maxi will be preparing for mid-terms. He is a bit nervous but I think he will do fine. Certainly, he'll be studying hard in the days ahead.

Tomorrow when I am shopping I am going to look for something to treat Maxi's collars & cuffs. His white shirt has gotten particularly bad. He told me they get dirty fast on the desk tops or running over paper he's written on w/ pencil. I am thinking of trying Whisk.

I love the photo of the day.

The 'Photo of the Day' looks a lot like my new kitty!



Bill said the kitty in the picture is Smokey Joe's brother. :ding: :ding:

Cool. I was mighty tired of the pink geranium.

The photo of the day is fantastic !!!

I too was getting a bit tired of the pink geranium.
But I was more so getting tired of what it represented--that our gnome was too ill to change it.....

Yep...it was good to see that new picture up there today!

I've been a zombie today.

ok--I just typed a whole bunch, hit enter & here I have a white screen once again??/ that is just bizaar....

let me try again..........

I myself have felt guilty today for going antiquing with my DD valarie. and I was supposed to get weighed today as well---(I get weighed 1 time a month) oh well

I think I will begin getting up very early on Therapy days & get there & back before most "normal" people are just getting up out of bed--yep I think that is a plan....

so what is up tonight ????

I am following Cindy's lead and turning into a zombie tonight.

Me.....I am up....I am always up.
I am so tired of this insomnia...night before last it was 5am when I went to bed, last night it was 4am...maybe tonight I will pass out earlier...I have a combination of drugs and alcohol working on that for me as I speak.

well I wish you luck with that. Sorry i t is you that is up...

I am sitting here wanting that Spam Burger & a bowl of popcorn so bad----
Pssst: when I say popcorn I mean the kind with lots of butter and salt !!!! and them a big icy drink to go with----oh my----

OK, I gotta go pop some corn......

oh no---so sorry Tina--is that contageous??? I sure hope not !!!!

your gonna put butter & salt on it right???---please say yes????

I am better as I grow older. It used to be I couldn't walk by one of those popcorn machines and smell it without a deep craving that would not go away. But every once in a while it is very good stuff. Good ole Orville.
Microwaves have made popcorn much easier and more accessible.

well I guess...but I love to pop it the old fashined way on the stove in good oil & them put lots of butter & MY s alt on i t....
although I have eaten some very good MW popcorn in my time.

My DD & her Fiance bought me an Air popper right after I got home from the hospital & she made me use it right away (you see I had one for her when she was like 2) Well, that is ok when it is hot but when it cools I think packing pellets taste about the same.

What the hell is a "Spam Burger"...?

ok take she spam out oif the can & slice it down the short way so you slice the spam in say 4 "patties" now season this & fry it----now put it on a hamburger bun & fix it up like you would a regular burger

maybe yo copuld get more than 4 out of it----slice them so they are about 1/4 (perhaps a bit more) inch thick.

I didn't even know they still made Spam.
I have a confession...I have never tasted Spam in my entire life.

Do you still use a key to get it out of the can?

Andy used to get it to keep on his boat...that's where I found the Spam keys.

HEY! I just noticed I have over 1,000 posts finally.

Junie...call me back! I couldn't find my phone in the other room because I actually had it plugged into the charger for a change.

sure thing
---spam fried is good!!! and I really do not remember if it does or not still have the key or not--I will have to look at it some time when I am in the grocery