Good Morning, I'm not sure who asked, but Frank is doing very well.  He has a Dr. appt. this morning.  Tracy stayed over to take him so that's nice.  It is 51* outside and a bit windy, but we'll all survive that!!

I'm not feeling very bright this morning, woke up really early and got up, as I heard Frank and Tracy talking.  So I will just sign off and hope I feel a bit brighter tomorrow!  Have a wonderful day, everyone!!  Lots of love, BJ.

Voting today

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Good morning! I have Alexa playing Xmas songs for me! We voted by mail weeks ago, so we don’t have to stand in line.
Sandra, I haven’t bought my turkey breast yet either, hope I can get one! 
I have lemon chicken breast in the crockpot, will ass asparagus the last half hour. I emptied and reloaded the dishwasher, and tidied up the kitchen. 

LOL, Manda said that when she mentioned daylight savings ended, Amary cried because no one told her it started!
I checked the find my friends app, and Heather is in AC, so I texted to see if everything is ok. She’s fine, working at the boardwalk branch of the hospital she works at. With Ed on strike, she’ll pick up some extra shifts. 

Last edited by tricia-anne (11/08/2023 1:29 am)

Darn it - lost the lot

SANDRA I am hoping you get your turkey in the for the big day! I know how much you love it, I need to get my turkey breast for Christmas. What did you do with the chicken, we had that last night, I just cut into 3 across to make 3 thin breasts, sprinkled salt, pepper and lemon zest over and pan fried them, they were juicy and went with the roasted and steamed veg. 
I love how you are keeping with the good thoughts, it makes a difference, I have been mentally doing it, but will do it now

I am really lucky to be surrounded by family, and have such great friends in here and my sewing and fitness groups, especially lucky to have a great friend as well in my sis, we are friends as much as sisters.
I am so lucky to be able to afford the health care we have, and I can use it.

HOLLY I fixed it, strange how it does that sometimes, I took ages to fix my last post, it kept changing on me LOL  I don't have the friends find on my phone,  I don't want to know LOL  think Megan does on the boys ones, a great idea with John driving - where is AC? 

JANET how are things? Can you just hide away in your sewing room, I tend to do that, I have a portable DVD player and I watch and sew, I use small headphones so I can tune out. It's cricket season and he has the TV on for all the cricket matches, I dislike cricket, so am happy to stay away, the commentators droning on and on are annoying.

DEVONNE gorgeous work on the shirts, they are so cute, getting the names with the Circut is a great idea, it is hard to do on the machine - I did some when I had mine, had to remember to put it in backwards etc, pain in the 'you know what' The Cricut can do so much, my niece (brothers dau) did lots of things for their anniversary party. She must have taken days to do it all.

I hope your feet are ok, are they puffy, if so, get to the Drs - and make sure you have good shoes, try doing some gentle exercises, you can find many on YouTube to do when sitting.

I am still coughing, but not a lot, it's my nose draining down my throat, annoying, and I am using sprays, washes and taking tablets, still keeps happening, the hayfever season is apparently the worst for many years, and my body agrees LOL

I had my eye test today, my reading glasses don't need to change, BUT my distance do, and she want me to get the cataracts done, suggested I make an appointment for early next year and have them done around March. So I have made the appointment for January, to see the specialist, then I can choose the days I want later -  I told her we were going o/seas in July, she said that would be fine, and the eyes should be great by then, usually only takes a few weeks to get over completely. She suggested I only get one set of new glasses, so I got sunglasses, and had my spare pair put in to get the new lens in them. She said  not to spend too much money as I would probably need to change anyway after the surgery. 

I cheated and bought takeaway chinese when I was out, so we had that for dinner. I have been sewing my 2 1/2" squares together, I have about 9 'blocks ' done now of 35 squares, they are pieced into rows across, then I will spend some time tomorrow sewing the rows together .

It's been warm today, and getting hotter for the next few days, we  have the A/C and solar power to run it during the day, so we are all set!

Storm is about to hit, so BYE

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Thanks Trish. AC is Atlantic City, famous for =26pxits casinos. The town itself is basically a slum bordered by the ocean. 

The time change has got me, I’m going to bed earlier and getting up earlier. I made us dippy eggs, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, and it’s running. Ralph just went off to his foot doctor appointment. 

We planted a row of sunflowers this year. They were so pretty, and as fall started, the birds got the seeds, which was the idea. Now they are down to empty husks! We figure we’ll plant twice as many next year. 

Holly, we're going to bed earlier and rising earlier, at least I am.  I love the bit of alone time I have in the morning before Howard gets up.  He called me Houdini the other day.  I am quiet as a mouse to protect that alone time...
ML, Bill, Danny, Andrew and I were planning to go to Indpls. on Sunday for the open house my SIL's family is having in her memory.  But, Bill is having hernia surgery on Wed. and they, (we all) decided that it would be in his best interest to avoid crowds and gatherings prior to the surgery.  I'm okay with this because I never want to go anywhere.  And really so are the rest.   He has 3 hernias to be repaired and the surgery will take about 2 1/2 hours.  Arthroscopy, so should be a quick recovery.

Devonne, odd that your pain is on the tops of your feet--usually it's on the bottom, isn't it??  Do you know what causes it?   Always something, isn't it? 
Trish, sorry your illness has hung on so long.  Coughing can be so exhausting.  Getting your cataracts done will be good.  Your vision for your trip will be so much better.  Is it going to be both eyes?

Tomorrow will be one year since Howard's stroke--Nov. 9.  We're thankful every day that it wasn't worse.  He has been camping in the living room with the endless news for days.   I keep hoping he'll get a flurry for something, especially since the weather has been and is supposed to be mild for the next week.  So far, not.  

Going to carry on in my kitchen after my lunch, with you, of tomato soup.  Grilled salmon for supper, unless it rains, then oven-roasted.  My meals are getting plainer all the time.   
Indy
 

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BJ, so sorry you are having a bad day. Extra hugs! 

I signed up for Walmart home delivery for groceries. They have a 50% off yearly fee for $49.99 and I couldn't pass that up. Got my first delivery today. You can do as many deliveries as you want, but they have to be at least $35. Got everything on my list and they even made a 2nd delivery for items that weren't available at the store, no charge.

I had lunch with Gary and Emily at a mexican restaurant. I didn't think I was going to be able to go due to the food delivery, but the guy pulled up right behind them, lol.

Diana, I thought about something that might give you more time on your tablet playing the games you love & watching quilt videos. Come here first every day & get this part finished, then spend the rest of the time doing what you like. If you don't come here and read every day, it can take so long to get caught up on reading all the posts. 

Trish, the problem with my feet started in 2008 when we went to Yosemite. The road that took the bus to the big trees was closed because of snow. Everyone just started walking, including us. We had no clue how long this walk was and we had no backpack, no water. My feet got so hot, it melted the snow when I pulled my shoes off. We knew we wouldn't be back and didn't want to miss the big trees. I've paid for it all these years. The only swelling is around the ankles from prolonged sitting at my embroidery machine, lol. 

 

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 We bought a new car yesterday.  Ford Edge ST.  It’s an interesting story. I’ll fill you in tomorrow.  But right now I have to make dinner.
   BTW- I actually drove all the way home alone from the dealership.  are you all impressed?  I was. Lol

Janet, my brother has an Edge and loves it. I considered getting one before I got my Hyundai, but the salesman wouldn’t listen to me, so I left. 

As for the sunflower, I would think that would work, you just might have to thin out the seedlings. 
Mary Lou, we had a variety of sunflowers- tall and short, yellow, orange, almost black. It looked so cool. 
As for not having the urge to cook, I get it. When Ralph would go see the kids, I mostly got Panera Bread, chick filet, or salad works. 

This afternoon we went to the library then stopped at a different diner, which was underwhelming. 

Good Morning, I am feeling very lazy this morning and can't seem to get anything done.  So I will be very brief!  It's only 37* outside and very cloudy.  Lots of breezes up high, but nothing down low.

I really don't have anything to say this morning, took Frank his coffee, as he was going to take a shower and I'm just sitting here like a lump!!  Am having my coffee and a couple of breakfast balls.  Did remember to open the garage door, as the garbage man will be  here eventually and wanted him to be able to put the can back in the garage.  He's so nice to do that.

Tracy and her family are going camping this weekend, don't believe the weather is supposed to be very good.  That's a shame!  Frank is having a foot Dr. appt this afternoon at 1:15 and then he has PT at 3:30, so a busy day for him.  Well, I don't  have anything else to talk about, so will sign off, wishing you all a wonderful day, Love, BJ.