Thanks for locking DIANE ((((HUGS)))) Hope you are getting better!

SANDRA I forgot to comment on your friend, I am so sorry for her loss, and poor thing having to worry about surgery for her son as well, tough time for her, she sounds like a very caring person, I know you will share with her.

Plus I also forgot to mention your DD, I also thought sciatica, and now have jinxed myself, I think I have it starting, trying to do plenty of the exercises the physio gave me, maybe it's just a muscle pull from training, hope so!

HOLLY shame the weather hasn't behaved for you. It's quite cold here last couple days, but funnily enough it stays warm in the night, not getting cold till almost dawn. I don't have heat on at night, never have, Megan & Gary have the fire going now most of the time

DEVONNE it has been a hard decision, but all sorted, the Mr was talking about keeping things booked and him doing all the driving and me flying up, told him that was a big NO, Megan was furious with him for even suggesting it. Way too far for him to be driving alone, so I cancelled our motel, and we have now booked another, we won't get there till after 7pm, a bit late and I will need to drive the last couple of hours at least, as he can't drive at night, but we will only have another 5 hours the next day
Hopefully the funeral will be over in an hour, and we can get there early to get a good car spot, and get moving as soon as it's finished. 

I have been sorting fabric, OMG how much fabric do I have, I sorted a big bag, and have 3 piles, one for a friend, one for cutting into strips, 2 sizes 2" and 2/12"  and one (small ) to toss. The smaller strips are for the Trentham quilt I will start at camp, I need to get more sorted, and then I can have bags of strips and get more tossed, Paula( friend) is happily going to take most of the smaller pieces of reproduction fabrics, she still has all the triangles of Dear Jane to go, and you need lots of interesting fabrics for those. I have plenty to give LOL

The Mr has spent hours today cleaning out his phone contacts, all the ones for his sister, Drs, hearing, hairdresser, podiatrist etc, plus the numbers for the hostel - then he found more he had no idea who they were, some years old - people we travelled with 15-20 years ago 

I just turned off the A/C, it's quite warm now in the house, we had butter chicken for dinner, with buttered rice, it was good, and I have a piece of corned silverside to cook tomorrow in the slow cooker.

Just thinking aloud, I guess we need to dress up a bit for the funeral, but take something more comfortable to travel, maybe there will be somewhere to change at the chapel, or we'll have to wait till our first stop. I literally just thought of that, I guess we can stay dressed up, just take shoes for me to change into for driving. I can't drive too long in my dressy boots. The things that run through my mind!!!

Last edited by tricia-anne (5/31/2026 3:58 am)

STUDENTS GET IT WRONG.....
1.  TO COLLECT SULPHUR, HOLD A DEACON OVER THE FLAME IN A TEST TUBE.
2.  H2O IS HOT WATER CO2 IS COLD WATER.

I GUESS THE RAIN HAS PASSED.  ITS SUNNY AND BRIGHT TODAY WITH THE USUAL 60S TEMPS. 

LINDA.....WOW, 104. THAT LADY LIVED A GOOD LONG LIFE AND WAS IN DECENT MENTAL SHAPE BY THE END.  GOOD FOR HER.  SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO.

TRISH......LOTS OF PLANNING FOR YOU.  I WISH YOU FAIR TRAVEL AND STOPS AND PLANS.  IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR IT ALL TO FALL INTO SHAPE.

SUNDAY HERE, MY DAY OF REST.  LOVE SUNDAYS.  I WILL WORK ON MY NEW JIGSAW PUZZLE, READ, WATCH SOME TV TODAY. NO COOKING NEEDED WITH LEFTOVERS AROUND.
THREE OF US POTLUCK COOKS WERE IN THE COMMON ROOM YESTERDAY SO MADE A FEW PLANS ABOUT THE FUTURE POTLUCKS.  THEY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP TO ONLY ONE OR MAYBE TWO MAIN DISHES AND WORK AROUND THOSE.  WE WILL CHECK THE THEORY WITH THE OTHER COOKS.   WE ARE EATING TOO MANY LEFTOVERS AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME WASTE WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING.
I FINISHED A JIGSAW PUZZLE YESTERDAY AND AFTER SUPPER WENT BACK TO START A NEW ONE.  I AM ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF A COZY MYSTERY.  I DOUBT I WILL SEW TODAY.  I LIKE TO KEEP IT SIMPLE ON SUNDAYS.

WISHING YOU ALL A GOOD DAY.  HUGS, QB S  

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It’s warming up today, 73 and sunny. Eddie’s party was epic.so much food, so many people! My sausage and peppers went over very well. I had made 5 pounds of turkey sausage with the peppers and onions in my hugest crockpot. My brother brought 200 wings! I don’t eat wings, but they were sure getting eaten. 

We just got home from lunch at Olive Garden with F and C. I got a half gallon of chicken gnocchi soup to go, they even give you a ladle! Steph and Dan are out with friends. I plan to do some cross stitch and relax. When I type in cross, the iPad suggests dressing as the next word!

THERESA so sorry you are still dealing with this, ours is going along quickly, probate has been given and the distribution of sis's estate will happen 30 days after that notice has been published, so probably July. It has been fairly quick, but she didn't have much except her money - the brothers have been investing that for her, and the return of her hostel unit money. That is not a great deal, they allow for depreciation, even though they will now have sold it for many many times more than she received back. The solicitors have not been great, they charge so much, and many of the documents sent through have had spelling errors - including names and addresses. I am not impressed, but it's who his mother organised many years ago, shame they were still operating really, we could have gone locally

The official notice is out for Mike's funeral, I did shed tears when I saw it, the photo Chal picked showed them all about 8 yrs ago, and he was the Mike I want to remember, not the last the I saw him.

Our travel has all been confirmed, and I now need to start eating myself organised, I found the small shampoo bottle and jar I use for hair conditioner, I learnt a long time ago to never put the conditioner in one of the small bottles, can't get the darn stuff out, it's thick and better in the jar.

Currently we have no lights, power out again, this is the 3rd time in 3 weeks, this time it's anyone with 3 Phase power, for some reason only the lights are affected, and it seems to be random, right pain in the neck!!!! They say will be fixed around midnight, but have no idea why it happened. 

I am so glad we still had the candles out, I had lit one earlier anyway as I cooked corned beef in the slow cooker, make the house smell nice I thought LOL, just put it out and had to relight it!

I just went around and made sure all the light switches are off, if we go to bed and the lights all come on I will be cursing LOL

Training for me in the morning and it was cold this morning, better get my thicker jacket out, we'll warm up, but it's still cold for tights and t-shirts till we do LOL
 

STUDENT BLOOPERS......
DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR.  HE FOUGHT WITH THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES.  SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVID'S SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES.

ITS AN IFFY DAY OUT THERE.  WE DON'T KNOW IF THE SUN WILL SHINE OR THE CLOUDS COVER THE SUN.  WE GOT THUNDER LAST NITE BUT NO LOSS OF POWER SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH BITS AND PIECES ABOUT NEVER RECEIVING THE 'FREE' PUZZLE.  HE HAD AN ACCENT AND IT WAS TOUGH BUT I THINK I GOT THRU AND TALKED HIM INTO SENDING THE PUZZLE.  AT FIRST HE WAS RELUCTANT ABOUT MAYBE I DIDN'T ENTER THE CODE FOR THE FREEBIE, BUT I KNOW I DID.  I DOUBLE CHECKED TO BE SURE.  BUT MAYBE A GLITCH DIDN'T SEND IT ALONG.  ALL IN ALL, I THINK I WILL RECEIVE A FREE PUZZLE WITHIN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS.  CROSSING MY FINGERS.
ITS THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK SO I HAVE FLOORS TO WASH TODAY.  ONLY 2, AND THOSE NOT LARGE, SO NOT TOO BAD.  AND SINCE I DO THEM MONTHLY, NOT MUCH SCRUBBING NEEDED.  
I WORKED ON A JIGSAW PUZZLE YESTERDAY AND DID QUITE A BIT IN THE HOUR I ALLOTTED MYSELF.  I MAY DO MORE TODAY.
STILL NO COOKING FOR ME TODAY WITH MORE LEFTOVERS TO FINISH.  BELIEVE ME, NEXT TIME IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 OF US BRINGING A MAIN DISH, I WILL MAKE ONLY HALF AS MUCH.

CONTINUING TO THINK OF THOSE NEEDING POSITIVE THOUGHTS TO HEAL AND SENDING THEM ALONG DAILY.  HUGS FOR YOU ALL MY FRIENDS.  QB S 

Last edited by quiltbea (6/01/2026 9:32 am)

Been a few days, but the last time I posted something weird happened, lost it and was out of time...  I've just caught up reading all your posts...

Howard's  trigger finger surgery is tomorrow at 9 am.  He just got the call.  I'm rejoicing.  Was sure it would be 6 am or something like that.  It will be quick, according to the doc.  This morning he ran the errand to W-M, solo.  Takes me a long time to get ready.   
He ate out 3 days in a row last week--with the ROMEOS,Wed., then Dave on Thurs.,  and Friday we had lunch out with friends, Carol and Albert.  Tried a new Greek restaurant, as in, many choices and large servings, reasonable prices.   While there, talked with my cousin, David and his wife, and one of ML's friends, Patti.  I love those serendipitous surprise happenstances that come up unexpectantly. 
Yesterday, after church online, while doing the big Sunday crossword still in my robe, the doorbell rang and it was another surprise.  My old friend Carole, visiting here from her home in Florida.  She  stops, periodically, if she's driving by.  Breezes in, says she can't stay being on her way to Michigan to her twin sister's.  But, we had some l/o fried chicken and I lured her to stay longer by feeding her!    Still, a quick catch-up, with both of us trying to tell all we could.  But another special happy time.  She and I have a long history. 
Our social life is either feast or famine!  We should have a few quiet day while H. recovers.

Our resident ground hog has been entertaining us today.  He's a spectacular specimen.  We figure he weighs 20 or 25 lbs.  Lives under our yard barn and sunned himself, nibbled on vegetation, appeared to actually take a nap for awhile and is now nowhere to be seen.  
I think that's mostly  all the news from my little world.  Thinking of all of you and your lives and times and families and friends--our little ODT world  which I'm grateful to be a part of. 
Indy







 

 

Honestly if we had any luck at all this week it would be good, all the power went out last evening, not long after I posted and was out till 4am, not fun as the Mr has a c-pap machine so his sleep was not good last night, It's dangerous to sleep without it on now. BUT we survived, today the bottom of our street is blocked off and we have to go the long way around to get out - I could see the huge hole they have dug when I went past today. Still there working tonight, I hope they don't cut the power again, I will be calling tomorrow and some one will be hearing about it if they do.

It was pretty cold overnight, and today the wind has been blowing off snow somewhere, shiver weather, it was cold at training, most kept their light sweaters on, we usually end up with just t-shirts, not today

Had my haircut, and picked up Dean, he is out of the Senior Assassin game, he let a friend tag him as he couldn't get his own target in time, they made a deal that the friend would give D $100 if he won, that is unlikely, now down to 10 players, and more than half are girls they are more strategic I think.

CHERYL I do hope he can find a donor soon it will make the treatment so much better. He will of course have to be in isolation for a while, but he is pretty much that now, hope he gets his fusion next week!

SANDRA good idea to have just a couple dishes, that way there will be far less waste and others can contribute drinks, plates etc. I love the idea of a big slab of coffee cake, we had that a few times in the US also crumble type dishes, peaches or apples, unusual for us for breakfast, but they were good.

DEVONNE good for you, that is really good to stay under, well done, it's hard work, but the health benefits are worth it. If she doesn't have red meat she needs some kind of iron, wonder why no nuts, I would expect her to give up sugar entirely, especially the drinks that are low sugar or sugar free - they are not good if she needs to lose weight. 

HOLLY I can't remember if I wished you and Ralph Happy Anniversary, being over 50 years is a milestone!! I can't believe how fast the time has gone - bet its the =19.5pxsame for you

INDY he's quite the social butterfly isn't  he!! Best wishes for his surgery hope he recovers quickly. We need our hands. I do love Greek food, especially the biscuit/cake things they make, I used to make Bougatsa (sp?) it's thick  semolina custard cooled then wrapped in Phyllo pastry and baked in cigar shapes, so delish, time consuming to make, and those almond crescent biscuits tossed in powdered sugar YUM!! There is a greek restaurant where we go next week, so I'll be booking that, we'll have souvlaki and some kind of dessert, I'd rather that than Italian

Hopefully the power stays on, we have underground power all through our suburb so it's unusual to have lost it so often there is something wrong somewhere. And of course it's just our street
 

Last edited by tricia-anne (6/02/2026 3:50 am)

EXCUSES, EXCUSES.......
1.  PLEASE EXCUSE TOM FOR BEING ABSENT YESTERDAY.  HE HAD DIARRHEA AND HIS BOOTS LEAK. 
2.  IRVING WAS ABSENT THIS MORNING BECAUSE HE MISSED HIS BUST.

ITS 60Sf HERE AND SUNNY.  NICE DAY.

GOT A CALL FROM BITS AND PIECES YESTERDAY.  ANOTHER WITH AN ACCENT I COULD BARELY UNDERSTAND.  BUT GOT THE GIST OF IT.  I WON'T BE GETTING THE FREE PUZZLE.  I WAS SUPPOSED TO ENTER THE CODE FOR THE PUZZLE I WANTED AT THE TIME OF ORDERING, BUT THERE WAS NO PLACE ON THE PAGE THAT I SAW WHICH ASKED FOR THAT INFO.  WITH ME BEING NON-TECHY, I MAY HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THRU PROPERLY.  SHE TOLD ME I HAD TO ENTER THAT WHEN I PLACED MY ORDER.  ITS TOO LATE NOW.  BUT THEY WILL GIVE ME A $5 CREDIT ON MY NEXT ORDER.  YAH, LIKE THAT WILL HAPPEN.  ANOTHER GLITCH OR MISUNDERSTANDING IS MORE APT.  IT MAY BE I WAS IN ERROR SOMEWHERE, BUT I WAS VERY CAREFUL ABOUT READING EACH PAGE AND FOLLOWING THE PROMPTS.  SURELY AS A LIVE PERSON, SHE COULD SEND ME A PUZZLE.  IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL NO LONGER ORDER FROM THEM.  I WILL, BUY MINE FROM GOODWILL EVEN AT THEIR CURRENT PRICES.  THEY ARE STILL HALF THE COST AND SOMETIMES LESS THAN BUYING FROM BITS.

I AM SOOOO TIRED OF LEFTOVERS.  TODAY I HAVE STEAK DEFROSTED AND WILL MAKE SOME MASHED.  FOR LUNCH IT MAY BE SOME EGGS AND LINK SAUSAGE WHICH NEEDS TO BE EATEN SOON.  
I HAVE A PUZZLE GOING RIGHT NOW AND MAY WORK ON THAT AGAIN TODAY.  ALSO A BOOK I STILL HAVE NOT FINISHED.  SALLY MY LIBRARIAN DELIVERS A NEW BOOK TO ME THIS MORNING AS WELL.  I NEED TO GET READING.

CHERYL......I HOPE THEY FIND A DONOR FOR DEAN VERY SOON SO HE CAN GET BACK TO HEALING AND LIVING WELL AGAIN.  CROSSING MY FINGERS AND THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS.

TRISH.....ITS TOUGH WHEN POWER GOES OUT.  EVEN IN THE WINTER FOODS CAN BE LOST WITHOUT POWER TO KEEP THEM FROZEN.  I HOPE THEY GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED QUICKLY.

DEVONNE........I WONDER ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS AND GAINS, TOO.   I ACTUALLY ATE TOO MANY SNACKS LAST NITE, ESPECIALLY LOTS OF CHIPS, AND THIS MORNING MY SCALE SHOWED ANOTHER LB LOSS.  MAYBE THE DIFFERENCE WILL SHOW UP TOMORROW.  I REALLY THINK IT TAKES A DAY OR SO TO GET THE TRUE WEIGHT.  HAVE YOU SEEN A DIFFERENCE THIS MORNING?

STAY WELL MY FRIENDS.  HUGS, QB S 

Last edited by quiltbea (6/02/2026 8:22 am)

A quiet day here, too, Holly.  It was a lovely, sunny day and Dean and I went for a 2 mile walk in the park this morning.  I planted a few petunias and that was just about it for the day.

Yes, Dean is pretty isolated, and when he does do out, he wears a medical grade face mask.  People look at him with it on, but he does not care; he just needs to get out of the house for a few minutes.  We got a take out order from Applebee's yesterday and went to the park and ate at a picnic table.  We do not eat in at any restaurant for now, just take out.

Sandra, I hope you get your free puzzle.  I also ordered enough puzzles for the free one and I got a 300 piece one that will be pretty difficult.  It is a lot of skaters on ice and snow, so most of the pieces are very similar.  I will have to look  for the shape of the piece on this one.
That is it for now.  Take care all!!