DIANE........HOW VERY SORRY I AM YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN HIT SO HARD WITH BAD THINGS THIS PAST FEW WEEKS.  IT SURELY MUST BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.  J WAS SO YOUNG.  SUCH A TERRIFIC LOSS.  MY CONDOLENCES TO ALL OF YOU.

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Diane so very sorry about your family members. Thinking of you and your famuly. Prayers........

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Diane, such sad news--losing two precious loved ones so close together.  Prayers and love to you and your family.  

Thanks for the anniversary wishes.  We've had a quiet day at home. Talked about getting  a pizza, but didn't want to drive to get it so just ate what we had here.  We did both remember.  I guess that's something.     We never do much (or anything) for Labor Day, so it's rather a non-holiday for us.   Even more so this year...  

I've more or less been at loose ends today.  Hate that feeling of discontent.  Think I'll go out on the front porch for a bit before it gets dark.
Devonne, sent you  a PM.

Have a good evening and sweet dreams.
Indy




 

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​DIANE I am so sorry to read your news, praying for your family, such a hard time for you all ((((hugs))))

INDY Happy Anniversary to you and Howard, however you spend it is up to you, I personally LOVE  a quiet day, wishing you many more happy years together ((((hugs)))) We had pizza last night, well I did, HE had veal schnitzel (Fathers Day at our favourite Nunzio's )

DEVONNE how was the shoe shopping, did you find what you wanted, I have no idea what "old lady' shoes are, I have some quite modern ones, wear what you like! It's fun to have new shoes.

JANET sounds like our car when we go to Queensland, the fullest car ever!! When we travelled to the UK we each  had a suitcase with 50lb limit and a small carry-on, maximum 16lb, we survived for 3 weeks, for 2 weeks in our northern state we have a full Mazda, including back seat LOL

SANDRA I  need soup tonight, it's turned cold LOL I hope you had a restful day, I have been watching As Time Goes By, must be about the 5th time I have seen it, Judi Dench was so young in it.

CAROL best wishes for the eye surgery, hope it goes well and you recover quickly, looking forward to getting mine done!

The wind has been vicious last 2 days, many trees down, flights cancelled etc, it's been so strong that I was getting a little scared! It hits the windows with such force you wonder how they aren't damaged.
It was Fathers Day here yesterday, we had a nice dinner with the family at Nunzio's, he served us himself (Nunzio -  he is such a sweetie) his sons were working hard in the kitchen. He was too, but came out a few times for the regulars for a very quick hello and to bring their food.

We had a tragedy here on Saturday, a young boy was killed - he was breaking the law, riding an unregistered trail bike at speed and crashed into a car at a roundabout, poor driver had no chance of missing him, she was injured a little with her airbags. 
When will these kids ever learn, dreadful price to pay for what he's done, no helmet of course. We have all been saying for a long time that there would be a bad accident one day. Didn't stop the others, they were out riding again that night and the next day - I wonder what his parents feel, they must surely have known what he was doing. I am just so very glad our boys have good sense NOT to be doing things like that. The neighbourhood site was up  in arms, many saying he got what he deserved, I do understand that but some of the comments were just awful. The posts have been removed
When we first heard about it I thought it might be the boy across the street but it wasn't,  the boy killed was only 17.

 

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Happy belated anniversary Judy!!
Happy Labor Day!

We are going to grill burgers and then go for a walk/hike in one of the local parks.  Not sure where yet, but will get out of the house as it is beautiful out.  Low humidity and only 70 degrees.  Perfect for me.  I made brownies, cole slaw and parsley/dill small potatoes to go with the burgers.  

Diane, deepest sympathy to your family.

Dean and I went out to a Denny's restaurant yesterday and it was pretty good.  I had a crepe with cream cheese and strawberries and it was very good. Dean had a huge Denver omelette.  First time there in many years.  We used to eat at them when we traveled because the boys would actually eat. 

Nothing else for now.  Have a great day. 

Good Morning to everyone!!  It is quite dark here this morning, not a sign of the sun.  I have no plans for the day, will just lay around, watching TV.  I have no energy so will just sign off, wishing you all well, BJ.

CHERYL Denvers sounds like something I would like. Hope you had a good walk.

DEVONNE glad to hear your shoes are comfy, I looked them up, looks like joggers? I don't like Skechers, the soles seem to flatten out too much on me, maybe they've changed, I prefer my New balance or ASICS even. I go through joggers more now than I did, using them to do classes wears them out more easily. 

HOLLY hope you had a good Labor day, seems funny to type it without the LaboUr in it. Our union leaders here are in trouble, so many of them have been caught out - they have been either turning a blind eye to things, or using mates to do jobs. A few have been sacked from the major positions and more to come, about time, it's been common knowledge they have been "cooking the books" so to speak.

SANDRA fresh tomatoes sound good, nothing like the flavour in home grown ones, delish! I love that season coming up for us. Funny story, Gary & Megan have cleaners come every 2 weeks, Gary had left a bowl of the cherry toms out on the bench, he's left things before for them, they must have thought these were too, so they came home to an empty bowl, they are Japanese and their English is really poor, he has to remember to put the tomatoes away on cleaning day if he wants them LOL

I had my new coffee machine delivered, my little cheap one works fine, but my Delonghi gave up, it's my GOOD machine, I ordered on Amazon yesterday and have already brewed my first cup, it works well. Hopefully it will for a while, I gave up on the ground coffee beans, and got a pod machine. The ground coffee is so expensive now, the good stuff is around $20 or more per lb. I also have the milk frother with this new one, I don't have to use a jug and hold it under steam, it just whizzes around, and the milk AND coffee were hot. 

I did my grocery order as well last night, picked it up on the way home from training. So all my unpacking is done. It's nice to have the order picked for me when I have a lot to get, and way better than walking the store and then unloading to be scanned. 

It's quite cold here today, I have a sweater on, weird after the last few days of strong winds and the ones before that of high heat! My poor camellias and azaleas don't know what to do LOL And the winter bulb plants have no idea what's going on! They have not flowered much this year, it's been too wet and mild. They are very lush though.

Time to get myself organised, I want to do another week of my Temp quilt, i am up to 2nd week of June now, so not too far behind.

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After my kids bragged about what levels they’d attained in a video game, I decided to give it a try. Soon, it was my turn to boast that, in spite of being a newbie, I’d already managed to get to level 11. That’s when my youngest son pointed out that the “11” I was seeing on the screen was actually the game’s pause button.

SUNSHINE AND COOLER TEMPS HERE.  LOVELY.
DEVONNE.......I AM GLAD YOU AND EMILY ENJOYED YOUR TITANIC VISIT.  ITS ALWAYS NICE TO GET OUT AND SEE NEW THINGS.  
ITS TRUE.  AFTER EVERY MAJOR DISASTER, AIR OR SEA, THEY MAKE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER.  TRAVELING IS MUCH SAFER THESE DAYS THAN EVER BEFORE.

CHERYL........I HOPE YOU GOT OUT FOR YOUR INTENDED HIKE AND ENJOYED IT.  ITS GOOD TO GET OUT WHEN YOU CAN.
I HAVEN'T BEEN TO DENNY'S FOR A LOT OF YEARS.  THIS MONTH DENNY'S IS MATCHING A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL DONATIONS TO ST. JUDE'S.  ITS ONE OF MY FAVES SO I SENT IN MY SMALL CHECK THIS WEEK.  I CAN'T DONATE A LOT WITH MY SMALL INCOME BUT I MANAGE A BIT HERE AND THERE FOR MY FEW FAVORITES.  ST JUDE'S IS ONE OF THEM.

TRISH......GOSH, A NEW COFFEE MAKER.  I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING ONE OF THOSE WITH ALL THE CHOICES THESE DAYS.  I GAVE UP DRINKING COFFEE WHEN I GAVE UP CIGARETTES MANY EONS AGO SINCE THEY WENT TOO WELL TOGETHER.  BUT ALSO, COFFEE GIVES ME THE JITTERS WHICH I DON'T LIKE AT ALL.  THE COFFEEMAKERS THESE DAYS TAKE AN MBA TO OPERATE.

PLANS FOR TODAY ARE A CHICKEN CASSEROLE OF SOME SORT.  I HAVE 5 RECIPES OUT ON WHICH TO PONDER.  WILL MAKE MY DECISION FOR SUPPERTIME. I STILL HAVE STEAK AND MASHED LEFTOVER FROM YESTERDAY TO FINISH UP TODAY.  
MY LIBRARIAN JUST DROPPED IN TO LEAVE MY NEW BOOKS FORT THIS MONTH.  I HAD ASKED FOR ONLY 1 A MONTH NOW SINCE DAU COLL BROUGHT ME SO MANY BOOKS LAST TIME SHE VISITED.  LO AND BEHOLD SHE BROUGHT ME 7 TODAY.  I WILL PHONE HER AND LEAVE A MESSAGE BEFORE THE NEXT DELIVERY. TODAY I GAVE HER SEVERAL I FINISHED WHICH I GOT FROM MY DAU FOR THEIR SHELVES OR THE BOOK SALE THEY HAVE NOW AND THEN.  SHE WAS PLEASED TO GET THEM.

WISHIN YOU ALL A GOOD DAY.  HUGS FOR ALL, QB S 

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FLYING TIP........ALWAYS CARRY A TENNIS BALL IN YOUR CARRY-ON LUGGAGE.  SOMETIMES YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO WALK AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE ON A PLANE TO PREVENT CIRCULATION/HEALTH PROBLEMS, SO THIS IS A MUST.
Rolling a tennis ball along your body loosens up stiff muscles and stimulates blood flow. It’s practically the ultimate on-the-go self-massage you never knew you needed. Not only are tennis balls are compact enough to fit into a small bag, but using one during a flight won’t bother your neighbors, either.

I HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL TO THOSE THAT FLY.
HUGS, QB S

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