Thank you Diane. And Happy Mother’s Day to you as well.

Nothing planned for today. My son in law texted…he always does, usually hours before my kids.

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GOOD MORNING!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

WILL TRY TO GET BACK LATER.

THINKING OF EVERYONE. PRAYERS.........

Last edited by tricia-anne (5/12/2025 4:10 am)

FROM "LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE".......
THE NEW PRIEST, NERVOUS ABOUT HEARING CONFFESSIONS, ASKS AN OLDER PRIEST TO SIT IN ON HIS SESSIONS.  AFTERWARD, THE OLD PRIEST HAS A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
"CROSS YOUR ARMS OVER YOUR CHEST AND RUB YOUR CHIN WITH ONE HAND." HE SAYS.  THE NEW PRIEST TRIES IT.  "NOW SAY THINGS LIKE 'I SEE, YES,' 'I UNDERSTAND' AND 'HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?'"
THE NEW PRIEST REPEATS THE PHRASES.  THE OLD PRIEST SMILES AND SAYS, "NOW, DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER THAN SLAPPING YOUR KNEE AND SAYING 'NO WAY! WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?"

HOORAY FOR SUNSHINE ON MOTHER'S DAY.  LOVE IT. IN THE 60S TODAY.
MY SON SHOPPED FOR ME YESTERDAY.  HE ALSO BROUGHT ALONG LUNCH, A LOBSTER ROLL PLATTER.  MMMM IT WAS SOOOO GOOD.  HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN AWHILE AND ITS THE ONLY WAY I WILL EAT LOBSTER.  NICE CHUNKY ROLL. 
THEN LATER WE HAD A NICE DESSERT TIME IN THE COMMON ROOM.  A NEIGHBOR BROUGHT A BIG CHOCOLATE MOTHER'S DAY CAKE, SOME CUPCAKES, COOKIES, AND ANDES CHOC MINTS ALONG WITH BOTTLED WATER.  THERE WERE 8 OF US THAT SHOWED UP FOR THE TREAT.  IT WAS VERY NICE OF HER.
I STARTED A NEW JIGSAW PUZZLE LATER.  IT WAS A PLEASANT WAY TO SPEND THE DAY.
TODAY ITS JUST A DAY OF REST AS USUAL.  I WILL BAKE SOME CHICKEN AND POTATOES WITH CARROTS FOR SUPPER TONITE.  IN THE MEANTIME I HAVE A BIT OF LEFTOVER LUNCH FROM YESTERDAY TO FINISH.  THE SUN IS SHINING.  ITS A LOVELY DAY HERE.  I AM PLEASED.
GOT MOTHER'S DAY WISHES FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS MORNING.  YES, A PLEASANT DAY.

WISHING YOU ALL A FINE DAY.  HUGS, QB S 

 

Last edited by quiltbea (5/11/2025 9:53 am)

I got a text from Heather that she was on her way up! She brought us a pizza and strawberry shortcake for lunch, and gave me a gorgeous ilk flower arrangement, and floral couch pillows for the porch couch, and chocolate. We had a lovely visit. 

Patty- like Holly said…you can’t pump your own gas in Jersey…haven’t been able to for many years! Around here you can’t find a person to pump your gas….everything is self serve.

There was a time in NJ where some towns have “Blue Sunday” laws. Stores would not be allowed to open and if they did they’d pay a hefty fine if they tried to open.

Last edited by tricia-anne (5/12/2025 4:09 am)

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers, bonus mothers, dog mothers, mothers in law!

The weather was lovely today.  We actually celebrated yesterday with both sons and Anthony's inlaws.  We went to an Amish restaurant and had the buffet.  It is raved about in this area.  Dean and I were not too impressed.  Food was average; chicken, roast beef, ham.  The lots of salad bar with typical fixings and then hot food area with stuffing, bland noodles, green beans, etc.  They told us they ran out of butter for the rolls and it was only 2:30 p.m.  So, food was Ok, bill was OK, service was OK.    It was only $18.99 for the all you can eat buffet.  Dean and I were both careful not to over indulge as most do at those things. Today, Aaron and Bosco dog came over to visit as his kids went to spend the afternoon with their mom after church.  We just hung out with the dog outside and chatted.  Then Dean and Aaron went to play some disc golf.  I sat in the shade and enjoyed the birds singing.

Holly, I never  heard that about pumping gas in Jersey!  It is almost all self serve here too.

Trish, your fabric baskets and hexies were cute.

Prayers for BJ.  My BIL, Bill, had similar seizures.  The hospital ran all sorts of tests and never figured out what caused them.  He seemed terrified of people when he was in one of those and then he remembered that he was "out of it" as he put it.

Off to sew some borders on my new little child sized quilt.  The hospital is once again taking hand made quilts but only want 30 x 36 or close to that in size to fit over the isolettes.  Mine will be 32x36.

Cheryl, only two states have full service only gas stations, Jersey and Oregon. We teased Steph when she moved from Jersey to OR, that she didn’t want to pump her gas. 

It’s going to be 80 today and sunny! And Baby Boone is 3 months old today, wow! 

FROM "ALL IN A DAY'S WORK."........

BECAUSE I CATCH A PREDAWN BUS TO GET TO MY JOB, I WAS CONCERNED THAT I WASN'T VISIBLE TO BUS DRIVERS IN THE DARKNESS.  SO I ATTACHED A REFLECTOR TO MY LUNCHBOX AND PUT ON A JOGGER'S VEST THAT WAS  BRIGHT ORANGE AND HAD SMALL FLASHING LIGHTS.
THE FIRST MORNING I WORE MY NEW GEAR, THE BUS ZOOMED PAST BUT THEN STOPPED.  I RAN TO CATCH UP WITH IT AND, AS I BOARDED, ASKED THE DRIVER, "DIDN'T YOU SEE ME?"
"I SAW YOU," HE REPLIED, "BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE A ROAD SIGN."

ANOTHER LOVELY SUNNY DAY TO HIT THE LOW 70S.  LOVE IT.

I DID MY LAPS AND WORKED MY JIGSAW PUZZLE.  THINKING ABOUT TONITE'S SUPPER AND DEPENDING ON HOW I FEEL ABOUT COOKING, IT'LL BE SKILLET LASAGNA OR PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES.
LOVELY DAY HERE.  SUN IS BRIGHT.  I THINK I WILL TAKE MY BOOK OUT ON THE PATIO AND GET SOME SUNSHINE AND HOPEFULLY CATCH SOME WITTY CONVERSATION WITH SOME OTHERS.  I SAW SOME TULIPS POPPING UP IN THE GARDEN.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.  HUGS, QB S 

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Afternoon y'all! 

Had a good Mother's day.  Went to visit mom and stopped by Tim Horton's to get her coffee, I had bought her 2 lemon filled doughnuts from Krispy Kreme on Saturday.  The look on her face when I showed her that the coffee came from Tim Horton's was priceless.   It's easy to get in and out of this location, it is on one of the multitude of ways I can go to see her.  Sara went with me and we both got coffee, I got mocha nut, had to try it, it's a winner, and Sara decided to get her standard Vanilla Latte, she said it was good.  All well worth the effort.  I think my mom would have chopped off our hands if we had tried to take either the coffee or doughnuts away from her.  

Trish mom cannot pay for 2 facilities, that would be well over 12K a month, for both.  So I am still hoping we can go back to her apartment, on hospice.  Just waiting to hear.   Hard to just wait. 

Today, I walked the park, after the rain finished.  Went to Sam's, Simba is almost out of dog food, it's cheaper there and he eats much more than Bandit ever did.  Then Publix to pick up prescriptions.  Home, will not go to mom's since it is so late.  I would be in the midst of school traffic getting there and 5 o'clock traffic getting home.  Staying put.  

Luke is still working!  Always good news.  He is no longer probationary, so should be good through the first round of RIF's.  They are back in court due to the manner/route they are doing with the RIF's so everything is so up in the air.  Very frustrating!   Luke does sound upbeat! 

Alex still needs to get a social life!   Other than that he is status quo! 

Sara's big worry is that some part, any part, of the machine she uses in the lab will break and because grants were rescinded, they may not be able to repair it!   Other than that possibility she is on track! 

My MIL is doing great after her elbow replacement, she is itching to get on with therapy, not for 2 weeks!  Other than that she is doing great! 

Need to go get general stuff done, I have 3 hours back in my day since I am not driving to Cumming and back! 

Later my Friends!