Good morning ladies. It's a beautiful morning. Getting hot already on the east side with no trees to shade the early sun. The frogs are all over the hydrangea and daisies. We've had a busy weekend. Lots of ice cream, drives through the valley, garage sales, and an airshow yesterday. We picked raspberries until almost 9p last night and got worn out. 
This morning mom is having one of her "episodes" shaking all over and a cold foot sore hands. It lasts for an hour sometimes, as this one is. Helpless to watch. We've called paramedics so many times but she passes all the health checks every time. Admitted once with still zero answers. Mom wore a heart monitor and had a CT brain, waiting till mid July for the follow-ups with cardio and neuro. Not fun waiting. Happy Independence day to you all Tracy 

MORE FROM YOGI BERRA.......
1.  ORDERING SWEATERS: "THAT'S THE KIND I WANT.  I WANT ONE IN NAVY BLUE AND ONE IN NAVY BROWN."
2.  ON RECEIVING A CHECK MADE OUT TO "BEARER": "HOW COULD YOU SPELL MY NAME LIKE THAT?"

WHAT A CHANGE.  TODAY MAY HIT 79 AND THE SUN IS BRIGHT.

TRISH.......ARE THE SWAGS WHAT WE CALL PUP TENTS, A SMALL SLEEPING TENT FOR ONE PERSON?  THE SET-UP LOOKS GOOD.  I FORGOT WHAT FUN CAMPING OUT COULD BE.  OF COURSE OURS WAS USUALLY AT THE LAKE AND NOT IN DEEP WOODS WHERE A BEAR WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO COME LOOKING FOR FOOD.

DEVONNE.....SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR FURBABY MOLLY'S HEALTH ISSUES.  THEY ARE SO WELL-LOVED AND MONEY IS NO OBJECT IN KEEPING THEM HEALTHIER.  I HOPE YOU GET SOME ANSWERS AND CAN HELP HER.

BJ.....SORRY FOR THAT MYSTERY HEALTH ISSUE.  I HOPE THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THOSE SHAKES AND WHAT TO DO TO MAKE THEM GO AWAY.
HOW NICE TRACY AND FAMILY ARE TO TAKE YOU ON CAR RIDES AND OUT AND ABOUT TO ENJOY THE COUNTRYSIDE. YOU HAVE A GREAT FAMILY.

JANET......I GUESS THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN 'HOLDING YOUR TONGUE' SINCE YOU WENT FROM HEALTHY AS THE PROVERBIAL HORSE TO GETTING ILL TWICE AND CLOSELY TOGETHER, TOO.  I HOPE THIS EPISODE DOES NOT LAST VERY LONG AND YOU CAN ENJOY TOP HEALTH AGAIN.

MY NEIGHBOR NAN BROUGHT ME SOME MEATY SAUCE PASTA FOR LUNCH TODAY.  SHE MADE IT HERSELF AND I ENJOYED IT.  IT WAS GOOD GOING DOWN AND ESPECIALLY SINCE I DID NOT HAVE TO COOK.  I NEED TO BAKE MY PORK CHOP TODAY AND MAYBE HAVE THAT WITH A SALAD.  OR POTATOES.  I WILL DECIDE LATER TODAY.
TAKING IT EASY AS ITS SUNDAY.  SOME READING, TV, PLAYING SOLITAIRE, AND PUZZLE WORK.  NO HEAVY CHORES FOR ME.  I AM TAKING IT EASIER UNTIL I SEE MY CARDIO DR ON TUESDAY SO HE CAN FILL ME IN AFTER WE DISCUSS MY ISSUES.  I THINK I AM JUST SLOWING DOWN SINCE I'M NOW 83 AND NOT A SPRY YOUNG CHICK ANY LONGER.  I WILL JUST HAVE TO TAKE MY CUE FROM HOW I FEEL EACH DAY ON WHAT I CAN HANDLE.  
I HAVE A PLAN TO CUT BACK ON MY GROCERIES AND REPLAN MY MEALS SO I CAN SAVE SOME BUCKS AND HIRE SOMEONE TO COME DO THE HEAVY CLEANING ONCE A MONTH......FLOORS AND OVEN AND SCRUBBING COUNTERS AND FURNITURE POLISHING.  THEN I WILL ONLY HAVE LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING TO DO.
MY SON HAS FLOWN TO FT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA FOR A WEEK OF HIS VACATION.  HE WILL BE HOME A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.  I HOPE HE IS ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE.  
THAT COVERS MY DAY HERE.  HUGS FOR YOU ALL.  QB S 

Last edited by quiltbea (6/29/2025 10:23 am)

I've heard of it, Holly.  Duke's Mayo web site has it to order.  Wow!  Forty bobbins.  Sort of like browning your ground beef!  Not much fun but worth it later.

Speaking of which.  I tried a crockpot recipe for hamburger stroganoff yesterday where you didn't brown the burger.  OMG. It was awful.  The burger turned out feeling gritty.  It was completely cooked but the texture was inedible to us. We ate it the once,  but the rest got thrown out.  Serves me right for doing what I've read never to do.  

So,  now, I have a cake in the oven.  We're prowling around here, well I am, every evening looking for something sweet.  This is a new one, too.  Chocolate cake mix, substitute melted butter for the oil,  and a cup of coffee for the water.  When it comes out of the oven, you sprinkle milk chocolate chips over it, and spread them as they melt.  I hate, hate icing anything, so we'll see it this is a good alternative.  I asked Howard if he thinks we can control ourselves...

The kids, ML & Bill have arrived at their hotel in Petosky, MI.  

QB, I assume Daphne went on vacation, too.   Matt really likes warm climates, doesn't he.  
LIving in Maine, though, he gets the cooler weather even in the summertime.  We get some vicarious pleasure too out of our kids being able to go places.  

Sorry to hear BJ is having a rough day.  Sounds like they all had some fun, yesterday.  

Time to close this.  Supper's next on my agenda.  Maybe kielbasa on the grill.  Kielbasa and cake!  Is that a balanced meal?  
Indy

Last edited by indyanny (6/29/2025 2:58 pm)

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AND IN A RADIO AD....
1. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NOW YOU CAN HAVE A BIKINI FOR A RIDICULOUS FIGURE.

SUNNY AND WILL BE IN THE HIGH 80S THE REST OF THE WEEK.

OUR JULY 4TH BAR B Q IS TOMORROW HERE IN THE BUILDING.  THE MANAGEMENT PROVIDES EVERYTHING AND GRILLS THE BURGERS AND HOT DOGS, TOO.

I JUST BOILED SOME EGGS FOR MY EGG YOLK POTATO SALAD I WILL MAKE TODAY.  I ALSO WILL BAKE A CHICKEN BREAST SO I CAN MAKE A POT OF CHICKEN RICE SOUP TODAY.  I LIKE IT AND DON'T MIND THE LEFTOVERS FOR A COUPLE DAYS AFTER.

JUDY.....YES, MY SON ASKED HIS WIFE TO JOIN HIM ON THIS VACATION, AS ALWAYS.   THEY ENJOY SUNNY PLACES SO IF ITS NOT MEXICO, ITS SAN JUAN AND OF COURSE FT LAUDERDALE. IT SEEMS THEIR TEMPS AND OURS ARE ABOUT THE SAME TODAY.

WISHING YOU ALL A GOOD DAY.  HUGS, QB S 
 

Last edited by quiltbea (Yesterday 8:59 am)

=26pxIt’s getting darker out and thunder is getting closer. 

Judy, how was the cake? I found a recipe online for the Alabama white sauce, and Ralph likes it better than the one we had at Mission Barbecue. 

Janet, I’m with you on camping. It has no appeal for me.

I finished a new book by Riley Sager, called With A Vengeance. I found it to be just meh. 

Dinner tonight is smoked turkey from Mission Barbecue leftover from yesterday. We finished the Olive Garden salad for lunch. 

Last edited by tricia-anne (Today 5:11 am)

Holly, the cake was good.  Best thing, though, simple and easy to do.    Howard loves all icings and I like very few.  So, I try to convince him it's not good for him.   We both like milk chocolate better than the other types so the cup of milk choc. chips melted on top was perfect for both of  us.   Thanks for the tip about hiring someone to mow.  There's no one close by that I know of  and there is about 1/2 an acre of lawn. He has the necessary riding mower, just hates yard work.  
With the "young men" growing up, now, next door, in the woods, possibly  at some point they might want to earn some money.  Their dad offered several times last winter for them to shovel, but what is needed here is plowing our 200 foot driveway and Howard has a plow for his truck. Of course, midway thru today, the mower belt broke, so he got a reprieve...today.

I  liked camping when I was a kid and didn't need to get up in the night several times and didn't ache or have insomnia.  Then I married Howard and really hated it!   We did it many times in various tents/campers/etc.  I had to go to all the trouble to get it stocked and ready and when we got to the campground, he wouldn't even eat outside (bugs), always had a TV so we sat inside the camper in the a/c and watched the same TV as at home after all that rigamarole.    Plus, we never camped with anyone we knew and Howard isn't social so he had no interest in anybody else at the campground.  It was always a nightmare for me.  He deer hunted many years and he would go early to the hunting site with his two young sons,  where I was expected to come later, sometimes after I worked all day, then drove 25 miles to pick up Danny if it was his weekend with us, then back home 25 miles and on to the hunting area AFTER I stopped for  KFC for supper.  It was  Fall, cold, dark as pitch by the time I got there.   Howard was hungry and mad because it took me so long, and...I don't know how I did it and believe me, I would never do it again.  So...in later years when he even mentioned camping, I suggested he pitch his tent (the campers were long gone) right here in the front yard and have a ball!  I was staying in my own bed!  BTW, that never happened.  Sorry for the long rant.  As you can see, the word "camping" raises something up in me that isn't pretty!!  And I know, I was a sap!  
  
Janet, I can't explain why someone who declares all the time how much she dislikes cooking, still keeps trying  new recipes?  Most of the time. I'm disappointed with them.  I've heard and wonder if  it's true that taking the various meds we take has dulled our sense of taste.  So nothing tastes that good.   The scary thing is for all the many years I've been cooking, I find it hard to remember WHAT I cooked in the early years--MY tried and true,  when I had a family to cook for.  
BTW, we're having tuna macaroni salad for supper.  It's made  and in the frig! 
Indy 

Last edited by indyanny (Yesterday 2:29 pm)

Good evening friends!

It still is extremely humid and hot.  My AC has been running for days, which is very unusual for us.  It is pouring rain at this exact moment, but only supposed to do so for a short time.  North of us has flood warnings.  Aaron still had no AC and we finally scheduled a company to come out on this Thursday.  Hopefully that will fix it.  It is only 5 years old come September.  We put in a new furnace and AC at that time.

We had the combination birthday gathering for all four grandkids.  It was just family and we had a great time.  Kids squirted papa with that silly string and covered him in it.  lol!  I had ordered a cake from Giant Eagle grocery store and it was delicious!  White cake, strawberries layered in the middle with whipped cream frosting.  It was mostly all gone with the exception of a couple of pieces and I sent them with Aaron's kids.  We had tons of food, much too much for just 13 people, but we have lots of left overs and we all had some to take home.  So, no cooking for a few days! 

Holly, my mom was a pretty good cook, but she did not love it and I am the same.  I only cook so we can eat.  I do like to try different recipes, though, and have found some good ones.  I love to watch American Test Kitchen because they have "down home" food, which is what we like.

I enjoyed camping in the camper, but not so much with tent camping.  It was a lot of work even with the camper and now days it is so expensive to camp for the weekend, if one is lucky enough to reserve a camping site.  Since Covid, camping is very popular.  I am not missing camping this summer since we sold the camper.  I do miss the smell of a campfire and sitting around it in the evening.

I still need to put binding on top and bottom of my quilt, but have not been interested in doing it.

Sending well wishes to all, but especially to BJ and Janet.
Devonne, prayers for your precious Molly.  Hope she is doing ok.

 

Last edited by Chlynn1129 (Yesterday 6:38 pm)

Cheryl- thank you.
Well, 3 sleepless nights in a row is taking its toll. 

I began making Thanksgiving dinners at the age of about 14.  My mother was a very good cook but she chose not to most of the time and my dad let her “get away” with it.  She was not a very sociable woman except for her “women’s club”.  She would often make big family dinners on the weekends and then go to her room before guests came.  I don’t remember anyone ever asking where she was?  After everyone left, she would come down and eat.  We cleaned up.
    Anyway, my dad was a good cook but very messy.  He would use every pot, pan, knife, etc and we’d have to clean up. lol.  We did a fair amount of take out or eat out.
    My oldest sister was a queen and did little or nothing. My middle sister never cooked but did clean up and walk the dog.  I was like Cinderella and I’ve never forgotten it. 
    Back to camping for a minute…I hate bugs and dirt and that’s why I don’t garden either.  The closest I get to that is dead heading the flowering shrubs. 🤷‍♀️. And telling the landscapers what to do.   I am in charge of the pool.
      Speaking of cooking, I had better defrost the chicken.  Baked chicken, mashed, vegetables….

Good Morning to everyone!!  The sun is shining bright this morning.  It is lovely out this day.  I really can't make much sense out of what I want to say, so will sign off.  Hope you all have a nice day, BJ.         .............