DIANE thanks for bumping and locking, best wishes to the family

I've been watching the winter olympics, the slalom women's has been fantastic, mens about to start, you've probably seen them all already LOL  we are behind their times, but the day looks fantastic, cold of course, but clear and looking wonderful

I made an appt for the nurse tomorrow, got a message that they need me for a vaccination, no idea what, it's either 'flu, pneumonia or shingles. I'll find out when I get there. She could have done it last week when I was there, but the record didn't flag then LOL
Hope it doesn't make my arm too sore.  think it's to early for the 'flu, we go away in June and I usually like to have  it just a few months before then so I am covered as well as I can be. I have yoga a couple hours after - that will be fun!!

I'm heading back to the olympics, we watched the snow boarding a couple hours ago, the young Oz guy is happy with himself, but those guys leading - WOW! Just amazing jumps.

 

I did 1.5 hours in the sewing room, and I’m done! It looks so nice. 

I’m a hit with the little boys in the family! I sent Garret and Amary tactical flashlights, and they said they were cool. I sent Ben a screaming goat, and his mom sent me a video of him screaming with it. She asked if I was mad at her, LOL. Ben said it was the perfect gift. 

It’s 12 and windy, but it’s our last day of the extreme cold for a while. Maybe this snow will finally melt!

STOP THE PRESSES!
1.  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAID YESTERDAY THAT AN AUTOPSY PERFORMED ON THE HEADLESS BODY OF A MAN FOUND IN MASON, FAILED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
2.  THE BRIDE-ELECT WAS SHOWERED WITH PIECES OF HER CHOSEN CHINA.

THERE YOU GO TRISH, A SMILE OR TWO FOR TODAY.  I BELIEVE LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE AND I TRY TO SMILE OR LAUGH A LITTLE EVERY DAY SO I AM PLEASED TO SEND THESE ALONG FOR ALL OF US.
ALSO, CAROL'S BIRTHDAY IS THE 16TH. ITS HER ANNIVERSARY ON THE 11TH.  ALSO BJ'S BIRTHDAY IS ON THE 18TH.

DIANE......SO SORRY FOR ALL YOUR BAD NEWS.  WISHING GOOD THINGS FOR YOUR FAMILY.  ITS TOUGH WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY NEEDING YOUR ATTENTION AND PRAYERS.  HUGS FOR THEM ALL.

TIP:  TO KEEP BREAD FRESH LONGER, STORE IT IN YOUR FRIDGE.  ALSO TUCK A COUPLE OF PAPER TOWELS IN THE BREAD BAG.  THE MOISTURE WILL COLLECT ON THE PAPER TOWEL INSTEAD OF THE BREAD, MAKING IT STAY FRESHER, LONGER. 
NOTE:  MY SON ONLY SHOPS EVERY 2 WEEKS AND MY BREAD STAYS FRESH THAT LONG AND MORE. 

LISTS.....LOVE 'EM!  I MAKE MY LIST OF THINGS TO DO IN MY DAILY JOURNAL, WHICH IS A LINED COMPOSITION BOOK,  FROM MY LAPS, WEIGHT, DAILY MENU, TO COOKING FOODS, TO ACTUAL CHORES.  AS I COMPLETE A THING, I PLACE A CHECK MARK BESIDE IT.  IF I DON'T GET SOMETHING DONE, I PUT A LINE THRU IT.  I MAY PUT THAT ITEM ON THE NEXT DAY'S LIST OR SAVE FOR ANOTHER TIME.  

PATTY......I, TOO, WILL ADD TO MY LIST IF I DO SOMETHING NOT ALREADY LISTED.  THEN I CHECK IT OFF.  VOILA!

DEVONNE.....SO SORRY ABOUT DEAR KENAI.  ITS ALWAYS TOUGH TO LOSE A PET. I KNOW YOUR MEN ARE HURTING.
IF THEY CAN'T FIND A BENGAL THEY WANT WHY NOT TRY AN OCICAT.  I HAD SHEENA FOR MANY YEARS.  SHE WAS MORE LIKE A DOG THAN A CAT.  SHE CAME WHEN I CALLED, STAYED IN THE YARD AND NEVER VENTURED AWAY WHEN OUTDOORS, AND WHEN I CALLED OUT "ITS BEDTIME!" SHE WOULD JUMP INTO BED WITH ME AND SNUGGLE UP AGAINST A LEG OR ARM OR ON MY TUMMY.  THEY, TOO, ARE SPOTTED.  FROM TANS TO GRAYS IN COLORS.  LOVELY CATS AND NOT TOO LARGE.  IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

TODAY I ADDED "REORGANIZE HOSPITAL TOTE."  I KEEP A QUILTED TOTE UNDER MY TABLE AT-THE-READY FOR ANY HOSPITAL VISIT.  I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPLACE THE SPARE BATTERIES WITH NEWER ONES ANYWAY.  I ALSO REPLACED MY PHONE CHARGER WITH AN UPDATED VERSION I DON'T NEED SINCE, AT XMAS,  MY SON GOT ME AN EVEN NEWER VERSION FOR HOME.  I HAVE EVERYTHING IN IT FROM A PAIR OF CULOTTES AND SHIRT, TO WRITING SUPPLIES, TO BOOKS TO READ, TO SOCKS, UNDIES, SURGICAL MASKS, TOOTHBRUSH AND PASTE, AND MORE.

I KNOW ITS MY DAY OF REST, BUT I THOUGHT IT NEEDED DOING.  TOMORROW I HAVE TO START WITH WEEK 2 OF MY MONTHLY CLEANING PROGRAM WHICH MEANS DOING MY LEFT KITCHEN CABINETS, ETC.  MY DAILY CHORES ARE A BIT DIFFERENT NOW, TOO.  I THINK WITH THIS NEW PLAN I CAN KEEP MY HOUSE CLEAN AND ORGANIZED.
IN THIS MANNER I HOPE TO FIND TIME AND THE MOJO TO GET BACK INTO SEWING.  
FOR TODAY, ITS SOME OLYMPICS.  I PREFER SUMMER TO WINTER BUT I WATCH SOME OF THE EVENTS.  SOME I NEVER WATCH.
TODAY IS ALSO A DAY FOR FOOTBALL BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN A FAN SO I WILL READ, WATCH TV INCLUDING SOME OLYMPICS, AND ENJOY MY DAY.

GOSH, I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK.  TAKE CARE MY DEAR FRIENDS.  HUGS FOR YOU ALL.  QB S 

 

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A QUICK CHECK IN. WILL TRY TO GET BACK LATER. BUT THIS IS IN CASE I DON'T.

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

So this is so typical of what goes on here.  I started making dinner at about 3:30.
DH comes in to look at the faucet handle which has been a bit stiff for about 2 weeks.
Me:  what are you doing?
DH: Looking at the faucet to see what tools I need.
Me:  what? Now? I’m making dinner.
DH: But it needs fixing.
Me: Now?
DH:  just looking.
   Now, I know he means well but he’s no plumber…and he’s a very slow worker…but more important, it’s been that way for a while, so what’s the urgency?  Then I reminded him that our plumber told him “ never start a DYI project between Friday afternoon and Monday morning.  Just in case”.  Good advice.
And he decided to look at it tomorrow…😵‍💫.   Personally I’m for just replacing the faucet, but he’s stubborn. 
   So dinner is in the oven and DH is in the shower.  🙄

YOGI BERRA SAYS....
1.  I NEVER LIKED YOU AND I ALWAYS WILL.
2.  INCLUDE ME OUT.

CHERYL......I'M GLAD YOU ARE DOING WELL WITH THE BOOT.  IT ALL TAKES TIME BUT EVENTUALLY YOU CAN DISCARD THAT.

I WOKE AT 6 AND TURNED ON THE OLYMPICS IN TIME TO SEE OUR LINDSAY VONN TAKE A BAD SPILL ON HER DOWNHILL RUN.  THEY HAD TO HELICOPTER HER OUT ON A STRETCHER.  THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR BREEZY JOHNSON TOOK THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE EVENT.  I HEARD LATER THAT LINDSAY WAS IN SURGERY FOR A BROKEN LEG.  POOR GAL, SHE'S HAD ONE THING AND ANOTHER.  I THINK HER EVENTING WILL BE BEHIND HER NOW.  I THINK SHE'S 40 THIS YEAR AND SHE JUST HEALED FROM ACL INJURY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SOME OF THE GALS HERE PROPOSED AN ITALIAN SANDWICH LUNCH THEME WITH THE INGREDIENTS POTLUCK AND WE MAKE OUR OWN SUBS AS WE WANT THEM.  ONE GAL PLANNED TO BRING THE SUB ROLLS, ANOTHER TASTY OLIVE OIL FROM A LOCAL ITALIAN TAKE-OUT PLACE, AND I VOLUNTEERED THE SLICED HAM AND GREEN PEPPERS.  OTHER THINGS WOULD BE ADDED BY OTHER LADIES ON THE SIGN-UP SHEET ALONG WITH DESSERT ITEMS.  IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AROUND VALENTINE'S DAY.  WELL, ITS GETTING DARN CLOSE AND NO POSTING UP YET.  I NEED TO CATCH ONE OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.  THE SIGN-UP SHEET HAS TO GET POSTED FAST.

I STARTED ON MY MONTHLY CLEANING LIST WHICH ARE THE LEFT KITCHEN CABINETS AND DRAWER.  I DID MY LAPS AND THEN CLEANED THE LEFT CABINET, IN AND OUT.  I HAD TO TOSS A PCKG OF SHELF BACON, DARN IT.  I ADDED IT TO MY NEXT GROCERY LIST FOR MY SON TO GET NEXT TIME HE SHOPS.  ONLY 2 MORE UPPER CABINETS AND  LARGE DRAWER TO GO AND THEN THERE'S THE WEEKLY LIST.  TODAY IS CLEANING MY APPLIANCES, EXCEPT THE FRIDGE WHICH IS ANOTHER WEEK.  ONCE I DO THE FIRST WEEK THE NEXT ONES SHOULD BE EASIER TO CLEAN AND REORGANIZE.  I HOPE I CAN STICK TO IT.

I NEED TO USE UP SOME CHICKEN BREASTS SO I AM PLANNING A CHICKEN AND NOODLE CASSY TOMORROW.  TODAY I WANT SOME POTATO PANCAKES.  NOT TOO MANY THIS TIME.  I NEED TO USE JUST ENUF SOUR CREAM TO HAVE ENUF LEFT FOR THE CASSY TOMORROW. 

I WILL DO SOME READING IN THE COMMON ROOM TODAY HOPING TO CATCH ONE OR TWO OF THE PLANNING LADIES.
STAY SAFE AND WARM.  HUGS, QB S 

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Caught up reading, so here's the Lyons' latest...   We're just hangin' out with the Olympics.  WE enjoy the winter Olympics more, why, I know not.  Maybe because we're sort of stuck inside, anyway...because I sure like summer more than winter, any year.  

ML and I went to a funeral on Saturday  for a person who passed at 95 1/2 a couple of weeks ago.  She was ML's kindergarten teacher.  It was certainly a celebration of a life well-lived with many descendents present and a delicious luncheon.  But most of all a time to catch up with old friends and acquaintances.  These times are becoming rarer and rarer with fewer funerals, now.  Afterwards, we stopped at the grocery for fried chicken for Howard for supper and a frozen pizza for yesterday's supper before the Super Bowl which he watched and I didn't.  I understand it was a "snore"!  I watched 10 mins. of the Half Time Show and had all kinds of negative feelings  and opinions of that travesty!  What's wrong with them?????

QB, thanks for the laughs today.  I may use "Include me out!"  myself, sometime.  It resonated with me!    Hope your Italian sandwich gathering works out.  It sounds like a winner, fun and doable for many of you.  Wish I could come...yum!  

Devonne, are Greg and Carter going to Japan on a tour or on their own?  Howard spent a bit of time there while in the Navy and he was impressed with the beauty and the friendliness of the people.  He bought his mother and Jane (his ex) each one of those Japanese geisha dolls which I "inherited"  (guess Jane didn't want hers LOL).  Somewhere along the way, it disappeared...guess I didn't want it either!   (I don't remember. ) 

So, I'd better quit this and carry one.  Have to come up with supper, as always.  Hope you're all having a good day.  It's bright and a bit warmer here.  We still have a complete snow cover, no melting, yet.  
Indy












 

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Hi, all.

Staying busy here with the Super Bowl and the Olympics.  I won't comment on the Seattle win.  I will stay away from the political overtones of the halftime show, but I will say that someone grabbing his crotch every 2 seconds during a performance watched by lots of kids wasn't appropriate in my view. 

The Olympics have been more interesting.  I was sad to see Lindsey Vonn's crash, and of course, the internet trolls are all over her saying that she took a spot from a more deserving skier.  She has been in top form all year, and if she had won, those same people would be fawning all over her.  

I have to stop and get an anniversary card tomorrow since the one I ordered hasn't arrived.  If it gets here tomorrow, I'll save the other one for next year.  If the ordered one arrives later, I'll save it for next year.  Now will someone help me remember where I store the saved one?  Valentine's and birthday cards came already.  I ordered holiday cards when they were on sale in January, so my card buying is over for the year. 

My Hoffman challenge is sort of finished.  I will send in the online submission on Wednesday or Thursday and wait to see whether they want the actual quilt.  

My other big efforts have been coordinating and booking my trip to Amsterdam with two other ladies.  We have plane tickets, an apartment, and two day trips booked.  I still need to get museum tickets and tickets to the Anne Frank house.  Those are released 6 weeks before the date, so I have another few days before April 7th, the day we want to go.  

I walked out of the HOA board meeting the other night seriously questioning my decision to return.  Honestly, some people are just stupid, and then they try to bully us when they make mistakes.  Don't yell at us about receiving multiple letters on a violation when we have evidence in front of us that you received one letter.  

Water is boiling for pasta, so I'd better go. 
 

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TWO-HEADED HEADLINES......
1.  CHILD'S STOOL GREAT FOR USE IN GARDEN.
2.  IDAHO GROUP ORGANIZES TO HELP SERVICE WIDOWS.

HOLLY......I BOUGHT MY FIRST PAULA MUNIER BOOK FOR THAT SERIES LAST WEEK.  FROM 2019, ITS "BLIND SEARCH" WITH THE CHARACTERS YOU MENTIONED.  ITS A GOOD START SO FAR.

I  HAD TO GO TO OUR COFFEE MORNING SO I COULD CATCH UP ON WHAT'S WHAT ON THE VALENTINE'S LUNCHEON.  ITS ON THE 20TH SINCE THE GALS COULD NOT GET COORDINATED.  I WILL BRING THE SLICED HAM AND SLICED BELL PEPPERS.  IT WILL BE THE USUAL GROUP CONTRIBUTING FOODSTUFFS AND  PAPER GOODS BUT THE SIGN-UP SHEET WILL LEAVE ROOM FOR OTHERS TO BRING DESSERTS OR SNACKS OR APPETIZERS. OR NOTHING AT ALL.  WE LIKE TO FEED ANYONE.

WHEN I GOT UP THIS MORNING I DECIDED TO FINALLY HANG A FEW PAINTINGS I HADN'T GOT AROUND TO BECAUSE OF THE 'NO NAIL' RULE WHICH HAS CHANGED.  I AM GLAD I KEPT THE PAINTINGS AND DIDN'T GIVE THEM AWAY.  I ALWAYS LIKED THEM.
I ALSO DECIDED TO SEW.  I WILL TAKE AT LEAST A HALF HOUR RIGHT AFTER LUNCH DAILY TO DO SOME SEWING.
THIS MORNING I WAS SKETCHING 3 SNOOPY MEMES (IS THAT WHAT THE CARTOON SAYINGS ARE CALLED?).  I STILL HAVE 'OSCAR' THE NEIGHBOR'S DOG TO GET STARTED, TOO.  
THE CHORES CAN WAIT TIL THIS AFTERNOON.  I WILL HAVE TIME FOR TODAY'S CHORES WITH A TWIST.  INSTEAD OF POLISHING THE FURNITURE, ETC, I WILL JUST DUST AND GET THE POLISHING DONE NEXT TUESDAY INSTEAD.  I HAVE THE 2 BOTTOM CABINETS TO CLEAR OUT AND REORGANIZED TODAY.  THEY ARE THE ONES WITH THE POTS, PANS, COOKING THINGS.  SOME THINGS I NEVER SEEM TO USE SO WILL GO IN A BOX FOR THE WALK-IN CLOSET.

ITS WARMER TODAY, GETTING ABOUT 32 FOR OUR HIGH FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND SUNNY.  LOVE IT.
STAY SAFE AND WARM.  HUGS, QB S 

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