I think I have added my blog post, who knows, the last time I tried it was 2010 YiKES!!! Didn't realise it was that long.

SANDRA I did know about Sister Monica Joan, I need to catch up on the Mid Wife series, I might start a new watch when we are away, there will be plenty of free time for me to catch up on that series. I love how some of the same actors are 'murderers' in the show a few times, especially fun to see the current Barnaby as a bit of a rogue in the early seasons, he was horrible in that LOL. Olivia Coleman was a murderer twice, both times great parts, she is so good. Although I saw her in a movie recentley and her language - OOPS, it was pretty bad. I didn't realise she could swear like that, even for the part. 

Anyone with DISNEY+ subscription??, I think I wll cancel mine,  they have put it up - again - and I rarely watch anything on it. I need to cancel before mid June.

I need to finish packing up for sewing, I  have been trying to figure out what kind of fabric I need, I also have 4 blocks for Alice to redo, I dislike them, and I know I won't be happy with them in the quilt. 
I may take fabrics and just make the border blocks for it, they are square in a square, and NOT done the pattern way, it will be Julie's way, hers look fabulous. 

stay cool everyone, I will be back later - I hope!

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GOOD MORNING!

SHOWERS MISSED US YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT. COOLER NEXT FEW DAYS. SOME RAIN. HOPE WE GET SOME.

MIDDLE GRANDSON  HAS COMPLETED CREDITS TO GET HIS BS DEGREE. SOMETHING TO DO WITH COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. PROUD OF HIM.

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

MALAPROPS.......
1.  HE SUFFERED FROM UNREQUIRED LOVE.
2.  I DIDNT TELL THEM WHO I WAS.  I USED A FACETIOUS NAME.

WE ARE BACK TO NORMAL TEMPS IN THE60S DAYS 40S NITES.

LINDA......CONGRATS TO GRANDSON WITH HIS BS.  GOOD FOR HIM.

TRISH......I CHECKED OUT YOUR NEW BLOG.  GOOD GOING GIRL.  KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.  NOW YOU CAN POST PICS OF YOUR PROJECTS FOR ALL OF US TO SEE.

I WAS LATE COMING HERE TODAY.  I HAD CRAFT MORNING AND THEN THERE WAS LAUNDRY.  I FINALLY MADE IT.
I HAVE LEFTOVER LINGUINE AND MEATBALLS FOR SUPPER.  FINISHED MY TUNA SALAD FOR LUNCH.
TOMORROW I MAKE MY VEGGIE BEEF SOUP FOR MY SON.  ITS A FAVE OF HIS.
OUR GARDENS ARE SPROUTING SUCH LOVELY FLOWERS AND COLORS.  ITS SUCH A PLEASURE TO STROLL ALONG THE PATHS.  I ALSO CUT SOME LILACS TODAY SO I HAVE A BUNCH IN A VASE IN MY LIVING ROOM.   LOVE THE AROMA.
I HAVE A SINKFUL OF DISHES THAT NEED DOING.  I HATE DOING DISHES BUT SINCE I AM THE ONLY ONE HERE AND NO AUTOMATIC DISHWASHER, I GUESS I HAVE TO GET OFF MY DUFF AND START WASHING.
STAY SAFE.  ENJOY YOUR DAYS.  HUGS, QB S

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MIXED METAPHORS......
1.  YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ROCKER.
2.  FLEXIBILITY IS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF PROGRAM BUDGETING.
3.  THE BUDGET DEFICIT IS AN ALBATROSS WE CARRY ON OUR BACK.

ITS ANOTHER LOVELY SPRINGTIME DAY HERE.  LOVING IT.

I JUST NOTICED I HAD A COUPLE OF SPELLING ERRORS IN MY LAST POST SO I FIXED THEM.  I USUALLY DOUBLE-CHECK BEFORE SIGNING OUT.  GUESS I WAS IN A HURRY.
TOOK A WALK THRU THE GARDEN AND TOOK PICTURES.  I LOVE HOW ALL THE FLOWERS ARE COMING INTO BLOOM.  AND THE PERSONAL VEGGIE PLOTS ARE STARTING AGAIN.  I MISS HAVING MY OWN VEGGIE PLOT BUT WITH MY BALANCE ISSUES, ITS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
TODAY I MAKE SOME VEGGIE BEEF SOUP FOR MY SON WHO COMES TOMORROW TO SHOP FOR ME.  I HAVE SOME LINGUINE AND MEATBALLS TO FINISH UP TODAY.  
I REC'D MY JIGSAW PUZZLE ORDER THIS MORNING.  THEY DID NOT INCLUDE MY FREEBIE.  I WAS TO GET A FREE PUZZLE IF I SPENT A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND ENTERED THE CODE NUMBER.  I DID.  I WILL BE CONTACTING THEM TODAY.  WITH THE PRICES THEY CHARGE THESE DAYS I WANT MY FREEBIES WHEN OFFERED.
AS FOR SEWING, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WILL DO TODAY.  THEN THERE IS MY BOOK I NEED TO FINISH.  IT ALL KEEPS BE BUSY AND OUT OF TROUBLE.
STAY SAFE MY FRIENDS.  HUGS, QB S 


 

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Linda, that's good news for Darrell! My sister had a friend named Darrell. They were friends all during "grade school" and high school. He lived a mile from my late husband. He's the only Darrell I know. He used to call her in the nursing home, but there's no phone in her room now. She always recognized his voice.

Theresa, we didn't get one drop of rain. Praying for some today or tomorrow. It says 75% chance. How nice to see a rose breasted grosbeak. I have never seen one. I did have a red throated hummingbird at my feeder a few days ago. It's the first one I've ever seen. 

I just had lunch and shared with Gracie. She loves Progresso chicken noodle soup. I give her the chicken and a few noodles.

One of the gifts I got Caleb was a USB powered baseball player night light. It changes different colors. I got an Amazon product safety recall today, so immediately called Gary. A bummer for sure because he liked it. 

Sandra, I did my share of washing and drying dishes growing up, and mopping the floors too!  Mom always did the cooking and we took turns doing the dishes. I grew to hate those chores but now I have to do them myself, lol.  I am blessed to have a dishwasher that I don't use every day.

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Janet, could it have been after the actress Daryl Hannah? 

IRISH BULL......
1.  PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION.  I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL HAVE ME AS A MEMBER.   --GROUCHO MARX.
2.  COCAINE ISN'T HABIT FORMING.  I SHOULD KNOW.  I'VE BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS.  --TALULLAH BANKHEAD.

ANOTHER LOVELY SPRING DAY HERE IN MAINE.  THE FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING.  THE BIRDS ARE SINGING.

ITS SATURDAY AND LOVELY OUT.  I WAS ALREADY OUT AND CUT MYSELF ANOTHER 2 VASES FULL OF AROMATIC LILACS.  LOVE THIS SEASON AND LILACS.  THEY WON'T LAST TIL INTO JUNE SO NEED TO ENJOY THEM WHILE I CAN.
I SENT AN EMAIL TO BITS AND PIECES ABOUT NOT GETTING THE FREE PUZZLE.  NO WORD BACK YET.  IF I DON'T HEAR FROM THEM ON MONDAY, I MAY PHONE THEM.  I DON'T LIKE TO USE THE PHONE THO SINCE I CAN'T HEAR TOO WELL AND OFTEN MISS SOME OF THE WORDS SPOKEN.  I WILL SEND THEM A 2ND EMAIL THO.
I MADE THE VEGGIE BEEF SOUP AND IT IS SOOO GOOD.  I KNOW MY SON WILL BE PLEASED. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A BREAKFAST CASSEROLE FOR HIM BUT FORGOT TO DEFROST THE SAUSAGE SO THAT CAN WAIT TIL NEXT TIME.
I WALKED THRU THE GARDEN AND TOOK SOME PICTURES NOW POSTED TO MY BLOG.  FLOWERS AND OUR RIVER.
ITS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BUT I HAVE NO PLANS OTHER THAN READING, WATCHING TV, JIGSAWING, AND MAYBE SOME SEWING.  I WILL, OF COURSE, BE EATING WELL.

TRISH.....HOW SAD ABOUT THE SUICIDE.  ITS SUCH A HUGE STEP AND CAN'T BE REVERSED.  THE FAMILY WILL  ALWAYS WONDER IF THEY COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING. 

THAT'S IT FROM ME.  ENJOY YOUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.  HUGS, QB S 

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 ML just called and invited us for a cookout lunch, tomorrow.  The "boy" is home!  We still sometimes call him that, privately, not to his face.  Can't wait to hear about Mallorca and the Indian wedding and whatever else.  At her request, his belated Mother's Day present is a few hours of just him and her going shopping, today,  no one else.  I don't have to bring anything, but I might surprise them with deviled eggs.  Andrew loves them and called them "Grammie's half eggs" when he was little.

Trish, I'm so sorry.  Such an awful and un-understandable choice.     Seldom, maybe never, an answer as to "why".   Thankfully, that family is the same as your own family and they have all of you to care for them.  

Our old neighbors next door had a big pine tree cut down yesterday and Howard ask the crew leader if he could take down 3 dead ones  in our woods, but a big danger to our house if they fell.  They did it for $400 which was a real bargain.  H. had been threatening to do it himself and I've been more than worried about that.  He was going to ask Albert to help him but you all know the danger in doing that.  It was less expensive because all they had to do was drop them in the woods--no cutting up, hauling, chipping, which the neighbors had done.  Now they have a big pile of mulch, I'd guess you'd call it, between them and us.  They do a great deal of gardening, so it'll get used.  And...we've been offered some if we wish...  Took all of 20 mins., here.

QB, wonder what it is about hand washing dishes that is so hateful?  I do know, for me, it's the rinsing and stacking  in preparation I dread.  When I was a kid I had to do them every other night and I would beg Mom to get them ready for me.  And, she would!  Spoiled brat, I know!
Even now, it's the part I hate.  I do have a dishwasher and I dislike loading it just as much. 
I do love the term, "do the washing up" that the British use, though, so sometimes I put on my best accent and say that...to myself because nobody else cares.  I just read we should use the term, "I GET to..." rather than "I HAVE to..." , for our chores.  Supposed to make for a better attitude.  

We had a nice time with our small group yesterday.  We were a bit late because of the tree cutting.  I called so the hostess wouldn't wonder or worry.  

Hope all of you have a nice holiday weekend, whatever you do or don't do.  I will watch the Memorial Day Concert on PBS, this evening.  
Indy