YOGI BERRA SAYS......
1.  YES, MY WIFE'S HANDS ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL.  I'M GOING TO HAVE A BUST MADE OF THEM.
2.  WE HAVE ALL PASSED A LOT OF WATER SINCE THEN.

THE RAIN HAS STARTED.  EXPECTING SHOWERS OFF AND ON ALL DAY TODAY AND TOMORROW.  TEMPS IN THE 50S AND 60S SO ITS NORMAL.

ITS SUNDAY ONCE AGAIN.  LOTS OF WORLD WAR II MOVIES ON TV THESE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.  I REALLY LIKE THE OLD MOVIES OF YESTERYEAR.  MANY FAVORITE MOVIE STARS THAT I NOW MISS.
I TOOK OUT MY TRASH JUST IN TIME TODAY.  GOT MY MEATS BAGGED AND IN THE FREEZER EARLY SO I COULD TAKE OUT MY TRASH BEFORE THE RAIN STARTED.  TIMING WAS PERFECT.  I FELT A FEW RAINDROPS SO GOT OUT BEFORE THE SHOWER.
I TOOK OUT A FEW THINGS TO DEFROST; HAMBURG, GARLIC PIZZA DOUGH, AND A CHICKEN BREAST.  I CAN MAKE WHATEVER I LIKE.  I AM THINKING POTATOES OF SOME KIND TODAY.  MAYBE MASHED.  I ALSO HAVE CORN ON THE COB AND WATERMELON.  THE MELON IS NICE AND SWEET AND SEEDLESS.  
A SLOW DAY FOR ME TODAY.  I WILL DO WHATEVER TAKES MY FANCY.
STAY SAFE LADIES.  ENJOY YOUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.  HUGS, QB S 

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Trish- terrible news. Thoughts are with you and the family left behind.
Holly - I never heard of that actress? My sister is probably 80+. My mother read a lot, so I’m guessing that was a characters name?
Raining again today.
Cheryl - even as our kids got older they never helped with the pool and DH didn’t make them…to me the pool is a lot of work and cost compared to the pleasure of having it.
I have a dishwasher and think I’ve used it 2-3 times in the years (10?) I think.
I don’t mind washing dishes although I use paper plates as much as possible. I don’t like to dry and put away…probably a throw back to my youth. I got all the lousy jobs.

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STRINGS I am so sorry you have the crud, hope you can get some rest, and you have some meds to help you feel better ((((hugs)))

SANDRA I guess the soup went down well LOL He loves having mum cook for him still, boy will be boys, even old ones!! Yum, corn on the cob, it's so good when it's fresh, I love it, too late in the season for us to get fresh, always really good early in the year here.
Hope you can get your jigsaw too,  it may have been unavailable, at least I hope they didn't just not deliver.

JANET - thank you! thinking about it -  it couldn't be Daryl (the actress) she's too young ! I know Chalon was named for something Dianne saw in France - I forget what, I think it was some kind of perfume. We were glad to get rid of the pool when the kids got older, too much work, for little use.

HOLLY have you seen lots of pics for the trip, I would have loved to see Iceland. I have seen some from Julie, she was there in the summer, daylight all day LOL she said it was weird but interesting to be out in daylight at 11pm

Nothing happening here, I talked to my yoga teacher, she offered some advice, when you are sad -   turn on the music loudly and dance by yourself, she said it really helps, I need to do that tomorrow. 

I just updated the computer, it always makes a huge chord sound when turned on again for the first time, scares the heck out of me!! 
The phones will update overnight. I got Deans water pistols, and delivered them to him last night, he had them filled ready for today.
I got nothing done today, I need to really get sorted in the sewing room, I had pulled out lots of fabric looking for some reproduction fabrics for my friend Paula, I had lots of them from my Jane, she is using similar, I found plenty, but she only needed tans and blues, so I got 12 of them for her, she thought it was too much, but she can always use them in the triangles, some are really nice stripes that look good in the border.

I did get some border sewn yesterday. I think I said that already though. I will try to get some pics and I can put them on my blog. I can show you what they were supposed one as well as what they are now LOL

Nothing more from family news, we are all slowly coming out of shock, and just want Chal and the kids looked after, some horrible decisions to be made regarding their dog - she has been classified as dangerous, can't live with Chalon at Gary's and can't be rehomed. Not sure when the house will be able to be sold now, it was open house last weekend supposed to be this week as well, but cancelled of course. 

I have training in the morning, almost time for us to head away, that's one a week off now - yikes!!! I had better start thinking about clothes, if there is a funeral I will fly home for the day for it, probably just stay overnight here, then fly back, depends on day and times of course. It's only a short flight. 

LOST IN THE TRANSLATION......
1.  DETOUR SIGN IN KYUSHI, JAPAN: STOP: DRIVE SIDEWAYS.
2.  IN A SWISS MOUNTAIN INN:  SPECIAL TODAY --- NO ICE CREAM.

MORE AND MORE RAIN TODAY.  OUR WOODLANDS CAN ALWAYS USE RAIN TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES.

I DON'T EAT ENOUGH VEGGIES, SO THIS MORNING I AM HAVING A SALAD FOR BREAKFAST WITH MY ORANGE JUICE.  I HAVE SO MANY THINGS FOR MEALS; LEFTOVER PARMESAN POTATO WEDGES FROM LAST NITE, A BIT OF SOUP, SOME GROUND BEEF I WILL USE FOR MY GARLIC DOUGH PIZZA, HOT DOGS DEFROSTED ALONG WITH A CHICKEN BREAST.  I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SOME EGG YOLK POTATO SALAD SOON.

DEVONNE......GOOD FOR YOU LOSING 36 LBS.  I KNOW ITS A STRUGGLE.  I HAVE ONLY LOST THE 30 LBS SINCE LAST JULY BUT I KEEP EATING MY SNACKS WATCHING TV AT NITE.  I NEED TO CURB THAT BAD HABIT.

LINDA.....SORRY THE CRUD IS ATTACKING YOU AGAIN.  YOU ALREADY SUFFERED A WEEK WITH THAT EARLIER.  I HOPE THIS TIME IT FLITTERS OFF QUICKLY.

TRISH.....THEY HAD A MIDSOMER MURDER MARATHON ON OUR OVATION CHANNEL YESTERDAY.  GOSH, SO MANY OF THE NEIL DUDGEON SERIES.  I STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE TO WATCH (I RECORDED THEM) EVEN THO I'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE. 
SPEAKING OF NAMING BABIES FOR ACTRESSESS, MY MOM TOLD ME MY DAD NAMED ME FOR AN ACTRESS.  THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE LATE 30S OR 40S WHEN HE SAW HER SINCE I WAS BORN IN 42.  I HAVE YET TO COME ACROSS ANY ACTRESS WITH MY NAME BACK THEN.  OR MAYBE SHE PLAYED A PART WITH THE NAME SANDRA.  

ITS THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. I'VE WATCHED BOTH VERSIONS OF THE MOVIE MIDWAY, 1976 AND 2019.  BOTH WONDERFUL MOVIES.
NOTHING HAPPENING HERE.  I HAVE FOOD TO EAT, GAMES TO PLAY, TV TO WATCH, A BOOK TO FINISH.  I WILL STAY BUSY BUT RESTING.  NO CHORES TODAY.
HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY LADIES.  HUGS, QB S 

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We had a very nice time yesterday.  Andrew is so tall and while trim, always, I could tell he'd lost some weight. He regaled us with Mallorca tales and about the Indian wedding.  Two anecdotes:  The bride, not Indian, but his friend from highschool, stayed in a suite at the Drake Hotel that Princess Diana stayed in...$32,000 per night and, "no" that isn't a misprint!  The other: his h.s. classmate, Faith, stayed with him , in his apt.  (no romance, just long-time friends) and after they dressed in the Indian sari (her) and the kurta (him) (tunic-length collarless shirt), they had to stop by another girl friend's hotel so she could put Faith's false eyelashes on for her since she couldn't do it herself. They did this  not once, but twice over the two-day wedding festivities.    The second evening was a private affair at the famous Chicago Art Institute.  After one of the  several wedding ceremonies,  they had the reception dinner-he picked filet mignon--dancing, and all the galleries were opened for the guests to view as they wished, and finally an after-party, somewhere else?  They got back to his apt. at 1:45 am, and then  Faith still drove home, out here.    For some unknown reason, her mother insisted????  She's ML's friend but the why of that will remain a mystery since ML doesn't feel like she can ask Teri, who is not an unreasonable person.  

Trish, what a sorry state.  Not only the grief but then all the legalities, and the dog situation.   Many families are touched by suicide.  When my grandma chose that when I was 16, the farmer neighbors came and harvested our crops for Grandpa.  People were good to us but there is that stigma that follows  suicide that makes you feel ashamed, or at least it was back then, in the 50's.  Over time the pain lessens, but it never goes away, completely.  

This spring as usual, we have several wrens around our front porch, loudly singing like they do.  I love, love them, my favorite songbird.  But, I've been outsmarted by a 5 oz. bird! Earlier, I'd carefully turned my decorative birdhouse around so they couldn't build nests in them, because the roaming cats ALWAYS find the nests, destroy them and you know the rest...  While sitting on the swing I saw a wren hop onto the birdhouse and quickly dart around the back and disappear into it.  So, I'm pretty sure how it will end.   But, it's too late to change anything.  

Devonne, I hope you don't get sick!  Maybe you avoided that, somehow.  Smart to wait a bit for them to get over it.  

Time to heat up the soup.  It wasn't great the first time, but I've warned Howard that's what were having.  
Indy

 

Trish- I hope it’s temporary…this has been a terrible past year.
   Remembering back about 60 years, my cousin was terribly in debt to loan sharks (as they were called then) for gambling debts, horse racing, etc.  It was like a bad movie, they would threaten him and rough him up from time to time. He moved from Jersey to Chicago.  Things got so bad he either jumped from a high story hotel room window, or maybe was thrown?  It was never discussed except for what I just told you.  He had a wife and kids.
   We’re going on a short trip tomorrow to Staunton, VA to ride the Virginia Scenic Railway.  We’ve done it before.  It’s a nice trip, and just so happens Patchwork Quilts (claims to be largest quilt  shop in VA. 🤷‍♀️ is nearby.  Been there before. 
I don’t need anything but you know how that goes…I didn’t last time either but managed to spend almost $300. lol

Sandra- if you can get your broom started, please bring your shears so you can trim my hair!  I think I’ve exhausted most of the hairdressers around here and haven’t liked any of them nor the cuts either.
  So we pushed the button to start the pool filter and nothing!  Called the pool genius’s and they may be able to come in a week or so!!
   DH’s dr is also booked out and also his PA/NP. 
   Another day in paradise…

Nice spring day, here.  Lots of sneezing for me so I know the pollen is in 'full bloom'.  Flonase to the rescue. 

I'm finally absolved (is that the word?) from cutting Howard's hair after 40 years, at least.  He got his freebie for Veteran's Day and liked it and it was getting to be so exhausting for me, plus I was more than tired of doing it.  Plus  the last time, a young man paid for his, including the tip.  Said his dad was in the Navy and he just wanted to do it.  As for me, I've been going to my current hairdresser for about 12 years.  She's reasonable, and since my hair does what it wants,  I've been happy with her.  But, I know how nerve-wracking it can be when you have to find a new one.  

Holly, sometimes that's all you need, to just see someone every day while they're visiting.  Glad your family has filled the hole in Dan's life.  

Yes, Trish.  Why is it when they upgrade, we're worse off?      Even techy Howard gets frustrated.   I do like this Chromebook  I have, now.  It seems to stay fairly simple all the time.  

Guess I'll be a bit off all week after the Monday holiday.  Plus, Howard told me it was May 26 yesterday and then told me that was wrong this morning.  Oh well, I was off a day a week or so ago, too.  Doesn't make too much difference, most of the time.  

Going to see about lunch.  Have a nice remainder of the day. 
Indy

 

I posted the chicken and tots casserole. It was a hit with Ralph, who is easy to feed, not picky at all. I just avoid his allergies. We ate close to half of it, with Brussels sprouts as a veggie. 

Devonne, did you know edamame is soybeans? The first time I heard of it, I looked it up. Thanks for the weight complement, and right back at you! 

My friend Barbara also has a kid on the west coast, and one in upstate NY. We joke about running B&B’s, since the kids are in and out.