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Anne, you must be ready for a rest after all that company. The picture is cute.
It's only in the high 70's outside but it is humid for MN. I just turned on the a/c in the camper. I heated up the kitchen/living area this afternoon by using the stove and making a potato salad. We'll have some for dinner and there will be leftovers.
I can hear some gentle rain on the roof. DH is outside still working on benches that are part of the deck structure. I'll be very glad when he gets this work finished and the deck gets cleaned up and ready for enjoying it.
We played golf this morning at the nearby Eagle's View golf course. Then came back here and had some lunch.
It's quiet here at Pine Hollow on a weekday. Hope everybody is having a good Tuesday.
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Sunshine, my name is Judy Sailor and I would love to find out if we know each other or have mutual friends. Yes Corvallis is the right size for running into people you know everywhere which can be a bit annoying when you just want to run to the grocery store without makeup!
Not much goin on here today. I just returned from a golf lesson and also played 9 holes. It's a warm 85 degrees so I'm also thinking of making a potato salad, Carole.
Anne, sounds like you had quite a full week! Have a good evening everyone.
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The value of all service lies in the spirit in which you serve and
not in the importance or magnitude of the service. Even
the lowliest task or deed is made holy, joyous,
and prosperous when it is filled with love.Charles Fillmore
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Hi to everyone.
Puffin, I wonder if you're having the same weather that we're having today. It was sunny and warm the first part of the day and overcast all afternoon. DH and I took the bikes to Akeley, on Hwy 34, and biked from Akeley to Walker and back, 19 miles round trip. We had lunch at a bar and grill on Hwy 34 near Nevis called Bullwinkle. I had a huge delicious burger and dh had the daily special, a macaroni "hot dish," which was similar to goulash. In MN any dish like a casserole is called a hot dish.
It's warm enough today that we have the a/c going and are happy to have it working. DH has been outside finishing up his carpentry. I will be very glad for him to put away the tools. I had meant to buy a broom today to sweep off the sawdust on the new deck but broom wasn't on my list and I didn't buy one. Guess I'll have to hose off the deck.
Thoughts go out to Mommarch. Looking forward to hearing a vacation report from Blondie.
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Hello to all. I've had a long day today, but a fairly good one. At the end of the day here Dh got his truck back -- whew !!!!! It was getting a bit on the tiresome side to try and share a car --- not terrible, but tiresome. We both grew used to this huge convenience --- and we do have slightly different styles. I don't like him to take the car and leave me at work as sometimes it is iffy. I may have to stay over a bit --- or I may want or need to do something after leaving --- so it is so much easier to be able to not have to factor in some wait time till he arrives --- or whether he will have the time if I have a small list of places to visit when I'm done work.
Went over to my cousin's and picked up her house and car keys. Saturday, I will go pick up her dog ( she and her Dh will be on the way home from Michigan ) and though there dog is really sweet he is also spoiled rotten. I need to use her car ( that is ok ) have a **Nummie** for Muffin to chew on, on the way home, and then get him settled there at home. It is ok --- and I'll stay with him there until they arrive back. My cousin is good to me so I'm very happy to do this for her. He does have to be in his car though as he knows the smell etc. He truly is a spoiled little guy --- but really cute and fun.
Had to go to Salem and make there or four stops over there --- so I spent most of my time here today really in and out for very short periods. Working tomorrow of course but off Friday -- if I don't work Friday night.
We did not have real humidity today and the temps were much cooler -- low 80's so it was fairly nice. We kept the a/c on though since the weather will change again soon, so hardly seemed worth it to just have one day when we were gone more than here to open everything up. Out here it is very customary to go away to town or wherever and leave the doors and windows opened up. Been doing that for 17 or 18 years now and hope we always can.
Anyway, I see it has been fairly quiet here today. Hope all are fine and feeling well. I'm anxious too to see your new deck Carole. It all sounds really nice. Now that Dh has his truck back -- he can go down and pick up the new fence we had on order ( pasture type ) from the Home Center here. The one we had is/was very old and had some rotted wood in it discovered when parts of it had to be moved to take down the tree we needed to remove --- so since one side has a light switched for our outdoor lights we decided to get vinyl pasture fence to replace all the treated wood. Won't be as attractive as the old wood --- but we will get used to it.
Will see you all later.
Blessings,
Jackie
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Good morning, all. We turned off the a/c and opened the bedroom window last night. It always cools down at least to the upper 60's at night. This morning it's overcast with that darned south wind bringing the mugginess. Wish those southerners would keep that wind down south! There's the chance of showers and storms today. We had planned to play golf but this is "buggy" weather as well as muggy. DH has a repair to attempt. The fan in the hatch in the main part of the camper has been making a noise. Dh wants to try lubricating the motor. Trouble is getting to the motor. He will have to get on top of the camper and remove the hatch cover.
So we may just hang around the campground today. The British Open golf tournament is on tv and we're recording it on the DVR. I may drive into town to a nursery in search of some geranium plants for the deck. Dh likes the old-fashioned red geraniums, which don't do well at home because of the heat.
Jackie, the nice feature about plastic fencing is that you don't have to paint it! There goes Tom Sawyer's job!
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When you are interested in other perspectives, it doesn’t imply, even
slightly, that you’re advocating them. I
certainly wouldn’t choose a punk rock lifestyle or suggest it to anyone
else. At the same time, however, it’s
really not my place to judge it either.
One of the cardinal rules of joyful living is that judging others takes
a great deal of energy and, without exception, pulls you away from where you
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I finished edging the bricks around my flower beds yesterday morning, and yesterday afternoon went with a friend on the yard/garden tour of 8 houses in Fargo and Moorhead. Glad we took our umbrellas along, just enough light rain that we'd have gotten wet. At one place we did have to slip into their yard gazebo as it was also lightning.
This morning Lew and I headed out on our Segways to the annual Street Fair - several blocks of booths of all kinds of hand made items, from art to jewelry to yard decorations, etc. And then there's the cross street of food vendors, we always get a shake and share a serving of Deep Fried Cheese Curds. Again wore our rain gear, got home just in time before the hard downpour. Bought a ceramic snail for my garden, and 3 of those cloth bags that you can put your plastic bags in and they'll dispense one bag at a time out the bottom, 2 of which will become presents.
I posted these photos on FB for Flashback Thursday, and Carole said I should post them here too. Lew and I tested for our bronze and silver bars in dance roller skating (earned 3 bronze and 2 silver) before wearing away the cartilage in my knee.
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Puffin, the yard/garden tour sounds like something I would definitely enjoy. I used to be an enthusiastic gardener before I got older and lazier. Maybe I can rekindle the interest by hiring a gardener! I still take care of basic weeding and pruning and mulching which involve a lot of work in a big yard like mine. I used to plant blooming annuals in the pots on my patio but the last couple of years I've planted herbs, which are pretty to look at, plus nice to have for cooking.
Today has been enjoyable. DH climbed the ladder on the back of the camper and got up on the roof to tend to the fan in the hatch. I stood on a chair and cleaned from the inside and he cleaned from the top side and administered some good ole WD 40, the magic lubricator. Boy, does than hatch and fan look clean now, plus the fan motor isn't making the noise like it's in agony.
It rains a little and then the sun pops out, goes behind the clouds and then it will rain a little more. No wind so far so we have the awning out shading most of the deck. I wasn't gung ho on building a deck in the first place but I'm starting to like it. That's the way I operate. It takes me a while to adjust to change of almost any kind. I guess I need proof that the change is for the better.
Dh is out there making (I hope) his last batch of sawdust. He's building a set of steps for the high end of the deck. Once we get the scrap lumber cleared away, I'll take some photos and post them.
DH's sister has a rare disease as bad as cancer called amyloidosis. It has damaged her heart already. She was accepted into a study at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and will making periodic trips there for infusions. I hope that's the right word. She and our bil will be in Rochester next weekend and are planning to drive up to Park Rapids to visit us. They have a van/camper, one of the really expensive ones (he's a retired physician), and will stay here at Pine Hollow if we can get permission from the owner. We don't know what she will be up to doing in the way of sightseeing, but the headwaters of the MS River is about 20 mi. north of here at Itasca State Park. And there's always a drive to Bemidji to see the big statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe outside the really nice welcome center on Lake Bemidji. Plus we can sit on our deck if the weather is decent!
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Pics are great love them. Boy i would break a bone or two if i even tried that. ty for posting them
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Omg,-- loved those pics. Is the top one a more recent one ? Well, I was a real roller skating fan from early on. I think I learned good balance early as well. My Uncle got my sister a pair of roller skates for her birthday. She put them on -- promptly fell, and that was the end of skating for her. As for myself ---- I knew I was going to fall and get scraped up, but I knew I had to go through some misery to become decent --- and I was willing to take the pain and discomfort. Happened with a lot of our learning curves from our growing up time.
Anyway, I spent many a wonderful afternoon at our local skating rink and got to be really, really good. It was always a joy --- always.
So sorry Carole to hear about your sister-in-law and her illness.
Amyloidosis
Disease
Amyloidosis is a rare disease that results from accumulation of inappropriately folded proteins. These misfolded proteins are called amyloids. When proteins that are normally soluble in water fold to become amyloids, they become insoluble and deposit in organs or tissues, disrupting normal function.I looked it up Carole because I didn't know what it was, though I've heard the word before. There is a lot more information on it, but I kept it short and simple. It certainly sounds like a very un-pleasant thing. I hope the treatments that she will get will help her a lot.
Hope you will have a nice time when they come up to see you --- and how wonderful to have a deck just on the off change that anyone is tired.
We have a deck ( pretty high up actually ) off our kitchen door. It's fairly large --- and if the summer is good, we use it almost year round. We didn't get the yard furniture out yet so likely won't this yr. I have been waiting for Dh to clean the deck and re-stain it, but it seems like we have very little dry time before its raining around here again. So --- no meals on the deck. Some yrs. are like that.
I loved the painting reference to Tom Sawyer. That's right....no painting/staining will be needed on a fence this yr. Just the big deck and walkway from the deck all the way around the house and out to the 'fence'.
Hope you are all have a fantastic day.
Blessings
Jackie
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Carole: so sorry about your SIL's health problems, hope the infusions help her, and that you all have a good time when they visit next week
Jackie, both pictures would have been taken in the same general time period, the late 1970's. The lessons you learned with roller skating (sometimes you need to take the pain and discomfort to come out better on the other side) have served you well over the years.
I just got back from the Y, walked the treadmill but don't think I managed to work off both the deep fried cheese curds and the raspberry shake.0 -
Hi gals!
Mommarch...sending hugs and prayers your way. I am praying that they will find just the right chemo for you!
Joan...love your kitty! The shelter kitties are the best! I have two of them that I wouldn't trade! They are very spoiled, too.
Carole and Puffin....So glad you had a great visit. I love the picture! Also love the skating pictures!
Hope Blondie is having fun in sunny Florida!
I am recouping from my oldest grandson's visit. Sunday we go to pick up my middle grandson for his special week at Grandmas. I am having a ball with them but I must admit I am wearing down. I got my hair done today and my hair stylist remarked that I wasn't as talkative as usual. I told him I was tired and just loving the fact that I could sit quietly for awhile!
I will try to go back and read the posts that I missed!
Hugs to all of you!
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Allison lost her kitty Joshua this morning. He was fine early today, purring and acting normal. He was in her room when she heard him cough. She looked down and he wasn't breathing. Mike have him kitty CPR and did a Heimlich maneuver, thinking he had something stuck in his throat. They rushed him to the vet but Joshua was gone. The vet said he had a heart attack most likely and he had fluid in his lungs. Such a shock. Poor Allison. With no children, Joshua and later Toby are her babies.
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I am so very, very sorry Allison. It will never, never be easy to lose our cherished best furry friends. Right now I'm sure it doesn't even help that it was quick and likely painless. It doesn't help that our fur friends have a much shorter life span than we ( so in that way can be deeply cherished and cared for in wonderful ways ) because our heart and emotions still can't handle the loss very well --- even when it is completely expected.
All we have left for now is just to know that Joshua knew a very endearing and adoring love every day of his life from his best friend. He did not want --- he did not have to wander somewhere wishing to have a very 'best' friend for life, nor forage for food bits where ever they might be found. He never had to be hungry or thirsty. Never had to hide from predators or sleep fitfully in the rain and cold.
The pain of loss will have to be, but I do hope Allison that you can think of the many bright points of light that were a daily part of Joshua's life and there but for the grace of having been with you, he might not have had. I know you can't really feel it now, but I truly feel that our friends ( since they can't read clocks ) are not as of aware of time like we are. They have no job to go to, no hair appt. no dates etc. so for them I actually believe time is almost endless. What you call all too brief a time was I think -- because of your deep love and total caring for him, an eternity to Joshua -- no beginning much or end -- just love, warmth, and devotion. You gave him a life that is I'm sure the dream of every shelter cat, and every one ever dumped at the side of the road.
Nothing much will soften the blow -- but I do hope in time the thoughts of the great existence he got to have with you and because of you will replace almost all the pain that comes from loss. He is already on the Rainbow Bridge with special angels who will care for him in your name. Our biggest blessings leave us, but we get to re-claim then later on.
I wish you peace and hope for the day when you can let go of the loss and feel the blessing once more. You are in my thoughts and prayers with healing energy.
Many healing blessings,
Jackie
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Allison, Hugs for you and Toby. I hope you can comfort each other while you process your grief. Jackie is right about him having the life every shelter cat hopes for. I hope eventually your pleasant memories will crowd out your sorrow at his loss.
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Allison, I'm so sorry about the loss of your precious kitty. I don't think I could add any more than Jackie said so beautifully. I only hope that the loving memories you have of your time with Joshua will help you get through. In your sweet picture it looks like Toby is in mourning too. Thinking of both of you today.
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Hi, Had my consult with the surgeon this morning. Will meet with the preop team on Tuesday at 11:00 AM. Medi Port Surgery will be scheduled for Thursday the 23rd. First Chemo on Friday the 24th at 1:30 PM.
I feel pretty up beat about it all. I have a little dull pain but not bad.
Thanks for all your support and concern.
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Mommarch, glad things are moving along for you and you have some important dates set. I think it feels better when you are doing "something" that will change your status into a better one. I think about you almost every morning. Living back here in the woods with dirt roads -- I have to sweep floors every day and I set to thinking of the broom-making that you mentioned so often.
I bet you get great results and though I never had one, so many people I know were so thrilled to have a port. I had all my chemo dripped into my arm veins and even after almost 8 yrs. if pressed too hard for some reason they hurt.
Thinking of you.
Jackie
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Morning you guys! I haven't posted in awhile, and I've honestly missed my friends here, but with Spring & Summer here, it's like I take every minute to do something around the house!
I read where you are "edging your flower beds".... going in for treatment.... and losing a precious fur-baby. That is NEVER easy.... I got tears in my eyes just reading about it... I STILL do whenever I think of our Lacee... It just hurts so bad....
Our Daughter came in from Orlando for a wedding up in Vail, and to spend time with us and her Sister... We went shopping, gambling, up to Echo Lake to the Lodge for the BEST lunch, and went for yet ANOTHER lunch, and then to see Magic Mike...! Now GIRLS! That really IS a fun movie to go watch, especially with your Daughter's and a friend...! Holy Shamoli, I never saw anything like that EVER!
I mean we were married when we were 20... never went to a bar, or a club.... and then had 2 little girls, so who has TIME or anything to even go SEE stuff like that? We went to drive-in's... Ha! WITH the girls.... In their pajama's, pillows, and it was soooooooo fun!
But now that I am "grown-up" I am seeing "different" things.... Ha! But it was fun anyway!!
Been painting the house, fences, and working in my gardens... ALWAYS something to do.... and I love it.
It will almost be nice when Winter comes, so I can relax a little...
So sorry dear Mommarch... ! Jackie told me to get my butt back here, cause things were going on.... don't like that kind of stuff, but we are all here with you...
And Anne... I know how miserable that is.... Ain't nothin' good or funny about a drunk..... makes everyone ELSE miserable! I remember so many days and nights when I was growing up, living around several drunks, who had a BLAST with each other, while the women sat around crying, and trying to make the best of it. Don't know what to say.... It just "is".....
I'll be back next time gals... but I'm glad I got to read all of your posts! It's like opening a favorite book, and continuing with your stories....
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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world,
to aim at doing something which shall really increase the
happiness and welfare and virtue of humankind--this
is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely
it is a good haven to sail for.
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Good morning -- and oh do I love the graphic. Crying for the most part usually is a great release of tension. It doesn't always change so very much, but you get so much outside of you when you do it. Lots of things in life have to be dealt with in stages -- it won't all disappear at once ---- but I think a darn good cry can really open the door to get the process started.
Hey sweet friend, Chevy. Bet everyone is bowed over when they open up their downloads and find you here today. I have missed you so much and I bet others did as well. When you can't come for awhile I always think of how it was pretty much just you and me here for a while. Guess when you can't come here for awhile --- I get really lonesome.
Big day today, but maybe despite the feeling it will be a bit choppy, it may go better and I'll just ease into smooth and comfy without a backward glance. Going out a bit early today to do my cats --- then quick to the bank if I have time --- then over to my cousin's to pick up her car -- then drive to the vet's office ( they board animals there too ) to pick up my cousin's dog. They are returning from a wedding today that was in Holland, Mi. and the vet off. is only open until noon. If I don't pick up Muffin, he would have to be there until Monday and the thought of that just upsets my cousins so much.
This is one spoiled pooch. That is why I have to stop and get (their ) car --- because that is what Muffin is used too. They should arrive home about 1 p.m. or so and then I'm back home to catch up on things here --- and then be at work today by 4:30. I think this morning will be when the pressure is on to get things done, in the right order, at the right time.
Ah well, at my age ( which is not even close to a bad one since I'm always the perfect age for me ) some randomness likely keeps me on my toes. At least that sounds pretty consoling.
Anne, I hope I mentioned something to you --- so many of us I think have gone through "drinking" events of some kind with someone around us --- but often if I don't say something ( no matter how deeply I might have felt something ) soon after, it may dip below the surface and get lost in spite of all my good intentions. I think one of the hardest things in the world is to be around someone who is "three sheets to the wind" and you have had a scant amt. of alcohol or none at all. The mood swings, the nonsensical gaiety -- whatever is going on is so "free" that you are just on a different plane. So, I too feel for anyone -- I guess that would include me as well, who has had to experience these things. It can be bothersome to the nth. degree and cause such headaches and hassles.
I prefer facing everything that comes head-on --- difficult sometimes --- but at least the "real" me is handling it --- so if I have to mop up in some way I'm not having to do it for the REAL me than later the UN-REAL me. Guess that doesn't make total sense, but it has always been the easiest for me.
I hope you are all going to have a fantastic Saturday --- and hopefully I will have a bit of good quiet time to come back and maybe chat a bit later. See you then.
Blessings,
Jackie
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Mommarch, I;m glad you have some important dates set
Sorry to hear about Alison's furry friend. They become our family and children and it is never easy when this happens.
Chevy, it is good to see you back here again.
I finished my 3rd course of cake decorating. Here is my cake that we made and decorated for our final class
I am sending it with my son to his work today. My DH and I do not need a whole cake in the house over the weekend.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Emma
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Emma --- I'm no aficionado but I'd give you a rousing A + on that cake. It looks just as good an any that I find on "Images" to share when someone has a birthday here. I hear you about having a cake or much of any sort of dessert in the house. I have a sweet tooth and depending on what it is --- I may lose all semblance of control. So --- I work at trying to hold back.
A bit easier now with the heat and humidity that is making in so un-pleasant out of doors. I'm not as anxious it seems for the sweet, sticky --- little too full feeling with adjacent heavy feeling stomach. Especially if I have to get up and do a lot or go outside for sure for anything. See you all after work.
Jackie
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Termite! Look at this! It's a CAKE! Corn bread, mashed potatoes, drizzled with gravy and fried chicken on top! Can you just IMAGINE! Looks so good!.... And your's looks very good and pofessional....!
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Well I'm telling you --- there is quite a difference here, but I could easily dig into both of those cakes and do a fair job I think of making a good sized dent.
Jackie
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Emma, Your cake is lovely. Are you going to make them for your lucky friends on special occasions?
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Wren, I think Emma is good enough to have a little side-line business if she wanted -- still, even if not --- I think good friends and family members would find delight in sharing their "special" made with love and artistry cake, on their birthday.
Jackie
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Do we spread loving kindness? There are many who say that this is our ultimate goal on this planet--to spread loving kindness to our fellow human beings. And when we are able to accomplish this goal, we find that our lives are transformed in the process. We're no longer so strongly focused on things and negative thoughts and feelings, but we've become truly happy, content human beings who love life and living.
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