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As soon as it was light outside I finished the housekeeping chores in the garden. DD and I were out the door before 8:30. Aldi doesn't open until 9 :mad: so we went Walmarting first. Home before 11.

I looked for a turkey breast for our Thanksgiving dinner. Um. Only whole turkeys 20-25 lbs. Guess I'Il look after work tomorrow and pay more at Kroger to be sure we'll have one. Avian flu plus drought = fewer turkeys available this year. Fiddlesticks. While I'm at it, it might be a good idea to buy the rest of the stuff, too. We did find cranberries at Aldi so I might get motivated to make the brandied cranberries this afternoon.

It's 63 here, overcast and with a north wind. Feels darned cold to me.
 
Waiting for the construction crew to arrive.
I'm having a bathroom remodeled & after removing the tub, the contractor found wood under it that needed to be replaced - after 66 years.
And whoever built the house put the electrical panel in the wall, behind the shower, so electricians have to move it.
 
I finally got warm.

The brandied cranberries are in the oven as we speak.

I'm making a list of the groceries needed for Thanksgiving dinner and to make honest-to-goodness fruitcake. Not the dry, brick-like fruitcake of jokes, but a moist and tasty fruitcake almost like my gramma used to make except that my recipe calls for mincemeat. And the little candied fruit that I use is gonna get soaked in rum...ditto the fruitcake when it's done and before it's stored.

Now I'm gonna venture into DD's laundry room to fetch my clothes from the dryer and fold them. And then...and then...I'm gonna actually put them away! All in the same day they got washed and dried!
 
The bathroom remodel is a bigger job than I thought it would be.
There are 3 types of specialists here - plumbers to re-route pipes, electrical - to relocate panels & breakers & rewire & carpentry to replace wood framing. And it's really noisy; I'm grateful that I'm half deaf. :giggle:
 
On my early walk at 6:45am it was a tad nippy,35 but no wind as I went to local convient store to buy local paper&Sat Wall St. Journal. When I came back watered a couple plants/ flowers in our community garden
After breakfast, posting here I walked over to my close friends,Marcia&Dave's house{2 blocks away} with a couple articles for them
As I knocked on their front door, walked in, my 'buddy boy' Tage{pharoh hound} barked recognized my voice, was so happy to see me, wagging his tail.When I sat on the bench in the living room,he dropped one of his toys on my lap,wanted to play I had a nice visit with M&D,left 45 min later walked home
Its been a beautiful day,walked around apt complex, then sat in the garden with couple other residents, for about an hr,too nice to be inside
Tonight,I'll channel surf for a college football game to watch
 
hollydolly said:
well honestly sometimes your skin is glued to the sofa, and it would be a lot less painful to pick the sofa up, than prise the tender skin off the plastic/leather
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Remember plastic seats in the cars in the 50's and 60's.....cars with no air conditioning in the summer? You'd get in, immediately get glued to the hot plastic and then sit there for the rest of the ride stewing in your sweat. And heaven help you if you sat on a broiling-hot metal seat belt buckle that had been sitting in the sun. I had a scar on the back of my leg for years from THAT experience.
 
jujube said:
Remember plastic seats in the cars in the 50's and 60's.....cars with no air conditioning in the summer? You'd get in, immediately get glued to the hot plastic and then sit there for the rest of the ride stewing in your sweat. And heaven help you if you sat on a broiling-hot metal seat belt buckle that had been sitting in the sun. I had a scar on the back of my leg for years from THAT experience.
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Yes, quite a contrast to today's cars.
My Honda not only has seat heaters, but also seat coolers - front and back seats.
Nothing worse than a seat that's too hot or too cold. My seat or the car seat.
 
Spent time with daughter and grandgirls today.... Went shopping with them, which is always a trip, haha Daughter headed to one end of the store while I helped my older granddaughter in the girls' clothing department. A cell phone comes in handy when you lose each other in the huge store. =P

Now home with a new three-wick "Mulled Cider" candle on the coffee table while I watch another episode of "Motive" on Amazon. It only went four seasons, I'm really going to miss this show when I complete it.

Gloomy all day today; if the weather keeps being chilly like this I'll get out the watch cap knit pattern/yarn I bought in June in Colorado and get that started. I like knitting but short projects are all I can manage. I have knitted sweaters/ larger items but find my enthusiasm flagging about 2/3 of the way through So short and sweet is best =)
 
Waiting for dinner, salivating due to the lovely smell of lasagna baking in the oven. Daughter is here to celebrate her Dad's birthday. The "Best Lasagna In The World" was his request this year. Every year, she
cooks him whatever he wants. Other years, it has been ribs, roast beef, beef stew .. he's making sure he
gets payback from sending her to the Cordon Bleu course 🤣
 
Georgiagranny said:
I finally got warm.

The brandied cranberries are in the oven as we speak.

I'm making a list of the groceries needed for Thanksgiving dinner and to make honest-to-goodness fruitcake. Not the dry, brick-like fruitcake of jokes, but a moist and tasty fruitcake almost like my gramma used to make except that my recipe calls for mincemeat. And the little candied fruit that I use is gonna get soaked in rum...ditto the fruitcake when it's done and before it's stored.

Now I'm gonna venture into DD's laundry room to fetch my clothes from the dryer and fold them. And then...and then...I'm gonna actually put them away! All in the same day they got washed and dried!
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I LOVE fruitcake, love it. Are you mailing mine to me?
 
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