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Jules said:
Is that because your tv remote doesn’t have the connections. I still haven’t figured out the use of a Firestick or Roku. I just use my regular controller.
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It's streaming tv with a different type of remote. Lots of people get it after they are tired of expensive cable. I have 2 tvs and use the fire stick for additional apps with lots of free programming and some you pay for.
 

hollydolly said:
yes I understood from Trish that a firestick is used if we don't have Smart TV's... (y)
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It can also be used on a smart TV to get lots of additional programming and subscriptions. I first used it on my smart TV to get Direct TV a streaming app with lots of programming. I quit Direct TV because they started charging more than I wanted to pay. There are lots of apps. I hardly use them all though.I got hooked on. Netflix and Prime 😅I quit cable too.
 
Right Now said:
At 2 pm today I decided I was tired and would stop for the day.

Then I thought, "I need milk from the grocery store. While I'm out, Ill go to the bank and get gift money for my grandson and wife. I also need quarters for the washing." Did all of that and also thought to fill my SUV up with gasoline before the weekend.
Came home and hung my coat up, looked at the vacumn cleaner and thought, "Well, it's 4pm. I may as well run it thrugh the house, then it will be done." Did it, and cleaned the two filters inside, rinsed out, hung to dry, cleaned the canister, took a shower and NOW I think I'm done for the day.

Does anyone else do this? Just say to yourself, "One more thing. Just do one more thing." Geesh, I dislike my inside voice.
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Sometimes I'm on a roll and can get a lot done. Other days, not so much. I have to be willing to stop when I need to. If I push myself too hard, I start making stupid (and possibly dangerous) mistakes.

It isn't age. I've known this about myself since I was 30.
 

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Yule tide greetings and Happy Solstice!

🔥We had an awesome Yule celebration yesterday, and the fire was still blazing this morning!

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I've been putting off making my Kailua fudge....other things just keep coming up. So I'm happy to say that I got that done today!

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The weather forecast is %#@&$@#¶¥€#!!!!! Fri morning, we are expecting a temp of -8°F (not wind chill), and the high is only going to be 7°F. That is unheard of for this area!!!! There is a good chance that the Christmas skating session on Friday (at the rink) will be cancelled. 😞

Now, I'm going to kick back and relax before going to bed. Good night! 🌙

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I wound up taking a very long nap today. I was tired after the walking I did and lugging 24 cans plus 12 containers of food, all boxed, from the Amazon hub. I took a box cutter with me to open and ditch the original box they came in (making sure to remove my name) and split the two items between two handle bags. I'll put the cat food away now. It's late (10:44) but I have to eat something before I go downstairs to do the laundry, so I think I'll open a can of ravioli of which I'll eat half. The advice is don't eat before bedtime but really, my day is just beginning.

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OneEyedDiva said:
I wound up taking a very long nap today. I was tired after the walking I did and lugging 24 cans plus 12 containers of food, all boxed, from the Amazon hub. I took a box cutter with me to open and ditch the original box they came in (making sure to remove my name) and split the two items between two handle bags. I'll put the cat food away now. It's late (10:44) but I have to eat something before I go downstairs to do the laundry, so I think I'll open a can of ravioli of which I'll eat half. The advice is don't eat before bedtime but really, my day is just beginning.

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Keep your eyes open for a little wheel cart, they very good to have transport things. I had to walk to the grocery one day when the car was in the shop. I just took the grandson's little read wagon with me. Pulled it into Walmart, loaded it up and pulled it along beind me home.

It is hard when you are up a lot at night, now meals are what I want and when I want.
 
Blessed said:
Keep your eyes open for a little wheel cart, they very good to have transport things. I had to walk to the grocery one day when the car was in the shop. I just took the grandson's little read wagon with me. Pulled it into Walmart, loaded it up and pulled it along beind me home.

It is hard when you are up a lot at night, now meals are what I want and when I want.
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Thank you for the suggestion but I had a cute little cart that folded up to the size of a tote sized purse. I finally threw away because it had started to rip in places. I also had a big metal one, which I gave away. Being I have to maneuver curbs and stairs (I do not live in an elevator building) they were more trouble than they were worth. Even pulling the cart along tired me out. The little one, when filled with groceries was difficult to handle. I can't imagine what I'd do if I'd used the bigger cart and filled it up. So I started using good sized reusable shopping bags that I can throw over my shoulder and walk home. SO much easier! I know exactly how much I can buy and since the store is so close, I can go as often as I need to (usually every 7 - 10 days).

Cute story: A good friend of my son's who grew up in our complex (and is one of my honorary children) was a security guard at the supermarket where I shop. He saw me with the two bags and he took a break so he could carry my bags and walk me home. He said "Ma... these are too heavy for you to carry! Why don't you get one of those rolling carts?" I told him that they weren't too heavy at all, that I needed to keep up my strength "training" by carrying the extra weight and get my exercise by walking I also explained about the carts.
 
Ruthanne said:
It can also be used on a smart TV to get lots of additional programming and subscriptions. I first used it on my smart TV to get Direct TV a streaming app with lots of programming. I quit Direct TV because they started charging more than I wanted to pay. There are lots of apps. I hardly use them all though.I got hooked on. Netflix and Prime 😅I quit cable too.
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Not sure why you would need it on a Smart Tv though as all the apps should be available on the App store but, if it works for you, I guess it doesn't matter where you upload the apps from :)
 
Today I have a hospital appt to check how things are going, I think it's all fine 🤞but will be good to be sure. Looks grey and drizzling with rain but, not too bad. I'm thinking of popping to the shops on my way back. Looks very quiet outside, I wonder if everyone has left early for their Christmas breaks.
 
Trish said:
Today I have a hospital appt to check how things are going, I think it's all fine 🤞but will be good to be sure. Looks grey and drizzling with rain but, not too bad. I'm thinking of popping to the shops on my way back. Looks very quiet outside, I wonder if everyone has left early for their Christmas breaks.
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Good luck with your appointment Trish. It's quiet around here but then it coukd be because it's raining. The rail workers are not on strike today.. but will be again on Chritmas Eve, and Boxing day, so perhaps people have taken advantage of that.. or maybe people are just not going out for fear of accidents.. because the Ambulance staff are all on strike.. who knows.. but with all the strikes it's not making for a very Jolly Christmas..

Today I'm staying home because of the rain...

Last night I had a very strange dream.. I dreamt that I discovered my estranged husband hadn't fed the dogs for 2 days.. and there was no food in the house for them, and he wasn't concerned.. but they were getting angry as well as ravenously hungry ..
. I was scrambling frantically to find anything at all in the store cupboard I could give them to eat .. and oddly the Dogs in my dream were all the dogs who've been dead for a few years.. the Doberman, the staffie.. and the rescue Pitbull... I woke up after only finding one can of food.. and not knowing how I was going to distribute it

It was a very odd dream, because not only had he never starved the dogs.. he never had anything to do with feeding them..
 
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@hollydolly That was a strange dream. Google the meaning of dreams!

Good news for me first crack outta the box this morning. DD didn't fetch the mail until last night and brought mine over this morning. It was the yearly notification from Social Security telling me how much I'll get starting in January, and it's a whopping $10/month more than I thought. Now I have to think of something to buy with $10 "extra" every month. ;)

DGD poked her head in my door last night and begged me to make a kahlua cheesecake for Christmas dessert. I groaned. She said it's okay, and that she should have asked sooner. However...DD and I are going to do our grocery shopping this afternoon so I added ingredients to my list (always have kahlua in the cupboard just not cream cheese and chocolate wafers for the crust). I'll probably make it when we get home from grocery shopping so it'll have time to "ripen" before Sunday. Not gonna tell DGD, though.

@Sliverfox Yup. I agree about tinned cookies. Those are for other people, the ones who can't/don't/won't bake. The only good tinned cookies are the ones I bake and put in a tin myself;)

Laundry today. I started last night but just wasn't feeling it so left the clean clothes in the washer. Gonna finish this morning.

Our weather is just waiting to descend on the Sunny South. Later today it'll be the Icy Cold South. It's not sunny right now and not going to be today. Or tomorrow. Maybe Saturday.

My hometown in the UP is expecting around 18" of sNOw and blizzard conditions right through Christmas Day, which isn't a big deal to them because it's normal and they conduct business as usual no matter what the weather.
 
hollydolly said:
Good luck with your appointment Trish. It's quiet around here but then it coukd be because it's raining. The rail workers are not on strike today.. but will be again on Chritmas Eve, and Boxing day, so perhaps people have taken advantage of that.. or maybe people are just not going out for fear of accidents.. because the Ambulance staff are all on strike.. who knows.. but with all the strikes it's not making for a very Jolly Christmas..

Today I'm staying home because of the rain...

Last night I had a very strange dream.. I dreamt that I discovered my estranged husband hadn't feed the dogs for 2 days.. and there was no food in the house for them, and he wasn't concerned.. but they were getting angry as well as ravenously hungry ..
. I was scrambling to find anything at all in the store cupboard I could give them to eat .. and oddly the Dogs in my dream were all the dogs who've been dead for a few years.. the Doberman, the staffie.. and the rescue Pitbull... I woke up after only finding one can of food.. and not knowing how I was going to distribute it

It was a very odd dream, because not only had he never starved the dogs.. he never had anything to do with feeding them..
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He never starved the dogs. He "starved" YOU. You are the one angry & ravenous regarding his betrayal. Just my opinion. Love dissecting dreams. You are justifiably reacting to his treatment of you. The dogs are a substitute. The fact that they are dead dogs highlights the marriage-Dead.
(((@hollydolly)))
 
Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly That was a strange dream. Google the meaning of dreams!

Good news for me first crack outta the box this morning. DD didn't fetch the mail until last night and brought mine over this morning. It was the yearly notification from Social Security telling me how much I'll get starting in January, and it's a whopping $10/month more than I thought. Now I have to think of something to buy with $10 "extra" every month. ;)

DGD poked her head in my door last night and begged me to make a kahlua cheesecake for Christmas dessert. I groaned. She said it's okay, and that she should have asked sooner. However...DD and I are going to do our grocery shopping this afternoon so I added ingredients to my list (always have kahlua in the cupboard just not cream cheese and chocolate wafers for the crust). I'll probably make it when we get home from grocery shopping so it'll have time to "ripen" before Sunday. Not gonna tell DGD, though.

@Sliverfox Yup. I agree about tinned cookies. Those are for other people, the ones who can't/don't/won't bake. The only good tinned cookies are the ones I bake and put in a tin myself;)

Laundry today. I started last night but just wasn't feeling it so left the clean clothes in the washer. Gonna finish this morning.

Our weather is just waiting to descend on the Sunny South. Later today it'll be the Icy Cold South. It's not sunny right now and not going to be today. Or tomorrow. Maybe Saturday.

My hometown in the UP is expecting around 18" of sNOw and blizzard conditions right through Christmas Day, which isn't a big deal to them because it's normal and they conduct business as usual no matter what the weather.
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I bet that Kahlua cheesecake is good! My favorite alcoholic beverage is Kahlua but haven't had it in years now.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Thank you for the suggestion but I had a cute little cart that folded up to the size of a tote sized purse. I finally threw away because it had started to rip in places. I also had a big metal one, which I gave away. Being I have to maneuver curbs and stairs (I do not live in an elevator building) they were more trouble than they were worth. Even pulling the cart along tired me out. The little one, when filled with groceries was difficult to handle. I can't imagine what I'd do if I'd used the bigger cart and filled it up. So I started using good sized reusable shopping bags that I can throw over my shoulder and walk home. SO much easier! I know exactly how much I can buy and since the store is so close, I can go as often as I need to (usually every 7 - 10 days).

Cute story: A good friend of my son's who grew up in our complex (and is one of my honorary children) was a security guard at the supermarket where I shop. He saw me with the two bags and he took a break so he could carry my bags and walk me home. He said "Ma... these are too heavy for you to carry! Why don't you get one of those rolling carts?" I told him that they weren't too heavy at all, that I needed to keep up my strength "training" by carrying the extra weight and get my exercise by walking I also explained about the carts.
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Good for you using the bags as strength training, Diva.. I'd do the same and sometimes I do carry bags through the shopping precinct back to the car because we can rarely park near the stores... but all in all I try not to because much as am blessed with upper body strength ( from my swimming days).. carrying anything heavy causes my already weakened lower back, massive problems.. and I find if I have a day of carrying heavy bags , I can barely move for lower back pain for the next few days..
 
Pepper said:
He never starved the dogs. He "starved" YOU. You are the one angry & ravenous regarding his betrayal. Just my opinion. Love dissecting dreams. You are justifiably reacting to his treatment of you. The dogs are a substitute. The fact that they are dead dogs highlights the marriage-Dead.
(((@hollydolly)))
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Oh wow, yes you may be right Pepper... :(
 
Will soon head out to my morning Doctor appointment. I haven't seen him since the heart cath and stent trip to the hospital. Then my lovely SO will have an afternoon appointment with a home health physical therapist.

But for now I'm just trying to decide if I should ride my Harley to see the Doctor, or wimp out and take the car. It will be about 60F when it's time to go. Haven't ridden for over a week and I'm getting twitchy..
 
Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly That was a strange dream. Google the meaning of dreams!

Good news for me first crack outta the box this morning. DD didn't fetch the mail until last night and brought mine over this morning. It was the yearly notification from Social Security telling me how much I'll get starting in January, and it's a whopping $10/month more than I thought. Now I have to think of something to buy with $10 "extra" every month. ;)

DGD poked her head in my door last night and begged me to make a kahlua cheesecake for Christmas dessert. I groaned. She said it's okay, and that she should have asked sooner. However...DD and I are going to do our grocery shopping this afternoon so I added ingredients to my list (always have kahlua in the cupboard just not cream cheese and chocolate wafers for the crust). I'll probably make it when we get home from grocery shopping so it'll have time to "ripen" before Sunday. Not gonna tell DGD, though.

@Sliverfox Yup. I agree about tinned cookies. Those are for other people, the ones who can't/don't/won't bake. The only good tinned cookies are the ones I bake and put in a tin myself;)

Laundry today. I started last night but just wasn't feeling it so left the clean clothes in the washer. Gonna finish this morning.

Our weather is just waiting to descend on the Sunny South. Later today it'll be the Icy Cold South. It's not sunny right now and not going to be today. Or tomorrow. Maybe Saturday.

My hometown in the UP is expecting around 18" of sNOw and blizzard conditions right through Christmas Day, which isn't a big deal to them because it's normal and they conduct business as usual no matter what the weather.
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Ummm, if I trade some golden brown sugar fudge made with butter and whipping cream, may I please have a piece of cheesecake? I also have chocolate, cherry, cream cheese brownies.😁
 
Today I'm trying my best to make somehting of my 60th Birthday after all our plans were scuppered due to half the family being ill lol.

Got to spend half an hour with Likkle Grandson this morning so all is not lost.

Got an Apple Watch and a couple of nice 18 year olds so that's also good :D
 

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