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chic - yes, I remember you telling us about your mom's fall. Sorry you two are having a bad time. Hope better days are not far away.
 

Thanks applecruncher and Linda. Mom got her xrays and I took some pictures of her bruises. It turns out she does not have any further broken bones. It seems she's in so much pain because of the "boot" she has to wear on her foot with the broken bone. It's throwing her gait off. They told her to take the painkillers her doctor prescribed and they gave her some stretching exercises to do which I know will help her. We went out for lunch again afterwards and made a pleasant day of it. It was so sunny warm and gorgeous. Just a perfect summer's day so we both enjoyed it. I'm lucky to still have my mother. So many women my age don't so it's really no burden at all.

Peace - Chic
 
good-morning-cartoons-924352.gif just after 6am and no rain forecast today. but still way colder than it should be for August . I'm gonna have to wear a coat to work this morning I think..


Annie where on earth do you get all that energy from...?...Bet the children were delighted to see you.. :D
 

It's morning again and another cool day here. The forecast is for the heat to start back up in the next few days, along with the chances for rain. Keep the heat, give us the rain. It was so pleasant here yesterday that I actually turned off the a/c, and it's still off.

I'm off to dig in the garden again. Yes...it is a VERY big garden!
 
Love reading of everyone's daily adventures...as I start my mundane days. Just got off my bike. Now I shall fill my day with the long put off task of clearing my sewing room of my stashes. So much fabric and too many books. Hard to let go...want to use it all and know that is not a possibility. And, need the space to paint.
May everyone have a great day....and you all stay safe.
 
Well I need to wash the Weather forecasters' mouths out with soap...cuz if ever they spoke with forked tongue they did this morning..Dry they said...dry all day with some sun and 20 degrees... wrong!!!!! Apart from just one hour in the middle of the day it stormed all day..and lashing rain.

This weekend is what we call the great getaway..the last long holiday weekend of the year before the kids all return to school after the summer holidays so lots of people will be off work now until Tuesday..and the motorways tonight coming home from work were absolute jammed with lots of people trying to get away on their trips and holiday destinations as well before the majority tomorrow make the roads nigh on impossible ... Fortunately I only have to travel about 8 miles on the motorway before I come off and drive through the country lanes where there's not too much traffic to contend with, I'd hate to be heading towards any airports tonight, there's a good chance a lot of people will miss their flights after being stuck in lots of traffic snarl ups..

Daughter rang me from Spain when i got home tonight ...with good news which sadly I cannot share with you all, but I promise you I would if I was allowed LOL ;) ...but anyway that's cheered me up after a very long hard day at work today...

Anyway...I had scallops in a white wine and cream sauce for dinner served on a TV tray while sitting on the sofa watching a fave tv programme...and that's been my day...


...Annie I'm sure you're having a wonderful day...

Nona hope you managed to get started on your sewing room clearance...but just think of the beautiful art you'll produce once you have the space.. :D
 
ndynt said:
Love reading of everyone's daily adventures...as I start my mundane days. Just got off my bike. Now I shall fill my day with the long put off task of clearing my sewing room of my stashes. So much fabric and too many books. Hard to let go...want to use it all and know that is not a possibility. And, need the space to paint.
May everyone have a great day....and you all stay safe.
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You sound a lot like me Nona. I too have to get rid of some things. I don't sew but I have a lot of material from my daughter cleaning out her sewing room. I would have to live to be 200 years old if I were going to read all my books (But I will buy more) and I also need room to paint. Or are you talking about painting a room? I am talking about having a place to set out my canvas and paints. I usually paint at the bar in my kitchen but I'd like to do it in a more private place. If feel like as I have gotten older I'm loosing all my organizational skills. :(
 
Finally dumped my expensive cable TV! Bought a Roku for 50.00 at Walmart & downloaded Netflix (8.99 per month) and Hulu Plus (8.99 per month). Tons of TV for 18.00 per month. I am saving so much! Anyone else here dumping cable for streaming video?
 
RadishRose said:
Finally dumped my expensive cable TV! Bought a Roku for 50.00 at Walmart & downloaded Netflix (8.99 per month) and Hulu Plus (8.99 per month). Tons of TV for 18.00 per month. I am saving so much! Anyone else here dumping cable for streaming video?
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I would if I could Radish Rose. We don't have streaming internet available here. We only have internet coming in on satellite and I have to pay $60 for 10 GBs a month. So usually within a week I'm being punished with "dial up" speed on my internet as I refuse to give them $10 for an additional GB of internet. My daughter has Netflix and others like that. I think Amazon and Apple have streaming TV and movies too. So we enjoy it when we visit her and wish we had it here. We have DISH NETWORK for TV and it's nice but very expensive.
 
Had an errand to run. I have virtually no sense of direction. If I pick out clear landmarks to and from my destination I'm usually good. But somewhere I don't go to often...oy. The errand was in Newark. I knew where to get off the bus. I knew if I find the park or arts center I'm almost there. But which way is there? I found three very kind people who gave great directions. Fortunate I found another bus stop easy too.
 
If I need to go to an address I have never been before, I go online and Google the address, get the map and look in street view, to see where it is exactly so I plan my route and see the building and landmarks and bus stops and whatever else I need to see. Then I'm plan my trip before I leave the house. It works for me and it's fun to look around.
 
Cookie said:
If I need to go to an address I have never been before, I go online and Google the address, get the map and look in street view, to see where it is exactly so I plan my route and see the building and landmarks and bus stops and whatever else I need to see. Then I'm plan my trip before I leave the house. It works for me and it's fun to look around.
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Cookie, we do the same thing. Sometimes we can even see (and I print this all off and file it after we get back home) a street view of the building we are going to so that helps a lot too. We have a GPS and still find these printed off map/directions/and photos are more useful.
 
hollydolly said:
View attachment 20799 just after 6am and no rain forecast today. but still way colder than it should be for August . I'm gonna have to wear a coat to work this morning I think..


Annie where on earth do you get all that energy from...?...Bet the children were delighted to see you.. :D
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Holly, remember I'm the woman that can cycle 66 miles! 10 year old wanted to keep going down the steep raft ride which involved walking up tons of steps first. Lots of screaming on the way down!!
 
Linda said:
Cookie, we do the same thing. Sometimes we can even see (and I print this all off and file it after we get back home) a street view of the building we are going to so that helps a lot too. We have a GPS and still find these printed off map/directions/and photos are more useful.
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I also do that.
 
Hi to all - hope everyone's day is a good one!

Nona..I'm glad you are back - the avatar pic of you is really great and you look lovely and kind. I'll bet you have tons of friends!

Holly..I sure hope the rain there starts to fade away quick - traffic is bad enough but if you add crummy weather to it, it's major headache time.

Annie..I know you're having a wonderful time and enjoying every place you are visiting!

Today was grocery shopping day and luckily the morning was quite sunny with not too much humidity. Now it's clouding over so I'm sure we'll have a rainstorm during the night. Sometimes I lose internet connection and TV reception during storms, so that's when it's time to crack open a book. When I took the dog to the vet yesterday, she told me to change the dog to a different food - so of course, the dog refuses to touch it. Vet said, "If the dog won't eat what's in front of her, too bad. Just don't give her any substitutions." That's where things stand right now - dog thinks she's going to need therapy.
 
Radish Rose, check out SlingTV as well. It's cheap and live. Live! As in you can watch the news (among other things, of course). If you're a sports fan (I'm not), ESPN. Also HBO. I think it starts at $20. You can upgrade, of course. My son cancelled Netflix after discovering Sling because everything he can get on Netflix is also on Sling. He upgraded quite a lot, but still pays less than $50/month for a wide variety of programming.
 
Ameriscot said:
Holly, remember I'm the woman that can cycle 66 miles! 10 year old wanted to keep going down the steep raft ride which involved walking up tons of steps first. Lots of screaming on the way down!!
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LOL...66 miles but on an electric bike...:D but yep fair do's, I know you must have cycled some of that too :D your legs must be like steel
 
Morning all//almost 8am here it's a glorious sunny morning but quite chilly for august , I hope it warms up later. Not going further than the garden today I think...just gonna get my Mo jo back and recover..:D
 
Been packing all day switching things from one case to the other trying to get our weights correct we are allowed 23 kg for case and 7 kg for carry on bag but both our bags are just over the limit oh well we had better hope they allow that few grams extra without charging us .We arrive back in SA about 3 pm tomorrow ....It's just after 5 pm now ( Friday )
 
Kadee that month has gone really quickly hasn't it? Safe journey home!!:)

I was talking to my daughter last night and told her that you were in Queensland at the moment, ..she's going to be there late October she's really looking forward to being able to mix business with pleasure on her Australian trip . Then in the Spring she's going to Colorado ...( I thought it was San Diego) but I got it wrong, but that is strictly a business trip!!
 
Holly the GC is very much for the tourist ,she will find lots of tourist info at there accommodation , one place I would recomend if they like seeing aquatic animals up close . Is sea world ..They have huge sharks :eek:mg1: polar bears , emprior penguins , Dolphins ( preforming) and much more ...you could spend a whole day there..We spent the whole day there last year .
if they fly I during the day they will notice how much water is actually in the whole area rivers, lakes ocean it's a fascinating area to see from the air ..Here is a
Aerial photo of a picture on the wall.of the unit, it actually shows the set of units we are staying in ..it's a low rise only 6 stories ..red roof about in centre of picture partly behind a high rise building .The part of the picture near the bottom is called Point Danger as many ships sunk in the area many years ago..
 

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hollydolly said:
LOL...66 miles but on an electric bike...:D but yep fair do's, I know you must have cycled some of that too :D your legs must be like steel
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Still have to pedal though. Not a moped and hills are still work. :D Aye steel legs for sure.
 

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