Sandy's Daily Updates

Monday, February 20, 2023 Cloudy Showers cold Still 53 Degrees

Winter is still with us. I thought today would be warmer but I was wrong. Maybe tomorrow. The weatherman said that Thursday it will be 77 degrees. We shall see.

The weekend was nice. Tina and I stayed home all day Saturday and got several things accomplished around here. We even had some leisure time for reading and watching a movie. It was a nice day. Yesterday We had a rep from Anderson Windows come out and give us a quote on new windows for here. We would need 8 windows. the cost would be $28,000.00 . We won’t be getting windows very soon at that price. We have another company coming out Friday evening to give us a quote. We shall see what they have to say. Anderson Windows would be great providing we hit the lottery.

After that lady left we packed up dinner and went to Dottie’s. Jerry, Tammy and Dottie were busy shoveling, fertilizer and good dirt all over the front yard. They then spread grass seed and put a straw netting on top of that to keep all in place and the birds out of it . When we got there Tina went out and helped with all of that. Dottie came in and we visited, and played with Finley. Melissa, Tammy’s daughter was there visiting so it was a nice afternoon. After the three “landscapers” came is asking for food, Dottie put dinner on the table with a tiny bit of help from me. We had originally asked them all over here for dinner but then when Jerry asked if we wanted to come and spread grass seed, we packed dinner up and took it over there. Spaghetti, garlic Texas toads, tossed green salad. It was good. We had enough for the whole state I think so there is some in the freezer for another two or four meals, and Dottie kept some. Not enough I am sure. After we got home and put stuff away, we did nothing but watch TV. Bed early

Today I have been lazy, just doing what I had to do and then worked on a couple of my projects. A nice day. Now time to fix dinner. Leftovers. Tina will be delighted.

Quote of the day: “I had to give up jogging for my health…..My thighs kept rubbing together and setting my pantyhose on fire!” My calendar

Have a great rest of you Monday. Make it a productive, pleasant, energetic and fun day.

Blessings

Friday, February 17, 2023 Cloudy Cold Breeze 38 Degrees 1:56 p.m.

Winter is here, again. I loved the sunshine and so appreciated it while it was here. We are back to winter and it is cold, dark and every so often spitting a flake or two of snow. I know that it is still winter and the groundhog saw his shadow so we have a few more weeks of winter. The difficulty of this is we have the cold temperatures, then it turns warm, up in the 60’s and 70’s, then back in the 20′ s and 30’s. Do we wear furs or short shorts?

Yesterday and last evening and night we had thunder storms and torrents of rain. I stayed off the computer and TV for the most part. Tina got home and turned the news on after we ate. Right away the weatherman was telling us that we were in a sever weather warning with possible tornadoes. And the thunder rolled, the wind blew, and the rain poured down. Radio, TV and phone reception was slow and would freeze every so often. The phone would just drop calls.

I made chicken noodle veggie soup and skillet cornbread for dinner last night, with chocolate pudding. it was good. We will have the rest of it tonight. I am thinking that tomorrow I will make spaghetti, Chili or stew. We haven’t had spaghetti for quite awhile so I think that would be good. With garlic bread and a salad. That sounds like a good meal for a cold day.

I know of nothing going on this weekend. We have enough to do around here to keep us busy and entertained. We might go to the movies, depending on weather and if what we want to see is still playing.

Quote of the day: ” No matter how incongruously our youthful minds fit into our ageing bodies, we can refuse to be old. We can celebrate our youth—-no matter how many decades we’ve been youthful!” My calendar.

Have a great rest of your Friday and a warm, cheerful, productive, energetic, safe, and fun weekend.

Blessings

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 Cloudy Breezy Cool Rain Expected 61 Degrees 4:49 p.m.

It has been a busy day. Pamela came over this morning and we played games until nearly noon. We started with the new game that Diana & Family got me for Christmas. It is HUES and CLUES. We played for a bit but finally gave up as she is color blind, can’t get faded colors so made playing difficult. We then played Canasta. That went much better. It was a good game and we both had out ups and downs, great hands and poor hands. I finally won. I was sure that she would win but I finally got the right card and took the stack that was very high, and won. What a morning!

This afternoon I have done some of the things that I have on my to do list. Each little project completed is an accomplishment. I try and do one a day but that doesn’t always work. I am still on the answering letters project. I hope to get it caught up this week.

Nothing else going on, including me sitting down and reading the book on the Profit of Oak Ridge. I hope to get that accomplished this week also. The week is only half over.

Time to start dinner. It will be a light one as Tina had a big lunch so isn’t very hungry. We shall see.

Quote of the day: SIGN PAINTED ON HOUSE DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE “The fat lady has sung.”

My Calendar.

Have a great rest of your hump day. Make it an enjoyable , relaxing, social, cozy and fun one.

Blessings

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Mostly Sunny Breezy Cool Nice 60 Degrees 2:54 p.m.

The weekend was busy, cold, windy, fun, and How about that Superbowl! That was a good game, both teams giving it their all. The score was close. No serious injuries, fights, bad calls. Half time was O.K. but not that great. The commercials weren’t that great either. Even Budweiser Beer didn’t live up to their usual great commercials. Most important, the game was good

The gathering was at Jerry’s house. The dining table was loaded down with lots of goodies. We had macaroni salad, Hamburger sliders, chicken slider, ham and cheese sliders, chips, dips, a veggie tray, pickles, and I don’t remember what else. Later on we enjoyed birthday cake and ice cream. We all sang to Jerry as yesterday was his birthday. ‘Happy Not your birthday to you! ” Among his gifts was a subscription for a monthly delivery of ice cream. That was from his daughter. Since none of us knew about that we had just plain Vanilla ice cream to go with the yummy cake. I think it is the Hummingbird cake. Sooooooo good. It was a good afternoon. Tina and I came home to watch the game as we like to be hoe by dark. The headlights on the car aren’t as bright as they use to be.

Saturday we did errands. A trip to Home Depot where we purchased bird feeders and visited with everyone Tina worked with. It was fun. I wondered the store while she visited. I bought a dust mop type tool to dust the ceiling fans. They get so dusty and are had to dust, even with the swifter duster. This dust mop is great. The blades fit into the “o” space in the mop head and when you pull the mop head out, the dust comes with it and not flying all over the place.

Then we went to Hobby Lobby to get the squares to attach pictures and papers to scrapbook and other things of that nature. Love looking at all the pretty things in that store, but am happy to leave most of it there, just getting what I go in for. The next stop was Kroger’s. So many empty shelves and the prices were much higher then the previous week. I can’t see what their point is. I know they want everyone to buy their brand name product, and I also know that want to go to robot cashiers, but they seem to be working towards going without customers. I heard lots of complaints. It isn’t just Kroger;s, it is most stores. Especially chain stores. Maybe even ration stamps. After all, what goes around comes back around.

Quote of the day: “You know it’s time to throw in the towel when you’d fall apart completely if it weren’t for the static cling!

Have a great rest of you Valentines Day! Make it a special, hearts and flowers, champagne and candy, warm and fun day.

Blessings