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Lucy, that was sooper sweet of you to take Stella out. You'll have to take her to one of your drum circles! But I would only take her if she promises to behave.
NM, my goodness. Night shift, day shift, night shift. How the heck does your body juggle the sleep for that! Not remember what all you ordered for your garden will be like Christmas when they arrive. I ordered live plants one time, I was surprised you could actually do that. I'll have to take a few picks of my garden.
Wacko, are you on for surgery tomorree?
My neighbor passed away last night, relatively healthy, but she was like 88 years old. We think blood clot or heart attack. Some of the family was expected to arrive around midnight last night, so my friend had extra work to do cleaning for them. I thought that was pretty disrespectable. Why couldn't they just wait and come today??? I have one pan of my homemade lasagna in the freezer, I took that out last night to make today and take down there so they have something for family and themselves during this difficult time. I'll see if she want me to make a breakfast casserole as well. I happen to have all the stuff needed, except for the eggs. But she has chickens, so not a problem!
I hope everyone had a good weekend. Yesterday was work in the garden, house cleaning, 4 loads of wash and packing orders. I actually got more done than what I had planned on, which doesn't usually happen!
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Goodness! The rain here will not quit. One thing that has quit is the sump pump in the basement. The system worked great for 20 years. DH worked for a few hours to empty the container around the pump to see if we could fix the problem. Nope! A plumber replaced the pump yesterday and things seemed to work. This morning there is water everywhere. The pump again seems to work, but too slowly to keep up with the water coming in. The plumber is coming back this morning with hopefully a fix to the problem. Fingers crossed this is the third thing (after the AC and hot tub repairs) and we can stop bleeding money.
I did head to the grocery store yesterday and noticed I had forgotten my mask. Good girl that I am, I turned around and picked it up! My DH always dreams he is back in high school trying to complete an assignment he does not understand. Some deep rooted problems there! LOL! NM-I have never been able to stay awake all night. Good luck with only two more weeks of it. Wish I could plant a garden like others have done. I have tried tomatoes in a pot, but had no luck with getting fruit. It’s the farmer’s market for me!
I do love that elderflower liqueur! Might have to try this one. Take care!
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We've had brief hard rains, but mostly sunny & warm. Next chance for electrician to bring his digging crew (our landscaper seems to have flaked out on that) is Fri. & Sat, which are expected to be dry & cooler. Today I sat out on my front porch, talking to neighbors walking by, and noodling on my dulcimer. I watched a big fat beautiful bumblebee pollinating my hostas' flowers. Finally turned on the A/C when I got back inside.
Last night, with the steak, I Coravin-ed a bottle of 2011 Signorello Cabernet Sauvignon. Didn't make the mojitos, but I might tonight if Bob wants one. We're having hot wings, salad and leftover steak, so we'll see what we want to drink. I might just have some seltzer with lime.
DOTD thus far is an iced vanilla-almond cappuccino--used the Nespresso & Aeroccino so as not to heat up the kitchen with my big espresso machine.
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Hi friends- past the holiday weekend and in to the week again. Can't believe it's already the end of May, seems like it was just the start of March. What the heck happened? Oh yes, pandemic time warp.
New washer is great, got caught up on all my stockpiled laundry, also was able to get my convertible back that had a dead battery yesterday (yes they were open on the holiday). Stopped by my fav nursery that is open some and was busy but most wearing masks and social distancing. I discovered yesterday I have the cutest family of quail living in the yard now (far better than the mice).
I heard on the news they are doing a "soft opening" here starting tomorrow for restaurants with outdoor seating. Tables six feet apart, no more than six to a table, etc. No indoor dining. We may hear more updates as the week goes by as our next trial period ends this weekend.
Hope everyone is staying safe and don't forget to wear your mask!
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Hump day!Sadie and I are getting up to a lot of thick fog this ayem. Temps got up to 80 yesterday, so nice, finally!Going to be warm the rest of the week, too. Summer has finally arrived, and all at once. On the way home from work yesterday I stopped and bought a wading pool for Sadie to play in. Planning to set it up after work today, after doing some more mowing.
Goldie--my body is not juggling the sleep thing very well, which is why there will be no more overnights after next week for at least 2 months. I've been ordering seedlings from Burpee foryears now, they have a special in the middle of winter and ship when it's the right time to transplant. This way I can get exactly what I want and have it exactly when I, and the ground, are ready to play in the dirt. I would prefer to buy locally, but by the time I'm ready and have time to shop there isn't much choice left and the quality is poor. It does make it kind of fun if I don't write down what I am planning when I buy cuz I don't remember the plan by the time planting time comes! Sorry to hear about your neighbor's passing. I hope it was peaceful and painless. And you got more done than planned on, whoohoo!
Librarian--I hope the sump pump is the final in this set of three! It's always disappointing to have something recently worked on or replaced not work well. Good for you for picking up your mask. I'm seeing more stores posting "Mask required" signs. The store I stopped into yesterday has such a sign, but I noticed one staffer was not wearing a mask or face covering. I'm trying to give her the benefit of the doubt that there is some reason she can't wear one, but she looked like a healthy older teen/young adult. Staying awake at night isn't too bad as long as there is something to do or someone to talk to.When I talk about my gardens, I am talking about two raised beds in the yard and a collection of pots and containers on my deck. Nothing like Goldie or some of the other do!
Good morning, Cammy Cat!
Jazzy--beautiful bloom. Is that in your garden?Quail in your yard? How fun!
London Fog
- 2 oz de gin
- 1/4 oz de licorice liqueur (ricard,pernod,pastis...)
- 1/4 oz d'ice
- Use a "Shaker" for "London Fog" drink recipe.
- Shake gin and pernod with cracked ice. Strain into a red wine glass packed with shaved ice.
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Mornin ladies, my kitty kat pic. is up there, that was yesterday then slept most of the day andd back to these crazy phones. UGH
Jeez JC u have the triple thing going on. That's a lot at one time, did u get a back-up for your sump pump??? Everything has come at once. And never forget ur mask. Someone might recognize you.
See Kim night an day <somehow u just turned into a song> how confusing for all of us. But remember I'm never judging just nagging. That will be fun gardening, being surprised with what u plant.
Lori so nice of you to make food for your neighbor.Sorry for her passing.But u always try to make things easier for people. Such a kind soul.
Dara what's going on???
Well Cyn I see u really tried to get our little missing friend. Oh Cyn I hope u get to have ur summer beach things this year. It's so fun to watch a video U could even bury Stella in the sand, well keep her head out. When I watch I always want to be there. So much fun.
OK so far phone has rung a little. But when people have trouble, and ur guys suit all up, it amazes me more people don't ask about that, in fact no one does, I know I have. When our cable guy came he was all covered, the plumber no, our landlord no and when our landlady came to yell at me it was my fault, no mask. I was outside tho sitting with the nice cable guy who she was yelling at too, I took Joe's hand and inched our way back from her.Oh well.
I talked to my BIL about midnite last nite for an hour, that's when we talk no interruptions.
Stay well.
LUBS U ALL
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JCS, sorry about the water in the basement. Did it ruin anything?
NM, I wouldn't think your body would be too happy with you. Glad things are warming up finally. And lucky Sadie getting a pool. Will she be coming in the house all wet? And a garden is a garden is a garden, no matter how big or small.
Jazzy, good thing to know that the peeps at the nursery were wearing masks. When I went shopping last week, I was really surprised the amount of people NOT wearing a mask. What did you get?
Wacko, thinking of you today, I think you are having your surgery.
Cami, why was the landlady yelling at you? I guess the house hunting is on hold for Marty and Les?
I did make the lasagna, and when I returned with the breakfast casserole, Jim (the son of the lady that passed) was scraping the last little bits of it out of the pan! I guess it was good. There were a total of 8 people that it fed. The breakfast casserole is in a 9x13 and I suspect it will be all gone as well. Then when I got home, I noticed my neighbors gate was open. She does not live up here. So texted her mom to see if someone was over there. Mom lives up here, but was down in Phoenix. She said she must have left it open when she went there to check on things. So I had to go down there to close and lock her gate. I was out 4 times yesterday, never even ate.
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Good Morning
Everyone seems so busy...There is so much I could do to keep myself busy but I have no ambition to do anything. I got up before 2pee em Yay me! Meeting some friends at the beach for lunch. I was told to bring a plate, napkins and a lobster cracker and butter if I like butter...Im thinking LOBSTAH for lunch!?!
Cammi Cat.....We all want to be back on the beach and its saddens me to think that it wont be happening for some time due to the large crowds we attract.
Dara dear..havent heard from you in a while..hope all is well as far as your surgery goes. Reach out when you can to let eberyone you are okey dokey dorkey.
Goldie...always remember to eat. I should listen to my words sometime.
Suppose a shower is in order if Im going to be in the presence of others.
TTFN xoxo
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NM- yes, the bloom was in my yard. My yellow prickly pears out back and front are blooming. My pink one just finished, going to take a pad of that and make a new one out front too. My cows tongue is loaded with blooms right now and about to do it's thing. I have cactus in my gardens that bloom from April into June. My yard is lush with blooms right now which is what May is all about here.
I have thought about buying one of those kitty pools for myself to lay in and read, lol. Without being able to go to any of the pools or hot springs, it seems like a fun idea. I bet Sadie will love it, water dog that she is. I hope you get to kayak this summer too!
Goldie- I already had done a lot of buying and planting in the past few months through curbside and/or Lowes visits. I just a few smaller flowers to put in the remaining pots. I also got some purple basal for my little victory garden. The only other herb I have there is some mint and used some of that for some ice tea and also a fresh fruit salad I made over the weekend.
And I do go some places where don't see people wearing masks.
Our Gov decided yesterday to do a "soft opening" of restaurants for patio dining only. I may do that at some point, but will let others go out and be the testers first. That soft opening starts today.
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Cholla cactus bloom
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Illinois restaurants will be "soft opening" for outdoor (including rooftop) dining this Friday...except in Chicago. The rest of the state has met all the prescribed metrics, including two weeks of <20% positivity rate--down in the single digits. But Chicago's is still 20.8%, due to population density--especially in poorer neighborhoods of color (African-American & Latinx) where housing units (houses & apartments) have far more people than rooms, making social distancing at home impossible. Most of these people who are still employed hold essential jobs, and usually must take public transit--two factors increasing their exposure away from home. During the 1918 flu pandemic, the city had a neighborhood-by-neighborhood rolling reopening plan; but given that the people from the hardest-hit neighborhoods work all over the city, it would be much less feasible nowadays (and lead to even more racial-ethnic tensions, already high because social-distance violation enforcement seems to be concentrated in African-American neighborhoods despite the fact that there is "congregating" in majority-white neighborhoods too). We live close enough to Evanston, Lincolnwood and Skokie (I went to Skokie today to get my car serviced and grocery-shopped in Lincolnwood & Evanston en route home) that we could patio-dine there, but I don't feel comfy doing that just yet. Bob will be back at Little Co. of Mary this weekend--Evergreen Park & Oak Lawn will reopen to outdoor dining; but he suspects the restaurants doing that will be jammed.
Today I learned that one of my Bar Show castmates--in fact, an extremely talented (at both performing and lawyering) woman who is also even more supportive and compassionate--underwent a bilateral mastectomy yesterday (she's in her mid-50s, and further details about her breast cancer haven't been mentioned). It's our turn now to offer her our shoulders on which to lean (and cry), but it's especially cruelly ironic that we can do so only virtually. There will be no show this year of course, so she won't be missing rehearsals or performances. But we'll all miss each other.
From all the hidebound libertarians on Nextdoor, you'd think that social-distancing and mask-wearing in Chicago are by no means universal. But today (except for one idiot customer at the Subaru dealership who didn't know that his mask should also cover his nose), just about everyone I encountered was being a good citizen: wearing their masks, distancing, being polite. (Okay, many--maybe half--ignored the one-way-aisle directional arrows on the floor, but being told how & where to walk is an alien concept in a metro area where everyone jaywalks).
DOTD, with BBQ ribs, was more of that 2011 Signorello Est. Cab. Sauv. (Signorello was a winery on the side of Howell Mt. that burned to the ground in the Napa-Sonoma fires a couple of years ago, but we have more than a case of it and only now is it becoming truly drinkable).
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Mornin' ladies,
Lori I bet they finished everything u brought over it sounds good just reading about it. And don't forget to eat, u need it.
Jazzy what a beautiful flower, even the color is perfect.
Sandy so sorry about ur friend, especially now. Hope her recovery goes well.
Woke up about 3am, when I finally opened my puter I saw I was in the middle of putting in a phone call, of course no one else could see it, I fell asleep during it. I finished it and now it looks like I took it in around 4am. Oh Jeez and I get paid for this.But this screws me up with my pills. Should I skip and wait or just rearrange the time. Since I hadd some pain stirring up I took it. Oh well we'll see.
For the most part Leslie said most people are adhering to things that are going on.I remember the beginning and people were acting like animals shopping <according to videos> But now I see videos of partial openings and they are all acting goofy again. This opening is quirky to me, but that's just me.
Everyone is keeping so busy, I don't know how u do it. Well right now I've been busy, but I don't like it, not this busy for me. I talk so much all these people are actually calling me Sir. I asked the guys if I sound like a man, they say no but they're used to me.
Well I wish u all a well day.
LUBS U ALL
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Thirsty Thursday! I got a lot of stuff caught up at work over the last couple of days, thank goodness. Yesterday brought the start of a new phase at work; we now have to wear face shields as well as masks while in the resident areas. Our new isolation unit is now open with 1 person, a resident who was sent to the hospital for treatment and has returned, and so is in quarantine for 14 days. All people being admitted to the nursing home will go to this unit for the first 14 days. So now that we may have people with the virus in the building, we need to wear the face shields as well as the masks.Talk about hot, though. Just as the heat and humidity are picking up, we need to add a layer in front of our faces, not going to be comfortable! And talk about hard to hear/understand people. This is so not fun. I am so glad to be going to part time soon!Sadie says Woof to everyone this ayem!
Cammy Cat--The seedlings were delivered yesterday, so I get to play in the dirt today! I will let you all know what I got when I open the box and find out. I don't think I've ever been a song before! Only 6 more overnight shifts. It is a bit of a toss up who is and isn't wearing masks and other stuff.One town here has made up a set of signs that businesses can print and post to show people what service they can get if wearing a mask and what they can get if not wearing a mask. I'm betting that will make things a lot easier for everyone. Was your Landlady wearing a mask?
Goldie--No, the body is not too happy right now, but I'll treat it nicely and gently for the next week and a half, then give it the treat of adjusting to semi-retirement again. Sadie will be coming into the house all wet from time to time, but she generally plays in the pool they lays out in the sun and dries off before coming in. She's also pretty good at going into the crate to lie down until she dries off when I'm home. She will get on the ottoman or in the recliner when I'm not home, so I will need to remember to cover those when I leave the house.Wow, you were busy keeping the neighborhood safe yesterday! The world needs more neighbors like you. But you have to remember to eat and take care of yourself, too!
CynCyn--that does sound like lobstah for lunch! Some of the beaches here in Maine are open again, but for walking only, no sitting, no sunbathing, can go swimming/surfing but the water is still so cold that it's advised against due to risk of hypothermia. I'm kind of hoping for a thunderstorm later today for excitement.
Jazzy--you must have some garden, to have blooms all spring! Sadie had a pool a few summers ago and loved it, so I know she'll be happy once the water warms up a bit. But that won't take long in that shallow pool!And I may join her there from time to time. I plan to use some of the semi-retirement time to get the kayak out this summer. It's the perfect social distancing activity! The gov here has decided to allow restaurants here in my county to open with outside dining now due to the low number of new cases per day, even though it's a community transmission county. It's also a county with a primarily tourism based economy and I wonder how much that had to do with the decision. One of the requirements is that one person from each group must leave a name and phone number for case tracing purposes if a problem pops up. That requirement is generating a lot of grumbling by restaurant owners and the general public; invasion of privacy, don't ya know. Personally, I think people are being crazy about that, cuz unless they pay cash, they are leaving more than just name and phone number, but address and banking info when they use a card!And they don't mind leaving a name and phone number when making a reservation. Still, if it bothers someone, they can hold off on eating out for now. I wouldn't mind going to eat at a place with outside seating. I'm getting starved for social, non-medical contact. Many towns here are setting up plans to close off downtown streets to auto traffic and let restaurants and stores use the space for outside business. I'm actually looking forward to that happening!
Chi--I expect the outdoor dining venues will be full when they open. Are the restaurants there required to space the tables to maintain 6 foot distancing like they are here? What's the group size limit? Ours is still 10, but will go to 50 for outdoor gatherings June 1st. So sorry to hear about your cast mate, I know you will be a strong support for her.
Cammy Cat--LOL at the kittehs in the store!Some people are acting like animals, but I think most are trying to be civilized.
Ooh, my that Love Pill Sangria sounds MARVELOUS!!!!!!!!
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Hi ladies- well the restaurants open up the patios yesterday and saw some people on FB I know on them and grumbling about how it is "about time" and all the rest. Most of my network of real friends are in the 60 plus category, so we are all hanging back and waiting. I expect we may hear about more loosening of requirements for openings by 6/1 today.
ABQ and Santa Fe are big tourist spots that are hurting with the lack of visitors since March. Many come here for spring break and the last of ski season, and summer into fall is a huge time for visitors here. I am already seeing out of state license plates here so I know people are starting to come. A lot of states around us that opened earlier are starting to come for visits, I see more out of state plates here again. A friend of mine who lives in Denver who has been wanting me to come visit said "it would be great if you can come visit me now." No can do, we have a 14 day quaruntine if you go out of state and that may not go away for awhile. I have told my friends and family who want to connect this year that I am not letting anyone stay here this year nor am I planning to visit anyone. I do tell myself now that things are opening, people will have to decide how much they want to do to either dine out, get on planes, etc.
NM- I have kept photos of my yard since I planted my back yard border gardens when I first moved in and love to go back and look to see how things have changed. I have many flowering shrubs and they all seem to do their thing in the spring. I have some things that bloom all summer, others that come in during the fall like the mums and seedums. It has been a trial and error here through time to figure out what works. We have been terribly dry again, but the news says we have some early monsoonal moisture setting up. Good luck with those seeds.
Chi- I agree that the restaurants will be packed with patio spaces opening. I have a great patio in my back yard and plan to invite people over, one or two at a time for visits. We can order some take out too if we want to help the restaurant industry. The last of our summer music events (my fav) has been cancelled, but knew it would be. No way to socially distance at these types of events. I am thankful for my patio and gardens.
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Good evening.....Not much to write home about today. Slept until 2pee em again. This is exhausting. I miss the days of get up and log into work...work 8 hours and ..you know..normal stuff.
NM...It was Lobstah for lunch..would have liked some fiddle heads to go along with and some Steamahs would have been nice...but my buddy did well with the 2 1/2 poundahs and it was delish. My bud Bob ...love him so...such a big burley biker kind of persona. Such a kind soul. He told me a secret at lunch yesterday that we have been asked to do a private drum circle for a celeb who wants the "experience" . Shortly Arlo Guthrie will be pulling into town for us to play for...exciting. I think Bob knows everyone.
Today was not exciting...went to the pewl and read a book.
Has anyone heard from dear Dara?
Brought Stella out last night to hang with some friends near the beach...she behaved...I think she is bored. The beaches here are open here with restrictions and everyone seems to be doing what they should be doing with social distancing.
Hope you all have a pleasant eve...going to try and find something interesting on TV. I feel I have exhausted most options.
TTFN
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Hi ya all,
LOL Kim EXCITEMENT!!! U have a job that puts u in a rare and special place, u now have to wear a uniform like Star wars, working all crazy hours, have Sadie that's a crack up and u want EXCITEMENT.
Cyn Dara gets operated on this Wednesday with the Covid test this Sunday, which she's dreading. So she just wants this over with. Ur getting celebrities to come. Now that;s exciting do a video if u can.
Jazzy Imho having over night guests or going any place for that is pushing it a little to much right now. I am curious to see how it goes with all these openings cuz we all figure it's going to be crowded.
Oh Lori the landlady was yelling at me first ,Joey and I were the only ones home and he stayed right next to me, cuz I don't yell at people but our sump pump broke and started to flood the crawlspace and damaged the furnace and blamed it on us cuz we're stupid people that should know this. Her husband fixed the sump pump about 6 months ago, well I guess he didn't, She called us stupid all the while she didn't wear a mask. That's why Joe was pulling me away little by little and we're stupid. I don't think that word is properly used all the time.
LUBS U ALL
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Hope Arlo's audience social-distances! I haven't seen him since Mary Chapin Carpenter opened for him at Ravinia back in 2012. He brought his kids along to accompany him, and he was terrific. (I even forgave him switching parties simply so he could vote for Ron Paul who was in favor of legalizing weed--fast-forward, and I believe it's now legal in his own state). I first saw him open for Judy Collins at the Forest Hills (NY) Tennis Stadium in 1968! (Have since lost count of how many of his concerts I've attended, but back in 1985 he and Pete Seeger played together at Ravinia and it was wonderful).
It's official: Chicago enters "Phase 3" of cautious reopening next Wed. June 3. I have a hair appt. June 4--apparently, blow-drying will be allowed, because I'm scheduled for a Brazilian Blowout keratin straightening, single process color & trim. If it turns out that only bonnet-dryers will be allowed, I'll skip the keratin. I've been doing okay with just using my AirWrap and then clipping my hair up atop my head to sleep so it doesn't kink & frizz overnight. Cellars will open for outdoor dining--and yes, 6 ft. between tables is the city (and state) minimum. Brunch on Sun. the 7th will be insane--will have to pounce on a reservation (and hope it doesn't rain)! Mani-pedi the 10th, and (uh-oh) Happy's vet visit the 11th. Meanwhile, I will try to get in to the podiatrist next week--my ingrown toenails are beginning to bother me, and ideally I should get surgery on the worst one (then the other two weeks later). This podiatrist gives much less painful injections than the first one I had 25 yrs ago. My nail tech/salon owner does dig around and remove the "barb" that ingrows, but it does grow back very quickly. The podiatric surgery (which trims off the "scrolling" sides of the nail bed) lasts at least a year, though the nail tech scoffs at it. I am certainly not gonna mess with my ingrowns on my own.
DOTD: besides the Signorello Cab. with dinner, mojitos made from my garden mint as an aperitif.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy TGIF day!Sadie and I had a wonderful day yesterday. Lovely warm weather, got dog yard mowed and the pool filled, so living with wet dog smell most of the afternoon. Got some plants in the pots, and some more plants being delivered soon. Got to relax on the deck and read with an ice cold beverage while watching Sadie pop in and out of her pool, watched the hummingbird, cardinal, robins and some other birds doing their thing, even got a little nap in. Absolutely lovely day. Cloudier today, with more of a breeze, but just as comfortably warm, going to take the second cup of coffee onto the deck in a while.
Jazzy--The 14 day quarantine is getting to be a bit of a tricky thing to deal with. There was talk about it at work the other day, some in management saying that since health care workers are essential workers, the quarantine doesn't apply, but if one of us goes on vacay and visits a place where there is a lot of COVID going on they may have us not work for 14 days, so we still don't really know what to expect. For myself, I'm just not going to leave Maine for a while. Not thatnot leaving will be any kind of change in my lifestyle anyway! I'm glad you aren't letting anyone stay with you this summer. We still don't know enough about this virus. Sorry your favorite music event was cancelled. It's disappointing, I know, even when expected. I bet the garden pics are great to go back through. I wish I too more pics of past gardens, I bet I could learn a lot about what works and what doesn't. I'm enjoying playing in the dirt and that't the important thing, right?
CynCyn--Ah, the perfect size lobstah!Exciting about the private drum circle ,too!Not having the work structure can be hard to get used to, I remember that from the last time I went semi-retired. I'm going to work on creating some form of structure for myself and Sadie this time around.
Cammy Cat--I never thought about the face shield as being Star Wars like, but it really is, isn't it?It really confuses some of the residents, though. Next time your Landlandy is yelling at you without wearing a mask call her out on it. Ask her if she is trying to make you sick. Tell her to come back when she has a mask on. Or just turn around and walk inside and lock the door. She's an idiot.
Chi--Ingrown toenails must be miserable! My brother has them, had his great toe toenails surgically removed, and STILL has to take pliers to the "horn" as he calls it, and pull it out periodically. He showed me one, once, I could not believe how big it was!
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Rusty Nail
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Scotch
- 3/4 oz Drambuie
Steps
- Add all ingredients into a rocks glass with ice and stir.
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I forgot to mention--even the Maine CDC and emergency operations folks aren't safe from this virus:
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Augusta, MAINE -The Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) announced today that the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), located at MEMA in Augusta, has temporarily moved to fully virtual operations today after seven employees who worked at the site exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 overnight. MEMA and Maine CDC operations have not been disrupted. MEMA and Maine CDC have exercised continuity of operations plans for situations of this nature. The shift to a virtual operations center ensured no disruption in Maine's ongoing COVID-19 response. The employees three from MEMA, two from Maine CDC, and two National Guard members called out sick today after experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms overnight.
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At the daily press briefing one of the journalists actually said, out loud, that if the virus can get into the CDC and MEMA offices, then nursing homes don't stand a chance at keeping it out!
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Mornin' ladies,
Little quiet here this morning. I mean here and in my home, and now the phone just rang BRB. I don't know why I said anything.
Sandy ur getting ready to see Arlo in concert, that has to be great. I would think that would be all under control for distancing.
A few things are opening up today and more or the 3rd. It's getting scary now for sure. The brave <or crazy> will be biting at the prospect I'm sure especially salons I would think. Les and I were talking about all of this and like she reminded me one of the worst places are the nail and especially a pedi for starting any kind of germs anyway so this might be interesting. Well most of those people are at a good age, so it might not be a bad conclusion.We'll just have to see.
OK I;ll see latah.
LUBS U ALL
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Lucy, I do eat, just that day when I was done, I was too exhausted to make anything. I do hope you had that shower! How fun to entertain the celeb. I had to Google the person, didn't know who they were.
Jazzy, I bet your yard looks beautiful. can you share some of your before/after photos? Nice of you to be inviting friends over to your patio, instead of going out.
Cami, my neighbor and their family ate every bit of the breakfast casserole I made. She was very appreciative of the food I brought over and wanted to pay me for it! I'm like no way, with all that you give me. I was glad to help and it was no biggie. I already had the lasagna in the freezer, and I had all the stuff for breakfast. I too liked that Love Pill. Your land lady, that was certainly uncalled for and NOT very professional. How dare she!
NM, face shields now, oh my. Ahhhh, laying in the sun after coming out of the pewl, I remember those days! Your day yesterday sounds poyfect!
Sandy, stay safe with your outings/appts.
This girl is not making any changes. I'll come back with pics of the garden, which most of you have seen already.
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Good afternoon friends- hope everyone has survived yet another crazy pandemic week. Been busy with my collaboration work and more project work opps spinning from this initiative. A company I have worked for in the past reached out to ask me about some project work, but from another direction. New people who were not familiar with my working there. Sounds like they have about four projects lining up and fifth that will end up being with another company. I think as things all come together soon, I am going to be one busy woman the second part of 2020 with work. Boom and bust life.
Chi- we are opening up here to as of Monday, including gyms, salons, more opening of retail, some parks, etc. I had a rescheduled apt for tomorrow that is now pushed to 6/17. My stylist is not opening her salon until 6/9, so I will be in to see her within the first week of opening. I have been letting my grey grow out since March and had talked to my stylist about being ready to go "au natural" to my grey color. Trying to figure out good hair style for this with a good two inches of growth I will have by then. Pixie cut may be coming!
Cami- ha, never say things are quiet because the universe comes back at you with "hold my beer". I hope you are doing okay and I am wondering if that kitty is having a sneezing fit?
NM- sounds like a lovely spring day in Maine. Is that kayak out yet? Do you still have the dumpster? How is your mom doing?
Ill- how are you doing friend?
Goldie- your garden is fabulous. I will find a good before and after pic before I disappear after this weekend. Stay tuned. I love the spinner too, it looks really nice there. I wanted to get one at one point but my property is pretty small and decided no good place to put one. We are getting some monsoonal-like moisture here and hope to see some more afternoon showers later today. There was some around last night but not in my part of the city.
Gotta get on a work call. Back again tomorrow or Sunday before I step away for a bit.
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Greetings to all. Enjoying a Chambord Sprtizer with dinner. Ventured out today (masked, of course) for my pedicure appointment. Licensed Medical Pedicurist doe pedicure "dry" (no soaking in water), uses sterilized instruments, ventilation system, masks, gloves as is the norm. Separate rooms for each client. It was heavenly, and my toes are now ready for sandals.
Happy Friday!
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Hello! What a week! It has rained steadily and the sump pump has been able to handle the load. Sun finally came out this afternoon. There are more storms forecast for tonight. #2 DS came over with his atlas of Utah and we planned some sights and stops for my trip. He drove the area a couple of years ago and is a wealth of knowledge. I found an old cross stitch project I had promised #1 DS about 30 years ago. I am finishing it for his 40th birthday coming up in July. Hope he still likes it! I have kept up with chores this week, but no new projects. Too much rain!
Great garden, Goldie. The windspinner looks fantastic there.
I let my hair go grey years ago. It was more salt and pepper, but since chemo is growing in quite white. I will be calling soon for my stylist to give me a pixie cut. Hopefully that will get rid of the curly frizzy thing going on.
I do have another bone and CT scan coming up next month. Fingers crossed things are still good and I can continue to go without chemo. November will be Cancerversary #2. Time waits for no woman!
Have a great weekend!
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