MORNING ROLL CALL OCTOBER DECEMBER 2021

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@catwoman500 , thanks for the info. Geez, after I get my booster, I'm gonna feel absolutely invulnerable! 💪

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I figure I can now leap tall buildings in a single bound, MsStretch. Ooops! Guess I spoke too soon...................................................................🤕

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Good Morning everyone!!!!!

It's a brisk, 33 degrees here this morning with the windchill. We've already gotten plenty of frosty nights. My tomato plants look like they should be in a horror movie, and my beautiful flowers look like they got run over by a truck. 😥. The leaves that should still be on my trees are already laying on the ground, although the neighbors have trees that are lusciously golden!! And so we are heavily into Fall here.

This morning, I go to the funeral services of a very dear family friend. I may have spoken about her having Lewy Dementia disease, and spending a lot of time at her bedside. It will be sad to lose her, but joyful that she has her freedom back!

I will be getting my Covid booster shot before I come home from the city today, too. LOL. I feel like one big pin cushion!!!

The Fall Festival I was in turned out very profitable. Now, I'm getting ready for a Christmas Art Festival happening in just a couple of weeks. I've done the show for 7 years, and it will be a really busy time. After that, another Christmas Festival at a nature center...which will be really busy as well. And then have a couple of big open houses at my gallery in between. I may even get in an extra show. It's great...it's crazy...but it's fun!

I hope this posting finds you are all well....and happy....and enjoying life!

Warmly,

Rosemary

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Hi there, Porch Peeps!

Storms overnight here bringing the roller coaster temps back down again. Yesterday it was in the 70’s. Today, not so much. 61 right now. Of course I’m sitting here shivering because the doors and the bedroom windows are open…stepson is tearing up the carpeting and hardwood in the old part of my bedroom. The floor didn’t look that bad, but there was no way he could ever match it, so a new floor is on tap. Things are coming along. Heater guys may show up today to modify the venting for the addition.

Saturday my little kitchen TV died. I was at a loss. Realized I’m addicted to having voices in the background. (better than in my head, right? LOL) 🙀 Stumbled through the weekend and Monday morning after finding the local news shows and other on air programs right here on the computer. Yesterday I did get to see the Today show…my morning staple, on the computer. So when stepson arrived I decided to call the appliance people that I usually use for stuff like that. Needing a new washer and dryer eventually, so was going there anyway. Saw that they had a small TV on their website, but decided to call first to check. They don’t keep the small ones in stock. The guy suggested Best Buy which I had already checked out earlier. I went back to the Best Buy site again and this time saw a 19” TV for less than $100, with free same day delivery, so within 4 hours I had the new TV! My sanity has returned, as well as the voices. 🤣

@MsStretch …yes we are becoming stronger, powerful, and invincible! Hear us roar! Never thought I’d be happy to be receiving all these shots.

@RosemaryF433825 …glad you are getting your booster today. Your festivals sound like fun. I used to love to visit local events like that when I could walk better.

@Frozenoem …My friends did see the snow on Mt. Washington. They also took a dog sled ride that they thoroughly enjoyed.

You all have a good day!

Time for more!

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43* and raining have a possible Nor’easter coming tonight, just wind and more rain.

Spent the weekend in pain following by slight case of flu. Gotta love these new shots. Honestly never had any side effects until the last flu shot.

Glad to see everyone is on track for shots, beats the alternatives.

Not to worry about voices in the background, since 2020, think we all are exploring background noise. For me it’s been podcasts on my cellphone, also available in computers.

Re-runs of Jean Shepherd shows from 50’s to 2000’s, with commercials and news, from the dark ages.

@MsStretch

Hate short USB’s and can’t find the stubbies, it’s back to the Timex until it surfaces again. Found 10 others that won’t fit Fitbit.

From nephew in W. Palm we get his lawn art, not political . Just Covid test.

Think I’m going to start a fire, cheaper than oil.👍

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

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@Frozenoem , 🤣 at nephew's Covid test, especially with the dog.

You may remember Dora, our drunk scarecrow who got wiped out and dragged into the street by a bomb cyclone, and we kept stitching her back together with zip ties until alas... it was time to just let her go and we buried poor stinky Dora in the nearest trash bin. Well, we stuck up another scarecrow last night. This one is sitting on a potty seat. Then the heavy rains and roaring winds came. Surprised Blondie is still hanging in there, but her boobs have sunk into her now enormous pot belly. She's also got the obligatory wineglass and bottle AND this time, a black cat is hanging on to her leg. Will try to get picture after she dries out a little.

@catwoman500 and @Frozenoem , hunker down, looks like mayhem is headed in our direction. Those darn pesky bomb cyclones! 🌀 Wind pretty powerful here. Was just walking down driveway when branch hit the ground in front of me. Yikes! Only about a 3-footer, 3" diameter, but from the distance it fell, that would have hurt. 🤕 Actually, it might have been longer since a couple of pieces bounced around when it hit. I didn't stick around to analyze the situation. 🏃💨

@RosemaryF433825 , so glad to hear all is going well with your gallery and festivals and best of all, you're having fun. 👍

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@Frozenoem ...Sorry to hear you were "under the weather" in more ways than one. 🤒

Love the covid test lawn scene! 😸

@MsStretch ...Yes, I remember Dora! Blondie sounds like a real cutie! HA!

Good timing on avoiding that branch. Ouch! That would not have been good at all. 😲

Hang in and hold on, everyone!

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Darling pup photo! Hope life is treating you well, cat woman!

I got my Covid booster yesterday. Got jabbed by a different gal this time, and

she left my arm pretty sore. But otherwise, I am good to go once more.

Hoping this is the end of the Covid shots before my body starts leaking from the inside out with all these pinpricks! LOL

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HAPPY HALLOWEENIE, everyone!

Beware of children dressing up in their true personalities. Hahahaha! (Just kidding, of course!)

No one can find my house, so I'm always safe on this weekend...although I do miss seeing the little munchkins. Enjoy!!!

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Back by not-so-popular demand, here is the abridged edition of the Dora saga.

Dora sat at a flagpole between 2 driveways at the foot of the street.

The original drunk Dora. (Dora sat at a flagpole between 2 driveways.) Couldn't even keep her head up. (2017)

Halloween came and went, but Dora stayed put through Christmas. (2017)

After the new year, a bomb cyclone hit the area and Dora bit the gravel. She died with her head up her butt, but she hung on to her wineglass. (Later that night, her torso was blown out into the street. It was dark, so no pictures, but I was LMAO as I had to drag her back before someone called the police.)

Dora was just sort of ignominiously laid off to the side until spring rolled around when it was decided to try major surgery to save her. Copious amounts of zip-ties and 18-gauge wire was used to stitch the old soggy girl back together. (2018)

Independence Day. There was no holiday drunk Dora wasn't ready to celebrate. (2018)

Halloween rolled around again and Dora just kept getting soggier (or drunker). but Dora was still hanging in there. Giorgio was not impressed. (2018)

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The funeral. Dora hung in there for a couple more years getting soggier, stinkier, and probably home to countless critters when it was time to say our final merciful good-byes. (2020)

The reincarnated Dora or Dora II or Blondie. (Had to run out between the rain to get a picture on her throne. Her boobs have suffered some obvious slippage. ) (2021)

Dora II/Blondie at night. Trees were lit last Christmas and we left them up all year. LEDs and on a timer -- hey, why not?r

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OMG!!! Just wayyyyy too funny!! (Boob slippage is what every woman dreads later in life!) Ha! Long live Dora II or Blondie, as the saga continuous....

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MORNING ROLL CALL OCTOBER DECEMBER 2021

Good morning everyone on this Monday morning November 1st, 2021.

I am hoping everyone here has a blessed Monday morning as we start to close out 2021.

It has been an eventful year for sure as we mark around 5 million deaths world wide from Covid-19 since it's outbreak in March 2020. The world is torn by should we get vaccinated or not. Should we have to wear a mask out in public or not. Should our youth have to return to school or not.

Is climate change real or is it a normal weather cycle.

This is not the forum to debate these challenges but we all know they are out there facing the world’s government bodies.

May you all have a blessed day and month ahead of you.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

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Happy day after Halloween, Porch Peeps!

@MsStretch …Oh that was a wonderful story of Dora and Blondie! Thanks so much for posting those pix!

Still not sure if any kids got my bags of candy. Left a box of 45 bags on a chair at the end of the driveway with a sign saying Happy Halloween. Please take a bag. (With the construction ruining my driveway, it’s too dangerous for them to come to the door) But, when I went down this AM to remove the barricade so stepson could drive in, the box was gone. Wondering if someone came along and took the whole box of candy bags????? This may be the last year I “do” Halloween, unless by next year the driveway has been redone.

Of course that wasn’t the end of my frustrating weekend… Saturday my big screen HD TV that I watch for 3 hours every night while I crochet in the cozy warm family room froze and I can’t do anything. I tried all the on screen tips, and rebooted, but I think I’ll have to call Verizon…maybe it’s the set top box…maybe the TV…who knows???? Just what I need…another expense. I’m such a creature of habit that it was hard to rearrange how I was going to work last night. I set up a TV tray table in the bedroom to hold my craft light and gathered the supplies that I thought I would need to crochet. Sitting in bed was not comfortable to work, but I had to have a TV, and sitting on a barstool in the kitchen was my only other option. So while I’m coping with that, I had something happen to my big toe …it cramped up and turned under. Did you ever have that happen? OMG! I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to get a shoe on! I walked around a bit and it seemed to be OK and is still OK now…it didn’t happen again, but it was so darn weird! My foot looked like a claw. 😮

So…the pump, the TV, and the toe = 3 things…hope that’s it for the things happen in three’s! But if you count the missing cardboard box, that would start another set of three. UGH!

I keep wondering what will happen next. LOL

On a positive note, the tile guy finished up the wall tile in the new bathroom on Saturday, and it looks gorgeous! 😻

Today I’m going out for lunch to celebrate 2 friends’ birthdays, so that should be something pleasant to start the week and the month off.

I sure hope you all had a more enjoyable weekend than I did. 😄

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A nice warm day yesterday turned into a chilly rainy night, but by 3 AM, it turned clear and just plain cold and I was out there. In my robe wrapped in a sherpa blanket, I went out to see the Beaver Moon eclipse at its max at 4 and it was awesome! Yes, indeed, the shadow made it look red.

Had to go out to the street because of all the trees invading my view and as I was standing there oohing and ahhing, I felt something furry brush my legs. Yikes! 😨 But, sure enough, the shed kitties thought we were on an early morning walkabout, I guess.

And speaking of trees, the leaves are finally coming down in earnest now. Just piles and piles of them. FLOOP!

Yep, @Frozenoem , retirement is great. I helped with Christmas prep this year, but did not go out on install, simply because I wasn't feeling it and I had that option. Ho ho ho.

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@MsStretch

I missed the moon it was too cloudy and raining, maybe in another 500 years.

I’ve been having many Woohoo moments of late - my property taxes went down👍and had to order new 📱 , low power mode only lasting 8 hours with cussing.👎🏻.

Retirement is still a little tweeting bird, I’m hoping it happens, sleeping in is nice. Looking forward to not answering emergency calls 24/7/365.

Want to discover how long it takes to fill a TB of storage on new phone, with tunes as soon as my Bluetooth 5.0 is replaced in quad receiver.🤣

Just as soon as I recall how to do it, pandemic seems to have wiped some of my memories away.

Gnawing in stomach says that 4am wake-up call for assistance, can’t end soon enough. Think I’ll eat breakfast.🤣

and start a 🔥 fire.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

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Hi folks. Mostly still a glorious fall this year. Did not bother gathering the leaves for the garden and every step feels soft. Good thing, my right knee is giving me fits. A pulled muscle turned into joint pain a few weeks later. @catwoman500 Just read your post about the knee, yikes, this is my first bout with knee pain and it makes one feel disabled! I did some exercise yesterday to stretch leg muscles, knee really hurt last night. Much better this AM. Perhaps fatigue is a factor.

Preparing for the big move, mentally anyway. I have packed very little in reality.

I missed the moon! What a shame. All is well otherwise, will be even better after the move 🙂

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@LaDolceVita

I freely admit the idea of ever moving again, scares the 💩 outta me. Downsizing and packing up, are positively frightening.

For now my happiness still remains in Maine.👍

Maine Fall is one day it’s 60* next day it’s a plunge to 20* and snow.🤣 Then find myself hoping for that first 3’ snowfall to insulate the foundation.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

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Happy Thanksgiving Eve Day, Everyone!

@LaDolceVita ...yes, the knee pain is bad. I did end up getting an appointment within an hour at the orthopedist. had no clue where I was going, but Stepson put the directions on my phone and I only got lost once. Got a shot of cortisone, but it really isn't lasting. Next is the gel shots if insurance approves. This is a whole repeat of about 10 years ago, except that back then, the cortisone worked for a long while. Have been using my mother's old walker and it is ungainly, but really helps the walking. I have to be able to use just the cane tomorrow when I go out for Thanksgiving.

@Frozenoem ...I agree about not ever wanting to move again. Frightening thoughts of having to pack up all this stuff. YIKES!

Cold here, too, but never as cold as you guys up there.

Hoping everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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Today is a time when many Americans gather with friends and family to give thanks for their many blessings.

The Thanksgiving holiday is a tradition that dates back to November 1621 when Plymouth colonists celebrated the bountiful harvest they had grown with the help of the Wampanoag Indians.

The celebration grew and now is a major holiday and the official kickoff of the Christmas season.

Here are some of the holiday quotes to mark Thanksgiving 2021:

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

LaDolceVita

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@catwoman500 The cortisone shots, funny I was just remembering my stepfather getting those and the wince that would accompany it. I hope you get approved for the gel shot. The dreaded knee replacement surgery works out really well for some folks.

@Frozenoem and anyone post cataract surgery. I still do not like to drive at night, see a kind of halo around lights. I am wondering it this is caused by the led lights or perhaps the triplex lenses I have. Perhaps the regular lenses are better for night driving. Not that I am thinking of exhanging them! Just wondering if this is normal. Otherwise I have very good clear vision. I did have a problem in the early hours one day in that sort of gray winter light, I could not see the pavement as I was turning. Good thing I was on a familiar road. 🙂