Good morning all. Happy to back on this time zone. The sky is gray and the sun will be up soon. Supposed to be in the eighties this weekend and then back to the sixties and rain for all of next week.
I am actually sitting in my livingroom, a room I have avoided all winter long because I don’t heat it. my bedroom was 79 yesterday, but I turned on my new ceiling fan, very quiet and it was great.
IT was a good trip. Excellent tour guide. I just had a bit of a hard time. My legs were swollen the whole time and I had a lot of pain in my knee and right leg. Mostly from stairs. I was with a group from my church and made some new friends.
We never had a rest day so finally I had to take one. I needed the first day to be a rest day. There was a ten hour time difference from here. So it switched morning and evening. The first day was on the coast and it was very hot.
The sun is just about to rise here.
So yesterday we landed early and they warned us. At SFO customs does not open until 6am. So if you are early you just have to sit on the plane til 6. We had 40 minutes to wait. Then through customs and waiting for the church bus and a pickup for our luggage. Stopped for breakfast then on to the church. I took a seat for myself so that I could elevate my very swollen legs. On the way home I stopped at the PO for my mail and then at the store to buy milk. Got my milk put away and my luggage in the door. Then I went to my bed and just threw myself on top of it and fell right asleep. Grateful that I was able to make it home. That was at 11:30am. I woke up at ten at night and had a glass of milk and a piece of toast and then went back to bed until this morning.
I have had jet lag plenty of times but have never been that tired. I think my body just couldn’t switch so many time zones.
I am still tired but will take it easy today. Michelle did you have any rest during your trip??
Morning! The snow was all but gone yesterday and this morning it’s back!!! 4 inches of beautiful heavy wet snow. The sun is trying to make an appearance but those clouds are stubborn!
Glad you are home Jo. ❣️
I am having Sprouts Sumatra blend this morning. Heading to breakfast with my oldest daughter who is 45 today! She is in shock that she is mid 40’s now 🙃
Good morning, all. Another beautiful day in the neighborhood, expecting seventy two according to the people who make educated guesses. We will be off to pick up husband later this morning. He says there are about nine other people on the bus this morning. They are mostly headed to Lewiston I guess they prefer paying seventy five dollars and arriving at noon to paying seven hundred fifty dollars and arriving at the airport at midnight. About the same amount of time invested.
No rest on our trip except the bus rides to and from places. (We spent a week in the north driving a couple hours to Mount Hermon and so forth).
We really didn’t want to miss anything.
BUT, we also arrived two days before the tour started to get semi-acclimated. We took one of those days–we were staying in Tel Aviv–to take the train into Jerusalem (40 minutes by train), and visited the Israel Museum which was not on our tour.
We spent another day in Joppa and met our daughter-in-law’s best friend who lives there and gave us great insight on life in Israel.
I’m not sure I’ve recovered yet . . . such a high point of the last several years. I did sleep hard for nearly a week. I was told expect one day per every time zone you jumped to recover from the jet lag.
But, you’ve done PNG enough times, I’m sure you’re familiar with the time shifts.
I have another busy day today, two stories to write, but it’ll be much easier than yesterday — when I also had two significant stories to write but all after a 4-hour port meeting that went into the early afternoon.
Poor Abby felt pretty ignored (because she was) all day yesterday.
At one point I spotted her in the backyard just racing — and I do mean racing, she’s a blur when she gets going like that — back and forth and around and back again, and around again, through the backyard to entertain herself.
Those (amazingly long) legs … Still waiting for the DNA results to explain all of that!
They go further back with a whole amazing list of everything else (3 generations I think they say?) but primary – most recent ancestors would have been herding breeds — specifically Aussie and that American shepherd (blue merle coats on both sides).
Later one, going back a ways, all the fences must have come down and it was a crazy party:
Herding
51
Australian Shepherd
11
Miniature American Shepherd
6
German Shepherd Dog
Guard
6
Rottweiler
4
American Pit Bull Terrier
3
Boxer
2
American Staffordshire Terrier
Terrier
4
Chihuahua
2
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Sporting
3
Dalmatian
2
Labrador Retriever
Asian and Oceanian
Well, anyway, she’s a jumble (not a collie anywhere though!).
But she’s a beautiful jumble.
Neighbors’ sons & daughters-in-law were visiting next door the other day as I was walking Abby down the driveway for our walk. They just were oo-ing and awing and going on and on (heard them through the open kitchen window) about what an amazingly gorgeous, beautiful dog she was, one of them said they’d like a coat that looked like her.
I can tell you what Jin is. 50% Diva Dog and 50% Mean Girl.
She has the hutzpa(only word that works) to walk right up to and 80 pound Pittbull mis and snatch a bone away from her. I tell Lulabelle I’m sorry as I try to keep Jin from being a bratty little sister and giving her a different bone.
While this may make you laugh it is also bad behavior and Shi Tzu’s are smart enough to think they’ve taken over the household.
Kim, our Shih tzu would take on anything. He marched around like he owned the world. Coyote? Pshaw. Wolf? Pshaw. Mountain lion? Pshaw. But that was he knew that the very dog aggressive killer beast Airedale had his back. And he did.
I called Art to remind him that Taylor Swift AND Janet Jackson have concerts tonight at two different stadiums so traffic will be bad.
He told me that two counties near him have an extended tax deadline until May 15th because of the tornadoes that hit. Little did I know! Another tax deadline. Oh, joy! They have yet to hear from some of those clients.
PT was good today. I always tell God thank You that I can still drive myself there.
My day off was more laborious than a work day. At the cave I walk and talk. Today I walked behind the mower and crawled under the minivan to change the oil. I swear engineers have a contract with auto mechanics, since it is harder to work on your own car than the old days.
Jo- When I went to Israel in 1977 there were no scheduled rest days, but I got one because I got sick, so I missed seeing old Jerusalem. I did get to see the garden tomb, though. The highlight of the trip.
We see many bridges and walls built like that. They were built by the Civilian Conservation Corp during the depression. I have no idea if that is the case with the one pictured.
You know, I’ve thought of that, 101 Dalmatians (and there is Dalmatian in Abby, too, of course).
Abby has this beautiful blue merle coat with the white chest and legs and stomach. Gray, black splotches in the blue merle (w/some tan). So there is a “Dalmatian” look about her, it’s mostly a black-and-white impression.
What an exhausting day. I only got one of the big stories done.
And I’ve discovered my keys are missing. I’m baffled. I’m really good about clipping them to my purse strap, but they’re not there — not inside the bag — not anywhere. ???
I am in awe listening to the Miracles book. The first part which I am in is about the newest scientific evidence supporting the idea of a finely tuned universe. The more scientific data is compiled, the more it points to God. The later part of the book will be stories the author gathered from people of what are believed to be true miracles.
I had never given any thought to how the sun and the moon appear to be about the same size from earth’s surface and how size and distance are precisely arranged so that happens and we have eclipses. It makes it more special to consider that and when Art and I went to view the ecclipse and got there late, the one place we found to view from was by the church his grandparents helped found and beside the cemetary where they were buried.
I found my keys too. The ones I put down before collapsing on my bed. The others were on the kitchen counter, but then I remembered that I needed the house keys to open my bedroom door. And there they were, right beside my bed. Now I can get some more sleep.
Wandering Views 
Welcome to Friday!
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Good morning all. Happy to back on this time zone. The sky is gray and the sun will be up soon. Supposed to be in the eighties this weekend and then back to the sixties and rain for all of next week.
I am actually sitting in my livingroom, a room I have avoided all winter long because I don’t heat it. my bedroom was 79 yesterday, but I turned on my new ceiling fan, very quiet and it was great.
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IT was a good trip. Excellent tour guide. I just had a bit of a hard time. My legs were swollen the whole time and I had a lot of pain in my knee and right leg. Mostly from stairs. I was with a group from my church and made some new friends.
We never had a rest day so finally I had to take one. I needed the first day to be a rest day. There was a ten hour time difference from here. So it switched morning and evening. The first day was on the coast and it was very hot.
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The sun is just about to rise here.
So yesterday we landed early and they warned us. At SFO customs does not open until 6am. So if you are early you just have to sit on the plane til 6. We had 40 minutes to wait. Then through customs and waiting for the church bus and a pickup for our luggage. Stopped for breakfast then on to the church. I took a seat for myself so that I could elevate my very swollen legs. On the way home I stopped at the PO for my mail and then at the store to buy milk. Got my milk put away and my luggage in the door. Then I went to my bed and just threw myself on top of it and fell right asleep. Grateful that I was able to make it home. That was at 11:30am. I woke up at ten at night and had a glass of milk and a piece of toast and then went back to bed until this morning.
I have had jet lag plenty of times but have never been that tired. I think my body just couldn’t switch so many time zones.
I am still tired but will take it easy today. Michelle did you have any rest during your trip??
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Another really nice header, AJ! Such unique details like the handrail. One for tall people and one for shorter people?
Thanks, Peter, for Friday funnies!
Glad you got back safely, Jo. Despite the ailments you suffered it seems like a fine trip!
Still keeping AJ in prayer and hope all pains have cleared by now from the procedure.
Sumatra coffee is good for a wakeup brew on this soggy cool morning in Atlanta.
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Morning! The snow was all but gone yesterday and this morning it’s back!!! 4 inches of beautiful heavy wet snow. The sun is trying to make an appearance but those clouds are stubborn!
Glad you are home Jo. ❣️
I am having Sprouts Sumatra blend this morning. Heading to breakfast with my oldest daughter who is 45 today! She is in shock that she is mid 40’s now 🙃
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Good morning, all. Another beautiful day in the neighborhood, expecting seventy two according to the people who make educated guesses. We will be off to pick up husband later this morning. He says there are about nine other people on the bus this morning. They are mostly headed to Lewiston I guess they prefer paying seventy five dollars and arriving at noon to paying seven hundred fifty dollars and arriving at the airport at midnight. About the same amount of time invested.
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Sorry to hear your trip was so physically rough, Jo. Glad you were able to go.
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No rest on our trip except the bus rides to and from places. (We spent a week in the north driving a couple hours to Mount Hermon and so forth).
We really didn’t want to miss anything.
BUT, we also arrived two days before the tour started to get semi-acclimated. We took one of those days–we were staying in Tel Aviv–to take the train into Jerusalem (40 minutes by train), and visited the Israel Museum which was not on our tour.
We spent another day in Joppa and met our daughter-in-law’s best friend who lives there and gave us great insight on life in Israel.
I’m not sure I’ve recovered yet . . . such a high point of the last several years. I did sleep hard for nearly a week. I was told expect one day per every time zone you jumped to recover from the jet lag.
But, you’ve done PNG enough times, I’m sure you’re familiar with the time shifts.
Welcome back.
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Welcome home, Jo. Enjoy the sleep!
I have another busy day today, two stories to write, but it’ll be much easier than yesterday — when I also had two significant stories to write but all after a 4-hour port meeting that went into the early afternoon.
Poor Abby felt pretty ignored (because she was) all day yesterday.
At one point I spotted her in the backyard just racing — and I do mean racing, she’s a blur when she gets going like that — back and forth and around and back again, and around again, through the backyard to entertain herself.
Those (amazingly long) legs … Still waiting for the DNA results to explain all of that!
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woo-hoo, the DNA came in.
Abby is:
51% Australian Shepherd
11% Miniature American Shepherd
6% German Shepherd Dog
6% Rottweiler
4% American Pit Bull Terrier
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What??
So a giant Aussie with a lot of other stuff.
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Miniature?
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Right?
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That didn’t take, apparently .
They go further back with a whole amazing list of everything else (3 generations I think they say?) but primary – most recent ancestors would have been herding breeds — specifically Aussie and that American shepherd (blue merle coats on both sides).
Later one, going back a ways, all the fences must have come down and it was a crazy party:
Herding
51
Australian Shepherd
11
Miniature American Shepherd
6
German Shepherd Dog
Guard
6
Rottweiler
4
American Pit Bull Terrier
3
Boxer
2
American Staffordshire Terrier
Terrier
4
Chihuahua
2
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Sporting
3
Dalmatian
2
Labrador Retriever
Asian and Oceanian
4
Chow Chow
Companion
2
Poodle (Toy and Miniature)
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Going further back, the full results:
** Herding (primary, most recent parents/grandparents):
51%
Australian Shepherd
11%
Miniature American Shepherd
6%
German Shepherd Dog
Guard:
6%
Rottweiler
4%
American Pit Bull Terrier
3%
Boxer
2%
American Staffordshire Terrier
Terrier
___________
Then ALL the fences must have come down and a crazy party ensued:
4%
Chihuahua
2%
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Sporting
3%
Dalmatian
2%
Labrador Retriever
Asian and Oceanian
4%
Chow Chow
Companion
2%
Poodle (Toy and Miniature)
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Sorry, thought that first post didn’t go through
Well, anyway, she’s a jumble (not a collie anywhere though!).
But she’s a beautiful jumble.
Neighbors’ sons & daughters-in-law were visiting next door the other day as I was walking Abby down the driveway for our walk. They just were oo-ing and awing and going on and on (heard them through the open kitchen window) about what an amazingly gorgeous, beautiful dog she was, one of them said they’d like a coat that looked like her.
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I can tell you what Jin is. 50% Diva Dog and 50% Mean Girl.
She has the hutzpa(only word that works) to walk right up to and 80 pound Pittbull mis and snatch a bone away from her. I tell Lulabelle I’m sorry as I try to keep Jin from being a bratty little sister and giving her a different bone.
While this may make you laugh it is also bad behavior and Shi Tzu’s are smart enough to think they’ve taken over the household.
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Kim 🙂
I can now say that Abby has an “inner Chihuahua” and an “inner pit bull.”
And an inner Peruvian Inca Orchid ?? lol
(looks like a hairless sighthound, but is known for being FAST).
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Interesting to get that report, Dj. Something you never could have guessed!♡
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Chihuahua! 😊
Those shepherd traits tend to be dominant. She may need something to herd!
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Sounds like they are taking it back to the Ark.
Kim, our Shih tzu would take on anything. He marched around like he owned the world. Coyote? Pshaw. Wolf? Pshaw. Mountain lion? Pshaw. But that was he knew that the very dog aggressive killer beast Airedale had his back. And he did.
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That orchid thing is hairless. Good thing she takes after the shepherds.
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I called Art to remind him that Taylor Swift AND Janet Jackson have concerts tonight at two different stadiums so traffic will be bad.
He told me that two counties near him have an extended tax deadline until May 15th because of the tornadoes that hit. Little did I know! Another tax deadline. Oh, joy! They have yet to hear from some of those clients.
PT was good today. I always tell God thank You that I can still drive myself there.
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My day off was more laborious than a work day. At the cave I walk and talk. Today I walked behind the mower and crawled under the minivan to change the oil. I swear engineers have a contract with auto mechanics, since it is harder to work on your own car than the old days.
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Jo- When I went to Israel in 1977 there were no scheduled rest days, but I got one because I got sick, so I missed seeing old Jerusalem. I did get to see the garden tomb, though. The highlight of the trip.
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DJ – re: “. . .one of them said they’d like a coat that looked like her.” Beware! Sounds like Cruella DeVil is in your neighborhood.
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We see many bridges and walls built like that. They were built by the Civilian Conservation Corp during the depression. I have no idea if that is the case with the one pictured.
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You know, I’ve thought of that, 101 Dalmatians (and there is Dalmatian in Abby, too, of course).
Abby has this beautiful blue merle coat with the white chest and legs and stomach. Gray, black splotches in the blue merle (w/some tan). So there is a “Dalmatian” look about her, it’s mostly a black-and-white impression.
What an exhausting day. I only got one of the big stories done.
And I’ve discovered my keys are missing. I’m baffled. I’m really good about clipping them to my purse strap, but they’re not there — not inside the bag — not anywhere. ???
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I am in awe listening to the Miracles book. The first part which I am in is about the newest scientific evidence supporting the idea of a finely tuned universe. The more scientific data is compiled, the more it points to God. The later part of the book will be stories the author gathered from people of what are believed to be true miracles.
I had never given any thought to how the sun and the moon appear to be about the same size from earth’s surface and how size and distance are precisely arranged so that happens and we have eclipses. It makes it more special to consider that and when Art and I went to view the ecclipse and got there late, the one place we found to view from was by the church his grandparents helped found and beside the cemetary where they were buried.
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I found the keys!
They were on the western saddle in the living room, where I tie up the dog leash.
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Of course.
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Always, the last place you looked😀
Don’t people use keys to turn on horses? Oh, not keys, spurs.
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I found my keys too. The ones I put down before collapsing on my bed. The others were on the kitchen counter, but then I remembered that I needed the house keys to open my bedroom door. And there they were, right beside my bed. Now I can get some more sleep.
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