Good Saturday morning! Art started out to the office and the next thing I heard was the door being opened. His car would not start. Good thing we got a new battery for my car. Sometimes it feels like we are under attack.
It is a lovely springish day. The petals are falling all over the driveway from the Birthday Tree and Bradford pear tree. The confetti effect is special once a year.
Good morning from cloudy and beautiful Idaho as well. Expecting rain here. Husband is off to men’s prayer breakfast in a nearby town. Dad is sleeping after a very busy night. Two are out doing chores, enjoying the day.
We had rain here earlier. Now it is snowing. Glad we don’t have to be out and about.
I wonder if there will be any petals left after the storm goes through, Janice? Praying all are safe when it comes.
I was reading earlier about the ukulele group in a small town a bit away from us. It is called Two Harbors, and the group is called THUG. The average age of the group is 68 with the oldest 83. The name just made me chuckle. They also play at the assisted living homes etc. Some just started playing in their 70’s. Music brings such joy.
Janice, I used to play wordle, then worked my way to octordle, then stopped. Then husband took up extreme octordle and months later, I did too. Trying to keep my brain functioning. It may not be working.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the squash! I figure the more we eat of the whole fruit, the better (and easier, think kiwi and acorn squash).
I’ve been covering a Saturday international sailing race in the port all day, just got everything turned in, but I have caught headline glimpses of the tornado weather battering the south.
I play Wordle and Quordle daily, but nothing bigger. I have heard that word games do not help your brain as much as math ones. I dislike those, however, so am probably doomed if ‘they’ are correct. Except for math in quilt making, which I sometimes have to do.
I play Soduku to cover my bases. And I was trying to learn the banjo but my dad kept saying, “ What’s that noise?” So I put it away for now. I was also trying the ukulele and mandolin. I did not try the accordion. Learning a new instrument is supposed to help. I am doomed with you Kathaleena but we know our future even if we forget our past.
Good morning on this beautiful blustery spring day.
Did I mention this is the weekend for the grandchildren visit? They are not here. Surprise! The mom and dad have agreed to a new division, two weeks on, two weeks off. So they get equal time with both parents and travel less. Starting with three weeks with dad because mom wanted to go on vacation with her boyfriend. Just like that, the children are with dad where he lives.
Good Sunday morning! We had thunder in the night. Art stayed up until 4 a.m. waiting for the storm to arrive. I wish he’d not l9st sleep over what fizzled. Again, we got off easy, but many in Georgia are without power.
We will go up to the 70s today and down to the mid 30s tonight so winter gets another hurrah in the South.
I went out and saw what appeared to be a low, single, out of place blossom on the birthday tree floating in the air. As it turned out, at the point where a low limb had been removed from the tree, a tiny twig sent out a lone flower bud that popped out during the stormy night. What a needed gift from God during this season of difficulties.
Yesterday afternoon my Bro came by, and Art’s car cranked for him, so Art drove it to the office this a.m. The car had sat idle for a week which it was totally not used to doing. I suppose it was being rebellious and cranky(not) yesterday. Easy fix!
I have a book of Sudoku puzzles by Penny Press that I play several times a day. I also just sent the same book to my friend K along with a journalist’s book about old NY (obtained at a gathering which World mag had where Marvin had these books to give away), and a tiny steel drum. My friend’s husband is a musician who can’t play his guitars because of arthritis. He was very excited to receive his first ‘steel drum’ tiny as it was. They have really suffered since he retired as a physician with the VA. Just trying to encourage them and give them new things to think about.
Daughter is off on a quad ride today. Her boss is taking her along on a group ride. They will go from about one thousand to over five thousand feet elevation and then down the other side. So expecting warm, dry and clear and snow. Should be fun.
he took son last fall but made the mistake of letting son stay overnight prior to the ride. Son stayed up all night watching tv so slept most of the ride!
The sun is out (almost typed (S)son, which of course is always true!). LA Marathon occurred without me early this morning.
A few minutes ago I heard the soft tap of dog nails, thought it was Abby but it was Nico … guided him outside and the dogs are enjoying a sunny day play time. I still have not found where he’s getting into (and out of) our yard, I think he might be getting over the other side gate to my backyard with is directly next to his owner’s driveway property.
The OT from tomorrow will be nice — it’s something that was stressed in our new union contract, editors used to very strongly urge us to just take a “comp” day rather than the extra pay. Now they don’t weigh in, it’s up to us, so the additional pay makes more sense for most of us (especially me as I have a full plate of unused vacation time sitting until I can take it already).
Kare, that is what I thought they were until the children started calling the boss’s side by side a quad. I thought I was wrong, not an area I spend much time in, though we did have ATV’s until we got into adopting. We did not use them much, too loud for me. So, Janice, listen to Kare.
I like variety puzzle books from either Dell or Penny Press. I get tired of doing one thing all the time. I like different sorts of logic puzzles the best.
I recently replaced Quordle in my daily routine with Connections from the NYT puzzles – it’s right there waiting when I’m done with Wordle. It stumped me at first but I think I’m getting better at it. Another daily one is Squeezy (imsqueezy.com)
I went on my annual heart checkup trek to Cleveland this week. Once again, the verdict was “stable”, which is what we like to hear. There are some tests I do every year, and three others I do one per year on a three-year rotation.
This year it was the “metabolic stress test”, where I pedal a stationary bike with increasing resistance while they measure my heart and breathing. As sedentary and out of shape as I’ve been, I thought I’d not do very well, but they said I did almost as well as three years ago, and with age-adjusting they said it was just as well.
Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Flyboy moved into their first house of their own yesterday, something they’ve looked forward to for a long time. It’s a good but stressful time for them. Buying a house, painting it, rewiring, moving, starting a new job (him) and the expected birth of their first baby (~5 weeks to go), all in less than three months. Yikes.
My friend called to see if I would like to go out to lunch and go with her to feed feral cats at the QT (in the woods behind the station). I had plans to accomplish much today but tossed my plans.
Wandering Views 
Good Saturday morning! Art started out to the office and the next thing I heard was the door being opened. His car would not start. Good thing we got a new battery for my car. Sometimes it feels like we are under attack.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It is a lovely springish day. The petals are falling all over the driveway from the Birthday Tree and Bradford pear tree. The confetti effect is special once a year.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Good morning from cloudy and beautiful Idaho as well. Expecting rain here. Husband is off to men’s prayer breakfast in a nearby town. Dad is sleeping after a very busy night. Two are out doing chores, enjoying the day.
mumsee
LikeLiked by 2 people
We had rain here earlier. Now it is snowing. Glad we don’t have to be out and about.
I wonder if there will be any petals left after the storm goes through, Janice? Praying all are safe when it comes.
I was reading earlier about the ukulele group in a small town a bit away from us. It is called Two Harbors, and the group is called THUG. The average age of the group is 68 with the oldest 83. The name just made me chuckle. They also play at the assisted living homes etc. Some just started playing in their 70’s. Music brings such joy.
LikeLiked by 3 people
I’m homesick for Hawai’i these days (we left there 28 years ago . . . ), and listened to the Hawaiian Style Band on Youtube the other day.
The ukelele can be fun, fun, fun.
One of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dZ5npxOx0
LikeLiked by 1 person
I am not looking forward to this storm. It will probably take out most of the bl9ssoms if winds are as high as expected.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I was going to edit “blossoms” but the posting issue is back not allowing edits.
LikeLike
Janice, I used to play wordle, then worked my way to octordle, then stopped. Then husband took up extreme octordle and months later, I did too. Trying to keep my brain functioning. It may not be working.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the squash! I figure the more we eat of the whole fruit, the better (and easier, think kiwi and acorn squash).
mumsee
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh no, not the Birthday Tree?
I’ve been covering a Saturday international sailing race in the port all day, just got everything turned in, but I have caught headline glimpses of the tornado weather battering the south.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I play Wordle and Quordle daily, but nothing bigger. I have heard that word games do not help your brain as much as math ones. I dislike those, however, so am probably doomed if ‘they’ are correct. Except for math in quilt making, which I sometimes have to do.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I play Soduku to cover my bases. And I was trying to learn the banjo but my dad kept saying, “ What’s that noise?” So I put it away for now. I was also trying the ukulele and mandolin. I did not try the accordion. Learning a new instrument is supposed to help. I am doomed with you Kathaleena but we know our future even if we forget our past.
mumsee
LikeLiked by 2 people
I had a ukelele as a kid, I could play Taps and a couple other songs.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Good morning on this beautiful blustery spring day.
Did I mention this is the weekend for the grandchildren visit? They are not here. Surprise! The mom and dad have agreed to a new division, two weeks on, two weeks off. So they get equal time with both parents and travel less. Starting with three weeks with dad because mom wanted to go on vacation with her boyfriend. Just like that, the children are with dad where he lives.
mumsee
LikeLiked by 2 people
Good Sunday morning! We had thunder in the night. Art stayed up until 4 a.m. waiting for the storm to arrive. I wish he’d not l9st sleep over what fizzled. Again, we got off easy, but many in Georgia are without power.
We will go up to the 70s today and down to the mid 30s tonight so winter gets another hurrah in the South.
I went out and saw what appeared to be a low, single, out of place blossom on the birthday tree floating in the air. As it turned out, at the point where a low limb had been removed from the tree, a tiny twig sent out a lone flower bud that popped out during the stormy night. What a needed gift from God during this season of difficulties.
Yesterday afternoon my Bro came by, and Art’s car cranked for him, so Art drove it to the office this a.m. The car had sat idle for a week which it was totally not used to doing. I suppose it was being rebellious and cranky(not) yesterday. Easy fix!
LikeLike
I have a book of Sudoku puzzles by Penny Press that I play several times a day. I also just sent the same book to my friend K along with a journalist’s book about old NY (obtained at a gathering which World mag had where Marvin had these books to give away), and a tiny steel drum. My friend’s husband is a musician who can’t play his guitars because of arthritis. He was very excited to receive his first ‘steel drum’ tiny as it was. They have really suffered since he retired as a physician with the VA. Just trying to encourage them and give them new things to think about.
LikeLike
Daughter is off on a quad ride today. Her boss is taking her along on a group ride. They will go from about one thousand to over five thousand feet elevation and then down the other side. So expecting warm, dry and clear and snow. Should be fun.
he took son last fall but made the mistake of letting son stay overnight prior to the ride. Son stayed up all night watching tv so slept most of the ride!
mumsee
LikeLiked by 1 person
I had to look up ‘quad ride’. A four wheel ATV.
LikeLike
correct.
mumsee
LikeLiked by 1 person
however an ATV is generally four wheeled. A quad is arranged as a side by side for seating so nearly a car.
mumsee
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Mumsee! Learning new things every day!
LikeLike
The sun is out (almost typed (S)son, which of course is always true!). LA Marathon occurred without me early this morning.
A few minutes ago I heard the soft tap of dog nails, thought it was Abby but it was Nico … guided him outside and the dogs are enjoying a sunny day play time. I still have not found where he’s getting into (and out of) our yard, I think he might be getting over the other side gate to my backyard with is directly next to his owner’s driveway property.
The OT from tomorrow will be nice — it’s something that was stressed in our new union contract, editors used to very strongly urge us to just take a “comp” day rather than the extra pay. Now they don’t weigh in, it’s up to us, so the additional pay makes more sense for most of us (especially me as I have a full plate of unused vacation time sitting until I can take it already).
LikeLiked by 1 person
Mumsee and Janice, we call a the side by side a “side by side” or ute (utility vehicle) and the single rider quad a quad.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Kare, that is what I thought they were until the children started calling the boss’s side by side a quad. I thought I was wrong, not an area I spend much time in, though we did have ATV’s until we got into adopting. We did not use them much, too loud for me. So, Janice, listen to Kare.
mumsee
LikeLiked by 1 person
I like variety puzzle books from either Dell or Penny Press. I get tired of doing one thing all the time. I like different sorts of logic puzzles the best.
I recently replaced Quordle in my daily routine with Connections from the NYT puzzles – it’s right there waiting when I’m done with Wordle. It stumped me at first but I think I’m getting better at it. Another daily one is Squeezy (imsqueezy.com)
I went on my annual heart checkup trek to Cleveland this week. Once again, the verdict was “stable”, which is what we like to hear. There are some tests I do every year, and three others I do one per year on a three-year rotation.
This year it was the “metabolic stress test”, where I pedal a stationary bike with increasing resistance while they measure my heart and breathing. As sedentary and out of shape as I’ve been, I thought I’d not do very well, but they said I did almost as well as three years ago, and with age-adjusting they said it was just as well.
Next year it will be the dreaded MRI.
LikeLiked by 3 people
Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Flyboy moved into their first house of their own yesterday, something they’ve looked forward to for a long time. It’s a good but stressful time for them. Buying a house, painting it, rewiring, moving, starting a new job (him) and the expected birth of their first baby (~5 weeks to go), all in less than three months. Yikes.
LikeLiked by 4 people
Kevin, it sounds like they are going for a lot of the boxes to check off on a stress test to see if one is overloaded!
LikeLike
My friend called to see if I would like to go out to lunch and go with her to feed feral cats at the QT (in the woods behind the station). I had plans to accomplish much today but tossed my plans.
LikeLiked by 1 person