DAILY CHAT 2021

Dogs have a sixth sense about the weather,  Hope Chuck is okay.
I didn't hear from Sheri last night, so will go up about 11:30, and check her door to see if it's unlocked so I can take Princeton out.  Will leave about 12:30 to take Dawn for her Covid shot.  Will take her home afterward, and take Chipper to the park in Otsego.  Have no other plans today.

LFF, I hope your day went well.

I sort of told of mine in the vitals section.

Also pray the tornado steered clear of all loved ones.

Thank you Joyous.  I'm saying the same prayer.  I took Dawn for her first shot today.  She thanked me, and said if I hadn't registered her name and info, then followed up on her emails, made her phone calls, and taken her to the vaccination site, she probably wouldn't be vaccinated now.  She gets her second shot April 22.
My friend Tim got the Johnson and Johnson single shot dose.

Woke up with a stuffy nose at 3:38 this morning.  Laid there for a while before I took Chipper out in the rain at about 4:15.  After he walked around and peed a few times, I brought him in, and dried him off a bit with the bath towel I have hanging on my coat tree for just such an occasion.  I'm drinking some iced peach sparkling water, thinking about maybe making some French Toast in a bit, but right now, I'm going to take a little nap.

LFF, the gratitude Dawn shows proves she doesn't take for granted
the things you do for her. 
I'm cutting back on caffeine, a small cup of coffee mornings and a 
small one at noon. That doesn't seem like too much to me. If I cut
all coffee out, I feel very tired.
I did the white wash this morning, some other puttzy stuff.
Soon I will visit Little Chuckie. 
I hope all you Shouters have a lovely day. I hope 2Anne, Margie, and Glad are 
enjoying this day.

Hi Joyous!  I do all my wash together in one load.

I will need to do a load of laundry tomorrow.....providing it does not storm.......new washer works great .......hope it stays that way!

Happy to hear it, Glad!

The little pink guy woke me at 4 this morning, so I took Chipper out too.  Then I came back in and slept for another 3 hours.  Dawn will be here around 2 or 3.  We'll go to Village Markup and get some fish and steak fries, so she can fix it for supper.  Supposedly, she'll be paying for it with her Bridge Card.  I'll have to change the bandages on my leg today too.

LFF, you would NEVER do my laundry, 
assuming you're not making another of your jokes! 

Glad, your Maytag will work for a long time.

Not much going on here. I walked the garden plots, 
around our trailer park, had lunch, now I'm ready 
for my second coffee.

Really.  I throw all my wash together in warm water, sometimes cold, depending on my mood.  Took Chipper for a walk down the sidewalk, showered and shaved (I use an electric shaver now.)

Joyous I sure hope so.....the last one was a Maytag guess it was a lemon.  I know one thing for sure they went up over $200 since 2016....we did not get a set this time for the dryer works good yet.

I still want to buy a desk top computer.......going to see if I can just replace the tower on the old computer......I am not crazy about the laptop.  

Today is a beautiful day.  I am doing a little spring cleaning.

We just got a new Whirlpool washer here at the apartments.  Works great, but a coin got stuck in the coin acceptor a couple of months ago, and it took that long to get a key from corporate.
I highly recommend a refurbished computer.  I bought mine for $135 2 years ago, and that included tower, keyboard, and mouse.

Glad, I'm basing that on Maytag from many years ago.
I must have owned or used a Maytag wringer washer.
I definitely recall the Easy spin washer I had. The big tub was 
for washing.
Then the wet clothes were moved into a smaller tub to spin
the soapy water out. I must have put them back into the large
tub for rinsing? Then into the small spinner to spin for hanging
on the clothesline to dry. I honestly loved hanging the wash out.
While the babies were still sleeping, I took freshly washed sheets,
towels, diapers out to the clothesline, shook each item out, popped 
the diapers,
birds were usually singing. I enjoyed those days. Many a morning 
I baked cookies before the little ones woke. Five births between July 1957
and Oct 1963.
LOL Sorry for the walk down memory lane.

That's quite alright, Joyous.  Reminiscing is good- takes one's mind off of the mess we live in.
Speaking of washing clothes, I remember when, as a kid, I watched my Mom stir the clothes in a cement sink, the run all the clothes through a hand cranked wringer, and they would drop into a basket, which my Mom would carry out to the line for hanging.

LFF, I'm going to find a photo of an Easy-spin-dry washer
and try to post it.
Your mom was one of us from the time before everything became
instant. I think I may prefer the olden days.

I remember when my Mom graduated to this:

Just googled Easyspindrier washer. Several models popped up.
I always liked the wringer washers. Still, it isn't always possible
to hang clothes outdoors.

Glad, I had a few second hand laptops. Then I was given this 
Hewlit-Packard (May not be correct spelling)desktop
as a gift. I like it. I was also happy with the laptops I had/
I had to get a refurbished WiFi cord.

LFF, I have used that type wringer washer.
I like them. Mother and my older sister used 
to wash the clothes near the creek so the clear,
clean creek water could be used. They had a 
cast iron pot filled with water sitting over a hot fire
for boiling some of the wash and two galvanized tubs
sitting on a bench filled with water for washing and
for rinsing. Everything had to be wrung out by hand.
Sheets were a two person, one at each end, twisting
in opposite directions. I helped hang the wash on the
clothesline. Rags and old clothes were hung on a 
barbed-wire fence. They were hardworking, tough women.

My Dad wasn't much help.  He was a hard worker, with 'man stuff', but left  the 'women's work all to my Mom, till we kids were old enough to help her.
I plan on going out to see my Mom today.

LFF, that was the way back in those days.
My daddy was a neat housekeeper after
Mama died. When he married Mother, he reverted to being the working
man who brought home the necessary $$ and did the outside work, such
as cutting wood, clearing land, growing corn, etc. The kitchen garden was
Mother's domain, as was washing, ironing, scrubbing, raising the babies,
canning food for winter. My older sister began the work of a woman at 11
years of age. My older brother began the work of a man at about the same
age. I was two years younger and managed to avoid work as much as possible.
I was assigned the chores of carrying water, washing dirty diapers, watching the 
little ones, helping my brother cut wood (which I believe was more annoyance to 
him than help), gather leaves for the cow's stable, my
tendency toward living in dreamland often got me in trouble.
The daughter and three sons of Daddy's and Mother's union were 6 to 10 years 
younger than me. That sister and I have always been fast friends.
(Oh dear, here I have spent time lost in memories again)

Nothing wrong with memories!

Here we go with March 29.  Looks like it may be a nice day here later.  Right now, the temp's a little chilly, and the ravine outside my slider looks dreary  Made pancakes this morning..

Indeed, a lovely day, but cold.
I think I mainly messed about with
seedlings.
I visited Little Chuckie twice.
He is SO precious.

Sounds good Joyous!  I took Chipper for a walk on the riverfront this morning, and a 2400 pace walk this afternoon that worked out to about 7 tenths of a mile.

Took Chipper out at about 11 last night.  He woke me to go out again at 4.  The pink guy woke me at 7, and I'll be taking Chipper out again in a little bit.  Will walk him later, but have no other big plans today.

Woke at 4:30 this morning.  Laid there a while, till the little pink guy got Chipper and me up. I'll be taking Chipper with me, when I pick up Dawn at 10, take her to her Doc's appointment, take Chipper for a walk, and then, take Dawn home.  Shoots my day.

My day: $$ Tree.
Not much else yet.
Soon the visit with Little Chuckie.
After I drop Maggie off at Meijer.
My daughter's car headliner MAY be done,
in which case we will fetch it.

What is a headliner in a car?

The cloth that covers the ceiling of the car.
In this 84 Ford (I think) it's come loose by
the back window.

joyous wrote:The cloth that covers the ceiling of the car.
In this 84 Ford (I think) it's come loose by
the back window.

Oh!  I should have known that!  "84?  That's 37 years old!  An antique!

Dawn sent me a text this morning- said she's pregnant.
I have my hairdresser coming here at 10 to cut my hair.  Will tell her I want to look like Telly Savalas.
Have no big plans here today.

Little chilly here this morning.  The little pink guy had me up at 3:38 this morning.  Chipper didn't get up with us, so after dozing for another 3 hours, I got up and took Chipper out.
Having a chili meals on wheels dinner for breakfast, and I have no big plans for today, except to take Chipper for a walk this morning, and get my hair cut this afternoon.  (My hairdresser wasn't able to make it out yesterday, as she had to work overtime at her other job.)

LFF, how do you feel about Dawn's pregnancy?

X: Positive ----------
X: Negative---------
X: Neutral ----------

My day thus far.
Bank, washed my outerwear, discussion about life on 
our planet with my oldest son. His intellect may be an
albatross as opposed to a blessing. I try to converse with
him. I'm far below his level and lack the ability to retain
information as he does. He had the disadvantage of being
born to parents whose intellectual level was below his. In
first grade, we were told that he ranked at the top across
the entire United States. Alas, living among ordinary folks,
he had no challenge.
(Uhoh, I'm doing it again! Printing my thoughts)

My first thought about Dawn was "That's all she needs!"  But then she said "April Fool!"
Intelligence isn't all it's cracked up to be.  Mine is declining due to the cognitive regression I've been battling for years, and except for some unrelated depression, I'm doing fine.

Oh my goodness! I gotta hand it to Dawn, that was a good one
My third son once called me, asking if I would come and bail him out of jail.
He was one if the least problems, so I was taken aback. Yesterday, he called
and said, "I don't suppose you would fall for the old bail me out again."
WE both laughed. I'm less gullible now.

I'm up early this morning, so I'm tempted to head out to walmart to get some sparkling water.

Went to walmart yesterday at 7 a.m.- was hardly anyone there.  Bought my 74 bottles of sparkling water, brought it home, and had it all carried in by 8:30.  I don't recall doing a whole lot else yesterday.
Anyway, Happy Easter all!  Chipper and I will be taking Dawn home around noon today, and then we'll be heading out to my Mom's.

Took Chipper for a walk on the riverfront this morning before we get the predicted rain.  Also went to Village Markup, and bought 5 pkgs of cheese smoked sausage, 5 pkgs of Polish kielbasa, 5 packs of cheese grillers, 5 boxes of microwave popcorn (with theater butter), 5 bags of Marble Jack shredded cheese, and 5- 6 bottle packs of Diet Dr. Pepper.  Why 5 of each?  They were all on sale at buy 2, get 3 free!  I also bought 2 bottles of Russian salad dressing, but it was not on sale.

Such deals, Mr. LFF !
Now I must see the Vitals!

Today I planted two short rows of potatoes.
Repotted some tomato plants which I grew
from seeds. Also some cucumber plants.
I grew them in peat pellets from seeds I
ordered. Just as I was finishing, rain became a bit serious.
I have Kohlrabi to transfer into pots, perhaps tomorrow.
I feel GOOD being out working in the soil!

Yesterday I did a load of laundry, went to the home
of friends for an Easter meal. Lovely afternoon there.

Wow LFF you are an amazing shopper!

Joyous I may plant potatoes this week.   I have some sprouting.  Today is finish the high rise garden clean up and planting some onions.  Have to wait til the sun is behind the trees though.

Ever since I fell off that turnip truck, I haven't really cared for turnips.

Glad, is it due to medication that you must avoid sun?
I have 3 rows of onions planted and will plant more
soon. Kale came up from last year and it tastes SO 
good.

LFF, I remember hearing about the turnip wagon.
Personally I do not like turnips.

The reason I mentioned the turnip truck is that Kohlrabi is a Russian turnip.

Partly Joyous.....one blood pressure med says stay out of sun....the other reason is skin cancer issue.....I will do most of my gardening late in the afternoon or early in the morning.

I am beat this evening....I did get the purple potatoes planted that were sprouted.....will get the white potatoes another day.  I have to buy some onion bulbs.....hope there are some left.....I forgot to get that done.

You should be able to get them, Glad.  Even Amazon sells them:
https://www.amazon.com/onion-sets/s?k=onion+sets

The little pink guy convinced me to get up at 5 this morning.  Then Chipper followed me to the jim, so I took him outside, following which, I stayed up.  Dawn will be going to lunch with the girls, and then ask me to take her home from Allegan.  I'm sure that she'll ask me if I heard that there are going to be new stimulus checks, and I'll tell her I heard only that the IRS is supposed to be sending checks to the people they missed last time.
By the way, did you ever notice that if you combine 'the' and 'IRS', you get 'theirs'?  And as author Tama Janowitz wrote, 'they' is 'us'.

Glad, I bought seed potatoes and onion sets at Farm and Home.
I still want to get seeds for the little green onions.
I hope I remember to wear Sun blocker tomorrow. Today, my
cheeks got quite red.
LFF, I didn't know Kohlrabi was of the turnip family. I only recently
ate it. I peeled it and cut into small chunks and sautéed with other 
vegetables. I hope I can grow them.
Today I laundered a couple of blankets. Feels like Spring cleaning.
The little dog only wanted to go outside today. No playing with the
ball, just enjoying outdoors.

After taking Dawn home, I took Chipper to one of the parks in Otsego. along the Huron River.  He enjoyed being out in the weather too.  Wanted to lie under each picnic table, and of course tangle his leash too, much to my dismay.  Did laundry  today- 2 weeks worth all mixed in 1 load.  Found two 2 shelf wooden units by the dumpster.  They were in very nice shape, so I took them home.  Had the perfect place to put them:

Just saw on TV that Old Navy jeans are going to start having front pockets, thanks to a 7 year old  letter writer.  They didn't have front pockets before?
Will probably take Chipper for a walk today- no other plans yet.
I'm a little proud of my shelving acquisition yesterday...

LFF, that is a great find! Those are nice shelves and useful.
Are they solid wood or particleboard? 
Some of our furniture items are particle board and they look
like solid wood. One small chest we found on trash day was a desk.
We didn't need a desk, but my housemate cut the desk side off,
put the edging on the chest where the desk part had been cut off,
stained it, wella! A very nice chest.
The Old Navy jeans, I never owned a pair, but find it surprising
that they lacked front pockets!