Kelly and I had scones for breakfast, then ran our errands. We had several little things to handle and even though we weren’t out very long, we went to five stores! Kelly needed charging cords for the new phone Matt ordered for her, and I got Logan’s dog Ransom a tiny stuffed dog-toy Snoopy. We couldn’t find anything else we were searching for. So we had grilled cheese and Aunt Joan’s corn for lunch, cleaned out Kelly’s car, and visited with Nate for a few minutes when he stopped over. I think the plan is to order pizza for supper – Hancher favorite of Gianilli’s ! And that’s it for today.
TODAY I am thankful for family time!
From last summer…
QUOTE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW February 19th is:
Iwo Jima Day; National Arabian Horse Day; National Lash Day; National Chocolate Mint Day; National Airboat Day; Tug of War Day.
I have almost no eye lashes. But I love Chocolate Mint! God bless….
Movie from 1964:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
TODAY on this date in History: 1885Mark Twain publishes “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in the US
Tuesday! I worked this morning – and did have several things to do. Colton was scheduled to wash my car today but he ended up not working today. Rege found the back up sensors and cleaned them for me, which was a bonus. But that’s good, because I took him cookies — today was ‘random kindness day!’
I stopped at Marshall’s after work and was able to get a picture frame, and some little felt tabs for my projects. Another stop at Walmart for a few (very few!) groceries and odds and ends: Photo paper, an Easter story book, a whisk broom and dust pan, and shampoo/conditioner. For the first time in a long time I found everything on my list!
The story is a good fit – not too juvenile, and can be easily enhanced!
I know Kelly’s coming up (I’m not sure of her ETA) so I spent the afternoon doing a quick clean – bathrooms, kitchen, dust, sweep, Swiffer — then washed a load of towels. So I’m ready: Food, clean house, accessories!
Once that was done, I managed to turn the outside spigot back on so I could wash the car. It was so dirty! It feels good to have a clean car. But I couldn’t manage to turn the water back off – hopefully Chase will come with Kelly and he’s tall enough to reach the turn-off knob.
Shiny clean!
I switched the front deck lights from the green to purple. It’s strange, because all 3 sets of lights are the same but they light differently. But now that’s done too until summer.
Just as I was ready to pull the car in the garage I realized I didn’t get cheese at Walmart! My family are cheese-heads so I just did a quick buzz to Dollar General and got a package. So now that is done too! I have an email to do after this, then supper!
TODAY I am thankful for a clean car!
QUOTE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW February 18th is:
Cow Milked while Flying in an Airplane Day; National Battery Day; Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day; Pluto Day; National Drink Wine Day; Thumb Appreciation Day; Ash Wednesday.
I can eat ice cream any time of the day. I didn’t know cows flew in airplanes. I appreciate my thumb but I’ve never really said it out loud. God bless!
MOVIE From 1963:
This movie (I was 13) left an impression on me that I still remember to this day! Not a fan!!
On this day in History: 1621Myles Standish is elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony
Answers to yesterday’s presidential questions: Millard Fillmore carried a dictionary at all times. Franklin Pierce was close friends with Nathaniel Hawthorne. Warren G Harding’s parents were both doctors!
Oh! And last night Kathy and I went to a program in Murrysville for President’s day. It was supposed to be Presidents Lincoln, Washington, and Grant. Grant ended up being ill and couldn’t come, and Lincoln had an accident and also couldn’t come. But Washington came and he was very interesting. I learned several things! And he filled the gap well for the evening.
I started this morning by doing laundry and working on a few household (small) projects. I even made another coaster – I’m addicted to making those! Look out world!
This is actually the back of my sweatshirt!
A little before noon I made my way over to Kathy’s. The road department was tearing up all the roads going into Overview, and it was tricky to even get there. But Lynn, Corliss and I all made it and settled in for a fun afternoon.
….except for the dog….
Kathy made a very President’s Day appropriate meal – see menu below. She always has Presidential facts tucked away for every day use! And she sets a festive table!
Our presidential menu
We stopped long enough to take a few photos before lunch – then we went into the living room and exchanged unique and quirky facts about some of our past presidents. Here are three facts – see if you can figure out which president they are attached to – answer tomorrow!
Lynn, Kathy, Corliss
Lynn, me, Kathy
1: Carried a dictionary at all times. 2: Was close friends with Nathaniel Hawthorne. 3: Parents were both doctors.
TODAY I am thankful for these lovely ladies and friends!
Lynn, Kathy, Me, Corliss
QUOTE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW February 17th is:
Champion Crab Races Day; Lunar New Year Begins; Global Tourism Resiliance Day; My Way Day; National Cabbage Day; National Cafe au lait Day; National Public Science Day; National Random Acts of Kindness Day; Who Shall I Be Day; National Cauliflower Day; Fat Tuesday.
I do like cauliflower! I will be ME day – that’s who I’ll be! And I’ll do it my way! God bless…
Movie from 1962:
On this Day in History: 1861Abraham Lincoln stops his train at Westfield on his way to Washington to thank 11-year-old Grace Bedell in person for her advice to grow a beard to gain more votes.
Didn’t sleep as well as I hoped – but I’ll make it to bed time! Church and Sunday School went well – we voted on a new Next Gen minister (for our kids teenage and younger). I’m fairly certain he will get voted in. I am thoroughly enjoying the Sunday School lessons on Revelation – finally making sense of some of it!
Pat is a member at the church my brother in law preaches at. She’s very talented. (*Copywrite)
Todd’s message was still in the B-Attitudes. We are the salt and light of the world. That is our identity. It’s a privilege with a great responsibility. How? Love people until they ask WHY? God blesses us so we can bless others through us. We reflect God’s light — a lighthouse doesn’t move so you would follow it. The light is constant and we can shine so others can see their way home. You might be the only Jesus others ever see.
Too many people feel this way!
Lighthouse …
Deb made a sweet treat mix and shared some with me – Cheerios, pretzels and M&M’s – mixed together and coated with melted white chocolate chips. Very yummy and hit the spot! Especially since I sent most of the cookies home with Christina!
Sweet treat from Deb (what I haven’t already eaten!)
Chrissy’s cookies
When she got there we had a bowl of Cream of Potato Soup and I sent the rest home with her. Along with some cheese, a few dark chocolate covered mini-cookies, and most of the cookies we made. We worked together and it worked out smoothly and they tasted very yummy!
Potato Soup
Chrissy’s stuff
She brought her little warmable bunny with her – he had a little hole under his arm and was losing his stuffing. I sewed it right up, and said if it turned out to be ‘cancer’ bring him back for more surgery! Chrissy and I had a lot of interesting, informative, and fun conversations and enjoyed our day together.
Chris and her tiny bunny!
My friend Mary sent me a txt this morning that her family was taking a day trip to Lake Erie today. She shared some pictures which I’m posting here. I don’t remember ever going to the lake in the winter when we were at Mom’s!
The Lake covered in ice.
Frozen waves
Dom and Dave at the Lighthouse
Mary and Dom (at the lighthouse)
Beth sent me a picture of her TY Skunk that Mom gave her. I’m excited that she has one! She also got a little Bear – Duck for Cameron. How cool is THAT?
Beth’s skunk
Cameron’s duck bear
So now I’m finishing up this post and having a cup of hot tea and cookies. That’s it for today!
Today I am thankful for Chrissy’s visit!
Archive photo.
QUOTE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW February 16th is:
President’s Day; Innovation Day; National Almond Day; National Do a Grouch a Favor Day; Islander Day.
I am celebrating at a luncheon tomorrow at Kathy’s! It will be a very presidential luncheon! God bless…
Movie from 1961
My favorite, long-time all-time movie!
On This day in History: On February 15, 1903, toy store owner and inventor Morris Michtom places two stuffed bears in his shop window, advertising them as Teddy Bears – named (with permission) for Theodore Roosevelt.
I was reading Snoopy comics and it looks like he had a lovely Valentine’s Day! I’m celebrating by watching my DVD of Biltmore Christmas!
Normal Saturday – changing and washing bedsheets. I will do the ironing once I’ve posted this. I did take down and pack away the Valentine decorations, including switching out the flags, blankets, coasters, and lights. All back to normal now.
d Bookcase is back to purple from red.
I went outside around noon and cleaned off the parking space in the front driveway – it still had snow on part of it. I got the snow off, but there’s still a little ice. It will melt if it stays this warm and sunny.
Still a little ice left.
The snow is finally melting…
Also changed the flags back to winter.
Winter flag.
Also moved my favorite photo frame again – and some of the houses on the shelf.
Cabin in the snow….
I spent the rest of the afternoon editing and rewriting the Winter story, the DNA story, and finishing the Easter story. The Easter one is still way too long. But I can’t see how I can cut anything! it’s all very important.
Hopefully after I do the ironing I can peal and soak the potatoes for tomorrow’s soup. That will be my day. Hope your Valentine’s day was a delight!
TODAY I am thankful for sunshine and much warmer temperatures!
QUOTE of the DAY:
Maybe not sit outside today – but at least not listening to the news!
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW February 15th is:
Love Reset Day; Susan B Anthony Day; International Angelman Day; International Childhood Cancer Day; National Black Girl Magic Day; National Flag of Canada Day; National Gumdrop day; National I Want Butterscotch Day; National Wisconsin Day; Singles Awareness Day; World Hippo Day; World Whale Day; Annoy Squidward Day.
I can’t eat gumdrops – too stickie for my teeth. I do like butterscotch. I am aware that I am single. God bless!
MOVIE from 1960:
One of my childhood favorites! My favorite actress was Haley Mills!
FRIDAY the 13th! I’d say that was yesterday for me, so today was smooth and safe. No skunks! Kathy agreed to be my fleatique buddy and we walked through time (and a lot of ‘junk’!) and shared memories. We drove to Blairsville, and went to Goodwill and the Fleatique on Route 119/22. Kathy bought a few items, as I did, and enjoyed some pretty bizarre items. It’s always fun to find things that we actually have, and see the prices. We were greeted at one booth by a pair of Moose!
“Welcome to Blairsville!”
I was basically on the lookout for the TY skunks and cows. Believe it or not, I found one of each! I was very excited. Now I have seven matching skunks – only need three more! I’m on the hunt!
And I have three TY cows, too.
Mamma pillow and baby cow.
I did laundry and worked on editing several stories. I still have to finish composing the Easter story – it’s going to be a challenge to create something compact enough to read in the allotted ‘story’ time, and still tell the whole story.
I bought this one for Cameron
In the background I was playing ANNE of GREEN GABLES: The Sequel. And that was my day!
TODAY I am thankful for sister outings!
QUOTE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
National Cheddar Day!
TOMORROW February 14th is:
Global Movie Day; International Book Giving Day; National Call in Single Day; National Cream Filled Chocolates Day; National Ferris Wheel Day; National Library Lover’s Day; Read to your Child Day; Valentine’s Day; World Sound Healing Day; National Organ Donor Day.
I love giving and getting books, and reading – to anyone, but especially children! And I like watching movies, too. God Bless…
MOVIE from 1959:
I love this movie!!!
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: 1866 Jesse James robs his first bank, stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri
So, how was your day? Did it start out quiet or happy or calm? Hmmmm. When I climbed out of bed this morning I looked out my bedroom window, as I always do. I would live in a glass house if it wasn’t indecent! BUT What did I see? There was a huge skunk running around the bottom yard, sniffing and trotting and exploring.
Exploring….
He (?) skipped up the path, explored the bench, then ran across the hill by the fence. I think he was trying to get out. Finally he managed that, and nosed around the driveway for a few minutes. He must have found another way into the yard because next thing I knew he was by the deck. It looked like he went underneath but then I didn’t see him again today.
He is FOR SURE not SMALL!
Where is he going NOW???
Ken told me to keep an eye out – if it was running around in daylight (they are nocturnal) he was probably just passing through. Barry said just call Animal Control and get him out of there now! Rege just grinned. He has skunks in his neighborhood and sees them all the time. What to do?
This looks sketchy to me….
Work, however, was a challenge. My PENNDOT verification program was not behaving, and I tied a customer up longer than necessary – but it in fact WAS necessary. Can’t do title work without the verification. The next two deals tripped up, as well. I got home about 1:30pm, but by 3:00 Rege was calling for help. So I zipped BACK down to work and handled a problem. I was actually glad to help and have something go smoothly!
I made a few stops on the way home. The first time I popped into the mall, looking for things I couldn’t find. I did get a little purple flowers and butterflies soap pump holder for my bathroom – they discontinued the bottles that I really liked. So this was a concession to fixing that. Bummer – but beautiful.
The toilet seat in my downstairs bathroom was cracked, (soft vinyl, so not sanitary) so I bought a new one at Ollies. I had burgundy before but I couldn’t find that anywhere. So — White! Good price. I even changed it myself! Yea me!
Looks pretty good!
I took a few minutes to make chocolate covered mini-chocolate chip cookies, and have a bowl of potato soup. Answered emails and did some research and changed the batteries in my TV remote (have to have the TV on!!!). So that’s it for the day!
Just a few….
TODAY I am NOT thankful for skunks!
Don’t look so sad! You KNOW you’re a menace!
QUOTE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
First PEANUTS strip published (1950)
Tomorrow February 13th is:
Friday the 13th!; Galentines Day; Get a Different Name Day; International Day of Self Love; National Blame Someone Else Day; National Cheddar Day; National Tortellini Day; National Wing Man Day; No One Eats Alone Day; World Radio Day.
Galentines Day – celebrate with your girl friendships, ladies! I think it’s kind of easy to always blame someone else. We should all have a wing man, right? I eat alone all the time…. God bless…
Movie from 1958:
Mom loved musicals! I remember her singing along with this one!
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Charles Schulz passed away in his sleep on the night of February 12, 2000, just hours before the final Sunday strip appeared in newspapers.
I did sleep better last night – only woke up once, then slept until the alarm!
While I was cleaning, I listened to my new Brad Paisley Christmas CD. There were a lot of instrumental interludes – and they had the flavor of Buck Owens attached to them. Several of the songs were cute and clever and I am really enjoying the music. So between that CD and the Dan + Shay Christmas CD I have a whole year’s worth of fun listening ahead!
Cleaning is cleaning. I scrubbed bathrooms, laundry room, kitchen. Shook rugs, dusted, did Windex, swept, Swiffered, and vacuumed, upstairs and down. Did a load of towels. And that, my friends, was my entire day!
I answered a few emails and txt messages. Kathy said that Paul’s Watchman procedure was a success and he was feeling good. Nate said his infusion was a success and he was fine but tired. I wish my day was a little more interesting — Oh! I took the trash up to the road and then got the mail. Had a Valentine from Deb! (Thank you, Deb.)
TODAY I am thankful for successful medical procedures!
QUOTE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW February 12th is:
Abraham Lincoln Birthday; Darwin Day; Giving Hearts Day; National Digital Learning Day; National Plum Pudding Day; Safety Pup Day; Georgia Day; Hug Day; Union Day.
We’ll celebrate Lincoln’s birthday on Monday. Make sure your pup is safe. And hug if you can – it’s healthy. God bless…
I did not sleep last night – and no clue why. I was just wide away from like 2:30am on. Hoping tonight will be better. My humidifier left crazy light patterns on my wall.
Almost looks like a galaxy.
This morning I had a little more to do than typical lately, which was good. I left Pinnacle and stopped at Home Depot to see if they had 3 inch square tile for my project. Nope! I know Kelly can get them for me, and I’m not in a hurry, so that’s ok. I stopped at Aldi and got small bottles of water. Came across my friend Teresa and her dog Gigi and we chatted in the parking lot for almost half an hour.
Also got Elderberry vitamins, and the hull-less popcorn. I came home and made the popcorn chocolate drizzled, and made CC pretzels with the leftover melted chocolate.
White and Chocolate drizzle
Pretzels using up the rest of the melted chocolate.
I put my ice cream into individual servings. Keeps me from over indulging!
Mini servings.
I still have ironing to do, but I did walk up and get the mail and pick up a fair size branch in my yard and stuck it in the trash. Also repaired two items of clothing that needed sewing corrections. My mail was the Colonial Williamsburg ‘Trend and Traditions’ magazine.
Today I am thankful for – again – good friends!
Teresa and Gigi – Archive photo
Quote of the Day:
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW February 11th is:
Giving Hearts Day; Promise Day; National Lost Penny Day; Armed Forces Day; National Shut In Visitation Day; National Make a Friend Day; Be Electrific Day; Grandmother Achievement Day; International Day of Women and Girls in Science; National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day; National Guitar Day; National Investors Day; National Latte Day; National Pep Rally Day; Satisfied Staying Single Day (Not touching that one…); National White Shirt Day; National Plum Pudding Day.
Give what you can to those who need; It’s easy to lose a penny. It would be fun to make a friend. I have a bunch of white shirts! God Bless…
Movie from 1956:
On this day in History: 1968 American two-time world champion Peggy Fleming comfortably wins the Olympic women’s figure skating gold medal at the Grenoble Winter Games. (I loved to ice skate and at age 18 I thought that was the greatest thing!)
Heat wave! 31*. It was super cold last night, though. The house was cracking and popping and woke me 4 or 5 times though the night, but all is well. I spent the morning doing laundry, doing research for the Easter story, and trying to sort out dates for two events.
Noisy little guys!
I was invited to Kathy’s for lunch, and after we ate we looked at information and dates for both our Gettysburg trip and the Skunk Hollow event. We have the Gettysburg trip locked in, and now we just have to fine tune. The other event is a little more tricky. Trying to find a common date for 10 women is like herding cats! We all go in a dozen directions!
Kathy had a yummy lunch: deviled eggs, fruit, crackers and cheese, and sloppy Joe’s. Millie was doing art projects and painted me a rainbow plate. I brought it home and hung it on my wall. I had made her a coaster of their family, and she was excited about it. We had a good afternoon.
Millie and her coaster
Autmn txt me pictures of Cameron with his newest duckie. She said he has an ‘extensive’ collection! He loves his duckies!
Happy boy.
Today I am thankful for vacation plans!
Quote of the Day:
PEANUTS?
Doing arts and crafts
TOMORROW February 10th is:
National Flannel Day; Safer Internet Day; National Home Warranty Day; National Cream Cheese Brownie Day; National Umbrella Day; Childrens Hospice Day; International Cribbage Day; Teddy Day; Valentismas
I have 2 flannel shirts and some sheets. I’m thankful my internet is safe! God Bless…
MOVIE from 1955:
This was the first movie that Kelly saw at the movie theater! I think she was two!
On this day in history: 1775 British Parliament declares Massachusetts Colony in rebellion
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