Quarantine and chill and kindness chatty clubhouse: Jump in and join the conversation! All is welcome!

[Meriweather]

I'm not comfortable going out yet (except grocery store), so hair cut will wait.
DD is at the dentist now......she said it is quite and empty
She is going to cut DGS aand DGD's hair this weekend when they are all over using the pool. (she is Auntie )

 

[lovemygoofy]

Hi All,

Sorry I missed yesterday. I had some really bad news about a friend and I just needed to sit and be. My friend went for MRI on Tuesday and doctor called yesterday and he is having cyber gamma knife brain surgery this afternoon. I'm pretty devastated as this person is fighting like hell stage 3 or 4 lung cancer, never smoked day in his life. Just quiet here right now. Pretty good reminder that life keeps happening whether prepared or not with all already going on.

I hope everyone has a great Friday. It is stormy here this weekend. Tomorrow would have been my Matt's graduation and big family party. We are going to get some take out and I think I'm going to make him his favorite carrot cake at least. Hopefully he won't want to help and I'll get it done in half the time lol but if he does that's fine too. There should always be cake on a celebration day.

Dinner tonight: ribs cooking in crockpot, finished in the oven, baked sweet potatoes, and green beans.

Gratitudes:
Thankful for good medical team for my friend today
Blessed to have good people in my life
Grateful to still have all my loved ones healthy as we can be.

Peace and good health to all

 

[lovemygoofy]

Question of the day: 5/15: What is your favorite photo, and why do you love it? (thanks @PollyannaMom

I love pictures and in process of having several made into big pictures for decoration in the house. We have taken fun and gorgeous pictures around the world so I thought why should I be paying for ones from Kirklands that others have when I can have my own for the wall for close to the same cost. I have lots of family pictures and trunk from WW2 that belonged to my grandfather of pictures from my family generations ago. I have three favorites: our first disney picture during Matt's R&R from his 1st deployment during our first year of marriage, his grandparents 60th anniversary picture, and my grandparents wedding day picture with him in his Army uniform and she with a pretty flower in her hair. Priceless to me. What about you and your pictures?

 

[lynxstch]

Hi All,

Sorry I missed yesterday. I had some really bad news about a friend and I just needed to sit and be. My friend went for MRI on Tuesday and doctor called yesterday and he is having cyber gamma knife brain surgery this afternoon. I'm pretty devastated as this person is fighting like hell stage 3 or 4 lung cancer, never smoked day in his life. Just quiet here right now. Pretty good reminder that life keeps happening whether prepared or not with all already going on.

I hope everyone has a great Friday. It is stormy here this weekend. Tomorrow would have been my Matt's graduation and big family party. We are going to get some take out and I think I'm going to make him his favorite carrot cake at least. Hopefully he won't want to help and I'll get it done in half the time lol but if he does that's fine too. There should always be cake on a celebration day.

Dinner tonight: ribs cooking in crockpot, finished in the oven, baked sweet potatoes, and green beans.

Gratitudes:
Thankful for good medical team for my friend today
Blessed to have good people in my life
Grateful to still have all my loved ones healthy as we can be.

Peace and good health to all

Tina, I am so sorry to read about your friend. I am sending up strong prayers that his Dr has steady hands, and that he makes it through the surgery.
Calling for rain here this weekend also, so I hurried and did all the yard work this morning. I am thinking Subway for dinner, since our stay at home order relaxes at 5 pm, and I am craving one. Haven't had one since before this all started. I wanted to get a haircut, but I just called and they still haven't opened back up for business, so I will just keep tying it back and swearing at it, lol. You need to make that carrot cake for Matt. His gradutaion day should have something special going on., even if it's just a yummy cake! Tell him Congratulations from your DIS family.

 

[gwynne]

Tina, I am praying for your friend. I am sorry he is going through this medical challenge. Also praying for his care team.

On a happier note, congrats to Matt! Sending good thoughts to you both as you celebrate.

It's amazing to me it's Friday already. We have free premium movie channels for a few days, so I've set up the DVR to record a few favorites.

Not much else new here. I'll probably put some rerun baseball on while I cook this afternoon. It's better than no baseball at all.
Wishing everyone a nice weekend.

 

[Meriweather]

Hi All,

Sorry I missed yesterday. I had some really bad news about a friend and I just needed to sit and be. My friend went for MRI on Tuesday and doctor called yesterday and he is having cyber gamma knife brain surgery this afternoon. I'm pretty devastated as this person is fighting like hell stage 3 or 4 lung cancer, never smoked day in his life. Just quiet here right now. Pretty good reminder that life keeps happening whether prepared or not with all already going on.

I hope everyone has a great Friday. It is stormy here this weekend. Tomorrow would have been my Matt's graduation and big family party. We are going to get some take out and I think I'm going to make him his favorite carrot cake at least. Hopefully he won't want to help and I'll get it done in half the time lol but if he does that's fine too. There should always be cake on a celebration day.

Dinner tonight: ribs cooking in crockpot, finished in the oven, baked sweet potatoes, and green beans.

Gratitudes:
Thankful for good medical team for my friend today
Blessed to have good people in my life
Grateful to still have all my loved ones healthy as we can be.

Peace and good health to all

 

[Meriweather]

Congrats to Matt.

Pictures......used to take a LOT!! Everything, scenery, food, people.
Scrap booker here
But found I was about 10 years behind. We take 6-8 trips a year, so I gave up on scrap books for DH and myself and just put our photos in photo albums.
I am still scrapping our family trips and the grand kids.
Just finished their book for 2019.
I need to load the finished pages into the book still.
Then to decide what one to do next. I think it is a cruise I took with DD in 2016.

Dinner tonight will be an instant pot Mexican dish

 

[apirateslifeforme]

, Tina

I have lots of favorite photos, unfortunately. I have a photo of my grandfather in uniform, WWII United States Marine Corps, taken in 1943 or '44. One of our wedding photos taken during our first dance, we're both looking over my shoulder with the biggest, dumbest grins on our faces (but it was the most natural, happy, unposed photo - those are the best!). Two of the photos taken in the OR/delivery room when Josh was born - one is the nurse showing Josh to me (cause I'm all strapped down), and one is DH, still in scrubs and shower cap and mask, holding him for the first time (he was maybe 15, 20 minutes old). Then 3 more while still in the hospital, taken by the professional Bella Baby photographer (with me in a hospital gown that's falling off, no makeup, and hair pulled back in a manky old headband ) - one of all three of us, one of Josh and I, and one of DH and Josh from the side where Josh is lying down, kicking off his blanket, and DH is leaning over him, cradling him, and Josh is pulling his beard.

Last year we had some family photos taken and the photographer got a fabulous one of Josh with his arms folded, looking VERY serious. We all joke that it's his CEO photo

I love to take photos myself and I just use my Google Pixel phone. It takes the best photos! I still sometimes wonder if I should invest in a professional camera, or at least get some professional lighting to use at home. The wall in my dining room is a gorgeous green, but it ALWAYS photographs as dull muddy beige. I'd like to see the actual green and I know it's the lighting, whether I use the overhead light or just the natural light from the windows.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Question of the day: 5/15: What is your favorite photo, and why do you love it? (thanks @PollyannaMom

I love pictures and in process of having several made into big pictures for decoration in the house. We have taken fun and gorgeous pictures around the world so I thought why should I be paying for ones from Kirklands that others have when I can have my own for the wall for close to the same cost. I have lots of family pictures and trunk from WW2 that belonged to my grandfather of pictures from my family generations ago. I have three favorites: our first disney picture during Matt's R&R from his 1st deployment during our first year of marriage, his grandparents 60th anniversary picture, and my grandparents wedding day picture with him in his Army uniform and she with a pretty flower in her hair. Priceless to me. What about you and your pictures?

((huggles))


How do you pick just one favorite photo? Man. Ok..

I have one of DH and DS when we took our first trip to DL, where DS discovered that Woody and Buzz were real, after all. One of DD#2 in her wedding dress, as DH is giving her away to SoIL#2.. The one of DD#1 where she is cuddled up in my lap, during a photo shoot (and I was a few months pregnant with DD#2 in the photo). Don't judge the hair, it was the early 90s, I was having very bad morning sickness, and it was all I could do to get up and get dressed that morning.

I have one of GS#2 and GS#3, when they were both just about 2 years old, when we were able to get together; it's in black and white, and they are just sitting together on a blanket at the park, laughing. GS#1 in his Tiger Cub Scout uniform. I have my parents senior photos.


Now that I'm all weepy from looking through my photos... (but good weepy)
I'll put a couple up. I won't put any of the DGSs (per DD#1 request for her two).

Dinner tonight is breaded pork chops and roasted sweet potatoes/potato/brussel sprouts; and mixed veggies for DS (since he is picky nowadays). I bought ice cream (I know, I just got an ice cream maker, and here I am buying the stuff.....but in my defense, it was Tillamook ice cream and it was BOGO at Publix. Vanilla bean and Coffee Almond Fudge), so we'll have that for dessert.

I got a couple of dark chocolate bars for us to try (those specialty type chocolates; this one claims no dairy or sugar added, 80% dark, cocoa nibs in one and almonds in the other). Too dark and bitter for just eating, I think, so maybe tomorrow I'll chop 'em up and make some chocolate chunk cookies.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

Did laundry today and did the riding mower parts of the yard.

It is so nice out today. I wish I could go to the beach. That is going to be a while though. We usually go to Cape Henlopen State Park ocean beach in Delaware, which is about 2 hours from us. February 21 we bought our annual out of state pass for DE State Parks. Now, with the restrictions, it is unlikely they will let out of state people in. The Maryland beaches are much farther and no parks with bath houses, etc.

Dinner tonight is steamed shrimp, baked potato and salad.

Tina, sorry about your friend. More prayers. And Congratulations to Matt.

Question of the day: 5/15: What is your favorite photo, and why do you love it?

Gosh, this is hard. I have one of me and DGD when she was 2 that DH gave me for my birthday, framed, that I love. And an old one of me and my dad. And my kids each had their wedding party celebration/attitude pictures done on canvas for me.

 

[cabanafrau]

They would be photos of my daughters when they were very young, all studio portraits except for one candid of my husband and daughters taken by me.
Photographer captured oldest DD at 3 months, absolutely perfect expression that shows her cooing, looking up at the camera and even smiling with her eyes.

Photographer portrait of younger DD at 1 yr old, shot from above with DD looking right up into the lens with the most solemn and angelic expression. Entirely captures what it was like to see her toddling around the house, walk up to you and look right into your eyes.

A candid of my husband and daughters sitting down on a very large boulder in Smoky Mtns. Natl. Park and looking back up at me. I am not known for my photography skills, and this has been mistaken for a professional shot by my husband's coworkers over the years. Shot with a very simple camera back in the days of 35 mm film, just point and shoot.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Tina

Favorite Photos -
a special one of DS and myself taken on Mother’s Day when he was little

a “3 generations” photo of some of ladies in my family at a reunion (4 generations if you count the fact that DS took the picture for us)

a pink-tinted B&W photo of my mom as a little girl

one I took of DS and DH at Universal - They were eating ice cream, under the dragon. They didn’t know what it does, but I did - so I pretended to be taking a picture of it, but really had my camera on them. Best faces!

 

[cabanafrau]

Tina

Favorite Photos -
a special one of DS and myself taken on Mother’s Day when he was little

a “3 generations” photo of some of ladies in my family at a reunion (4 generations if you count the fact that DS took the picture for us)

a pink-tinted B&W photo of my mom as a little girl

one I took of DS and DH at Universal - They were eating ice cream, under the dragon. They didn’t know what it does, but I did - so I pretended to be taking a picture of it, but really had my camera on them. Best faces!

I have to ask, what does it do?

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Tina, and prayers for your friend. Much congratulations to Matt!

Today's question is rather timely. As I have gotten older, I wish when I was younger, we had taken more family photos. I never liked having my picture taken especially in the dinosaur days when we used film cameras without a preview of what the picture would look like or a clear and easy opportunity to delete and try again. I can be terrible about closing my eyes, so this was a factor, too. Anyway, I've also come to realize that for me, if a picture no longer brings me a smile or positive memory to look back on (same thing with old cards I have saved) there is no need to keep it. To me, doing so, is like a weight in away and in no way doing anything positive for me or aiding me in serving God. I will be re doing some albums soon and actually pray Dad will be ready to part with some photos that again are anything but positive memories to me, too. Has anyone ever been in a such a situation and if so, what did you do? Thanks

Back to the actual question Some favorite pictures are of my Dad and dog Champ, when Champ was just a couple months old Also enjoy looking at pictures of my Grandparents when they were younger. Grandpa and Grandma along with Champ are with Jesus now in Heaven. I look forward to one day having pictures taken with my Dad at Disneyland and some of you, too, at our Minnie's Breakfast

Grateful today for:

New blinds at last in my bedroom. The Valentine tablecloth can finally be taken down at last (it was acting as blinds on a section of bare window)

A nice talk with an elderly church friend this morning.
Being able to turn on one of the new A/C's for a bit earlier. It works great. Yay! praise God!

 

[Praying Colonel]

I have a photo of my mother, father and grandfather looking through the glass at me in the hospital nursery after I was born. It's really special to see how happy they were to see me for the first time.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I have to ask, what does it do?

Spoiler: It...

breathes fire

 

[NYCgrrl]

Takeout pizza tonight!
The people are happy.

I'm not a big lover of pictures of living people around the house so it's only my grandparents and mother that all see on display. Sorry, dad, you didn't make the cut but your parents did, LOL.

 

[bobbiwoz]

There’s a picture of my mom me and my sister by the fountain at the Dolphin. I suppose I’m missing Mom, but right now that’s my favorite picture.

I am grateful for my family, those that came before and the future.

 

[sparkle78]

Good question. I have 8 favorite photos, but will just share 2. Extra prayers in your direction too, Tina.
I’m sitting on the couch holding my youngest son as a newborn. My father in law slowly brings my then 19 month old into the room to meet his younger brother for the first time. My 19 month old throws his arms up in the air and yells “yeah”
( sorry still brings me to tears ). Somehow my mother-in-law got the photo at just the right time.

The kids first trip to Disney at 4 and 2.5 years riding the boat from Wilderness Lodge to magic kingdom for the first time. With big smiles on their faces and ...........a black eye on my 4 year old he got two days earlier from his little brother

Dinner : took kids and Hubbie for first haircuts. And stopped at a carhop 50splace to get burgers, fries, and milkshakes on the way home

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

No, and I don’t want to post, In case of spoilers, but I KNEW IT AT THE END

I knew at the end before she knocked on the door. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS???? Has anyone not watched yet who is planning to? I have questions & theories. Oh my gosh....