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

[Snowysmom]

I am playing catch up. Still in NH until tomorrow. It has been a bit of a mixed vacation. It has been busier than I was anticipating but fun to see the kids and grandkids. For me, seeing all the masks and rules for everything kind of takes a bit away from relaxing. I have had a bit of anxiety over it. But 4 different walls to look at is nice. It will be nice to pick up Jasper from his vacation at the kennel. I will need to rest up from chasing kiddies and playing outside. I used muscles I didn't know I had.

Travel: We would like to go to more national parks, Alaska land tour, and Atlantic Canada. We had a cruise out of Boston to Canada so would like to do that some time.

Happy Friday.

 

[Meriweather]

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Happy Friday to all!

Hug, Heidi. Good to see you back and posting. Your messages are always uplifting. Thank you and your DD again for baking a goodie to pass onto another with care

The pumpkin shaped candy corn reminds me of how good those were! I am not able to eat them anymore (way too chewy and hard) but as a kid believed they tasted so much better and more special than the plain triangle candy corn (though those were tasty, too)

Hug, Snowysmom, I can understand that I do hope you are having some fun.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

@Meriweather, I love pumpkin roll. Now I want some.

Took a 10 mile bike ride along the C & D canal this morning. Took this picture of golden rod, a sure sign of fall.

 

[Snowysmom]

Thanks @flyingdumbo127. We are having fun too. DH and I are going to dinner tonight in North Conway with patio dining. Everyone else has gone home and we will follow tomorrow.

The goldenrod picture is lovely. Fall is on the way. The nights in northern Nh have been on the 50s and we have seen a few trees turning yellow. A 10 mile bike ride is impressive and sounds like fun.

 

[Kirby]

Here's a picture of Carol and the kids plus James and his girlfriend with Mack his dog at Trunk or Treat last year.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I'm very excited to see that Halloween Crunch is back out! We've been on the lookout for Franken-berry and Count Chocula - Josh would LOVE them!

We are planning to go shopping at Carter's and Michaels tomorrow. I see that Halloween-ish stuff is at Carter's (I'm hoping they have the Frankenstein's Monster pajamas for Josh - he LOVES him!) and I know Michaels will have a lot, being that it's time to get fall crafts going. I'll take some photos for our hunt!

I think the universe heard me venting about the schools and their requirements! My mom called yesterday and we talked about trying to find a notary for her letter. When we hung up, I made lunch for Josh, with the intention of looking around to see where I might find an available notary afterward. Well, while I was in the middle of lunch preparation, my mom suddenly texted that she'd already made an appointment with the town hall notary for Wednesday morning! Wow...that was fast! Then DH texted to say that he spoke to the dentist's office and they are open until 6 on Monday evening, just call ahead by about an hour, and they'll sign that form for us. (I'm sure they're used to this...it's a pediatric dentist. He said they seemed to know exactly what form it is ) So glad that's working out easily. Now I just need to stress about getting everything done before my mom gets home. Living room is a mess with all the toys that Josh refuses to pick up...I'll have to clean the bathrooms (my least favorite chore ) and mop the kitchen floor. Want to get laundry done, too, as I don't know how much she'll have. She's looking forward to coming home. No longer enjoying her visit...she says my uncle is just like Grandpa and she's tired of it.

Almost forgot to post that that corn maze is amazing! I wonder if we will have any out here this year. There's one in South Windsor that always does a huge fall thing, with 2 corn mazes - a children's maze and a larger, much more difficult one. We went last year for the first time and did both. The children's maze was fun, and they put photos of animals throughout and you were supposed to find all 10 (we did). Then we did the "big" one and yes, it was sort of difficult. They have two lookout towers on each side of it, manned by employees, and they also have several employees walking the maze who always ask if you need assistance. At first we let Josh take the lead, but then it seemed we were going around in circles, so I took over. They also had a pirate ship playground, a go-kart track (Josh tried but couldn't do it. He crashed in the first curve and wouldn't do any more. Maybe since he did such a good job at the Ford Driving School at Legoland this year, he'd be willing to try again), a small petting zoo, a hayride, and then you got to take home some pumpkins and gourds. It was fun (even though DH got mad at me for letting Josh try the go-karts and "embarrassing" him because he wasn't ready. Kind of put a damper on the day).

I'm also hoping that our Trolley Museum might do the "Pumpkin Patch Trolley," too. Admission only includes 1 trolley ride to the "pumpkin patch" (just an open field where they've set out pumpkins, not an actual patch) and kids get a pumpkin with their admission. They also have food, decorations to explore, and a "corn pit" for the kids to play in.

(Hm, now I can't upload any photos...they're all saying that they're too large for the server to process. Never had that issue with photos from this phone before... )

 

[PollyannaMom]

(Hm, now I can't upload any photos...they're all saying that they're too large for the server to process. Never had that issue with photos from this phone before... )

I think asks me the size I want to upload? (Or maybe that’s when I e-mail them?) I usually choose “medium”.

 

[Caseheidi]

Just popping on quickly to let you all know I got my test results back, and as we hoped, I am still cancer free! Yay! My Doctor is lowering my med dose, so hopefully I will no longer be in Hyperthyroidism. This will hopefully mean that I will have an easier time sleeping, and my body temp control will even out. Tired of always being too hot or too cold!

Have a great day!

 

[easyas123]

Just popping on quickly to let you all know I got my test results back, and as we hoped, I am still cancer free! Yay! My Doctor is lowering my med dose, so hopefully I will no longer be in Hyperthyroidism. This will hopefully mean that I will have an easier time sleeping, and my body temp control will even out. Tired of always being too hot or too cold!

Have a great day!

AwesomeAwesomeAwesome!

 

[lynxstch]

@Caseheidi That is wonderful news..congratulations! You need to have a celebration of some sort this weekend!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Many hugs Heidi, praise God! What wonderful news. Thank you for sharing! I don't know if you check PM's on here but I did PM you. No hurry to reply just an FYI because I know not everyone does check their PM's

All of you take such lovely photos! Than you for sharing.

I'm glad, Snowysmom!

Hug, apirateslifeforme, so glad that is all working out for Josh and school! I'm glad he had fun at Legoland, too.

 

[Meriweather]

 

[AuntieMe3]

Great news @Caseheidi So happy for you.

Its so hard to think of fall when its a bazillion degrees outside and soo humid right now... Plus it soo smoky out from all the fires burning, the strange thing is I don't think there is any too close to us so I have no idea where the smoke is even coming from. Anyway, I just saw this shirt I think I might get it. I love it.

 

[Meriweather]

Yep.....fall is long from now......still over 110 degrees here

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Yay for Mickey shaped pumpkins, Meriweather

Good to see a post from you, AuntieMe3. I will take the 90 or so here over the 100 from earlier in the week. I hope it will cool down for us all soon!

 

[sparkle78]

I’ve enjoyed all of the pumpkin and fall leaves photos

Nativecos.com.

Ok I tried to add photo from the website, but am going to have to work on editing . Anyway, “ Native” is a natural deodorant company. I use the coconut and vanilla fragrance, like sun tan lotion. I love the smell of pumpkin spice, but not under my armpits !

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Our thread is slipping!

Friday Gratitude:

Another Blessed week of health and hopefully one step closer to the end of this plague.
Happy snail mail of a Mickey card from a friend
I am also enjoying all the Autumn pictures, thanks everyone.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Saturday morning gratitude:

DS was able to get his Covid test for school yesterday, and it was negative.

Woke up to temps cool enough to bake.

Am now outside listening to the birds singing.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

Good Saturday morning.

Last night I made taco salad for dinner. Then we went to UDairy Creamery for ice cream. During dinner I put the hose on my garden to give it some water. Forgot about it until I woke up this morning. I think the plants got enough water.

@PollyannaMom, glad your son had a negative test.

I have never been tested. Here they do a nasal swab and I have a real thing against anything going on with my nose. I would if required but not just to know. DD has been tested 3 times because her state does an oral swab.

More in the saga of our neighbor and his trash. This is going to be a guilty obsession for me. DH and I were eating dinner on out porch, which has a perfect view of the show, last night when the neighbor came back over. He went through the two trash cans and picked out things and put them in his car. I guess he is just slowly moving his junk to a new location.