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[Breezy_Carol]

Doesn’t really show how pretty the Black Eyed Susans and white flowers were.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Very pretty flowers indeed, Carol!

 

[Breezy_Carol]

Good night bump.

 

[Kirby]

Got my grocery shopping done today. All caught up in the office. DH hired a new plumbing apprentice, one of our employee's sister. Not too many women in the plumbing business. This is her third year learning the trade.

I signed up last week to provide a meal for a family this evening where the husband has been very sick. After calling yesterday and asking what they've been eating lately from others that have been providing and what time they like to eat dinner, I decided this morning to make them Spaghetti Pie. Got all the ingredients and started to cook at 5:00 pm. A little after 6:00, the pie was ready to come out of the oven. Instead of baking it in my deep dish pie plate I had bought a throw away pie plate so that they wouldn't have to return anything. I lifted it out of the oven and the pie plate buckled throwing food on the oven door and at the bottom front of the oven. What a mess!! And the pie now looked like a taco. Even though most of it was salvaged I just couldn't give them that hot mess so I grabbed the salad that I had made and drove up to Soulman's for BBQ. I got home and DH had cleaned everything up for me. What a sweetheart! And we now have leftover Spaghetti Pie to eat for another meal. Fortunately that is one meal I like as a left over.

Dinner tonight was pizza. Little Joe is leaving tomorrow for his summer visitation with his dad so we let him pick what we were having for dinner. DD still doesn't know where her ex is living, he won't tell her, so she has no clue where Little Joe is going to be for the next 30 days. We're thinking out of state somewhere. DD does have a weekend she gets to visit during that 30 days but without a location, she can't make travel plans. She's notified her attorney but hasn't heard anything yet.

 

[sweetpeama]

Good afternoon from me, too

Another bright sign forward is that the library is now offering in person pick up of books! There is no longer a need for an online reservation to pick up books outside on a table. I so pray one day to be able to browse at the library like normal times again. Dad has also shared that some places such as the laundry mat no longer have masks required signs (yet he said most people inside were masked) I am truly praying to be able to go out safely a teeny bit before the end of the year

Lynn, I'm so glad the pesky bugs are dying down in number. Hope you are getting some rest.

Very thankful no one was hurt, Easyas! Sorry you have a hassle now. Enjoy your yoga class!

On a note: Hallmark Christmas in July starts this Friday on HM&M!

Moana you and your dad could plan a lovely trip to the Montana in early October. Either driving or flying is not that hard. If you drive we have done from our area to the LA area in around 24 hours with 2-4 drivers straight through or if you want to stop I recommend the Bringham City/Ogden area on the way here and the St. George area on the way there. My parents often stay at those points going between here and my dad's sister's place in AZ when they are not pulling the 5th wheel. Sometimes they take the 5th wheel as they do a longer trip either going towards the Grand Canyon and doing some camping and sight seeing or heading over to my mom's brother and his family in TX often coming back through OK and going to see more distant family (some of my dad's aunts and cousins along with some more distant cousins of my mom's in SD before coming home after 5-6 weeks. Having left us kids with the gardens to care for usually about the time we have a huge mess of beans coming on or in time for an early hard freeze so we have to rush to get all the pumpkins and winter squashes in which involves my girls and my brother's kids getting everything picked and ready to load so when my brother gets home he can bring pallets over and we put everything on and he moves them into the shop. While he does that we go and get the last of tomatoes and peppers picked leaving only the carrots and onions in the ground.

I got the details on MCT in an email this afternoon. They will be performing Johnny Appleseed on October 9 with auditions being on October 4. 16 year old is excited with only the excitment over the fact that the neighbors are not going to be able to legally shoot off fireworks that shake our house (if we were in town their house would actually be 3-4 houses away and behind the house across the street on that side of the road from us so it is not super close in distance to us. Hence our house should not be shaking so much I have to worry that my windows are going to be blown out. 16 year old has never liked loud noises

 

[lynxstch]

Good morning. Lets try this again. I had something all typed out at 4 am,,but when I went to post, the boards went down for their daily maintenance. Its 53 out now, going to be another perfect low 70s day. Then the heat wave comes back again. But then again , it's not too far from the Fourth of July, so we are about due for another hot spell

I was so stiff and sore last night that I could barely walk, I felt like an 80 year old. Thankfully I feel better this morning, as I want to do the weedwacking and tie up the tomato plants early today. Then it's done for another 4 days. I usually go to bed around 9-9:30, which I did last nite. It was so nice out we had the windows open. So the moron neighbor next door, at 9 am, decides to start up his 'not running right mowing' and let it sit there running for 20 minutes while he tries to fix it. Then his son and grandson decide that 9 is a good time to start reorganizing their shed and banging things around for an hour. Idiots! That is the neighbor we have a 'property line war' with, so talking to him wouldn't do any good.

So far so good with hubby's 2 meds,,not causing any reactions at all,,hopefully when we add the upped doses of his other 2 meds tomorrow it will stay stable.

I just fed all the cats inside and out, and am going to lay down on the couch for a little while and doze for another hour or so. Have a nice morning all.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

Good morning. Another beautiful day.

Heading to the beach at Cape Henlopen this morning. Catch you all later.

 

[tazdev3225]

Good morning everyone.

Been a busy week for me. My husband had the endocrinologist on Monday, food pickup Tuesday and yesterday with another pick-up today and then distribution after the pick-up. I put over 60 miles on the car already this week just with the food pickups. I average 60 miles in a whole week normally. We got a lot of shelf stable foods along with chicken nuggets and some fresh vegies. Three cases of yellow squash and fresh organic blackberries. I took a couple of the squash and some blackberries. Dinner tonight will be a stirfry just not sure what to do with the blackberries.

The doctor's appointment told me something I suspected. My husband has diabetes, it's what led to the surgery before his strokes. Back then his numbers were out of control, but he never checked them. He does one stick a day now when the numbers of course will be at their lowest for the day. His A1C showed what I suspected, his numbers are high the rest of the day. He has resisted getting the A1C done for 3 years and when the opportunity arose to have it checked in the office I jumped on it. They may also need to stop one of his meds because one of the side effects is kidney issues and the tests showed the function to be a little off. The joys of being married to a very STUBBORN man.

The weather here has been so pleasant the last few days but the heat and humidity are due back by the end of the weekend.

@Breezy_Carol - does Cape Henlopen have a lighthouse on the grounds somewhere? That is one I am still missing from my collection of pictures. Maybe this summer I'll finally take a ride down there.

@Kirby - I hope your daughter's lawyers address that address situation. There is no way I would be comfortable not knowing where Lil Joe is for 30 days if he were my grandson. I totally understand the frustration. We had issues with my grandson's mother off and on for a few years. When he was 2 she had a new boyfriend who decided my son was no longer the father. Took us 3 months to get a resolution there and it was over the Christmas holidays. We wound up with Christmas in March and a lawyer to get it straightened out and then my son got hit with back support orders because all the money he paid til that date didn't count. A couple years later she withheld my grandson for several months again because he didn't tell her in WRITING where his new apartment was. She knew where he lived because she was at the apartment several times. It was a long few years til things got better. I have a great relationship with her now and she has apologized for her transgressions. My son HATES her and tells my grandson all the time how he feels. Jay is 23 and he still gets hurt by his father's words. She is still his mother. He knows she isn't perfect and wasn't always a great mom but he loves her.
I've seen issues with my best friend when she divorced also. He ex became very vindictive. I'll keep you all in my prayers.

Well off to finish my coffee and head out for the food distribution. I'm already tired. Have a great day

 

[lynxstch]

@Breezy_Carol sounds like a perfect place to enjoy this beautiful weather

@tazdev3225--sorry to hear your hubby has yet another medical diagnosis to deal with. I hear you on living with a stubborn man though Are they going to put him on insulin or something to try and get it under control? to your Son telling your grandson all the time how he feels about his ex. You are right,,it's still Jay's Mom and its up to him to decide how to deal with it. Good luck with the food distribution!

I just retied all the tomato plants. 35 of them are doing great..1 of the Crazy Barry Cherry tomatoes' (or maybe it's Larry, I can never remembers, lol) plants is still very small and hasn't done much growing. Also weedwacked the whole yard, then inside and outside the garden fence, and did the banks out front. I do want to put a coat of waterproofing on our front steps, but that might wait till tomorrow..and my knees are saying 'nope, you aren't climbing on the ladder and checking the gutters today' lol

Hubby just made his first smoothie. Used strawberries, blueberries, cherries, spinach, his fiber stuff, and cranberry juice. I took a tiny sip,,ICK..it tasted 'grainy' to me. Guess he will find a combo he likes..he says that will be his breakfast from now on,,fine by me,, I don't have to cook till lunchtime, lol!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good Morning,

Big and extra prayer to all dealing with health concerns either of yourself or loved ones or uncertainty regarding children. I can't imagine not knowing where my child was and that he was loved and safe. I don't see how that is allowed, Kirby It should not be! Taz Dev, the choices made you shared that affected a child are so sad as well. My own childhood was not always safe or encouraging. As an adult, that all children know they are safe, unconditionally loved, and not in a situation where they could be hurt means all the more to me! Continued prayer for your DH!

Lynn, take care of yourself, please!

Thanks, Sweetpeama, I'd love to check out Montana. I'm not able to do much traveling so that would be too long a trip.

Wishing all of you a good day!

 

[lynxstch]

Cannot stay inside on this beautiful day. I just washed the car..am going to do the windows now and then vacuum it,,then take a break for lunch. Enjoy the day!

 

[Kirby]

@Kirby - I hope your daughter's lawyers address that address situation. There is no way I would be comfortable not knowing where Lil Joe is for 30 days if he were my grandson. I totally understand the frustration. We had issues with my grandson's mother off and on for a few years. When he was 2 she had a new boyfriend who decided my son was no longer the father. Took us 3 months to get a resolution there and it was over the Christmas holidays. We wound up with Christmas in March and a lawyer to get it straightened out and then my son got hit with back support orders because all the money he paid til that date didn't count. A couple years later she withheld my grandson for several months again because he didn't tell her in WRITING where his new apartment was. She knew where he lived because she was at the apartment several times. It was a long few years til things got better. I have a great relationship with her now and she has apologized for her transgressions. My son HATES her and tells my grandson all the time how he feels. Jay is 23 and he still gets hurt by his father's words. She is still his mother. He knows she isn't perfect and wasn't always a great mom but he loves her.
I've seen issues with my best friend when she divorced also. He ex became very vindictive. I'll keep you all in my prayers.

It's so sad when one parent causes so much trouble. They think that they are hurting the other parent when in reality they are hurting the child. He did the same thing last year. According to their decree, he could be held in contempt and be fined and/or put in jail. He's very vindictive and holds a grudge against DD, we're pretty sure it's because she left him and girls/women just don't do that, he likes to win them over and then leave them heartbroken. He confessed this to DD one night when they were dating. Why on earth she had to marry him we will never know. His third wife, DD was #2, asked for a divorce just a couple of months after they were married and he went to her friends and tried to turn them against her. He also threatened to go to her 12 year old daughter and tell her all sorts of bad things that her mother did (they were made up things) so she had to get the police involved. Fortunately there were no children born in that marriage. He is now married to wife #4. He and DD have only been divorced for three years so he has been busy. DD is not perfect by any means but she doesn't deserve to be treated the way he treats her. She will only communicate with him through texting or email (this is allowable as per their decree) so that there is a paper trail and refuses to argue with him. We don't talk about her ex in front of the kids. When Lil Joe mentions missing his dad we'll respond like "we know" or "you'll see him soon". We have proof that he is not doing the same and does his best to put DD down to Lil Joe. We pray that our influence and living in a stable, loving home will win out when both kids come of age to choose which parent they want to live with. She'll eventually get the information she needs, it's just sad that he has to be this way.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Continuing prayers, Kirby!

Lynn, my car is in need of serious washing help from being parked outside, purple tree stickiness, etc. Wish you lived closer to give me some tips. Full service car washes pre pandemic had not been able to do anything about old set in water spots. Now the poor car is simply filthy. Dad does take it through the drive through car wash every couple months.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Cannot stay inside on this beautiful day. I just washed the car..am going to do the windows now and then vacuum it,,then take a break for lunch. Enjoy the day!

Your level of productivity continues to put me to shame!

Today I have managed to do laundry, order some stuff on line, make a phone call, and purge all the pencil cups of pens that no longer write.

 

[easyas123]

Earlier today I boasted to another lady in the office that "I have no plans for 4th of July weekend and it's GREAT".
Two minutes ago my BIL texted me, emergency child care needed, for about 24 hours. July 3rd.

These words I'm eating are delicious

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Back home. Great, relaxing trip, but pretty exhausted today. Don’t sleep great in hotel beds. Will share more pics when I go through them. Had a family issue while away. Have to work over the 4th. Toto was happy to have us home.

 

[tazdev3225]

@tazdev3225--sorry to hear your hubby has yet another medical diagnosis to deal with. I hear you on living with a stubborn man though Are they going to put him on insulin or something to try and get it under control? to your Son telling your grandson all the time how he feels about his ex. You are right,,it's still Jay's Mom and its up to him to decide how to deal with it. Good luck with the food distribution.

He has had diabetes for about 15 years and is on 2 oral meds and insulin. He just thinks he can eat what he wants and the meds will take care of it. He has neuropathy and retinopathy and doesn't get the connection and then I am the bad guy.

Kirby that is horrible for your daughter and grandson. My son's ex dated someone who as I said decided that he was now Jay's father. We had to get a protection from abuse order because he threatened to kill my son. When Jay was hospitalized with croup I had to call every hospital in a 50 mile radius, this was before HIPPA, to find out where he was. The new boyfriend caused $600 worth of damage to my car during a visitation exchange since I had to do them. My son wasn't allowed there because of the PFA. The ex cursed me out because I managed to see Jay for his birthday during one of her fights with my son and barring us. The best was when she called the police and accused me of kidnapping. I took Jay to my swim club for the day and she knew it. Nothing like having the police show up ready to arrest me in my bathing suit. I made allowances because of her age. She was only 15 when Jay was born and my son was 16. They are now in their late 30's and my son needs to stop it. I have told him on more than one occasion she will be in his life forever because they share a child and now a grandchild together. I will NOT tolerate him putting his son's mother and his grandchild's grandmother down in front of them. Jay refused to talk to his father or stepmother for about 6 months last year because he told his father he was tired of feeling like he betrayed his dad by loving his mom. It's just so hard to sit back and see it unfold knowing you can't do anything. I understand why my son felt like he did but as I have told him that doesn't give him the right to bash his son's mother. I forgave her, I will never forget, but she was young. When the ex had a son with a man who wanted nothing to do with him she realized what she had with my son. Somewhere for him to go and a father who loved and wanted him. I do give my son credit for stepping up at the age of 16 and being a good father. As your grandson gets older he will see what is going on. Kids don't miss a thing.

I am done food distribution for the week. Next week will be another 3 day pick up and distribution but then we are taking a week off. We are also go to rethink the way we do things. We had 50 families on our list but lately only 20 are showing up. We may cut back what we do because of it. It is exhausting work and stressful.

I have a question for those of you that dealt with the cicadas. My mom and dad drove to Virginia through Maryland 2 weeks ago and she had her car attacked by the cicadas as she put it. She can't get the carcasses off of her car or the windshield. Have any of you had that issue and how did you deal with it. We were fortunate that we didn't get bombarded with the cicadas. We will start seeing the dreaded Spotted Lantern Flies soon though. I'm not sure which is worse.

Have a great rest of the day.

 

[lynxstch]

He has had diabetes for about 15 years and is on 2 oral meds and insulin. He just thinks he can eat what he wants and the meds will take care of it. He has neuropathy and retinopathy and doesn't get the connection and then I am the bad guy.

My husband had it for about 5 years, he was taking insulin 2x a day. ..then when he had those episodes where he 'died' and was brought back..after losing about 50 lbs and going through cardiac rehab, he no longer had diabetes. He does still have some neuropathy in his feet from it, which I know will never completely go away. Sometimes men are just plain stubborn no matter what we say or do!

Kirby that is horrible for your daughter and grandson. My son's ex dated someone who as I said decided that he was now Jay's father. We had to get a protection from abuse order because he threatened to kill my son. When Jay was hospitalized with croup I had to call every hospital in a 50 mile radius, this was before HIPPA, to find out where he was. The new boyfriend caused $600 worth of damage to my car during a visitation exchange since I had to do them. My son wasn't allowed there because of the PFA. The ex cursed me out because I managed to see Jay for his birthday during one of her fights with my son and barring us. The best was when she called the police and accused me of kidnapping. I took Jay to my swim club for the day and she knew it. Nothing like having the police show up ready to arrest me in my bathing suit. I made allowances because of her age. She was only 15 when Jay was born and my son was 16. They are now in their late 30's and my son needs to stop it. I have told him on more than one occasion she will be in his life forever because they share a child and now a grandchild together. I will NOT tolerate him putting his son's mother and his grandchild's grandmother down in front of them. Jay refused to talk to his mother or stepmother for about 6 months last year because he told his father he was tired of feeling like he betrayed his dad by loving his mom. It's just so hard to sit back and see it unfold knowing you can't do anything. I understand why my son felt like he did but as I have told him that doesn't give him the right to bash his son's mother. I forgave her, I will never forget, but she was young. When the ex had a son with a man who wanted nothing to do with him she realized what she had with my son. Somewhere for him to go and a father who loved and wanted him. I do give my son credit for stepping up at the age of 16 and being a good father. As your grandson gets older he will see what is going on. Kids don't miss a thing.



I am done food distribution for the week. Next week will be another 3 day pick up and distribution but then we are taking a week off. We are also go to rethink the way we do things. We had 50 families on our list but lately only 20 are showing up. We may cut back what we do because of it. It is exhausting work and stressful.

Sad that your list is getting shorter and shorter, people no longer need food? Are a lot of them maybe on unemployment and with all the extra money they were getting, they are no longer in need of so much assistance?

I have a question for those of you that dealt with the cicadas. My mom and dad drove to Virginia through Maryland 2 weeks ago and she had her car attacked by the cicadas as she put it. She can't get the carcasses off of her car or the windshield. Have any of you had that issue and how did you deal with it. We were fortunate that we didn't get bombarded with the cicadas. We will start seeing the dreaded Spotted Lantern Flies soon though. I'm not sure which is worse.

I haven't had any cicada's attack the car. Maybe she needs to try some windshield wash that is made specifically for getting rid of bugs. Or she could try just gently using a razor blade to get them off of it? I just washed our car today, and other than 1 cicada just sitting on a tire, I didn't see any. The noise is almost gone , except for the few lone ones who must still be looking for mates. Good luck to them..as it seems that 90% of them are now laying dead on the ground!. Never heard of Spotted Lantern Flies..they sound gross, have to go look them up--maybe,,lol

Have a great rest of the day.

 

[lynxstch]

I found a new way to cook corn on the cob, but I don't recommend it. Our cat Midnite loves to eat the husks of corn, so when we came home yesterday, I put the bag with the 4 ears in the oven. I always put a dish towel over the handle and onto the stove so I remember. For some reason I didn't do that yesterday. He is making chili for dinner..I am having chicken wings. I preheated the oven for the wings, (do you see where this is going?), and forgot the corn was in the bag in there. I smelled something, but just thought it was the oven heating up. When I went to put the wings in..I saw the corn..smoking nicely, and the bag all melted onto the rack. It didn't drip down onto the element thankfully, I put on oven mitts and took the corn out, put it in the sink and ran cold water over it. Took the rack outside and ran the hose over it..the bag came right off and the rack looks like new. I husked the corn (which is only partially cooked) and will put it in the fridge and finish cooking it tomorrow night. It might be a good way to cook it , if you were doing it intentionally, lol) it sure was easier to peel and get the silk off of.

That was a DUH senior moment for me I guess..lol!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

A worthy days work, PollyannaMom! Glad you had a more relaxing Thursday.

Hug, Easyas and oh well. Have fun with the kiddo.

Welcome home hug, Pea. I also don’t sleep well in hotel beds! Please get some rest! As always God Bless Toto

What horribly heartbreaking situation, Taz Dev I am an overall quiet and calm lady. One thing that does make me see red is an innocent child being intentionally hurt.

I hope your corn will be extra tasty, Lynn after all your effort.

Waiting later for an Amazon Fresh order to come. We have Prime for a few more days so I reminded Dad to use it for a couple cases of Aquafina. Better the heavy water comes to our door than Dad have to drag it up from the car. One thing, I don't like about Fresh is that even with Prime you still have to spend $35 on Fresh and without Prime, you can't see what items are available through Fresh. I don't think that's right.

I hope you had fun at the beach, Carol!

Have a good evening, friends.