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[easyas123]

stopped at the flower guy and got my tomato plants.

I am hoping to get around to get my few "garden" items this weekend. One each of tomato, bell & jalapeno peppers + a cilantro...basically almost all I need for pico de gallo. I'm doing each one in a pot on the porch and that's it. No garden for us this year.

James' hemoglobin went up a point all by itself on Tuesday. That is an encouraging sign

That's wonderful news. I hope his weekend goes well.

we are going to investigate an Aldi's about 20 minutes away.

I'll be the odd one out and say I don't care much for Aldi's - although in truth I haven't stepped foot in one in a few years now. When I did go in one a few years ago it just didn't appeal to me...with that being said someone around here likes them as there are several around here now when a few years ago we had none.

Have a nice evening.

You as well! I'm sitting here in my office looking out the window at the blue sky and listening to the crop duster buzz the office. Can't wait to just get home and relax a bit.... RELAX haha I crack myself up. Relax as in getting started on several acres of mowing. At least my husband go the weed wacking done yesterday.


It would seem that pizza is on the menu tonight, youngest & wife bringing pizza with them this evening. They are staying thru till Sunday morning, I think all 4 of the kids have some bow fishing plans tomorrow night. I did grab some scrapple from the butcher this afternoon when I popped out for a hair cut, so that will be good for breakfast. DIL has never had it, she wanted to try it so I grabbed some. Not sure she will like it, and that's okay - but good for her for giving it a try. Speaking of giving things a try, I picked up a limited run Tilamook orange & vanilla (basically like a creamscicle) ice cream (and it's really ice cream , not "non dairy dessert") and it is soooo good. Very light and not a heavy, syrupy kind of orange ice cream. Very refreshing. I highly recommend it if you like that sort of flavor combo.

This weekend we will be seeding the area where the old barn & silo were, and starting to clean up around the old milking shed that we left up. We are going to paint it to match the other barn and I'm going to plant bushes and flowers around it, I think it will look very charming when we are done with it.

Flooring issues solved and taken care of, so we will be taking the old carpet out of the basement, removing the tack strips and generally cleaning up down there this weekend - or at least getting started on it - in anticipation of the new flooring going down.

Welp, I've still go some stuff to take care of around here before 4:30 hits, I'd best get to it. I hope everyone has a pleasant, happy and productive weekend!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Judique, my dad would love to share some of your strudel! Enjoy it my friend. That reminds me of a sweet Hallmark movie about a Strudel Festival called Winter in Vail. I'm glad you also are able to enjoy shopping at Aldis.

extra Pea and Snowysmom. How awful to have had experiences with rough or not very kind airport security Extra prayers Snowysmom that tomorrow's start of travel will go very easily and smoothly!

Yum to Creamsicle like Easyas! Enjoy your tasty treat and too. Definitely please get some rest and I'm so glad you will get to enjoy extra time with your youngest son and his wife

Dad thank God has been long home and didn't get wet. He was also able, thanks to Ralph's digital coupons, save almost $18 this morning on shoppingI'm grateful also that he will be staying home tomorrow.

Have a good rest of the day, Friends

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Mid-afternoon thread save and reminder to me ask for still needed pictures (that you personally took) of any type of songbird and yellow flowers.

 

[bobbiwoz]

@Judique great prices!

We have one night in WDW and enjoying breezy beautiful evening and enjoying Peter Noone’s singing

 

[bobbiwoz]

Mid-afternoon thread save and reminder to me ask for still needed pictures (that you personally took) of any type of songbird and yellow flowers.

Post here? Or in conversation or something else?

 

[PollyannaMom]

Mid-afternoon thread save and reminder to me ask for still needed pictures (that you personally took) of any type of songbird and yellow flowers.

Here are some yellow flowers:

 

[PollyannaMom]

And here is a bird that recently visited my feeder. I think it's a mockingbird??

 

[easyas123]

Mona- one of the kids just bought me a basket of yellow flowers, I’ll get you a photo tomorrow

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Thank you all so much for the flower pictures. I appreciate each of you always, which I pray, you all know always. So blessed to have my Quacker family. Thank you also PollyannaMom for the great picture.

Bobbiwoz, that you are enjoying your trip! Thank you as well for offering to share a picture. I always appreciate Quacker shared pictures anyway is easiest for each of you.

Sweet Dreams friends with love.

 

[disney-inspired]

I've seen this thread for awhile and decided to hop on - love me some chit-chat.
TGIF - this week was so long and I was feeling so crummy. Glad I can sleep in tomorrow.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

 

[Kirby]

I'll be the odd one out and say I don't care much for Aldi's

I'll be odd with you. We have an Aldi over by the Kroger I shop at. I've been in a couple of times but never have found anything that I wanted to buy. I've never been one to shop multiple places for groceries, I've found that, for me, it's cheaper just to get everything at one place if I can.

I've seen this thread for awhile and decided to hop on

Welcome!

I watched the last two episodes of Million Little Things last night. I almost couldn't get through the finale. It hit home too much for me with James' situation plus I can't agree with suicide. It may be called dying with dignity but it was suicide. Besides that part, I did like the ending.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

I've seen this thread for awhile and decided to hop on - love me some chit-chat.
TGIF - this week was so long and I was feeling so crummy. Glad I can sleep in tomorrow.

Welcome! It's nice to see you over here!

 

[theluckyrabbit]

For @Pea-n-Me and all the Quacker dog lovers:

(L.A. Times)

‘Life had just given up’: Exactly a year after losing a baby, this mom saved an old German shepherd​

The Bauer family, Trish, Josh and Lilly, hugs its rescued 12-year-old German shepherd named Cooper at Wildwood Park in San Bernardino.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
BY VANESSA ARREDONDOSTAFF WRITER
MAY 5, 2023 6 AM PT

Trish Bauer was scrolling on Instagram one sleepless night in December when she came across a post from a dog rescue page that made her pause.
A 12-year-old, 90-pound German shepherd “with kind eyes” appeared in a video, and the dog named Wilbur was going to be euthanized if he didn’t find a home soon.
Bauer, who had given birth to a stillborn baby in February 2022, felt a pang when she read the text below the dog in the video: “I need someone to save me right now or else I’ll be put to sleep.”
“Something about his eyes just called to me,” Bauer said. “He was so defeated, and I knew that same feeling, like life had just given up on him.”

Without hesitation, she commented on the post by FurryTail Endings, offering to foster Wilbur for a day in her San Bernardino home, if other offers fell through. “I told myself I was freaking crazy for even commenting because I was terrified of dogs,” Bauer said.
The next morning, she woke up to an Instagram message from the rescue that said all the other offers had fallen through, and if no one picked up the German shepherd, he’d be put down in 30 minutes.
Bauer and her very surprised 10-year-old daughter Lilly were soon on their way to the Western Riverside County/City Animal Shelter in Jurupa Valley to pick up Wilbur.
“I literally took a cat leash to get this 90-pound dog,” Bauer said. “My daughter really thought I lost my mind.”

Josh Bauer and his wife, Trish, and their 10-year-old daughter Lilly walk Cooper around at Wildwood Park. Trish and Lilly say they used to be terrified of dogs before adopting Cooper.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Lilly was born with a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing sarcoma. She was cancer-free just before her first birthday, but it took several years for her immune system to recover and allow her to be around animals.

Within the last few years, the family has fostered more than 250 kittens, but a 90-pound dog was a whole different animal.

When they arrived at the shelter, they were told that Wilbur was three dogs away from being put down. Wilbur walked over to Lilly, gently put his head in her hands and licked her.
“I love dogs, but I’ve always been scared of them,” Lilly said. “But with [him], it’s just like a whole ‘nother world. It’s like he’s from another dimension. He’s old, but he has such a great and big heart.”
The Bauers left the shelter with Wilbur — and five other puppies that were soon adopted.

“Something about his eyes just called to me. He was so defeated, and I knew that same feeling, like life had just given up on him.”

— Trish Bauer

After his stay at the Bauer home, Wilbur was sent to a new foster family that had three other dogs. Just a day later, on Christmas Day, Bauer received a call that one of the dogs at Wilbur’s new home was being aggressive toward him.
Bauer and her husband, Josh Bauer, decided to go get Wilbur. They renamed him Cooper and made him a permanent member of the family.
“We knew that we could not let this dog be put down just because nobody had loved him,” Trish Bauer said.

“Days when I’m depressed or sad thinking about the past year, he’s always there to cheer me up,” Josh Bauer says of Cooper, the German shepherd the family rescued.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

But the difficulties didn’t end there. A veterinarian found a cancerous tumor in Cooper’s neck. And just like that, the Bauers were again supporting a loved one fighting cancer.
“Most people would be terrified, but for me, it was the biggest sign that this dog was meant to be in our lives,” Trish Bauer said. “For the last 10 years, all that our family has known is how to fight cancer. Without us agreeing to fight for him and be his family, he had no chance.”

Cooper was not healthy enough for surgery. The vets found markings on his mouth, teeth and paws, as if he had been in a lot of fights, Bauer said. He might have been on the streets for about five years. The vets said he would need two months to gain 10 pounds and become stronger.
Cooper began accompanying Bauer, a photographer, to Laguna Beach, Joshua Tree and snowy mountains. Three weeks and 20 pounds later, he was cleared for surgery.
After the procedure, Cooper, with his 42 stitches, “shrugged himself off the leash from the tech and ran all the way down the hall to us,” Bauer said.
“In that moment, we all knew that he was more than a rescue,” she added.
A month later, the vet called to tell the family that Cooper was cancer-free. The Bauers officially adopted Cooper on Feb. 11, exactly one year after Trish Bauer lost her baby daughter, Millie.

“Days when I’m depressed or sad thinking about the past year, he’s always there to cheer me up,” Josh Bauer said of Cooper. “He’s the best friend I’ve needed, and it makes me want to get out of the house, take him on walks and just live every day to its fullest.”

The Bauers are expecting to add another member to the family: a “miracle” baby boy.
Trish Bauer said she’s about three months pregnant — and very lucky. Doctors discovered two blood clots in her brain, just in time to prevent a stroke.
She’s on bed rest right now. She’s OK with that as Cooper has become her right-hand man, cuddling the foster kittens while her health improves.
“Now he has the start to a beautiful remainder of his life,” Bauer said.

 

[PollyannaMom]

@disney-inspired!

Wonderful photos, everyone!!

And thanks for the positive story about the dog, @theluckyrabbit.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I've seen this thread for awhile and decided to hop on - love me some chit-chat.
TGIF - this week was so long and I was feeling so crummy. Glad I can sleep in tomorrow.

I hope you can enjoy a good sleep in today!

 

[Snowysmom]

Good morning. Welcome to the new members. We are a kind and caring group. Glad you are here.

I am getting ready for my cruise. I have my suitcase out and keep making sure I have the essentials. I have notes all over the place to remember my passport.

@bobbiwoz I love Peter Noone and of course Herman's Hermits. When we went to WDW in May we always missed his concert by a few days. I hope you have a nice cruise.

My coworker who lost her son last month is having a remembrance of his life today so a group of us from work are going for a bit. I saw her at work the other day and of course she is just devastated.

At least it is finally sunny today and warming up.

Have a good day. May not post again until next weekend. Have a good week too!

 

[bobbiwoz]

@Snowysmom , have a great time!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Hug to everyone for the beautiful flower and also bird pictures. I really appreciate it! All of the pictures and this morning's fantastic tail! You know I love dogs, Luckyrabbit and that is such a heartfelt story you shared with us, my friend, thank you!

Welcome to you, Disney Inspired

Quiet Saturday here. We are trying Boost through Ralph's one more time to get 4 cases of Aquafina delivered to us. I told dad it is an early birthday gift to me to do this because it makes things so much easier for him. this time the water is in stock. I did call both of our two closet Ralph's and was told both stores have the water. Free delivery between 4-6. Here's to that for sure

Snowysmom and Bobbiwoz, continuing safe travel prayers!

Saturday hug to all. I will check back in later.

 

[disney-inspired]

I hope you can enjoy a good sleep in today!

Thank you, I did! It was wonderful!