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

[flyingdumbo127]

God Bless that lovely rep, dear LynnI'm also so sorry about your cat.

Years ago after my beloved grandma passed from dementia, I called the shipping company DHL. Grandma's initials were DHL and seeing a DHL truck always brought her cheer. A kind lady at DHL sent me a card along with a toy DHL truck from her own desk. My cousin Steve now has this car. Dad and I have a DHL airplane we got elsewhere. We all are so graced to have known grandma and to know by the grace of God she and grandpa, Champ, too are watching out for us. So is Smidge for you Lynn.

Just extra hug Donald.

 

[Judique]

Thunder and lightning plus hail storm just woke me up. Cars and deck were coated in at least an inch of ice, but it should be gone by morning.

The last week I've had a painter working here. It's looking really good but otherwise the rooms are a disaster with stuff draped in plastic and drop clothes everywhere. Monday they move upstairs and said maybe another 3 days. I'm ready for it all to be finished. Flip side is I didn't realize how shabby and dull the old paint looked.

Spent the early part of the day with son and his family. Had breakfast out and then went back to their house for a bit. My DIL helped my DGD make a sweet little sign for me that said best gammy ever, with her little fingerprints creating a circle of flowers. DGD is a darling!

 

[Snowysmom]

Lynn Sorry about your kitty. So kind of the rep to send you flowers.

Off to the airport soon. Early start. My friend and I texted yesterday and we are both ready for our adventure. She just has to give her DH the rules while she is away. At least her sister lives next door and can keep an eye on him. LOL! First stop Epcot.

 

[Snowysmom]

Donald Lovely wedding picture.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I haven’t caught up yet, but wanted to wish all my Quacker friends a Blessed and Happy Mother’s Day!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Lynn Sorry about your kitty. So kind of the rep to send you flowers.

Off to the airport soon. Early start. My friend and I texted yesterday and we are both ready for our adventure. She just has to give her DH the rules while she is away. At least her sister lives next door and can keep an eye on him. LOL! First stop Epcot.

Enjoy your trip, Snowysmom!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Nice to see you, @Pea-n-Me!

Have a great trip, @Snowysmom!

@flyingdumbo127!!

and

to all the Quacker Moms!

 

[Donalddidwhat…?!]

Wishing a happy and blessed Mother’s Day to all the moms here…!!!
Four generations of women in my life in the pic below…
My mother-in-law, my wife, our two daughters and our two granddaughters…!!!!!

 

[Donalddidwhat…?!]

Just extra hug Donald.

Thank you…!!!

 

[Donalddidwhat…?!]

Donald Lovely wedding picture.

Thank you very much…!!!

 

[lynxstch]

 

[lynxstch]

@flyingdumbo127

Happy Birthday Mona!

 

[lynxstch]

Good morning and Happy Mother's Day!
This weather is nuts. It was sunny yesterday, until about noon. Then it dumped down rain all afternoon, until 5:30. Then the sun came out. By 8 pm it was dumping down rain and we had a heck of a thunderstorm. Right now it's half cloudy, half blue skies with white clouds. Who knows what the weather is gong to be

It will be a quiet day here, which is fine by me. I caught up on all the rest of my shows and the tivo is empty again except for my Hawaii Five O's. I don't know why I save those 5, since I have all 10 seasons on dvd, plus I can watch it on Paramount and Ion, but they're my favorites so I save them, lol.

I thought maybe I'd be able to mow today since it's going to rain again by Tuesday, or at least till the garden, but everything is too darn soaked.

@Donalddidwhat…?! --Great pictures, thanks for sharing!

Have a lovely day everyone.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

@flyingdumbo127

Happy Birthday Mona!

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There is a birthday thread here, too:

https://www.disboards.com/threads/happy-birthday-flyingdumbo.3946008/#post-65491462

 

[PollyannaMom]

I caught up on all the rest of my shows and the tivo is empty again except for my Hawaii Five O's. I don't know why I save those 5, since I have all 10 seasons on dvd, plus I can watch it on Paramount and Ion, but they're my favorites so I save them, lol.

I get it! I've left quite a few favorite episodes or movies in my DVR to be able to watch again, and I do the same thing as you with Harry Potter & the Sorcerers Stone. - Even though I have the whole set on DVD, I like that I can play that one without even getting up if I want to.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Thank you all so much. God most sincerely has blessed my life by making me a Quacker. Love to each of you always you know that.

Happy Mother's Day to all of dear you celebrating. Thank you for the faith, love, and kind unconditional cheer you gift to all including, of course, thankful me.

Dad and I are so graced by God extra to be able to spend today together. This is the day the Lord has made. Let us each rejoice, be glad, and give Him thanks in it.

I've enjoyed the extra gift from God this morning of getting extra rest. Dad got me a very touching card and thoughtful gifts including a Target gift card. Mercy of God, God willing, I told dad, I am saving that Target present until I am able to go with him to the store later this year. I absolutely trust and give thanks that in His perfect way andctime that will happen. Dad also gifted me a book of stamps. Reminder that most sincerely it brings me joy to send happy mail. PM me if you would enjoy some. I will share more plus some pictures later.

Safe travels dear Snowysmom and so good to see you Pea, to all.

 

[footballmouse]

Happy Monday Morning!

Hope everyone enjoyed Mother's Day in some way. Jacob & Mitchell took me to a German restaurant for lunch, food was delicious and the beer was pretty good too . I noticed my brakes were about to go out on my car as I was backing out of my garage. Pulled back in and called Mitchell. He picked me up for lunch and when we got back home Jacob & Evan fixed the brake caliber.

Mitchell did all my mulch for me Friday night. What a job, no way would I have gotten that done by myself in 1 day . Saturday I was able to get most of my flowers planted and my tomato plants done . I ran out of flower pots (bought too many flowers) so I need to stop at Dollar Tree and grab a few more.

Finally able to get to the grocery store. I made egg roll in a bowl for dinner this week. I haven't been bringing dinner to my aunt like I was doing, I just haven't been cooking. I'm going to run some up to her since the recipe made a lot. Later this week I'm making stuffed peppers.

Didn't watch much tv this weekend so no new shows. Not sure if I mentioned this earlier in the week but I watched Jerry Seinfield's new movie, Unfrosted, on Netflix. So funny, definitely recommend.

To anyone who thinks that there is no good customer service anymore, be a customer of Chewy.

First of all lynxstch, I'm sorry to hear about your cat . Second, Chewy has great customer service. I didn't receive flowers but I did get a sympathy card when Cheeto Milo passed away last summer. If there's ever an issue with a delivery, they always make it right. A few years ago, they sent me a 5x7 painting of my cat Twix, just out of the blue. They took her picture from her profile on my account and had a painting made.

Snowysmom - Not sure if you'll be checking in or not but enjoy your vacation!

Have a great day!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Love positive stories thanks again for sharing Lynn and Footballmouse, too.

Sorry for not coming back yesterday. I was so blessed to have had a lovely birthday. Dad and I both enjoyed talking with our TX cousins. I still have cards to open, such fun

I also enjoyed yesterday's sermon too on Jesus' Ascension to Heaven. Our next door neighbor, Yelena, kindly said she will reach out to a PT that helped her and ask this person to contact me. She also gave me another PT that I will call. Blessing to have new options. God willing, update by tomorrow for sure.

Wishing all of lovely you a happy Monday. Snowysmom, prayers you are enjoying a wonderful trip!

 

[footballmouse]

I was so blessed to have had a lovely birthday.

I forgot to wish you a happy belated birthday. Hope you enjoyed your day and the sun was shining for you!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Good morning! (I started this earlier but got distracted!)

I hope those celebrating had a nice Mother’s Day! Had a nice one here, and a first in a long time was to have young children here to celebrate with. DS is dating a woman with children! It was fun watching him interact with them and doing a nice job, including having great patience! The card he gave me made me tear up a bit. It played Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Hawaiian version, and he wrote, “Thank you for everything you’ve done for me”. I know that’s kind of cliche, but in his case, as many of you know, he’s had several crossroads in the past few years with work (and a relationship), and I’ve thankfully been able to help him work through a lot of that, and he appreciates it. I feel like he’s moving toward living with this new family of his, he’s there most of the time now. So that was sweet. The younger child is pretty attached already.

DS is flying today. Winter/spring was tough weather-wise, he had seven cancellations because of it. But he’s almost to the end. Today he’ll be flying in and out of the airport we always fly to FL from, so he’s very excited about that!

We were going to do steaks on the grill but since there were going to be kids we decided to go with burgers, dogs, corn on the cob, Nathan’s fries and DH made me a lemon-blueberry Bundt cake. They brought fruit and the kids ate that and a good sampling of other things which was nice. We played games in the yard, including waffle ball, and blew bubbles. They brought their puppy who gets along well with our two. So nice day. Kids are looking forward to going in the pool this summer once it’s officially open.

We have been busy around the house and I think it’s looking good. We painted it and cleaned up some things around the yard. I’m happy with the color of the house. We were debating about the shutters, which we always had, but I kind of like it without. We’ve been looking around our area and many who’ve painted have left them off. So we’ll see. (I think they’re staying off.) DH and I have been getting our financial house in order, too, as he, especially, would like to retire in the next year or two. We have a long list of to-dos with that, including updating our wills and putting a file together for if something happens to us. Work in progress. Have started some work on the in-law apt, where DD will move in. Our vacation next month will be spent either getting a dumpster or truck to get rid of a lot over there. That will be tough but it has to be done.

DD is doing well. She took up crocheting after she finished her master’s, I think she just needed to reset her brain with something quiet and easy. She’s applied for a new job, and is waiting to hear. And she’s in a good relationship. It’s nice to see her happy.

I really should’ve kept notes as i was reading here, cause now I forget what I was going to say!

Lynn, sorry to hear about your cat’s passing. Good review on Chewy. I don’t, surprisingly, use their services. Mostly I order from Amazon and we get dog supplies locally. They love the Aldi’s salmon canned food, but not the dry as much, so we’ll be going back to their old dry food and maybe donating the big bag we bought recently. Toto will be 11 this year. He’s slowing down a bit but is still as sweet as ever. I’ve devoted quite a bit of time and energy to his skin and it’s all recovered except one of his lips, which we’re still working on. Grady is doing really well, he looks great, coat is very shiny and he’s strong. We took him for a DIY bath recently and he did a great job. He was a little nervous with the commotion yesterday, DS hit him with a waffle ball by accident and he didn’t know what happened, and a little fearful, so he rested up on our bed but was still able to hear all that was going on. We’ve found with him, baby steps work best. Btw Lynn, your house sounds great and it’s so nice that Summer came by over the weekend and they brought you some gifts.

Mona, I hope you had a nice birthday, and that your foot/feet is feeling better. I was actually thinking about you last week when my patient had one of those boots on! The question came up of whether she needed to keep it on for sleep so I called over to orthopedics and they said no, she could take it off in bed, it’s just for weight bearing. It was, indeed, heavy and tricky to get on and off. She had slept with it one night but was relieved to hear she could take it off after that. (And with diabetes, they said, it’s especially important to get it off for circulation and pain/neuropathy issues.) I hope you can find a PT to come to the apt. Hello to Dad! And I hope you can get out soon, especially for your Disney trip.

Snowysmom, wishing you a wonderful trip! I’m glad things are improving at the condo. Funny about your old neighbor! We were invited to go to WDW in the fall w friends who have DVC. All we’d need is airfare and we already have tickets leftover. But we decided we really want to keep going w the house w our fall vacation so we’ll be in a good place for retirement. It was tempting, though! We enjoyed being at Vero Beach last winter so we might keep an eye toward that again. Not sure if DS will be playing ball down there again while he’s in flight school but we’ll see.

Wishing all the Quackers well, both new and old. @Donald we have a lot in common. People here know my mom lived with us for 25 yrs and we took care of her through hospice at home, where she passed at 94. I agree, it was a privelege to do that for her. We had a give and take relationship forever. I was missing her yesterday. DD and I are nurses so that made it a little easier, I think, but physically and emotionally it was still really hard work. Bless you all.

Enjoy this beautiful Monday!