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whodat111/susan posted an update Saturday, Jan 1, 2022, 3:05am EST, 2 years, 4 months ago
Hi Potties! GO DAWGS - Beat Bama next!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my cyber "family". Let's hope 2022 is an improvement over 2021!
Max - We saw out the last couple of 2021 days with overcast skies & some rain but very mild - daytime temps in the 60's. It gave me a chance to put both my fern hanging baskets out for a long drink & some fresh air. They'll go back to their respective skylights now.
Glad to hear your tornado did minimum damage. The last bad weather here (before that tonight) skipped my area - we just got rain & a little wind.
I never know what to put in the booth so just use the shotgun approach - clean & tag whatever is close at hand & hope for the best. The Pyrex that Bear collected has been a fairly reliable seller but the patterned stuff is pretty much gone so hope the plain cookware & the Visions stuff will at least sell steadily.
The news about your SIL getting lucky with the stolen bike was absolutely amazing. Stolen things almost never find their way back to the rightful owner. Glad it was a really stupid thief!
Your family will find Savannah vastly different from Denver. No mountains in sight, no altitude issues & unbelievable humidity. On the other hand, some beautiful parks & a beach minutes away (even if the sand is grey instead of sugar white). I used to love to party in Savannah in my salad days. Hearing lots of folks with triple vaccines are having covid issues but they seem to be pretty mild. Selena Anne's folks are cruise junkies & have one planned some time in January. I'm worried about them but will try & keep my nose out of their business (how we've stayed friends for 60 yrs.) & just hope they change their minds about going right now.Katie - I found albums on my last foray into the little junk room at the old house. Didn't pay much mind to them since I was concentrating on bagging trash & gathering smalls to clean for the booth. Once I get rid of more of the trash, I'll revisit the albums & see if any are in sellable condition
Like you, I stay pretty much at home. I go to Walmart for groceries, the booth to restock & the PO when I have something to send to a friend. Always take my mask just in case.
Hearing about the tiger broke my heart. A number of the charities I support are big cat sanctuaries - the big cats have enough trouble surviving without fools putting them at risk to satisfy a whim. Think I'd have let him have the idiot - he's more valuable in the overall scheme of things than that jackass is.
The trunk might be sellable. I see different ways they're usable - I had one years ago that I used as an end table. Also see them fancied up & used as coffee tables. No telling what use an inventive mind could think up.Gordon - So glad to hear your hand is healing so well. The proper attention given quickly surely had a lot to do with your safe recovery.
My bad, I misspelled the artists' name. It's IcarT, not Icard. He did 30's era lovely ladies (vamps), many with Greyhounds or Borzios in attendance. Do a search on eBay - there are quite a few examples of his work.Marson - I don't envy you the cold weather - if it gets below 60*F, I freeze.
I'm another fan of dark chocolate, especially chocolate covered cherries (which are hard to find). I got hooked on Hershey's "Special Dark" back in the '70's & have seen no reason to go back to the milk chocolate or white chocolate.
I loved your list of funnies! Naturally the one I liked best was the cats contemplating suicide. Doesn't fit my zoo - especially Irish, who seems to have suffered my absence last year's long-term recovery away from home last year. He's become quite clingy since then & is in my lap now & giving constant love bites to be sure I don't forget he's there.I got an unexpected phone call yesterday - the man in charge of social services at Harborview called to get to know me since the lady I've worked with for a number of months has left the home. I was able to get some answers to questions - learning Bear is much more forgetful than I've been told. I kept asking if he was able to read my letters & the answer actually is "not really" but someone reads them to him when he's having a good day. They also will pay more attention to his ear problems since I've made such an issue of not neglecting this chronic problem. Right after I got out of rehab last year I got a letter from Harborview giving me information on the extra cost of a private room (the VA only covers basic costs). I responded immediately, requesting that he be given the next one available. I've asked periodically if one was available but learned the facility only has 4 private rooms & they rarely become available. I brought it up during the call with Bobby & he said a long-term resident had just passed - I told him I still wanted Bear to have privacy - if we could have that room I'd see that the extra cost was covered promptly every month. Now to see if we got it! I also got Bobby's email address & his cell phone #. All in all, a wonderful end to 2021.
I recently found some fireworks that had gotten misplaced. I went out & lit 4 of the fancy ones after the UGA victory tonight (& to welcome in the New Year). Now it's time to feed the land sharks & take the current book to bed. I hope to spend the 1st day of 2022 watching bowl games so getting to sleep a bit earlier than usual would be wise.
Everybody take care & try to stay warm - or cool - as appropriate. Later.
Susan