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whodat111/susan posted an update Monday, Jan 24, 2022, 2:38am EST, 2 years, 3 months ago
Hi Potties! Gonna try & do a quick catch up before feeding the zoo.
Marson - I don't envy you the super cold weather one bit. I remember when I lived in Alaska we ran extension cords from our apartment windows to the cars' engine to keep the oil from freezing. A side benefit of keeping the oil thawed was that it kept a small "window" thawed on the windshield. Made it easier to clear the windshield & start driving.
Gordon - My apologies & a very belated Happy Birthday wish. I feel so bad for Sylvia's health issues - diabetes is a truly wicked disease. Hopefully she'll have less problems now that the toe is gone. Being diabetic explains why it took so long for her cat bite to heal a while back. Speaking of cat bites - is it safe to assume your hand has healed?
The honeyeater is really pretty - strange eyes markings tho. The flower is as pretty as the bird.Max - Growing up in FL - blue jays were everywhere. Always had them in Mom's bird feeder at the expense of the cardinals. We never had them around here but the past couple of years I've heard them hollering in the woods nearby but they've never come to our feeders. I've had an unusual visitor since we started having this last round of cold weather - I've seen a hermit thrush come to steal suet crumbs off the deck. I also have about a half dozen mourning doves who come to the flat feeder for sunflower seeds almost every day. By the time I walk the 10 feet or less back to the front door, I have tufted titmice & chickadees in the just filled feeders.
I don't know the actual name of the quilt I took to the booth but I called it a "popcorn" quilt cause it has fist sized puffy spots all over. Looks VERY labor intensive - even more so than regular quilts.
Our weather guessers aren't giving us much hope for warmer weather any time soon. They expect lows in the high 20's to low 30's for the coming week. I went out on the back deck before the game this afternoon & found the fish still had a thin ice "roof". Meant I couldn't feed them today but I'll be checking during the week to see if & when they thaw enough to get to the food.Katie - I went to covidtests.gov & ordered my free tests. The PO will send them & I've already gotten an email acknowledging my order. That might work for you & Mike. You only get 4 tests per house but it's free.
Shelly - It's been really nice seeing you drop in recently. That's a really nice friend who came & shoveled your walks & cleared your cars for you. Is your new car 4-wheel drive or all-wheel drive? The Subaru's are AWD so there's no need to do anything to put it into use.
What a shame to hear about your friend Marie. It's just not fair for somebody who has other health issues to have to fight covid too. Hopefully she'll get over the covid without any issues.
None of my girls are really close. I almost never see the twins - they both live in Marietta about 30 miles from Canton & both have families & time consuming careers. Selena is moving from Duluth (over towards SC) which is well over an hour from here by interstate. Their new house is in Blairsville which is about as far to the north as Duluth is to the southeast. I'll be happier with the drive to Blairsville since there's nowhere nearly as much traffic going there.
When I'm doing long emails I try & remember to "save" them several times with CTRL C so if the machine "eats" them, I just have to use my CTRL V to restore them. Saves a lot of aggravation when I remember to do that.
I'm sure you've told me before, but where is your GA son? He must be north of downtown Atlanta since he didn't get much snow either.Other than my trip to the booth on Fri., I've stayed at home these days when it's been so cold. We've had a couple of days in the low 50's & I've taken advantage of those days to run errands & burn my paper trash. Other than that I stay inside except for filling the bird feeders & blowing off the decks. I haven't been to the old house for a couple of weeks - it's probably like a refrigerator after so many cold days in a row.
I still haven't gotten Selena to come by & pick up the Christmas gifts. I'd love to get them on their way to the family & out of my living room. I don't feel like I'm getting anything done when I go a couple of weeks without getting anything out of either house. I have several bags of trash ready to haul out of the old house but will wait 'till I can go over there & then call Zac to see if he'll come load them in the car & then put them in the main trash can for me. I also have a couple of boxes that need to go to the Goodwill. May ask Zac to load them in the car the next time he comes over to do something else for me.
I haven't written Bear in a couple of weeks - not much news when I stay at home for days on end. Do have a couple of bits of news that might could be stretched into at least a 1 page letter so may do that tomorrow night. There's a "check-up" call due from the home on Tues. AM so I need to start a list of things to ask about and/or request information about. From what I've been told lately it doesn't sound like Bear really "gets" who the letters are from but as long as there's a chance that he understands the letters, I'll keep writing. At least it lets the folks at the home know Bear has people who care about him.
Everybody take care & try to stay warm - except for Gordon who needs to stay cool. Later.
Susan