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DH just got called to work, there is black ice on the roads....that is the worst part of this mild weather.

Thanks, Sunny !

Good morning ! Sorry for the black ice, Sunny...I hate ice..I hope your DH is safe.

I second ice on the roads thing.

My extra string of good weather is coming to a close. There is some sleet in the surrounding area...We will get the colder weather from it, but I hope the sleet stays away. I will be happy to go the whole winter w/o seeing ice in any form. Hey, I can hope !

And I'll hope for you.

Thanks Tina. I will take all the help.I can get !

Sweet Dreams !

Sorry for the sleet. We can't function in ice around here. Southerners need to stay home at the first sign of ice. We've been at Ginger's and her yard is full of butterflies because all her flowers are blooming. I didn't see any bees but the butterflies are amazing. I have some flowers blooming but haven't seen a butterfly for at least a month. Where do they go in the winter anyway? Her little area has a wonderful bakery and a wonderful donut shop. Reasonably priced on everything. It's been pouring rain here most of the day and I think it's gonna rain for the rest of the week. Darbi came home for Thanksgiving and got a message that she's a virus contact, so she had to stay in her room for 2 days, then go get tested, came back negative, so she can come out of her room but can't go back to school since they get out December 8th anyway. I don't understand all the rules. I guess she can still convert to positive but she was told she doesn't have to quarantine anymore so I don't understand why she can't go back to school.

There have been 2 adult cases at Ginger's school and they both recovered without being hospitalized. The young in shape man was sicker longer than the overweight out of shape woman. Sounds backward doesn't it. Or maybe the man just complained louder. Who knows. Ginger says the man says it felt like an awful flu and the lady said it was like having any virus for a few days and she used her 2 weeks of quarantine to decorate and shop online for Christmas.

Hello Sheri. Yes, those Covid rules do sound a bit confusing. About the 2 people....I guess it depends on how long you were exposed to the virus and how strong your immune system is, huh ?? This virus seems to hit people so differently.

Our weather is all messed up..at least I think so, but really I thought the south did not have to deal with ice much at all. Am I right ???

Yay for good and reasonably priced bakeries and donut shops !

Aren't you only a couple hundred miles south of where you lived before, Carol? That's not so much to alter the climate that much.
Sweet dreams all.

Good morning.

Good morning !
Yes Tina, we are just over 150 miles south from where we were. And it takes between 2 and 2-1/2 hours to drive home.....but the heat down here is much harsher than at home....So far that is the main difference that I have found.

We are 212 miles from Ginger and our temperatures vary 10° sometimes. It's so much hotter in the summer at her house and the flying bugs are soooo much worse at her house. We are 416 miles from my sister in West Virginia and our summer time weather mimics her weather more often than Ginger's - THANK GOODNESS - because I couldn't stand 10 more degrees. I do NOT like the heat. Until my sisters hard winter sets in we're pretty much the same. Once the snow visits her everything changes.

We do get snow once in a while and we can't drive in that either. We get ice more than snow. It seems if our temps get below 32° it's always raining and it's always sleet. And its always a catastrophe because we're not prepared. We get iced in a couple of times a winter.

I love watching the show Hoarders.

Don't feel bad..I cannot drive well in ice or snow either, Sheri. I think it is good to know your limitations. I know mine.

I am in heaven. I am eating MY fried green tomatoes for my lunch !! Color me happy !..and I will get another meal too.. But then that will be the end of home grown tomatoes for the year.

So, I guess I'm going to be the snow/ice driver for us all when I win the lottery and invite you all here in the middle of February

Yep, you got it...now to win the lottery...I

I just went out and got the last green tomatoes off of my mostly froze out lone tomato plant. (There were still unfrozen leaves on a potion of the plant) I will be getting another patio tomato pant again next year for sure. This one survived until last night.

Goodnight..sweet dreams. Keep warm my friends.

Sweet dreams, Carol.

Sweet Dreams, Tina...

Enjoy the last of your tomatoes Junie.

It has been raining all day, there is not a flake of snow to be found anywhere on the ground. We are under rainfall advisories for three days in a row.

I am cooking my meat for the annual meat pie making, it was a good day to do it because I can open all the windows to leave the steam out with this mild weather.

I did enjoy them..I will skip a day and then fry more tomorrow. Gitta find your happy where you can. So thanks, Sunny.

Glad that there is no snow..that will probably come soon enough, right ??

Do not work too hard on your pies. And as my MIL used to say, another job done.

junie, that's great about your tomatoes. I think if I hadn't pulled mine up they would have made it until tonight when it's supposed to get below freezing. I have been able to get them at the farmers market though. Nothing like fresh tomatoes.

Sunny, tell me again what a meat pie is? Meat in a crust? I like meat and I like crust soooo when you when we come for the snow ride, fix those for us. What do you consider mild weather?

Went to a funeral today. Nothing to do with covid. We have another funeral Thursday. This one won't be outside and they are allowing 50 people, so we are walking in, signing the book, and walking right back out. I imagine everyone will be wearing a mask but we're not taking any chances.

Sheri ! When it began to cool down this tomato plant took off. I wish it had of had all the green tomatoes on it last summer that it had this fall.
Yea Sheri....funerals are an extra sad affair now days.

Enjoy your fried green tomatoes tomorrow, Carol.
Sweet dreams all/

Thanks so much Tina.

Good night everyone.

Good morning. I hope it is a good one for everyone today.

Good morning, Tina. So far so good here for me.

Meat pie is shredded beef and pork that has been slow cooked, onions and seasonings added then put in a pie crust and baked. It is a holiday treat here. Mild weather is 54*F when it supposed to be around 10*F this time of year, it is very strange.

It is a good day here so far Tina, the pies have been all finished and put in the freezer and the dishes are all washed and put away.

How many pies do you cook, Sunny? How big are they? I've always wondered. Meat pies that I've had were always small individual sized. But I've seen some in family size.

I make three sizes Tina, 12 inch, 9 inch and 6 inch...I made 21 pies this year.

And you freeze them to eat whenever you decide to eat one? I would love them.

Every since I said I was going to cover my window boxes when it's cold to see if I can keep them through the winters it's been below freezing every night. Getting tired of doing it already.

they sound wonderful, Sunny....now I am hungry......
Sheri--sorry about the window boxes..perhaps you should put on out on the closed in porch (you have one right?) that way it would be easier to cover on the coldest nights..

dropping back in to say goodnight sleep well my friends

Thank you, Sunny. Do you give them ro families for the season?

Sweet dreams all.

Am I the only one up this morning? Or is everyone super busy?

Well, speaking for me I was asleep. I was up past 3am last night..and as a result.I just got up like 25 minutes ago....good late morning to you.

I was busy, it has been a never ending day of phone calls and cleaning....but it is all completed now.

Tina, I just give meat pies to my mom now.

Hi all,
I guess we all have been busy.... my house is almost done being decorated for the holidays....hubby got me two more of the bigger houses for my village scene... for got he would need more electric strips for the lights so went out for them,,, he is back so it will be back to wiring it all up now... then I get to add the people and trees etc... hopefully it will turn out good.. will take a pic...

I came in my ofc to check the bank and the site is down... pain in the tookus... good thing most of the bills are on auto pay, but would like to see it anyway... will check later if my phone app works...

One of my grands , he's 19 had the covid... works at Target and someone who knew they were sick came to work... so he got it from him,,, he is ok now,, dd kept him in his room and disinfected his bathroom every time he used it.. his bro had to use the one in the parents room for the duration,,, do now understand the people who don't believe it...sure hope the rest don't get it... dd and two of the boys work in the grocery.. even with cleaning it's scary.... but people have to eat...

Well off to finish decorating and then clean up the house mess from decorating, have boxes in my office to hold the stuff we took down to put Christmas up... keeping door closed for the duration...

Have a good day all and stay well.

Nana

Decorating DOES make a mess. But the end result is lovely.

I'm such a dumbo. It occurred to me last night that chicken pot pies are meat pies and I can buy those at the store. Not as good as Sunny's homemade but better than nothing and the crust is pretty good.

Junie wonder why you can't sleep. Wonder if warm milk really works.

A lot of people have sleep issues these days. It is such different times dealing with this pandemic and such. When I start getting messed up in my sleep patterns, I work really hard at curing that.

Sheri..The main reason that I cannot sleep is that when the kids were growing up, I did mist of my scrubbing and such late at night, so I would not be interrupted......and then it became a habit..
I do the largest part of my physical work at home here after Rod and has gone to sleep....so I begin after 8:30 or so. As I age it does not serve me well to get all busy and then expect to be able to go to sleep after several hours of work one would do during the day. Not complaining, just explaining.

I remember 18 year old Tangela calling from home while I was at work to tell me she wanted to mop the kitchen. I was thrilled and began telling her where the gear was. She said she had that but she didn't know how to use it. I realized I had always done it at night or when she was gone to school. She'd never seen me do it.
Funny memories.

Yep...we all have those memories.

Sweet dreams, Carol. You go to bed at a reasonable hour tonight.

We are going for our tree today, we aren't able to cut our own anymore but the place that has them has a parking lot set up like a forest. You pay for a ticket(a tree) then you get 5 minutes to walk around to pick one out. I am so glad that they came up with a good way to social distance to at least get some fun in the process. Then we'll take the kids to a drive thru bakery for a special treat.

My mother used to do all her cleaning at night, my father worked the night shift. I certainly learned the way of it all though at my grandmother's, she never stopped all day with her brood of kids, grandkids still living there back and forth.

Good morning. I think we learned a lot from our grandmothers if we had them. There is so much more I'd like to learn now that they are all gone.

You are SO right, Tina. I so wish I could ask my grandmother and for that matter my MIL many things yet today. I used to call her with what I termed stupid Daughter-in-law questions. She taught me a lot. It was free to call her and it cost money to call my mom. So most of the times I called her. Emily still texts me with questions. It is nice to get those questions. Makes me smile.

Have fun at the tree p!ace, Sunny. You get a treat too, right ???

5 minutes to find a tree. I don't know that I could do that. Ginger took the first one she saw and it's beautiful. Shelley bought the first wedding dress she tried on. Obviously they don't take after me.

I didn't know either of my grandmothers but I did learn a lot from my mother and mil. Ginger called me last week to ask how long to microwave a potato for a baked potato. It made me laugh because she cooks all sorts of exotic dishes and uses all sorts of spices but had a question about a plain potato.

It's noon and I've been pretty much worthless this morning. Gotta get going.

Sheri, Hi !!

You should have told her what my mom always to!d us kids. " you cook it 'til it's done "!!.

We 3 still laugh at her about that !

5 minutes to pick out a tree..I agree, that is not very long. But I will say, when we were kids, there was only about 10 or 15 to pick from so it did not take long. Mind you?, mom did the picking and we kids were just happy to have a tree. If there was a ugly part, it was put to the back so we would not notice it.

Finally got motivated, went to the grocery store, library, filled up my car with gas, fried chicken, made a salad, baked potatoes, AND a pumpkin pie. So good. Now to get motivated to clean the kitchen.

I'll be over in a few, Sheri, I love fried chicken. And oh, you need to save me some pie as well!
Now I feel like a slacker. We had burgers, tater tots and green beans.

You got me craving too, Sheri.
Sweet dreams all.

We got our tree. The kids argued about the first tree they seen but it was 12 ft so I had to explain that it was too big. They had the 12-14 ft ones in the front parking lot, 10-12's in the middle and the 8-10's in the back, 6-8's on one side and the 4-6's on the other. They made it easy for the adults but kids want the biggest one they see

5 minutes wasn't long but it was so nice not to have to worry about distancing oneself or the kids from others. We wore masks and walked around freely for those 5 minutes.

Then we got cookies, donut bites, muffins and milk and cappuccino from the bakey....it was a fun trip, with a little bit of normal.

Good morning ! Well, Sunny..even kids arguing is a bit of normal. So happy the trees were divided by size. That did make it a lot easier to accomplish in the allocated time, I am sure. Sorry they began with the larger trees. So is the tree decorated yet ???

Sounds lovely, Sunny.

Pics are here. Yes, they put the biggest trees in the front to make it easier to carry them to the vehicles.....I am sure there were a few kids wanting the ones they could not have.

That is a really pretty tree, Sunny. So nice that the kids got to help decorate it.
Thanks so much for sharing the photos !!

I'm so jealous, No one got to help me this year and it's just not the same. Beautiful.

You are sure right, Sheri !!

They are doing a great job!

Yep, Tina, you are right !

Dropping in to say goodnight. Sweet Dreams to you all !

Sweet dreams from me too.

Thanks all, they sure had fun decorating....and I only had to move a few around because they couldn't reach the very top.

My mild weather and green grass has gone through the night, we are in the middle of a Nor'Easter at the moment......it is horrid out there. The power has already flickered twice. Oh well, when it is done....outdoors will certainly look like a Christmas card tomorrow.

Yay for snow ???? Well until it gets deep, I guess it will be pretty, huh ???

Good morning !

Yes, the first few snows are pretty....then it just seems to turn ugly.

That is why I can enjoy the bits of snow I get, Sunny. It goes away fast.

Tina, I'll be willing to send you some any time.

I stood on a kitchen chair....it broke, I fell. I now have a sore foot and a dent in my fridge and a broken chair.

Ouch, Sunny! I have done that. It's a bummer. May you heal quickly.

Tina, You'd think I'd learn my lesson after doing 3 times already over the years. My husband is ready to throw the table and chair set outside....we just can't keep it tightened no matter what.

does that mean there is a new set on the horizon???

but seriously I hope you are ok and that you do heal quickly.

Goodnight all, sleep tight and sleep well.

Junie, There will be a new set in the horizon if I find a good deal on Kijiji/resell site...the old style kind that has high back, good chairs. These new table sets are just thrown together(as seems to be all furniture these days). I even used Gorilla glue/screws on them and still, it seems that the pegs aren't even long enough to fit into the holes that were made for the legs.

My leg is aching today.

It is still snowing, what a storm. The bus's are running an hour late this morning because of the roads.

Good morning ! Sadly, I have been up for an hour.
It is going to be a long day.
Yay for new, sturdy table & chair set. I wish you luck. Be patient, THE set will show itself, even if you have to wait until spring. I have found when people are moving they tend to sell the nicest things just to avoid moving them.I

Today is order groceries day....Yesterday I ordered non perishables to be delivered to the house. Now today it is food ordering.

I'll be patient...and yes, I can see many going for sale in the new year if people bought new for Christmas.

It is 10 am and every school bus is either in a ditch or stuck in a drift...and they still called leaving a message to be patient and wait for a bus because schools were still open. Who'd send a kid to school in this weather????

Good afternoon. I've been hung up getting a computer thing fixed this morning. Not general computer but problems with one site I use.
It's pretty much fixed now.
I'm thinking I wouldn't send my kids on a bus either, Sunny. Not in those conditions.

good afternoon.

I agree...it is not the risk or the worry to send any child out in a bus in bad weather such as you are having.

Good night sleep well everyone.

Sweet dreams all.

Good night, Tina

Good morning ! This morning I drempt that Rod was yelling my name so I would wake up.....sheese