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Good Morning Dailyites! It's 67 and sunny, not a cloud in my window view at all. @rafinmd is absolutely correct, currently watching the Pre Race Show. For a girl (woman) I am a nerd. To me this is an International Holiday. The only day, that I really celebrate from sun up to way past sun down. Monaco, INDY, and then the 600 in Charlotte. My DH usually give up half way through the Indy race. I usually fix ribs for the day, but since I never made it to the store, it will be shrimp masaman curry for dinner. Steak (left over from last night)and eggs for lunch, and an apple fritter for breakfast. However, DH walked by the computer while i was drooling over @dfish's recipes and pictures, and thought, that they might be a good choice for dinner this week. I will celebrate Pink Flamingo day. If you are in Nassau, and have never been to the zoo, I strongly recommend it, as every day, they have the Parade of the Flamingo. Long history, which I wont share now, but part of the parade, is that there are teams to cheer on the birds, and one member of each team, must be a flamingo. I elected myself, as non of my team wanted to play. I learned that I do not stand well on one foot, and did not win the competition. LOL. @Sharon in AZ do you know if they are updating Phil weekly? I went to watch last night, and there were no new shows. I was very sad, so I ended up watching David Letterman's -Needs no introduction, but I guess DH and I are old enough to really need the introduction. @grapau27 Father David's sermon was spot not only for the world, bur for our group this week. What serendipity. Have a wonderful day, i'll be watching the tv. LOL.

Pulling myself away for the night. Thank you for all that you do, all that you welcome, all that you forgive us for. You are friends, and family. Off to watch Better Feed Phil- (more food porn)

Good Morning Dailyite Family! I love todays quote, thank you for reminding me that while I can be anything I want, its better to be the me I is. Jazz...while not my first musical choice, i'm more into classical and folk, I worked at a radio station in college. I wanted to do a late night request show, midnight to 3 a.m., but in order for the management to agree to that, I had to do a jazz show on Sunday afternoons. And not knowing much about jazz, I would play (yes this is back in album day) a live recording, start the applause sound track, turn that down, introduce the artist, and then let the whole album play. When it was time to turn the album over, I would get back on the air, make up something about what the artist was doing...like taking a short break for a drink of water, left the stage, etc, turn over the album and play the second side. Do the time and weather on the hour. And then go back and put on another artist's live recording. @dfish Thank you for the recipes. I am going to ask DH to make one of todays for me. When it comes to putting something in a pan, he has the patience for it. And yesterday's? OMG I wanted to try that, with gravy. Taters and gravy. Oh, i'm hungry now. The Irving cat is getting old, he goes to his plate, but seems to forget to eat. This morning he jumped up on the computer table and misjudged and fell right off. I think it's time to let him go...but DH thinks that he should get older with us. I believe in quality of life for an animal. We shall see. He is content when DH is on the sofa and he can sit on his lap. The rest of the time, he's a ball on the floor looking for somewhere warm to be. He still likes his catnip. Currently waiting for Formula 1 qualifying this morning, and I am on one job only now...this afternoon, they want a few hours from us. I was at a meeting yesterday, and a man walked in wearing a shirt that said "dam shirts". It was an old shirt, on the back it listed all the ships and there wasn't a "nieux" one listed at all. I told him I wanted to talk to him about his dam ships and he said the next time he saw me he would tell me his adventures. Can't wait. Have a wonderful day, and if you are off on an adventure this holiday weekend, be safe, and have a great time.!

This week it seems like everybody had their post toasties peed on. I felt like i was visiting a Carnival thread. You have all become in the last five months a family to me, that I care deeply for. I get news about the weather and food from over seas, and a weekly sermon every week, so thank you @grapau27 for broadening my spiritual and hungry side of me. @kazubrings me laughter with her memes, in spite of the hole you are feeling emotionally now, you still bring the rest of us up. hugs and a smooch to you. @dfishkeeps me fed. @bennybearyour bird pictures and wildlife pics are fantastic @smitty34877tries the recipes, and gives me hope that i may actually learn to cook...or not. @ger_77always says what is on the menu each night, and I really want to go live in her house,, and eat. 😸 @StLouisCruiserstravels the entire world! and I get to see pictures of places I never even imagined going to Rich and Roy provide us with great ideas to think about, and discuss. I cant mention you all here, but you get the idea. Each of you are special in your own way. Each of you bring something to the Daily table. Some times its the bread, sometimes, its the meat and veggies, and sometimes it's just the bottle of Ketchup. I don't want any of you to leave me. Then I would have to start the "keep marshhawk happy" thread, and it would just be filled with cat memes.🙀 So, if you are ticked off about something, take a deep breath, and remember, be kind and gentle to others, you dont know what they go through when they are not here in what was a very safe place.

Good Morning! After a week of on and off rain, and yes it is cloudy again, the sun is coming up in the east (down into the holler) and to my right in the west, the sky is dark. Since most of our storms come in from the west, I'm hoping that this one is brief or nonexistent all together. But when I put the food out for Fawn the morning, ( she sleeps on the porch)the air was crisp and cool. The new stray that has adopted us for his food, was curled up in the car port this morning also. Furnando insists that I wake up at 6, that's when he is hungry, and I didn't get to sleep until 2, so it will be a day of me dreaming of a nap. While sitting on the phone, and staring at the wall with nothing but a map of Kodiak Island. I love the quote today, I dont think it indicates loss of brain power, but by the time we are old, we are sick of the reality around us, and a fairy tale, with a happy ending is a good place to be in. Especially after this week. Have a great day! It's a Formula 1 weekend, so I'm off for donuts.

@grapau27 I agree with Rowsby. I bought a long pillow, and I lie on my side, and put the pillow under my knee. It helps so much! Not sure about alignment on that, but pressure is off.

Good Morning! Our local news grades weather by numbers. I'm on channel 11, a great weather day is listed as an 11. Zero would mean the end of the world....today is a 4. We are expected to get heavy rain, strong winds, and maybe a tornado. But right now, it's just gray. There is a huge German Shepard running lose in the neighborhood, I just yelled at him from the window to get out of my yard. The work problem is resolved, and tomorrow or Saturday morning will be my last day with that particular campaign. I still have one patron who's order was blown out of the system , and I feel it was unresolved. She thinks the sale went through, but it did not, and I don't want to leave it that way. I have left messages, but patrons cannot call back. A call back was set up for last night, and then someone from above dumped all the call backs so that no one got them. It's time to get away before I tear out all my hair. I love wonton soup, the recipes look good, but I'm not that great a cook, this looks like work. I do make a great corn chowder. Feisty red heads scare me...when they get mad. One of my friends is a red head , but her hubby says it's not her real hair color. I've known her for 22 years, and whether it's real or not, she is a red head. I hope you all have a wonderful day. For those of you on cruises, enjoy! For those who are finally seeing family and friends, enjoy! For those who have safe trips and new adventures, enjoy! Cherish people in your lives!

@StLouisCruisers I am so glad that everything is running smoothly for your cruise, except for those bumps that you hit....and got right over! Have a great time!

Good Morning. Another day of rain in the south-bring it on! I didn't find out abut yesterdays terrible news until I sat down to watch Holey-Moley. Which might explain why the people who said call me back in a couple of hours, didn't answer their phones when I did. I know that cartoon funny memes are not appropriate. I tried to find a meditation image that would be soothing and calming. Well, I just heard a transformer blow, another squirrel biting the dust, a block away this time. Four weeks ago, it was our street that lost power. I think everyone here has known someone with mental illness problems. After our divorce my second husband thought that we were about to have a race war, and he purchased a ton of guns to protect himself. He bought a house, and didn't make the mortgage payments. He came home one day, and his house had been repossessed, with all his belongings on the street. And the guns were not there. He drove his cat over to my house, so that the cat had a home (she didnt stay around) and I have always wondered if he was on a watch list. Did I think he was crazy? Yes, that's why we divorced. I often feared for my life, but he was never violent to me or to his co workers. He was one of those folks who "kept themselves to themselves:" and maybe that is the sign. I am trying to work out my last week on Job 2, oddly enough job 1's boss has had her email hacked, and boss 2 has lost her ability to text or phone. Boss 1 is now busy doing training sessions, so busy during the day, and boss 2 is inundating me with dorky emails that I am trying to ignore. Be grateful for what you have, may you find an inner peace, may your inner smile shine on others today.

This morning at the doc's I did something I have always wanted to do. I arrived on time (I had verifed the appointment the day before). The young man behind the desk got my paperwork, asked to make copies of my current insurance, and then the woman next to him told him I wasn't on the schedule. Someone had cancelled my appointment. Ok I arrived at 8:45 the original appointment time, and the woman yesterday told me it was at nine. The young man said he would squeeze me in, 30 minutes later, I told him thanks for the trouble, but time is money, and I am worth more than being cancelled, and ignored. He told me to have a nice day. You too, I said, and left. And that is the end of that doctor. But I will send him a letter. And copy Medicare and Aetna in the event that they try to bill them. I'm too old to take crap-I can give it out, but I wont accept it.

@kazu Thanks for your words of encouragement regarding my post last night. I do have glittery cat ears, I think I will wear them today. (in lieu of a tiara).

Good Morning! 65 degrees here and overcast-expected showers on and off all day. Today is my two year anniversary for the arm surgery, and I see the doc for follow up. He told me last year that the pain my go away in 10 years, last year, so I will inform him, it is worse, and i get through it. I had a coworker, who loved wearing a tiara. When I was her secret Santa I gave her another one, i think she had a different one for every day of the week. Brothers day. I have one, he hasn't spoken to me, or had anything to do with me for more than 20 years. Escargot on the go-

@57redbird I am the one everyone hates. I am a telemarketer for the arts. I call patrons to get them to renew and support their symphony, their local art museum, children's museums, theatres, Hollywood Bowl...each season I am on the phones with a new campaign, staring at my blank wall, calling people to try to bring them back to what they once loved. However, we are still living in the time of Covid. People are either scared to come back, or they are eager to return, but most of the time, they don't answer the phone. I currently am calling for the Arizona Opera. That's the gig I'm keeping. I used to have opera tickets, but that was to keep the DH happy. Sorry, not a big fan. But I think that was because it was so expensive, the only seats i could pay for were way in the back, and I couldn't tell if it was a contralto singing, or a tenor, or an alto. I think I missed a lot of the story line....But, I do feel that the art form is important. And that is why I do it. It's a good job for part time, when you retire. I was forced into retirement at age 65, because the symphony where I worked for 15 years, sold the Box Office, and their ticketing to ticketmaster and they laid off all the employees who worked full time, or who had been with the company for more than 10 years. Before that I ran a garden center, where I played classical music all day, and the flowers loved me. I taught people how to design and build ponds. Music has always been a big part of my life. It's important to keep a commitment to different forms of music, so that future generations will have it for years to come.

I talked with my original manager today, after steaming and fuming all weekend (wasted amount of time and energy.) Bring on that serenity prayer, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. I told him, that job part two was not a good fit. I know that I really wanted it, that I knew the clients, the area, the way that they live (after 5 months of working there last year...by there, I mean on the phone with them. What the shows were, what the hall was like, a perfect match until they threw in the new manager.) So many things wrong there. I couldn't change her, but I could change my situation. I called job 1, asked how many hours can she offer me, then called the senior boss, who told me to send boss 2 a note that I was needed on another campaign next week, and couldn't work for her. I don't know what the senior boss told her boss, but she is looking for a replacement for me. He, on the other hand who told me to send her a note, texted me and told me to hold off, that things were going to be changed. I told him that I had already sent her the note, but only told her a week, nothing more. That I would know more later in the week. He said OK. But I think they are about to move her elsewhere. Yes, it's a significant drop in pay, but I sort of get my life back. I get my happy place back. So starting next Tuesday, one job, terrible hours, great boss. I can live with that. Tomorrow is a weird anniversary of sorts. When covid became a reality, and I was stuck at home, I decided after watching way too many shows on English gardening, that i would create a garden on the back patio, filling lots of pots with beautiful plants. Something I could water easily and make the back yard pretty. At the same time, we were getting a new roof put on, and DH was cutting limbs away from the roof. I was pulling the limbs to the side of the outdoor table. We worked all day long, me filling some pots with dirt, moving the limbs, sweeping up as we went. And then around 5 while getting the hose to water, I tripped over the logs, and face planted on the cement. Having had a previous fall three years before, and tearing both rotator cuffs in my shoulders, I knew not to put my hands out in front of me to stop the fall. I attempted to curl in a ball, this didn't happen, and my face and elbows took the brunt of the fall. As it was a Friday, and I thought the only thing I broke was my nose, I held off going to the emergency room until Saturday morning. Couldn't move my left arm at all. After an MRI and many xrays, the doc said the good news is, you didn't break your nose. You did break your elbow. We cant find the tip of your elbow. I think I know where it is I said, and pointed to a large knot in my arm, on the other side of the arm. Yup. So tomorrow is my two year anniversary date of my surgery. I was told last year when I saw the doc, that I had about 85-90 percent of the arm back, but that was going to be it. My arm does not like cold, or moist, or being in the sun (it's like the screws holding me together heat up). I think that this anniversary, the loss of being whole and able bodied, has had me upset over the last two weeks. I think too, that I am lonely, and tired of being in this house. Gosh I miss sitting in the condo in FL.... Any way, I quit the job I hated, will work for the decent boss, who can give me hours for two weeks to make up for what I am losing, and will try to place me somewhere else if she can, and I will try to be happy again. Right? Right! oh, and so true about the roofing nails, it's been two years, and after heavy rains? I'm still finding them in the driveway. I go out after every heavy rain, and check so that we dont get flat tires.

@dfish that salad looks Sooooo good!

Thank you all for sending the rain I asked for.....can you make it stop around 12 so that I can walk the dog? Just kidding, thanks for the rain! I decided not to go to Home Depot to buy the mail box, but will check out some at Ace-they always have such pretty things there. But I do realize that every house in the neighborhood has a black plain mail box, wondering if that is some neighborhood requirement. The kids are out of school, the traffic is less, and I guess for here, it really is summer. (until August). I hope you all have a wonderful day, and that the weather is not too bad where you live. I've been in a funk the last several days, and I am hoping to snap out of it quickly. Too much bad news on TV, not happy at work, etc, etc, and I need to accept that I just bit off more than I can chew. The extra money is nice to have, but my sanity is more important.

Happy Sunday Morning Dailyites! I have had an awful work week, where nothing was right, I broke the mailbox which now needs to be replaced , and found out that I really should watch out for what I pray for, as Dayton management is not someone I want to be associated with, so last night I went to bed EARLY and today I woke up with a head ache. But F1 is on today, so maybe I can snap out of it...LOL. I love the quote, as I loved the book, but I am one of those people who think she didn't write it, but her buddy Truman Capote did. Only because her second book was terrible! Just a theory. I have 4 guitars, three harmonicas, a dulcimer and several other instruments around the house, I will hold off on buying anything new, until I get back to actually playing something. There is room however for a kazoo. I am sorry for all the bad weather the north has had, but I really could use some rain. Send it this way please. along with some colder temps. We turned the air on, set it for 78 and were freezing. Upped it to 80 and we were still freezing. Maybe we should set it at 82, and just leave the fans going. The maintenance man we have a contract with , will be here on the 14th of June to work on the air conditioner and replace the filter. @Cat in my lap I hope your DH's surgery goes well, and has the results you both want. Have a great day!

Happy Friday Dailyites! Be a Millionaire? Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket. Would I quit work if I was a millionaire? No. Cruise more? Yes. Walk that grumpy dog from next door every day? No. Even though it's the only exercise I get right now. @rafinmd Have a great cruise! It's an F1 weekend. Time to get the donuts! I am working today 1-7, then meeting DH for dinner. He is not working today, and will be getting together with friends. I called 3 friends last night, not one answered the phone. Ah, to have a life....where you can do what you want, and go when you want to go somewhere. I'll get there eventually. We turned on the air yesterday, and about froze. Guess we need to set it to 80. Which reminds me, for those of you in the north east, take care in the heat this weekend! Last night I dreamt that I was on a bus traveling to a cruise, and I realized I wasn't sure if f I was on a cruise...very weird. I am reading that from Mobile, (our next cruise) you must have the latest booster, but it doesn't mention that you need testing. Apparently Alabama is the worst in the country for vaccines. So other regulations dont apply to cruises out of Alabama. Millionaire cat-

Good Morning Dailyites! Yesterday ended up being a very weird day -a complete series of unfortunate events... cat to vet- ok he went for rabies shot, and hid from us for 3 hours upon returning home fixed brunch DH started work, I walk dog work one hour head to dentist dentist says a filling has fallen out, no emergency-schedule an appointment-get to the front desk, it's either next week or October-dentist is having surgery and will need a very long recuperation time-I chose October. stop on the way home from the dentist, gas tank is VERY low-put in card, put nozzle in car turn on gas, and gas starts pouring all over my feet because the hose has been cut. turn off hose go to another pump. fill up, walk in and tell attendant about his hose. he goes out and checks... i leave smelling of gas, all over feet and sandals. get home and back on the phone, all calls have the same response-unable to dial the customer- after 3 hours of this, i tell my boss if no one answers i'm calling it a day. someone answered. but at 8 i shut off and watch masked singer. I go back on at 9, and now I have no phone connection. I really do call it a day. go to bed early, my left side is hurting, thinking sleeping will help. two cats get into a hissing fight, one spring boards away using my head and ear as the board, now head bleeding, ear bleeding. i'm up again. stop bleeding and clean head and ear with witch hazel, wake up at 3 with leg cramps, go back to bed, and now, my back starts hurting again. get up and walk around in the dark, then back to bed, and i slept until 8. back still hurts and i have to be at work in 20 minutes. no breakfast. lunch and dinner will be left overs. @kazu I'm so glad you figured out an easier way to load the tank, and now have bbq to look forward to this spring and summer. @msmayor I am sorry to read about your DSIL with Covid. I hope he feels better fast! AND that your DD and DGC are staying safe and doing well. @rafinmd Please take my DH off the list for right now, he and his doc are working through the pain, apparently the longer he stays on one of the meds, the more it works. He was told the other option is to have the nerve surgery and he said he has had far too many surgeries, so he will learn to live with this unless it becomes totally unbearable. He seems to be doing much better. Have a great cruise! @cat shepardI loved your meme today! Have a great day everyone, and know that you are loved.

Good night human angels-

We are taking Bob-a-gingee, our huge orange cat to the vets this morning. We dont want to startle him, so the carrier came in early, and he is sleeping on the sofa. Wish us luck, we have had to cancel his appointments before. How something so huge can disappear is beyond me.

Good Morning Dailyites! Some how when you have to work on Saturdays, Wednesday doesn't seem like a hump day. We had an appointment with our heart doc on Friday ( for both of us) but they cancelled and moved it two weeks out. DH's boss wouldn't let him switch Saturday to a now blank Friday, so he gets a day off. I have empty hours, so I get to work more. Somehow this doesn't seem right. But enough complaining. I just really need to learn that it's a part time job, that helps me out and then recreate a schedule where I can get some "me" time. We were members of the Fernbank for several years, and the Michael C Carlos Museum for a couple of years. I love visiting the mummies. We did the shell museum on Sanibel two weeks ago. I always try to visit a museum when I travel.

@cunnorl My first cruise was a friends wedding cruise. Instead of an engagement ring, He bought her a beautiful huge nugget of amber with bug from your "Popular" Dinosaur store. We went in to check it out, saw lots of things that were wonderful and not affordable on that trip. Thank you for reminding me about that store. They actually got married on the beach, and DH and I provided the flowers for both the beach wedding and silk flowers for the reception on board. We got hooked on cruising, and they are no longer married.....life.

Good Morning Dailyites! I have strict instructions to wake the DH by 8, so I just ran in to wake him up before I sat down here. So far, he is still refusing to get up, though he may have woken up. Last night I got creative in the kitchen, baked sweet potato and pecan encrusted salmon...tonight it's meatloaf. Because DH and my work hours are not the same, the nights he works late I try to be the chef (ha ha) and on the nights when I have to work late, he is the chef. He gets meatloaf, and I get steak....I think i get the better deal. (although I do love my meatloaf) @Cruzin TerriI hope all goes well with the root canal today. To not be in pain is a wonderful thing. @JAM37 So sorry to read about your migraines. I started getting them after I graduated from college. To the point where I often could not see, and pass out. And get sick, and well, sounds like what you are going through. My dad also suffered from them in his 20-40's and told me that they will end. I haven't had one since my divorce from my first husband. What helped me is foot massages, or soaking my hands and or feet in warm water. Close to hot, but not quite. And sleeping. Good luck today. Gentle hug being sent your way. Pack rat? Marie Condo helped a lot. If it gives you joy, keep it. So does the philosophy, if you haven't used it in two years, you probably don't need it. My DH is always on me to get rid of things. Why do I keep sheets that my mom gave me in 1995? ( I still use them) Why do I keep linen dish towels (they are souvenirs from places I went) Books? They do bring me joy. Clothes? eh...who cares. I do clean out closets one a year. But there are things I will never use, my grandmothers champagne glasses? Really? I havent had a drink in 30 years, and even then they are too fragile and beautiful to use. I do need to still clean out a lot of stuff. I try to live my life thinking if I have to move tomorrow, what do I want to take with me, and leave it at that. I have a lot of work to do.