Daily Ooos: Monday, February 6

[Su_Sanne]

Good Monday Morning everyone! It is nice to be sitting in the quiet house and just having my coffee! Yesterday was busy with helping SIL Linda. We (my DH) got all the chores crossed off of her list. I took the painting to her boyfriend and he absolutely loved it! He even had tears in his eyes . I got paid in Cash and two bottles of my fav wine (Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc). So nice!! We came home and had home made pizza with a cauliflower crust for supper, that was pretty yummy! Today I need to make some cauliflower wraps and get some scrapping done! I am far behind on things so far this month. Tomorrow afternoon I am off the the Dr. for my complete check up. I can't remember the last time I saw her, its been a long time! Guess thats a good thing, it means I have been pretty healthy right?! I am sure that Heather will be giving me a face time call right away, so I will try to wrap this up and get on with personals!

@Su_Sanne - What a great way to start the morning with a pillow fight and coffee and muffins too! thanks for that! I will quickly give you an intro on me too. I live on Vancouver Island, on the outskirts of the small city of Duncan. Canada. I was born and raised here, but lived in Saskatchewan for 28 years after my husband Gary joined theR.C.M.P. we finally got transferred back home and we will never leave again! We love it here! I have been at Oscraps for almost as long as @faerywings, I think I joined in 2007? Nope maybe 2008?? I can't remember, its been a long time anyway. DH and I have two children, and four grandchildren.

Well of course Heather has called and I have been talking with her for almost an hour LOL. Ok so here I go again with personals.

@faerywings - Are you all ready for your Murder Mystery Party?? What time will the Party get started? Sounds like you had a pretty productive day yesterday! I hope to have one of those days today! Thanks for the nice compliments on my painting, you are so sweet!

@LSlycord - Happy Birthday to your hubby!! What a great way to spend his birthday! Thank you also for the compliment on my painting! You know I never really measured the size of it. I think it was probably around 40 inches long and perhaps 12/14 inches wide. Yes Mark was very happy with it! He said it was very special to him and that he loved it! Glad that your daughter got spend an extra day with you and that Shaun will be getting back to his swimming! Those tethers are great when you can't do lap swimming, more work than you would think.

@Nonni F - Thanks for the introduction!! You will definitely fit right in here! As for being a hot mess, well join the club! I am usually a hot mess myself! I have a son and daughter in law that are both in the military, so I can sort of relate to that also.

@vickyday - Sounds like you are getting a handle on the de-cluttering, I can't stand any kind of clutter and my DH is the same way. Guess we are a couple of Neat Freaks LOL. I am one of those everything in its place and a place for everything kind of people. Hope that you will find it more relaxing to have a de-cluttered home! Those puzzles look amazing! Hard to do, but amazing!

Ok I better get some brunch and get on with my day! I hope you all have a lovely one!

Good Monday Morning everyone! It is nice to be sitting in the quiet house and just having my coffee! Yesterday was busy with helping SIL Linda. We (my DH) got all the chores crossed off of her list. I took the painting to her boyfriend and he absolutely loved it! He even had tears in his eyes . I got paid in Cash and two bottles of my fav wine (Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc). So nice!! We came home and had home made pizza with a cauliflower crust for supper, that was pretty yummy! Today I need to make some cauliflower wraps and get some scrapping done! I am far behind on things so far this month. Tomorrow afternoon I am off the the Dr. for my complete check up. I can't remember the last time I saw her, its been a long time! Guess thats a good thing, it means I have been pretty healthy right?! I am sure that Heather will be giving me a face time call right away, so I will try to wrap this up and get on with personals!

@Su_Sanne - What a great way to start the morning with a pillow fight and coffee and muffins too! thanks for that! I will quickly give you an intro on me too. I live on Vancouver Island, on the outskirts of the small city of Duncan. Canada. I was born and raised here, but lived in Saskatchewan for 28 years after my husband Gary joined theR.C.M.P. we finally got transferred back home and we will never leave again! We love it here! I have been at Oscraps for almost as long as @faerywings, I think I joined in 2007? Nope maybe 2008?? I can't remember, its been a long time anyway. DH and I have two children, and four grandchildren.

Well of course Heather has called and I have been talking with her for almost an hour LOL. Ok so here I go again with personals.

@faerywings - Are you all ready for your Murder Mystery Party?? What time will the Party get started? Sounds like you had a pretty productive day yesterday! I hope to have one of those days today! Thanks for the nice compliments on my painting, you are so sweet!

@LSlycord - Happy Birthday to your hubby!! What a great way to spend his birthday! Thank you also for the compliment on my painting! You know I never really measured the size of it. I think it was probably around 40 inches long and perhaps 12/14 inches wide. Yes Mark was very happy with it! He said it was very special to him and that he loved it! Glad that your daughter got spend an extra day with you and that Shaun will be getting back to his swimming! Those tethers are great when you can't do lap swimming, more work than you would think.

@Nonni F - Thanks for the introduction!! You will definitely fit right in here! As for being a hot mess, well join the club! I am usually a hot mess myself! I have a son and daughter in law that are both in the military, so I can sort of relate to that also.

@vickyday - Sounds like you are getting a handle on the de-cluttering, I can't stand any kind of clutter and my DH is the same way. Guess we are a couple of Neat Freaks LOL. I am one of those everything in its place and a place for everything kind of people. Hope that you will find it more relaxing to have a de-cluttered home! Those puzzles look amazing! Hard to do, but amazing!

Ok I better get some brunch and get on with my day! I hope you all have a lovely one!

Arline-- you are going to fit right in

I can tick off almost everything you wrote and say -- Mmmhmm- You and @vickyday can talk about motorcycles, you and @BrightEyes are both military wives. @bcgal00 is an incredible photographer. When @tanteva pops in, you can share notes on how to deal with stubborn cats (I think that phrase is redundant)
Gardening and hot messes-- that is where I excel
And as for a sense of humor-- I think you and our other new victim- ahem, I mean "member" @Su_Sanne are going to get along great too!

These threads are basically a coffee klatch free for all. So enjoy!

She (Sydney) is gone. So here I am for personals. #coffee-4

@Su_Sanne first, thanks for bringing us all coffee and baked goods to start the morning. And just as important, thank you for the new word "pudelwohl". I love that word. I need to teach it to Sydney. I told her that she needs to learn some German online before she heads over there.

@faerywings last semester, she barely came home so it's nice to have her staying a little extra this semester. Traffic isn't bad on the road to school except when the county fair is going, so she should have an easy drive. It's a beautiful day and I am enjoying the weather. I think Shaun will use the tether in our pool part of the time and alternate that with workouts with a Masters Swim team. He went ahead and quit the job. He was so burned out and I told him to take the time to concentrate on school but that he needed to find something physical to do as well.

@taxed4ever that is a beautiful painting. I love all of the special touches like the feather. This is just amazing. How big is that? What did your SIL's boyfriend say when he saw it? Really amazing work! LOL about Hunter getting a "commissioned" piece. Glad that Gary got a new PC. I'm sure that a glass of wine isn't a good thing on the keyboard.

@vickyday I am so sorry that you are having such a hard time getting to feeling good. And I know that you and Mark must have felt awful if you skipped church. I hope the day of rest helped.

@bcgal00 so glad that Jen is done. Abusive behavior from the owner...and then I'm sure that the owner will be one of those people that carries on about how they can't keep good help. Grrr... Hope that the lab option looks good to her.

@Nonni F welcome to where the craziness begins! New Hampshire sounded dreadfully cold.... I agree, don't open the door in that kind of cold! And no stops to run in for milk or bread or anything else! Sounds like the weather is improving for you though!

@BrightEyes I hope that the stinky ointment helps! Does the shoulder make driving hard?

Ok...got a few things I need to do before we head to the beach. Talk to all of you later.

Linda, It might help Sydney to shine with German phrases

 

[Su_Sanne]

I live in Germany? When did that happen?

 

[Su_Sanne]

Good morning ladies. The birds and dogs have been fed. I saw birds coming out of both nesting houses on the fence so looks like they are starting to get their little houses ready for babies this spring. I can't wait to see the little ones. I took Remi to a dog friendly park yesterday and she was full of mud but happy by the time she hopped back in the car to come home. The back of my SUV is filthy, might work on cleaning that today. I made keto taco soup yesterday and have enough for the whole week. Yum! I'll have that each night for dinner along with a side dish of some sort. The dogs are going in for their nail clipping today, then groceries and we'll stop at the dog park on the way back.

I love my little city but it sure is a mucky mess in the areas where the snow is melting. Because it is so dry here I know that'll soon turn to dust, not mud, but I'm guessing that mid Feb to early March is the worst before the heat starts to dry everything up.

I had to stop and check all the connections and shift the big power outlet under my desk. I think Remi is shifting it as she lays under the back of the desk. The screens started to flicker and the browser was opening and closing on its own so I couldn't type. Now its working so I'm sure it was just a loose connection.

Jen is starting to feel so much better. She is sleeping better and seems lighter in mood, smiling more.

@faerywings The party is tomorrow? What fun.
@LSlycord I had to laugh when you said it cost $50 to fill the car. My SUV now costs over $100 to fill. I dread what the summer will cost when they say the price will go up drastically again. We watch House Hunters too, both the US and Canadian versions. Happy b-day to Brian. Yes, D and G would be chatting electronics stuff and making a racket while we chilled and had fun upstairs

For the newbies @Nonni F and @Su_Sanne I'm Rae, bcgal00, I used to live on the west cost of BC Canada (Vancouver area) but last year moved into the interior to a small city called Kamloops. I retired from medical transcription and was a wedding/portrait photographer for years. Now I enjoy wildlife, landscape and pet photography. We have 3 kids, 4 grands, 2 great-grands and 3 dogs.

@vickyday Glad you and M are feeling better. Love that old photo of your family. You are all so adorable! Good luck with decluttering and staying on top of chores. I am really good with keeping the main areas clean and organized, it is the hidden areas that I have to be careful about cluttering (like closets and the basement storage).

@BrightEyes Poor Kay. Your health has sure taken a beating lately. Glad you are getting treatment now.

Time to get dressed, it's almost lunch time and someone is trying to get my attention LOL.

Kisses and hugs for this doggy

 

[Su_Sanne]

I live in Germany? When did that happen?

Sorry, it has been a long day @Oscraps. I read much to much ... Somewhere here in this posts I read the word Nordniedersachsen ... I swear it. Anyway, have a wonderful evening, with some wine, red or white?

 

[Su_Sanne]

Good Monday Morning everyone! It is nice to be sitting in the quiet house and just having my coffee! Yesterday was busy with helping SIL Linda. We (my DH) got all the chores crossed off of her list. I took the painting to her boyfriend and he absolutely loved it! He even had tears in his eyes . I got paid in Cash and two bottles of my fav wine (Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc). So nice!! We came home and had home made pizza with a cauliflower crust for supper, that was pretty yummy! Today I need to make some cauliflower wraps and get some scrapping done! I am far behind on things so far this month. Tomorrow afternoon I am off the the Dr. for my complete check up. I can't remember the last time I saw her, its been a long time! Guess thats a good thing, it means I have been pretty healthy right?! I am sure that Heather will be giving me a face time call right away, so I will try to wrap this up and get on with personals!

@Su_Sanne - What a great way to start the morning with a pillow fight and coffee and muffins too! thanks for that! I will quickly give you an intro on me too. I live on Vancouver Island, on the outskirts of the small city of Duncan. Canada. I was born and raised here, but lived in Saskatchewan for 28 years after my husband Gary joined theR.C.M.P. we finally got transferred back home and we will never leave again! We love it here! I have been at Oscraps for almost as long as @faerywings, I think I joined in 2007? Nope maybe 2008?? I can't remember, its been a long time anyway. DH and I have two children, and four grandchildren.

Well of course Heather has called and I have been talking with her for almost an hour LOL. Ok so here I go again with personals.

@faerywings - Are you all ready for your Murder Mystery Party?? What time will the Party get started? Sounds like you had a pretty productive day yesterday! I hope to have one of those days today! Thanks for the nice compliments on my painting, you are so sweet!

@LSlycord - Happy Birthday to your hubby!! What a great way to spend his birthday! Thank you also for the compliment on my painting! You know I never really measured the size of it. I think it was probably around 40 inches long and perhaps 12/14 inches wide. Yes Mark was very happy with it! He said it was very special to him and that he loved it! Glad that your daughter got spend an extra day with you and that Shaun will be getting back to his swimming! Those tethers are great when you can't do lap swimming, more work than you would think.

@Nonni F - Thanks for the introduction!! You will definitely fit right in here! As for being a hot mess, well join the club! I am usually a hot mess myself! I have a son and daughter in law that are both in the military, so I can sort of relate to that also.

@vickyday - Sounds like you are getting a handle on the de-cluttering, I can't stand any kind of clutter and my DH is the same way. Guess we are a couple of Neat Freaks LOL. I am one of those everything in its place and a place for everything kind of people. Hope that you will find it more relaxing to have a de-cluttered home! Those puzzles look amazing! Hard to do, but amazing!

Ok I better get some brunch and get on with my day! I hope you all have a lovely one!

Oh my goodness, you and your abbreviations!! DH is dear hubby???

 

[Nonni F]

Sorry, it has been a long day @Oscraps. I read much to much ... Somewhere here in this posts I read the word Nordniedersachsen ... I swear it. Anyway, have a wonderful evening, with some wine, red or white?

Don't be sorry. I was looking forward to my move. ...and red. always red.

 

[taxed4ever]

Oh my goodness, you and your abbreviations!! DH is dear hubby???

Sorry for all the abbreviations and yes DH is for Dear Hubby, SIL is Sister-In-Law, DD is Dear Daughter, DS of course is Dear Son.

 

[vickyday]

Good morning ladies. The birds and dogs have been fed. I saw birds coming out of both nesting houses on the fence so looks like they are starting to get their little houses ready for babies this spring. I can't wait to see the little ones. I took Remi to a dog friendly park yesterday and she was full of mud but happy by the time she hopped back in the car to come home. The back of my SUV is filthy, might work on cleaning that today. I made keto taco soup yesterday and have enough for the whole week. Yum! I'll have that each night for dinner along with a side dish of some sort. The dogs are going in for their nail clipping today, then groceries and we'll stop at the dog park on the way back.

I love my little city but it sure is a mucky mess in the areas where the snow is melting. Because it is so dry here I know that'll soon turn to dust, not mud, but I'm guessing that mid Feb to early March is the worst before the heat starts to dry everything up.

I had to stop and check all the connections and shift the big power outlet under my desk. I think Remi is shifting it as she lays under the back of the desk. The screens started to flicker and the browser was opening and closing on its own so I couldn't type. Now its working so I'm sure it was just a loose connection.

Jen is starting to feel so much better. She is sleeping better and seems lighter in mood, smiling more.

@faerywings The party is tomorrow? What fun.
@LSlycord I had to laugh when you said it cost $50 to fill the car. My SUV now costs over $100 to fill. I dread what the summer will cost when they say the price will go up drastically again. We watch House Hunters too, both the US and Canadian versions. Happy b-day to Brian. Yes, D and G would be chatting electronics stuff and making a racket while we chilled and had fun upstairs

For the newbies @Nonni F and @Su_Sanne I'm Rae, bcgal00, I used to live on the west cost of BC Canada (Vancouver area) but last year moved into the interior to a small city called Kamloops. I retired from medical transcription and was a wedding/portrait photographer for years. Now I enjoy wildlife, landscape and pet photography. We have 3 kids, 4 grands, 2 great-grands and 3 dogs.

@vickyday Glad you and M are feeling better. Love that old photo of your family. You are all so adorable! Good luck with decluttering and staying on top of chores. I am really good with keeping the main areas clean and organized, it is the hidden areas that I have to be careful about cluttering (like closets and the basement storage).

@BrightEyes Poor Kay. Your health has sure taken a beating lately. Glad you are getting treatment now.

Time to get dressed, it's almost lunch time and someone is trying to get my attention LOL.

I had to laugh at your photo of Remi.....that is sooooo Mark's dog, Piper, when she wants attention!

 

[vickyday]

@taxed4ever Please tell your son and daughter in law I said THANK YOU. I joined during the COLD WAR. Not that things couldn't have changed on a dime but I have the utmost respect for those Brothers and Sisters who joined in a time of war. If there's one thing I miss that I've never found since, it's the brotherhood while serving. There's nothing like it. (Though I'm hoping this group will be). Is a fair trade off, someone sharing with me their knowledge of shadowing and I will in turn explain you can use a cigarette pack to seal off a sucking chest wound? No? Darn!

To complicate things I use COREL. I am not a PSP girl, I have tried.. but like most things with me. I am a creature of habit and I just couldn't figure it out.

I get the early morning coffee Hellos!.. but, will there be wine this evening?

@vickyday Love the Preacher to Biker move. One of my best biker friends IS a Preacher! As for ride or drive.... I'm happing riding these days. Like you, with a camera in hand. Keep the rubber to the road and the bugs out of your teeth.

I can't tell you all how excited I am that I found a place for my snark!

Photo taken many moons ago....

Our pastor is a biker, too! We ride with he and his wife on decent Sunday afternoons!

 

[Su_Sanne]

Welcome to the O family, Arline! So nice to have you here! I think you will fit in just fine with the rest of us!
PS - I'm a motorcycle momma, too! Started riding at age 62 when I married my second husband......after being married to a preacher for 41 years! Yes, I give you permission to laugh! Quite the different lifestyle! And notice I didn't say I drive a motorcycle! I'm all about being the passenger so I can take pictures!

me too, I start the license when I was 52! Let's talk about it later ...

 

[Su_Sanne]

Our pastor is a biker, too! We ride with he and his wife on decent Sunday afternoons!

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Hello @everyone. I'm very busy with the Heritage Challenge, so just a quick smile for you!
On the subject of biking: I tried out my new helmet while chopping onions. It worked out great. I didn't have to cry at all! Have a wonderful evening!

 

[Nonni F]

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Hello @everyone. I'm very busy with the Heritage Challenge, so just a quick smile for you!
On the subject of biking: I tried out my new helmet while chopping onions. It worked out great. I didn't have to cry at all! Have a wonderful evening!

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Brillant!!!! Why didn't I ever think of that?!
OOOHHH.... Heritage challenge... I need to get to work on that one!