Good morning Connie, Gerry, Draclvr, Hagatha, Lex, TaintedFury, OldBroad and anyone else who gets the chance to pop in today. Thanks for the double dark brew Gerry, with Connie's bagels I am set for the morning. Bad storms rolling by us this morning and then perhaps just rain this afternoon...take care everyone and enjoy your Sunday.

Looks like a nice sunny day is in the works! I'm going to have a nice relaxing day and do some gaming in The Witcher.

The sun finally come out yesterday while I was working the Wagon Days at the horse rescue, so the last couple of hours were much more pleasant that the first two hours! However, my rear end is sore this morning from sitting on the wooden benches of the wagon. We had at least 150 people show up and how many volunteers were there? One! Me! No one was even there to drive the truck, so one of the employees had to do it. Luckily one other volunteer was there who does the Twister the Horse painting demonstrations, so she took a couple of rides for me or my voice wouldn't have made it!

Too tired to cook, so ordered a couple of pizzas from town.

Happy Sunday, everyone!

We have sun here today too Draclvr.

Have a great week everyone.

Good Morning Everyone

G' Day Lex Loved it all too funny what a way to start the day......

G' Day Soot Hope you have a terrific day

Hiya Kaki's Sister I usually have a cup of tea first in the morning with my breakfast but I make sure I have a coffee afterwards.

Take care & Happy Gaming Boomers

Good Morning GameBoomers! Taintedfury I have some nice hot, strong, English breakfast tea for you to start your day...dark strong coffee and hot chocolate too. Soot hope you stayed safe in the storms. Draclvr that must have been an exhausting day at the horse rescue...at least the sun came out for a while.

Hope you all enjoy a happy Monday!

Gerry

Hey Ho Draclvr SpaceQuestFan TaintedFury Gerry and the rest of the gang. Gerry, I think we're seeing the last of the storms this morning, lots of rain but we stayed dry. Wishing you a great day too TaintedFury, enjoy your tea. Gerry I'm ready for some dark strong coffee and will pop in later for a danish from Connie. Have a great Monday everyone.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Birthday Cupcakes for Marian. Have a Lovely day everyone.

I'll have three (3) Birthday Cupcakes Connie ... and a cinnamon crunch bagel please ... thank you!

I'll also have some hot chocolate Gerry.

Have a quiet evening everyone!

I love those cinnamon crunch bagels. Come to think of it I love cupcakes even more.

Good Morning soot, Connie, SpaceQ and everyone on their way to the break room. I love cupcakes too SpaceQ any time! Good to hear you weathered the storms safely soot. Connie what are you up to today?

Extra strong coffee, tea, and dark hot chocolate await.

Have a Happy Day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today. Bowling with friends at the Eagles tonight. Have a Lovely day everyone.

I'm having the drab tile backsplash in my kitchen replaced with clear glass subway tiles. What a difference! Brightens up the place so much. Next is the upstairs deck rebuild. This place will look better than it ever has when I'm done. I'm still plowing my through all the papers and books and finding whole file cabinet drawers full of papers that have been irrelevant for decades. There's so much of it I think I'll take it to Staples to be shredded. My little shredder can't keep up!

Hagatha, my husband is a certifiable hoarder. If I didn't keep up with the papers, we would have drowned in them. Can you imagine having an entire box of cancelled checks from the 1970's and considering them absolute keepers? Yeah, no! I let him have the old hog house, two grain bins and the machine shed. Inside the house, the stuff doesn't live here any more!

He was helping me find something in the old hog house/chicken house when I found a GIANT pile of old rotted soaker hoses that have been there a minimum of 8 years. Why haven't these been thrown away? All the do is provide hiding places for snakes! I just said something and walked on by. Of course, they are still there.

I still have all my cancelled checks since I opened up a checking account (old and current accounts) and all my pay stubs since when I started working, and I have boxes of credit card applications and what not that come in the mail that I don't want to just put in the garbage. I have at least two shredders that have never been taken out of the boxes. I absolutely hate trying to go through paperwork. My brain zones out real quick when I'm trying to decide "do I need to keep this or not".

You do not need to keep ANY of it! And since it is of no use, I don't want it all in my house because the clutter and stacks of boxes simply provide hiding places for brown recluse spiders. I learned in my first older house to never have anything cluttering the spaces. When hubby first moved all this c**p out here, I spent an hour a day with my shredder. Later, since we live out in the country, I convinced him all this junk was of no use and he burned it all in a burn barrel.

Fortunately John always had an office and basement to stash all his papers, so they didn't clutter up my life, but now that I'm faced with either moving them again or getting rid of them, I'm going for the latter option.

I've either recycled or donated all of the little electronic mystery gadgets, small appliances, much of the fishing gear and and other assorted "stuff" and even though the garage and parts of the house look very messy, most of the drawers in the house are empty now. I've bubble-wrapped all of John's framed photographs, most of which are quite large, and put them down in the basement for safekeeping. Next I box up the books and the CDs and DVDs. Digitizing the music sounds like a good winter project for another year, and I'll decide what to do with the books once I've moved.

It's a huge job and sometimes I feel like I'll never get through it, but I know I've made a huge dent in it.

It sounds like you're doing great with it all hagatha! I wish I had your stamina!

If I want to move any time this year I have to keep going, since it's just me this time.

Good Morning Connie, hagatha, Draclvr, oldbroad and everyone. Boy I sure can relate to all that "stuff" you are finding hagatha, oldbroad, and Draclvr! Amazing what i have found in boxes of old paper work...way to much to shred myself!

Got the strong dark brew coffee ready this morning along with tea and hot chocolate...all to enjoy with Connie's goodies!

Have a Great Hump Day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Have a Lovely day everyone.

We're having some beautiful weather this week. When it gets a bit warmer I'll be out on the deck, sweeping al the leaves and getting it ready for power-washing. It's been neglected for two years now and it's gone completely green with algae.

But first, mugs of coffee.

Right now the drab kitchen backsplash is being replaced with a nice clear glass subway tile, and it looks amazing. The tiler is a bit of an oddball, from Newfoundland, with the strong Newfie accent (the area was originally settled by Irish folks and the accent lingered). He's quite funny but keeps wanting to steer the conversation towards politics, and let's just say that we are not on the same page. Time to clap on the headphones and start playing!

Good morning Gerry, Connie, Hagatha, OldBroad, Draclvr, SpaceQuestFan, TaintedFury and anyone else who gets the chance to pop in. I took the day off today as will be starting work way too early tomorrow...so must get psyched for the day. Strong dark brew coffee and a danish are perfect Gerry and Connie. I know what you mean Hagatha...political discussions have become very toxic which is why I totally avoid them. The weather cooled back off today which is very nice as we'll have triple digits with humidity soon enough. Happy Hump Day everyone.
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Hagatha glad to hear the tiles are exactly what you hoped for! Nice way to spruce up the kitchen! Soot enjoy the rest of your day off!

keep smiling nd enjoy the sunshine...

Gerry

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Kaki's Sister English Tea is one of my favorite's good choice....

G' Day Soot Yes be safe in that weather take care you & your family

Enjoy your day & Happy Gaming Boomers

Good Morning Taintedfury and everyone. Plenty of strong coffee, English Breakfast tea, and dark hot chocolate are waiting for you all. A cold windy day here...feels like temps in the teens with a coating of icy snow! Will be staying put this morning.

Hope everyone enjoys their Thursday!

Gerry