Return of the Cruising Bunny's....

[flgirl51]

Good morning!

Kathie, I was going to ask you if Art knew you had been married to another guy for 68 years! Happy Anniversary, today is Amanda's birthday so I can usually remember your anniversary.

Dave, glad to hear your nephews daughter is feeling better, we used to call those stand up sink bath's "birdie baths" back in my high school days. Didn't make it to the gym yesterday my tummy was not liking me to much, going to try again today but it's not looking to promising right now since I'm sitting here typing instead of getting dressed.

Mike, glad you didn't feel any pain getting the tooth pulled, some of those can be a real bear to get out. Still have my $65 but it will be gone this afternoon after my nephew finishes some work he going to do today.

Lee, I wish my natural aerobics work out was enough to keep the pounds from creeping on, calories just really seem to like me.

Not sure what this hurricane is going to do, it just kind of snuck up on us. Will be keeping an eye on it for sure.

My nephew is coming to change my faucet, ceiling fan & do a couple other little projects today, it was tough trying to figure out a time to have it come but I finally just set a time & will make it work. This is probably my last week of cooking for my friend Leila, she will be starting outside therapy this week so I think she will be able to get around better soon. Stay dry everyone!

 

[K2-Mich]

Hi gang!
Thanks for all the Anniv wishes! Time fly’s when you’re having fun! Ha ha.

You all sure were chatty early this morning.

Karen: Hope your tummy settles down for you And you can get to the gym soon.
And good to know you’ll get a few of those jobs done by your nephew.

Dave: A good sponge/cloth wash up will make you appreciate that shower even more when it’s ready for use!
Hope the Great Niece is feeling lots better each day.
Lee: So far so good with NO RAIN. Sure could use the sunshine back! It was so much prettier 58 yrs ago on this day!
All the best with the “Prostate” visit! And hope Friday turns out just fine too.

Mike/ Fay: What are you two up to the next few days. Does Fay still drive around town? I can’t remember if you told us that she does or not! Just be careful if she does.
Put together the new “cordless” leaf blower. I tried it out on the lower end of the yard and it looks like it should work out. Anything is better than dragging that CORD around on the old blower. It has a variable speed, a lock button to lock in a speed and a power boost if needed. I’m just glad it has a very LOW speed for when you want to get the leaves into ONE big pile without blowing them all over! It has a 3 month return policy and 5 yr guarantee! ( but we all know those are usually useless)

I’m going to call and see if our township has a SHREDDING PAPER DAY coming up soon. If not I’m going to sit myself down and do some shredding. Way too many small boxes full of useless receipts. Why I keep all this stuff is beyond me!
Have a good day Wrabbits! Love you all.

The church picture was in our old church. We were the last couple to get married in it. It was
actually closed up and our new church wasn’t finished yet and they were having church services, etc in our church HALL! I got the priest to okay opening the old church for the wedding service and my Mom got the church janitor to wash the white mold film off the old red tile floors and dust things off and we got married there! So glad it worked out. If any of you saw the movie “My Big Greek Wedding” we had the same kind of church ceremony! Candles, crowns, tying the hands, walking around the table, etc. You really feel married when you have a Orthodox ceremony!
Okay, that’s your church lesson for today.

GO HAVE A FUN DAY!

 

[K2-Mich]

Shred days are over for this year in our township!
Let the shredding commence!

 

[A’Burg Guy]

Dull and drizzle here now. And humid when the rain stops. That didn’t stop is from getting Ava to The Navy Yard when I got home.
What a great picture from that day FIFTY EIGHT years ago Kathie. Thank you for sharing it and the story that goes with it with all of us.
Funny Karen, when I was a getting my daily walking exercise as a letter carrier it didn’t seem to matter how little extra I would eat the pounds found me! So I know exactly what you mean.
Good News at the hospital today. My PSA has dropped again to .031. The normal range for a 71 year young male is 0 (which nobody has) to 6.5. Cue the happy dance!
Time to hit the old treadmill.

 

[flgirl51]

Lee, great to hear you passed your test with flying colors! Keep up the good work

 

[flgirl51]

Kathie, awesome pic's of you & Art, you two were just babies when you got married!
I saw your comment about our choir song on Sunday, I thought we did a pretty good job also, especially for only having 8 people in choir to sing.

 

[K2-Mich]

Karen: Your choir did more than a "pretty good job" singing on Sunday. They were strong and confident.

Lee: Always good to read about anybody in our extended family getting EXCELLENT TEST RESULTS.

We can all pray that Gail gets good results too. I've been adding her to my list!

After circling around to a restaurant that we thought WOULD BE OPEN ON A TUESDAY.... it was closed. So, we had to go off to the East side of town and try another favorite place by the water. We pulled up and there were NO CARS in the parking lot. We got on the phone and called and they said they were open! Whew!
We walked in and it was totally empty.
I said jokingly to the young man at the desk..... "Now don't tell me it's a 45 min wait" and he laughed along with the other 3 employees standing around.
Service was great and my Manhattan was well deserved! The food was excellent too. It was worth going out of our way to this restaurant. And by the time we left there were people inside the restaurant and OUTSIDE at the bar by the canal.

HUMIDITY is doing a number on my ankles. WOW, how my feet hate humidity.

You all have a good night.

I did a few bundles SHREEDED earlier!

 

[Mike Elias]

Lee I hope your Dr.'s visits went well and very short. The worst part of going to the dentist was getting the numbing shot or whatever it is called, I forgot the word and I will remember it late tonight while I''m in bed. Glad your # were good.
Dave. the only part of the tooth was a small piece that was in the felt in t he back but not on top of the gums. Sound like you got to the restrastion at the right time and everythink went smoothly. Glad your nephew's daughter is okay, I hope your nephew was able to show up and continue the work.
K2, Happy 68 58 Anniversary, Just saw you just posted. Glad you found another favorite restaurant. It sounds like your blower does a good job. I also like t he low speed on mine. Love your pictures. My Father is Greek and he used to go to the Greek church. There is a Greek festival in Cinnci which is nice. Fay still drives arount Fairfield but not on the freeways. I don't drive any more.
Kc, isn't it nice to have someone you can trust to do some of the jobs around the house. Our son-in-law did a lot for us. we had to argure with him to take some money.
I weigh the same as I did about 30 years ago. Unfortunately I am about two inches shorter and wider. Fay used to be taller than our two daughters and 2 of our granddaughters. We here a lot of used to be.
Hope every one sleeps well tonight, I'm going to get a snace, piece of cake.

 

[A’Burg Guy]

If I weigh more in the morning I’m blaming Kathie’s dinner and Mike’s cake.
Good night folks.

 

[fatherdav55]

Hope your tummy is all gooder, KC. Did you ever make it to the gym yesterday? Sounds like you and I are putting our nephews to work fixing stuff around our houses.

Sounds like you got a good cordless leaf blower, K2. I forget, what's the brand name? Knowing that you don't have to drag a chord around and then have to wind it up means only one thing.......you'll use it more. Cool picture. Looks like an old Daguerreotype photograph.

Consider yourself lucky for that low PSA number, Lee. VERY few 70 year old men would be even close. So you got rain yesterday, this much?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dq_JcpWAJs


Is everyone getting sick around here??? On Monday our nephew/contractor's daughter was sick so he couldn't show up to work on our bathroom. Yesterday he showed up with his helper. But his helper looked, sounded, and acted sick. Said his whole family was sick over the weekend. So our nephew sent him home. GOOD! So our nephew had to work all alone. But he still got up a couple of shower walls and much of the plumbing. We'll see what happens today.

 

[A’Burg Guy]

A quick good morning. It sure felt like a cool 63F on our early morning walk. Oh well, it is late September.
As I watched your video there Dave I wondered if any of the men raining down had pants on! I got my answer when they opened their coats. Very responsible of your nephew to send his helper packing yesterday. I hope you and Kathie wiped everything down when he left. We don’t need you two getting sick!
I’m headed to Jim’s basement this morning. “The OGC’s ride at dawn”. LOL. Gail would like the storage area larger. She wanted it bigger when it was being framed but a couple of the guys wouldn’t listen. With one of the group on holiday we’re going to take down that one wall and move it to where she would like it.
Other than that, it’s time for my fruit, yogurt and granola.
I’ll pop back later to check on everyone. In the meantime you all have a fantastic Wednesday.

 

[K2-Mich]

Good morning Wrabbits!

Didn't sleep soundly at all last night. Not sure if I ate too much or the Old Fashion was to blame (ha ha -- never that) or the late cup of coffee while wrapping Jill's gifts had something to do with it. Anyways, I'll push onward.

Dave: YOU and KATHI might want to stay WAY CLEAR of your nephew or wear MASKS! Something is going around with your workers and/or their families and I'd hate to see you two get it. Go outside as much as you can and clear your lungs.
Not sure if you got any of the rain I heard might be coming your way. We were supposed to get rain during the night and so far nothing.

Lee: Nice of the OGC gang to move that wall for Gail. Good thing it was still in the STUD stage.

Mike: How nice to know that your Father was Greek. We have a few Greek churches close by that have really nice Festivals. The FOOD is always so good! I wish I could say that I weigh as much as I did 30 years ago. That would be wonderful! I blame not losing weight on my Thyroid issue. (Hey, one has to blame something)

Karen: It's the middle of the week. Church or choir rehearsal for you???? Are you getting any signs of HELENE (hurricane) showing up in your area? Longboat Key is sand bagging from what I was reading on some of the Facebook pages. Hope it MISSES YOU.

I'm off to toast a slice of two of Jill's sour-dough bread and spread some of the homemade Raspberry Jam she gave us the other night. This was by far her best loaf yet!

A trip to the Dollar (+25 cent) store for some wrapping paper is in order. Always something!

You all have a good day.
Hope the humidity stays low over here. My ankles are back to normal, if there even is a normal for them lately.

 

[flgirl51]

This was the sky when I looked outside a little after 7 this morning, the pic doesn't do it justice it was so red the sky & the air looked like it was on fire. Haven't seen a sky like that in ages.

Dave, lot's of sickness going around lately it seems, good for your nephew to send the guy home rather than make other people around him sick too. No, to the gym, tummy is ok now but just can't seem to get a break long enough to go.

Kathie, sounds like a nice dinner out for you & Art, it's unusual here for a restaurant to be closed on Tues, as you mentioned most of them close on Monday if they close at all.

Lee, good luck on the basement remodel/remodel, I hope the guy who didn't listen to Gail in the first place is supplying the coffee & donuts this morning!

Mike, I had a dish of ice cream last night to go with your cake, didn't want you to snack alone. wow, wish I weighed the same as I did 30 yrs ago even if I were a couple inches shorter!

Nephew never made it yesterday, he did FINALLY call me about 7:45 to tell me he was in N.W. Florida helping his boss prep for the hurricane. Would have been nice to get that call about 3 hours earlier & I could have gone to the potluck dinner at the clubhouse instead of staying home waiting to see if he was going to show.
I will give him another chance since he did at least call, but that's it. I also watched a couple You tube videos so I'm going to try changing out the bathroom faucet myself. It "seems" pretty straight forward & the one that's on there is that old that it should be hard to loosen the nuts to get it off, going to give it a try anyhow.
Change in plans for today, Pamela & I were going to take food to Leila after church & then go out to lunch, but Leila needed a ride to her doctor appt. so we will be doing that instead. If we get out of church in time we will grab a quick bite, if not we may do a drive thru & eat on the way.
I'm smelling her taco casserole in the oven so better go take a peek at that, enjoy the day all!

 

[K2-Mich]

SHORTER and SKINNER would be just fine with me!

I bought some granules that Art will spread around the creek area to keep the Muskrats from
eating his plants that have bulbs or roots that he likes to chew up.
I opened the tall container and HOLY COW.......if the smell doesn't chase them away NOTHING will. It was nauseating BIG TIME. I warned Art to wear a MASK and GLOVES when he digs some out to spread around. I can still feel like some of the smell is in my lungs. YUK!

Karen: Like someone said on here. You just need to set up a plan to go to the exercise place once or twice a week and work everything else around it. STICKING TO IT will be the hard part. Remember to be as GOOD to YOURSELF as you are to others! Okay, end of speech.

That's one beautiful sunrise. WOW.

Back to doing odds and ends.

 

[A’Burg Guy]

Hello everyone!
When I worked at the coffee shop there was an older couple that used to come in. In the spring or fall, even if I was in the back, I knew they had come in because I could smell the mothballs!
If only the wall was the studs Kathie. Electric had been run and drywall put up. We removed what we needed to, moved the wall and secured that portion in the new spot. More work than we planned on but it put a smile on Gail’s face. We’ll be back next Tuesday to finish the studs and redo as much drywall as we can.
What a beautiful sunrise Karen. Hope it doesn’t turn into a prelude for nasty weather. PLEASE be safe.
Have a good rest of the day!

 

[Mike Elias]

.That is a beautiful sunrise Karen. I haven't seen one like that in ages. Thanks Karen, I enjoyed your visiting. Good luck with the bathroom faucet. At five foot 8, losing 2 inches makes me pretty short. Lee, I remember my Mother using moth balls. She also used mothballs to keep cats away from her outdoor plants. I think I used mothball for some thing but I can't remember what.
I hope the odor doesn't stay in the house K2, I would hate to try to sleep with that. I'm shorter but not skinnier.
Thanks for the video Dave.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sySlY1XKlhM

 

[K2-Mich]

MIKE: The ODOR is in the GARAGE! Thank goodness. I opened the big garage door and the side door to air it out. Mentioned to Art he really needs to never open that in the garage. He said he won't be scattering the granules around on the ground until he's done trimming all his Perennials.

LEE: YIKES.... on moving all that stuff for Gail. But I know you guys would do it just because you're GOOD GUYS! Pat yourselves on the back for a job well done.

The guy across the creek is putting in Wood Stairs and a black railing. He seems to know what he's doing. Art just thinks he could have made the staircase wider.

 

[fatherdav55]

Hope everything is good in your town, KC. The weather in Florida is scary. That hurricane has been growing and growing. And it seems like the whole state is in danger of a tornado. Ya'll be careful. Your picture was great.

Very nice of you Lee to enlarge Gail's storage area. But if she's like most people, the bigger it is, the more she'll store.

K2, it's always best to not drink coffee after 6PM. I think I would pass on those STINKY granules to scare away the muskrats. Maybe you should just get a pellet-gun.

Great song Mike. From the movie, "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid", if I remember right. And sung when a couple of the main characters were riding around on a bicycle.

What will happen today on our bathroom project? Yesterday the nephew's helper was still sick and stayed home. But the nephew still got a lot done. Walls are up in the walk in shower and so is most of the plumbing. Maybe, just maybe he can get the sliding door on and finish up the plumbing so we can again get a shower over the weekend. (Because nobody is coming here on Friday.) The nephew's long planned vacation begins tomorrow. Lots more work still would need to be done on Monday and maybe Tuesday too.

 

[A’Burg Guy]

One thing we have noticed is how soon it starts to get dark in the evening and how much longer it stays dark in the morning. A sure sign fall is here.
Good that your nephew’s helper stayed home Dave. Whether his decision or a “suggestion” from your nephew a good thing. The work will get done. Everyone’s health is far more important.
Great tune Mike! Thank you. Dave nailed the scene with Katharine Ross on the handlebars of the bike peddled by Paul Newman. A super movie and memorable scene for sure.
Hopefully the folks across the creek gave some thought to what they may use the stairs for Kathie. Maybe they’re wider than they look? I’m sure there must be a guideline for a minimum width. Even if you do it yourself!
I see that as of 6:00 am you’re under a tropical storm warning courtesy of Helene Karen. Please stay as safe. You and your friends will be in my thoughts for sure.
We are meeting friends from Waterloo at a winery for lunch. We met Cait and Denny through the Greyhound community. Sadly they lost their pup a while ago. They have been coming to the area every year for a long time to enjoy a mini vacation and visit our many local wineries. It’s always a nice visit.
That said, I should try to get my treadmill or stationary bike time done before Lu-Ann gets up. Then coffee.
Everyone have the best day possible.

 

[flgirl51]

Good morning, so far a grey & gloomy day with misting rain so far. I went out this morning to take down Jane's awning & bring in a few items for her. Went to Publix & Walmart for some last minute supplies. I was very surprised at the lack of traffic on the roads & neither store was especially crowded. I didn't venture down the bread or water aisle so I'm not sure how bare those shelves were. Choir practice has been cancelled for tonight & we are under a tornado watch until 8 pm. Other than that not a whole lot of news to report. Have a safe day all!