Joe's Thursday Diner

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
Christopher Morley

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81. “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” - Bill Cosby

82. “The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.” - Hasidic Proverb

83. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” - Peter F. Drucker

84. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” - Wayne Gretzky

85. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” - Dr. Seuss

86. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” - Pablo Picasso

87. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

88. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” - Robert Brault

89. “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” - Albert Einstein

90. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” - Benjamin Franklin

91. “Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison

92. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - Confucius

93. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” - Winston Churchill

94. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

95. “Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.” - Theodore Roosevelt

96. “You make a living by what you earn; you make a life by what you give.” - Winston Churchill

97. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” - Lao Tzu

98. “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower

99. ”Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great makes you feel that you, too, can become great.” - Mark Twain

100. ”Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self evident.” - Arthur Schopenhauer

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Almost the weekend everyone! It's been a busy week but I have a full and wonderful weekend planned and I'm looking forward to it.

Today will be a few errands, a run with the dogs, cleaning house and then it's open for discussion.

I hope you all have a great day.

Joe, my thoughts are with you as they have been everyday

Ana

Good morning Ana and all who follow later.
Have a nice day.

Good morning Ana,Haroula Joe I'm thinking of you prayers and positive thoughts for you and your family Nan the campground is pretty busy in all this heat! Coffee is ready wishing you all a great day

Good morning to all my fellow Boomers

Joe: my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family on this sad day. All the Diner members are holding your hand to give you strength. Big bear hugs

Ana: thanks for opening the Diner again. I envie you not sweating in this heat...

Hi Haroula and Cailyn

For me summer definitely arrived when the cikadas are chirping the whole day, like they do here in Italy since exactly July 1st.

Have a wondrous day everybody.

Evelyne

Have a good walk with the dogs, and hope the errands and cleaning go well, Ana.

Have a nice day, too, Haroula.

Have a great Thursday, Cailyn.

Hope you're staying cool, Gimli.

Joe, sending best thoughts and condolences to you and your family.

I'm off today. Going to meet my friend, and we're going to spend the later morning/early afternoon together. Which means I have to practice singing before I leave, so I'm off now.

Hope everyone here has a terrific Thursday.

Good morning everyone. Joe, prayers and hugs. A bit of shopping and lunch out today. To all here and all who follow, have a Wonderful Thursday. Danish, Cinnamon Rolls, and French Toast in the NC. Hubby says Hi, life is Good.

Good Morning Boomers

Ana, thanks for keeping the Diner going. Hugs out to Joe!

Haroula, Happy day wished for you.

Sue, hot coffee appreciated even in this heat.

Evelyne, wishing you a wonderful day.

Venus, enjoy your day off with your friend.

Connie, enjoy shopping and lunch. Thanks for the Danish.

Well, another HOT day in this heat wave. Wishing everyone a cool day!

Good morning gang!

Joe, keeping you and family in our daily prayers

We're having a plumbing moment here at the household as currently half of our sewage system is backed up...kitchen and one bathroom sink. And we are constraining bathroom operations so that we don't have that coming back into the house

Just gotta keep smiling in times like these

Take care everyone and have a great Thump Day!

Thumping good Thursday ya'll

We are in a waiting phase at the moment. Our plumber can't get here until after lunch. I had planned to bake bread this morning but no cooking will happen in this house till we have water.

Keoki had a good night. Poor fellow does not understand why he isn't all to stand up. We are hanging in the kitchen as that is closest to the easiest door to take Keoki outside. However there is no computer.

Thinking about you and your family Joe

Hey, Ana! Again, thank you for opening the Diner! Sounds like you have a great weekend planned! Woohoo!

Joe, thoughts and prayers for you and your family today! Big, big hugs for you, Joe!

Alrighty, gotta skoosh! See you later!

Good morning boomers Joe, thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Good Morning Boomers!! I sure miss all of you when I am not here but have been having some health issues with my Mum. Prayers are always appreciated. Hugs to you Joe on this sad day. Happy Gaming everyone.

Joe.....HUGS!!!!! You are in my thoughts and prayers today!

Ana thank you for opening again this morning. Have a nice walk with the dogs. Here's a little help! Have a lovely day.

Haroula have a lovely day!

Cailyn I'm sure everybody is camping to stay cool in the water. Have a lovely dat!

Gerry have a lovely day!

venus enjoy your day off and have fun with your friend!!

Connie have fun shopping and enjoy lunch. Thanks for the danish!

Gail have a lovely kday!!

Darlene may work fly and all go smoothly!!

L4l and Soot prayers that the problem is found quickly and fixed quickly also!! HUGS!!


Manxman have a lovely day!

Nan

Good morning everyone! My computer is very unhappy today and I am having a hard time posting. I thought it was my internet but it's my graphics card which unfortunately is integrated. I hope it corrects itself.

Lotus, hugs to you and prayers and positive thoughts for your mom.

soot and L4L, I sure hope the plumber can do an easy fix. It doesn't sound good.

Evelyne, good to see you here again. I do sweat but I have to really be doing something very intense. Insanity class I leave drenched.

I have to shut my computer down and see if it helps. It's overheating. I will run the dogs before it gets too hot. It's already 90 degrees.

See ya in a bit!

Lotus sorry your mom is having problems.

Ana have fun with the pups.

Nan anything fun on the agenda?

Happy Thursday to everyone. I'm sweating and am sitting between a floor fan and a ceiling fan. It's not hot, it's just darned humid! Hate this, AND they are predicting MORE humidity as the day and weekend goes on. Ugh!

ComicCon is in full swing here. Such fun. People all over in weird 'superhero' costumes. It's the main news on every station. Thank goodness it's something fun for once.

My Yard Kid, who is less and less reliable (the one I've had since he was 17 and he is now 21,where do the years go?), is supposed to come today. He's skipping out on everyone with lots of excuses, most of which I know are lies. Just wish he would either stop making up reasons why he didn't show, OR tell the truth for once.

His latest reason for not appearing for the last 6 weeks is he got a job at IKEA. Neat. He even had a badge around his neck with his picture. Looked real enough, but his 'story' about his work and hours and all that didn't jibe. So then I remembered he had a friend who worked there and I'm pretty sure that somehow this friend faked a badge for my yard kiddo. Gotta be. Nothing fits in the story about constantly changing days off, not really working for IKEA but for some other place next door, then QUITTING that job 2 days ago, showing up at my door to tell me he would do my yard today, BUT also telling me that he was going for training at IKEA before he comes here. If he's working for IKEA, for the past month and a half, why is he now saying he's going for training? Just not matching up with normal thinking.

Hopefully he really will show up today. This is the 3rd week in a row I have sat around waiting for the day he promised to come. I'm thinking that he's avoiding me since I loaned him 10 bucks for bus/trolley fare and he knows he will be working for only a tiny bit more money when he comes since he has to either pay me back OR work off the loan. No more loans, no more 'loaning' gas, trimmer string, equipment, etc. He never 'repays' anything. Cold hard cash loan though (my first since he looked sooooo pitiful) will be my last of any loans.

Hoping beyond all hope he really has that IKEA job and sticks to the routine. Not optimistic though given past behavior. His life is one big downhill slide despite all of us around here trying to help him 'grow up' and be responsible. Not working. We are all sad.

Off to find more fans.

Still waiting for water Plumber assures me he will get here.

Funny how I can't seem to do anything else even things I wouldn't need water for.

Sorta, I think I'd stop waiting for your young guy....Sounds like he is on a bad path.

Good afternoon everyone.

Hi Boom Boom Buddies~

How is everybody?? Hugs to you Joe~
I've missed everyone sooo much~

Have a nice day and stay cool Karen
Doc

Hiya Doc, how are you?

Ok, you know how they say bad things happen in 3's? First Keoki, then the water, and now.......drum roll please........the washing machine has decided it's vacation time

I'm starving...........

Hey Karen, so so happy to see you back in the Diner.

Well we had a nice day out there in the 70's with a nice lake breeze. Not sure what happened but this afternoon when I took Sassy out I could not believe it.....it was so hot I thought I had stepped into an oven. The wind had switched to the west and it was over 92 out there with a heat index of 101.

Lotus prayers for your mum and HUGS for you!!!

Ana hope the computer straightens itself out for you!! My NIL came over last night and WiFi'ed all my toys. How cool!!!

L4l I hope and pray that by now you have some form of water. HUGS!!

Sorta I guess you'll just have to accept "hit and miss" from that lawn boy! Such a shame.

Karen great to see you posting again!! Missed ya! Hope all is well with you and MoJo!!

Space have a lovely evening and only one more to go!!!

Night Haroula sleep well!!

Well Sassy looks all pretty now cause I gave her a nice bath!!!


Nan

Nan!

Good night Boomers.

Nan, holy moly, that is a heat wave for you guys. Do you have AC?

Turns out hubby knew about the washer...he turned the water off to it last night.

Groceries are put away and dinner is dined, dogs are fed, and I'm going to lie down. Waiting around all day doing nothing is exhausting!

Sweet dreams all

Oh dear, the laundry room floor is flooded again

Howdy boomies! I thought I was free until next week but I went back into the corner instead. I did get the dogs out for their swim and I ran a few hills and I went for an hour bike ride after dinner.

L4L, still no plumber? I am so sorry.

Nan, that is hot for you! We got to 97 by me today. I almost jumped in the river with the dogs.

be back...

Thanks L4L, Nan and Ana, I think we know what is going on...my Mum is suffering some not mentionable side effects to antibiotics which she is taking for tooth. The dentist we saw last month gave us no opt but around $3,00.00+ worth of work. I told him he would be robbing her savings and he asked me if I wanted to be responsible for her diminished quality of life. It really upset me and freaked me out. I asked around about him and he has a bad rep...no kidding. So, when the tooth began to hurt again, one of my most trusted ally's in life told me about a new dentist in town and he is a saint. Didn't even charge us for the first visit. Hopefully she can tolerate the antibiotics long enough to get it extracted next Wed. I get too worried about her which doesn't change a thing but..... So thanks for caring my friends. Nan, that is some horrible hot weather after all of your non Spring. Awww Ana, just when you think you have some freedom...it's because you are just so good at what you do!! L4L, I got new Frigidaire Affinity washer and dryer in February and I love them very much. I even think of things to wash that don't really need it...well, maybe not really, haha. They are made in the US and are Energy Star too. At least the washer is. Just in case yours is permanently done.
Feeling just a bit more relaxed tonight so going to hang with hubby. Have a great evening everyone!!!

Nan I hope you're OK in all that heat. Tomorrow for us they are forecasting 98 degrees. I'll be in my a/c car for the trip to Conn. to help Barbara for the family wedding. See you on Sunday when I get back.
Midgie

Lotus, shame on the dentist! I do not tolerate antibiotics well either so I hope that she finds some that are tolerable. Your poor mom.

Midgie, have a fun and safe trip!

Ana

L4l YES!!!! It has been on all day!! Sorry no plumber, what a shame. Hope one shows up soonest for you. Oh and I hope the washer is fixable. Must not like Mt. St. Laundry!!

Lotus glad you were able to find a better dentist for your mom. HUGS!!

Midge I be fine and me and Sassy go out one door and in the next. Prayers for the Band around you as you are traveling. Have fun!!

Oh Ana sorry about the corner. Hope you can still fit the things you have planned for the weekend in!!

Night all sleep well and pleasant dreams.


Nan