Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/14/23 04:47 AM
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I shall look for pepper jelly too! Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone. Double dark brew awaits! Hope you all are ready for a new week and you enjoy better weather. Autumn is just around the corner and the kids will be back in school! Enjoy a peaceful start to your week. Gerry
Gerry
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/14/23 09:56 AM
08/14/23 09:56 AM
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Draclvr
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Good Monday Morning! Whew, another weekend of visitors under my belt. They had a wonderful time in spite of the rain. The boys were disappointed they didn't get a bonfire, but Mother Nature just didn't cooperate.
Canning chili and spaghetti sauces today. We are still drowning in tomatoes! Mbday, candied jalapenos in my Bloody Mary is a new one for me!!
Cleanup from the weekend is done, so I'm just going to sit here with some of Gerry's double dark brew for a little while before I get started on the week!
Just finished up my 120th pound of sugar for the hummingbirds, so will need to make a sugar run in town this morning! They are going through 2 gallons a day and I can hardly keep up!
Once again, weeds are my life!
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/14/23 01:20 PM
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Lex
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Good evening all (or a bit earlier for some of you...)! I must look out for pepper jelly: I use chilli infused olive oil to add a kick to various dishes, and/or a bit of hot salsa. Glad to see hagatha is getting accepted in the new 'hood: how about a screened porch style area at the side of the house with access via a window for Willow and Dude? I thought they were going to have their own gazebo once the hot tub goes, or perhaps you have decided that is worth keeping after all.
Life is what happens while you're making other plans.
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/14/23 05:41 PM
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Draclvr you must have a lot of hummers to use all that sugar for them! Where do you ever find the time! Lex that "chilli infused olive oil" is new to me...sounds like something I'd like to try. Mbday630 I don't think I'd like cowboy candy in a Bloody Mary if it is sweet! Oldbroad hope hagatha's cats get an outdoor space soon so she can get a break! Have a nice evening everyone. Gerry
Gerry
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/15/23 03:42 AM
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Good Morning everyone. Thanks Lex, I will look for it at my grocery store and check out the recipe too. I've put on the double dark brew to enjoy with you all. It is a rainy start to the day here. Happy Tuesday! Gerry
Gerry
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/15/23 08:00 AM
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soot
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Good morning Lex, Gerry, Connie and all other Break Room visitors! Gerry, thank you for the coffee and Connie, thank you for the bagels ... a great way to start my day. Wishing you all a Tootin Toosday.
Dan ... To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games & listen to whale music Stay Smart & Stay Safe
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/15/23 09:31 AM
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Draclvr
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Happy Tuesday!
I love a good chili oil! To make it, you need well-dried chilies. Someone I know tried it with fresh chilies and it just got moldy because of the moisture. I also keep a bottle of garlic infused olive oil around.
Getting some work done on my "baby" today. My vehicle is a 2004 Dodge Dakota truck with a stick shift and 4-wheel drive. It is almost 20 years old, but only has 110,000 original miles on it, so I try to take good care of it. My headlight covers were discolored from the age and weather and the light was really dim, so my step-son put in new ones. But the aim is all off, so I'm having them adjust that, change the oil, fix a light in my dash display and fix my emergency brake. When I close the horse rescue at night, sometimes I just want to leave it running while I check a small barn, so I NEED my emergency brake because I have a stick shift!
So, I'm trapped at home! Think I will catch up on some work Ana sent me yesterday for Gameboomers.
Once again, weeds are my life!
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/15/23 10:21 AM
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hagatha
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Good morning all.
We're in the middle of another dangerous heat wave. Thankfully my house is well-shaded and has a heat pump and I do get some of the breeze off the ocean. I can't imagine what it's like to live in a city apartment with no air conditioning. It must be absolutely awful.
My mission for the day, should I choose to accept it, is mowing the lawn, as my mower arrives today. I toyed with the idea of an old-fashioned push mower, but decided that wasn't part of my retirement plan.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/15/23 11:55 AM
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And a very good retirement plan! Is it a riding mower or self-propelled?
Once again, weeds are my life!
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/15/23 02:22 PM
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hagatha
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It's an electric push mower, which means it is very easy to guide around without a whole lot of pushing.
Lex, one of my neighbours in Campbell River has one of those little robot mowers. He called it Moe. Moe did a great job there, but my lawn is pretty small and I'm sure it won't take me more than ten minutes to mow the whole thing.
Last edited by hagatha; 08/15/23 02:23 PM.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/15/23 04:27 PM
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Sounds like the perfect tool for the job, hagatha.
Once again, weeds are my life!
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/16/23 03:59 AM
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Good Morning and Happy Hump Day! Double dark brew awaits to start your day. A day of shopping today...need office supplies and 2024 calendars. Hope you all have a great day! Gerry
Gerry
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/16/23 08:16 AM
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Hello dear Boomers! Hope you are all keeping well! Hagatha, very glad your house move went well and you have met some of your neighbours. I hope your little ones soon settle in. I have some good news and some bad to share. Let's get the bad out of the way first. Our youngest sister, who I told you about some time ago, is back in hospital. She was using alcohol as a coping mechanism after she lost her partner. She is a raging alcoholic and has put the rest of us through the mill. Her lies and deceit have just about destroyed our relationship with her. Anyway, she went on a bender one night and again was found in the morning, unresponsive, by her son. He phoned for an ambulance and when she got to hospital they discovered she had suffered a "significant stroke". She is paralyzed down the left side so is unable to do anything for herself. We have been told she will be in hospital for the long haul and is unlikely to ever be able to live at home again, so probably will end up in a care home. I want to feel sympathy for her but I can't. She has been asking her son to sneak alcohol into the hospital for her which he refused to do. She has no intention of ever stopping drinking. If they were to discharge her, she would be back on the booze in no time. Sorry guys, I just haven't got it in me to feel anything for her. Am I a bad person? Right! Now for the good (read fantastic!) news! Our grandson has just received the best phone call ever, to inform him that he is cancer free! We are all over the moon and there was a lot of happy tears yesterday! Needless to say, Diana is very happy! She had a hard time while Adam was so ill and going through treatment. I tried to support her as best I could, trying to keep her spirits up. It was hard for everyone but she was having to deal with it face on, giving him injections every day among other things. He didn't tolerate the chemo very well, poor lad. Thank goodness it's all behind him now! More good news about our DIL who was diagnosed with bowel cancer the day after Adam got his diagnosis. She had been attending her GP for 18 months due to bleeding and other symptoms and he told her, without carrying out an examination, that she was suffering from haemhorroids. He would't even refer her for other tests. She eventually got her diagnosis after using the kit that we get through the post here once we reach 50. That was followed up by a colonoscopy to confirm the diagnosis. She had robotic surgery for a resection and got home the following day! Amazing! The great news is, they got it all and she doesn't need any further treatment! No thanks to her GP! She was in considerable pain for some weeks while healing but is now feeling much better. Our son was in bits and needed our support as well so it's been a busy time for us. Thanks to you all for your prayers and support once again, Boomers, you are the best! Seems I'm always asking for something! I do appreciate every one of you. Much love, Mary
"It's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts." I'm not getting old....just 'Marvelously Mature'!
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Re: Welcome to GameBoomers Break Room #10
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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08/16/23 09:56 AM
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Oh, my goodness, Mary, what a roller coaster ride it's been for you! And, NO, you are not a bad person if you can't find any sympathy for your alcoholic sister. Enabling her to continue down that path helps no one - especially not her. Such GOOD news for both your grandson and your DIL! I think she needs to find a new GP... bleeding and other symptoms mandate testing ASAP. She is very lucky it hadn't spread to her liver or other organs.
I'm LOVING your signature about getting old!
Once again, weeds are my life!
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