Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, soot, Draclvr, hagatha, oldbroad and everyone. Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to start your Saturday morning.

It will be another nice day here...tomorrow the humidity will be back. I've been so lucky to have beautiful weather for the last few days...great for nice long walks!

Enjoy your day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Karaoke at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning Connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, OldBroad, Hagatha, Draclvr and all who pop in. Woo Hoo Hoo .. the weekend is upon us. Keeping Wally's safety in my thoughts Draclvr. Playing Root with family this morning so time to tank up with WADDB and bagels to prepare.

Good morning Boomers — may your coffee be strong and your RNG merciful!

Good Saturday morning. Hubby's big breakfast done and now it's time to have my WADDB and listen to the hummingbirds. Because my window is open! Beautiful day in the 80's ahead.

Saw the fox on my video camera again last night. But Wally was harassing Miss M, my semi-house cat this morning as usual.

I finally have enough tomatoes to can, so I'm going to make some spaghetti sauce... I'm completely out. I can't stand the thought of the store-bought stuff!

I'm also heading in town to attend an open house for a cat rescue. I've been supporting them for several years, but they now have a physical facility. I purchased a couple of things to donate to their "Kitty Thrift Shop." Due to people not spaying and neutering, the need for this rescue is huge.

Good morning all.

It's going to be a hot one today. I just spent an hour sitting outside with my coffee, Willow in my lap, listening to my waterfall and the many birds that flock to my garden. Later I'm off to Qualicum for the Market, to pick up some more oils and balsamic vinegar and return their bottles. If I have time after that I'll go for a walk.

Happy Saturday

Happy Saturday!

Good Sunday morning to everyone. Rough start for today as we have no internet . No worries as it'll be just like it was all those years ago before they turned the internet on. Today is a day of rest. So, will enjoy WADDB, bagels and a book.

Have a great day everyone

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Soot, I hope your internet returns soon. Shopping at Sam's and Publix is on the agenda today. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning everyone!

Sunday with sunshine and some 15 Celsius. Winter is coming, eventually.
I hope Soot's interent comes back too, sooner rather than later.

Happy Sunday Gameboomers.

Good Sunday morning. I always hate when we lose internet because it is almost always due to a loss of power! Even more so than lights, is the inability to get water - out here in the country we have our own well and the pump is down! Down at the horse rescue, they had to get a propane powered backup generator in order to at least be able to pump water... when you have over 300 animals, water is pretty critical. We were all down for about 4 days several years ago and we took clean 5-gallon buckets down to the rescue and filled them so we could at least flush toilets!

Finishing up my spaghetti sauce today. Spent too much time on cooking supper! But it was worth it - beef short ribs braised in sofrito (chopped onions, carrots, celery and garlic), red wine and beef broth.

Another glorious warm day ahead.

I feel your pain, soot. My one week run with good internet is over. It keeps going in and out again and the download speed is slower than dried up molasses. This morning I kept looking at my router and all looked fine. The instant I sat down and touched my mouse, it went out. I make posts by keeping a very close eye on it.

Nothing on my agenda today (as usual). My stomach has been an issue the last few days but so far today, it seems to be okay, fingers crossed. I'll see what happens after I eat later.

I suppose it is nice outside, cooler. I had my window open all night. No air really actually makes it inside though so my house is still hot.

Enjoy Sunday everyone! Looks like a good time to hit the "post reply" button.

Good morning.

No Internet is such a pain.

I have a backup that's supposed to give me 4 hours of Internet if my power goes out but unfortunately all my devices and up working on it permanently, and very slowly, and I have to disconnect it in order to get everything back to normal. It's not supposed to work that way but they keep sending me this same technician who really doesn't know what he's doing.

As soon as my contract is done with Shaw I'm switching to Telus. The only reason I haven't done it already is that I'll lose my email address and have to change all of that over, which would mean notifying everyone I know. That would be difficult for me as so many people have simply ghosted me since John died; I wouldn't know who would even care about my new email address. Sad state of affairs I know, but that's the reality of losing a spouse through death or divorce. People vanish.

That aside, It's a lovely day. I got my garden tidied up and now I'm going to sort out some of the boxes in my garage.

Yay! We're back up and running on the internet

Yay for that!

And happy Monday GameBoomers!

Emergency use instant coffee is available in the break room.

Good Morning soot, connie, Fogfighter, Draclvr, oldbroad, hagatha and everyone. Wide awake Double Dark Brew is ready.

Soot glad your internet is back. Draclvr you are so ambitious making such a delicious dinner and a homemade spaghetti sauce. Oldbroad I hope you are feeling better today.

Enjoy your Monday everyone!

Gerry

Good morning everyone...the service provider must have been working on their equipment yesterday as we lost it again, on and off again yesterday afternoon. Thanks for the instant and WADDB this morning Fogfighter and Gerry.

Have a great day everyone

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. I will call my sis today, it's her Birthday. She is 5 years younger than me. Meeting at the Eagles tonight Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Monday morning. Highs in the 70's all week! Beautiful and sunny, but oh so, so dry. I'm heading out to start watering my tomatoes again.

Good news, soot! Hope it stays that way!

Got 7 quarts of really good pasta sauce canned yesterday. I'm thinking I might do a few pints of salsa and call it good for this year. My shelves down in the basement are still pretty full from last year. Today I'm putting on my first hot pepper/garlic mash in salt brine to start fermenting for hot sauce. My Colorado grandkids go through it like water!

How long can your canned sauces stay on the shelves Draclvr?

Soot, for most of them, several years. I pressure can all vegetable and tomato products for food safety. Thinks like pickles must be boiling water bath canned as pressure canning would turn them to mush! They will also be OK for a few years, but due to the nature of cucumbers, they do not remain "crisp" after a year or so.