DAILY THREAD # 202🐾🤘🐕🐢🦎🐞🦋🌺

Chotti,
Good to see you post. To bad about the implant, I get your anxiety about going thru it again.

Probably be ok this time. 🤗

Pitmom, Karen has a goid idea to make it a loan.
We only got just over a inch

So I'm cruising Google and I see this.
No wonder I am happy.doing.my thing

Good day.all
https://"studies show knitting and crocheting can help lower stress levels | better homes & gardens" https://www.bhg.com/crafts/easy/crafting-is-good-for-mental-health/

I'm gonna take her flowers to tomorrow😅 Good to hear she is zipping around!

Woke up, can get back to sleep.

Still no C-PTSD group that "works" on our trauma, constant factor in most abuse groups, fall apart as soon as soon as the brave person opens up.

Then that persons negative thoughts get reinforced. The conditioning factor.

Someday it will be broken early enough for groups to work.

Sounds like she's in a tough spot. I am glad she will be able to pay you back when she gets her taxes. I only said what I did because I know it is hard not to enable. But it sounds like she is trying. I remember what you have said in the past about her addictions. I just want you to look out after you too.

I know how hard it is when you can't help your children so I am glad you are able to. I hope she gets to drive school bus. It takes a special kind of person to endure that. I myself would probably be pulling my hair out. I have a friend who drives school bus. I think she must have nerves of steel.

Do you still have snow? Or did it melt? Do you have anything growing outside? I forgot, you aren't there. I hope all is well and that "Mom" is doing well.

Hugs, Karen...

Wow Chotti,

I didn't realize what you were going through with hip replacement. I hope and pray it gets better. Living with daily struggles like that is difficult.

I hope your grandson is safe traveling. I understand your concern.

You have a kind neighbor. I bet they loved the cinnamon rolls. We've been getting plowed but the guy didn't push the snow back enough so it is building up each time he plows. Hoping we get a thaw and some will melt.

Take care and have a great day.

Hugs, Karen...

Karen the snow plows snow so high across driveways it buries everything it the path , some have to did out their cars on the city streets. I am so tired of snow when we moved here from Colorado I was so relieved no snowy winters here. Then every once in awhile we get these crazy snow and ice storms here, even California has had snow . We have had a lot of rain and snow this year and with that comes landslides from the areas where the wild fires last summer left nothing in its wake. Roads washed out and mud slides covering miles of land . Climate change has been so extreme the past few years.

Still waiting for covid clinics and areas to recover from this storm . Everything is shut down airports, trains, roads are icy and lots of hills here and cars are like bumper cars trying to get up or down even small hills. Everyone is staying home to be safe for sure.

Buena sorry that you have to endure such behaviors from work. I think your handling it well. It’s nice your beautiful doggie can be so much comfort. They do bring so much to our lives. And since you missed this Arctic front how lucky !
I lived in Colorado thru some really horrid snow storms , driving was so scarey. I honestly don’t know how I drove in all that snow and white out conditions.

Many blessing sent to all . Stay safe, warm healthy and happy! 🤗

Hello all. Had a coating of ice yesterday/last night...dogs have a skating rink instead of a run today.

Daughter has my truck for a little while...motor vehicle offices are 'by appointment only' and the earliest I could get for the car I bought her isn't until March 1st. I have a bunch of neighbors that will take me to the store if needed and Lisa comes down on the weekend, too, so I'm okay without for a bit. Of course, she'll have to bring it back for the day I have the appointment. Now, I have to work out how to get the 'new' car to the shop, so it can be fixed and made road worthy, so as soon as it's registered and insured we can swap vehicles and she'll be on her own.

Hope everyone knows they are loved today, Valentine's Day...best wishes to all!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Just found out that my mom is thinking of putting her dog down. He is very old, deaf and blind. To top it off, he has a bad ear infection.

I don't want to see him go, but I don't want him to suffer either. It's hard because he is a part of the family. This makes me so weary about getting a dog. I would get to upset if they got sick, etc.

Anyway, hope everyone had a good weekend.

First, I had a 'nextdoor' account but there were password problems, so I don't use it anymore. I know tow companies, just don't know if they'll tow it before it's registered to me.

Second, Lisa and I have been together for 17 years...we just don't live together. For starters, she will not move out of her mother's house because her mother doesn't like living alone (she did briefly after the middle child got married). I had my adult daughter and grandson here with me...and all of the pets. Lisa's Mom will not allow my pets to 'move in' with them at the house...so, for the foreseeable future, we continue to just see each other on the weekends and a little extra time in the summers. It's unusual, but it works for us.

Garden report: Everything outside is covered with snow! Nice insulation and when it melts, it will be a nice deep watering for my Spring bulbs. Inside is getting exciting! I have one amaryllis about to bloom with a second bud coming up on the same plant! Four other plants also have buds in early stages. I think one of them is Naranja, an orange flower, which has never bloomed for me yet! If I'm right, it will be a first for me! My Rex begonia is blooming again! Such lovely little pink 'cups' against the gray/green swirled leaves! Makes washing dishes a little more enjoyable to look over and see it on the kitchen counter.

I'll be taking the Valentine's decor down soon and arranging some green and white for St. Patrick's Day. Love changing up the items on the shelf in the living room...it helps me know that time is actually passing. My days tend to drag on, seemingly endless with so much the same each day. Very little variation in my life just now. I can't change what the weather is doing, but I can 'refresh' what I see inside my home!

Good afternoon to all healing well friends...
Chilly & cloudy ahead of yet another ice storm due here soon. We certainly do not need anymore but that’s what we’re getting. The ice and snow is heavy on trees, roofs and power lines are giving way. Prayers for those who have endured losses from this storm. It’s a once in a lifetime storm across the whole nation. I think we all have a lot to share with grand and great grand kids we all survived a lot in the past few years not to mention personal issues and losses . Yes it shows just how strong we all really are!

I decided to make a quick run to the grocery store ahead of this weather, can’t run out of decaf or something, haha!! I read on a Weather Channel FB post last night that April & May are going to be warmer than usual. The warm up may even begin the 2nd half of March. I guess it won’t be long before we’re out there gardening again
I would like to get all my indoor plants out as well . And the huge pots usually kept outside all season I brought in due to the extreme cold weather. I hope I didn’t haul in to many bugs . Put up extra grow lights. I already have orchid collection and many tropicals that I have had for years. So brought in my geranium , hibiscus, fuchsia and succulent collections. It’s amazing how these plants tend to multiply in numerous pots over the years.

I seem to collect plants more than the average Joe. I guess they are so easy to grow in this zone. I spent many years taking care of kids my kids his kids , grandkids and parents when older. Working and never had time for anything else. Now I’m spending time taking care of things I enjoy.

Lots of bulbs ready to pop once the snow melts.
Stay happy, healthy and out of trouble...🤗

Trina ... Nice article about feeding our fair feathered friends. I always have birds and hummers that over winter around my area every year. Thank you for the great info. It also mentioned feeding deer... The deer I don’t feed they think my garden offers them many delicacies as the come to their private salad bar designed just for their friends and families. OMG the plants they have devoured over the years.... roses, dahlias, iris the list goes on.

I absolutely agree that staying busy and hobbies help thru winters. I paint pics of flowers and floral arrangement hobbies and have a small heated greenhouse I work in winters. I still have quite a few amaryllis flowering inside I force the bulbs to flower every year.

Every thing in the garden is buried under 8” of snow right now. Last time we had a severe cold storm like this was about 15 years ago I lost a lot of plants in the garden. On the bright side I’ll have a good excuse to get new plants.

Where is everybody?

Just came in from playing with the dogs. Had to climb into one of the flower beds that collected several over the summer and got to see that the crocus foliage is coming up! I just love looking for these encouraging signs!

I've been spending a lot of time on facebook...mostly helping people surprised by cold temps learn how to thaw their pipes. They're not used to these lows and are mostly unprepared. I know firsthand how upsetting it can be to discover the pipes and sometimes even the waste lines are frozen! NJ had to deal with this Polar Vortex not too many years ago and many lessons were learned by myself and my neighbors. Glad to pass the experience along.

The amaryllis continue to do well. Five so far have buds and another has a swell that I expect a bud to emerge from soon. Did I already mention that my Rex is blooming again? It actually smelled like Spring yesterday.

Greenie, thanks for the affirmation that I'm not the only one! My neighbor's son also has a long term relationship with his girl but they've no plans to move in together anytime soon. It seems to work well for quite a few of us. Maybe we have the 'secret' to successful long term relationships!

I have a beautiful yellow tropical flower picture on my refrigerator took the picture it least 13 years ago down in Mexico at playa del car or South of there

I actually have a little bit of a gardening report now this is a rarity.

I have A tea rose Bush That I could not keep up with That I could not keep up with And doodle is now scratching herself on because snow is too deep and she is walking along the fence Walking along the fence line where it is not so deep.

I want to transplant that Bush to the other side of the than's in the back for the dear
I have contracted with my Land scaping company Who knows the yard adding the backyard, Leave correction, Snow remove I'll and salting for next year.

All of that is too much for me now and I had no energy to putter in my yard and garden although the gardens are smalle and spread out.

In The Spring I will have to transplant some huge Hasta the plants From around the patio so they can get On the yard easily with Mower

Thankfully I haveThe money to do this
Will have to cut down on buying weed from the dispensary The pause of 1.5 oz is $436

This State of New Jersey makes it hard not toUse the narcoticGiven forSevere pain.
Peace to Peace 2 all
Stay warm

Hi all,
The weather here is pretty standard for February in the mountains. I don’t have any exotic indoor plants but my succulents are all still alive, which is an achievement in itself. My Christmas tree is still up. I put away the ornaments but I like the white lights and the kitten likes to sleep in his bed underneath it. I crochet while he naps - it’s great to be able to do this again. I am making a piano shawl for no particular reason. I had one of my grandmother’s that I played with as a child but it is long gone. Mine is just a giant granny square but with baby weight yarn and a big hook, it looks lacy. Better day at work today - no nit picking.