Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania that we each inhabit.
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So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good “morning”, Motley Meese! The week begins …
Morning low of 57 degrees in the Desert Southwest 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 84. Sunny skies are in the forecast.
Have a great day, all y’alls!!
I was all excited about the cold front……it’s 61 this morning. Which, yeah is cooler, but… Not gonna need a jacket for church. But they are saying that it’ll be 38 tomorrow morning, so I’ll get out my big fleece for my walk. For now I’ll just enjoy the smell of my steeping tea and watch the news.
It’s 39 heading for 42 and overcast at the moment but the widget says it’s going to clear off shortly. Hope so. Yesterday we generated 6.33 KWHs and the m-t-d at 49.95 is on track & gained another smidge – but we’re not enough ahead to stay on track with even one cloudy day.
Didn’t manage to get out of bed until after 7 and still haven’t managed to do the vacuuming. I may or may not do it later. I’m cold and the colder I get, the slower I get. It’s my oldest grandson’s 28th birthday today. My how time flies and all that. We haven’t done grandkid parties, or even get togethers, once they hit 18. Which means of the Fayetteville lot, there are no more grandkid parties. But I’ll see him at Thanksgiving and again next month whenever we do out Yule celebration. Meanwhile, I’d best be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. (Right now, especially Diana & her family.) {{{Meeses}}}
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Good morning, 49 and light clouds in Bellingham today. Our youngest “kids” are 54 yrs old today so we’re cooking a birthday dinner tonight. I’ve got flowers to finish and a cake to frost, but the table is set and Ron is prepping the dinner so I should have an easy day. Lisa was here yesterday and it was so nice to cook together. When everyone is here it’s so busy we don’t really get to just visit. Best wishes to all.
Well, Monday. My car wouldn’t start. It’s a little over a year since the last time this happened so I bet the repair is past warranty. Great. We do have lovely chilly weather. Hey, I’m trying to find something positive.
{{{anotherdemocrat}}}
Monday Meese. Cold here in Kingston.
Puerto Rico/Puerto Ricans
In Puerto Rico, being a patient with a severe mental condition is a hell, both for the sufferer and for their family. The services simply do not exist, leaving countless people in the most cruel abandonment. I share my special report from today
Hurricane Melissa
It’s 24 wind chill 12, might make it to 40 today, but it’s sunny. Yesterday we generated 5.67 KWHs and the m-t-d at 55.6 did lose a smidge but it’s still on track for 180.
I’m cold and my hands are back to their winter “normal” – achy & with tremors that double-click on just about everything and a cursor that isn’t always where it was when I tried to click on something. When I’m lucky, there’s only a tab or window to close to undo whatever that did. sigh. Oh well. There are still folks needing boosting so I’d best be about it. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
I do not miss temperatures with wind chills.
Good morning meeses! Monday …
It is 59 degrees in Tucson with an expected daytime high of 84. At the end of the week, a front is expected which will bring rain and overnight lows in the 40s, maybe snow in the mountains?
I hope Leader Jeffries holds the line against the Democratic Senators caving. To go through a month-long shutdown and NOT get the ACA relief is a terrible waste. Finish the job, force the ACA relief to be in the CR. Idiots.
I have some things to do away from my computer today so I am already logged off and checking in from my phone.
See all y’alls later!
Good morning, 53 and cloudy in Bellingham. Last night was fun and all I have to do today is rest and clean up. Family dinners get noisy and the kitchen is full of dogs and big bodies now so it’s a bit hectic but that’s family fun. Best wishes to all.
Good Monday afternoon, Moosekind! It’s 47 F. and windy so I haven’t been out today. Lots has been happening.
Dearly was transferred at 8 p.m. yesterday evening to Arlington Hospital, so that’s where he is now. Elder Son was supposed to visit him with coffee and scones today, so I hope it actually happened. Tomorrow I hope Younger Son will pick me up and we’ll go visit him together.
Yesterday I was so exhausted from rocketing back and forth between hospital and shopping, and trying to control things here at home, that I was exhausted. Anyway, I felt a lot better this morning although it was pain in my feet that awakened me. I think I have arthritis in both of them. Anyway, I took care of that with Aspercreme.
Went to the gym after breakfast, then to the Cast Party at noon, then to the Dermatology appointment, where she burnt me in several places with that nitrogen bomb. I have a Drama Club Board meeting at 3:30, so between now and then I plan to have tea and rest. I do wish I knew what to do for foot arthritis.
Still can’t believe what’s happening on the national scene. It’s like living in a nightmare. Mango is starving people AND denying them a chance to do their jobs? Bloody glad I’m not flying anywhere. Still, we can but hope.
Hope all at the Pond are having a good day.
Prayers lifted Lady D
Thank you, Sis!
{{{Diana}}} Holding you & your family in The Light. Healing Energy to your shaping. Blessed Be. Moar {{{HUGS}}}
Thanks, dear!
Diana, wearing Oofos slides has helped me manage the arthritis in my feet. They are not “cute” shoes but they make walking much easier for me. I bought a navy color so they just blend in with jeans and/or slacks. Sending healing thoughts for you and your family.
Thanks, I’ll look into it. Thanks for the healing thoughts!
Glad you were able to go to the gym! Still sending you and Dearly all the good thoughts.
Thanks, another! I’m glad I went because I don’t think I’ll get to today.
Good morning. Apparently I killed my battery by not driving enough. The guy who jumped it and the repair place said that I need to drive for at least 30 minutes at least once a week to charge the battery back up. I don’t understand, but from 2 different sources…. Anyway, that was an expensive lesson. Today: probably doing nothing. Maybe some minor housekeeping.
I remember during the COVID lock down I drove almost nowhere. One day I went to start the car and it was deader-n-a-doornail. I got it jumped, got a new battery and then made a point of driving it around the block once a week. It was an older battery so I think a newer one would be less likely to need a drive every week.
It’s already 43, above yesterday’s high, although the windchill is still at freezing, heading for 63 and sunny so far. Yesterday we generated 7.6 KWHs, just about the best we can do this time of year with that (still unfinished) house next door. The m-t-d at 63.2 gained some and is on track.
I suppose I ought to be thanking a vet or something but considering what’s going on right now the only vets I’d thank are the ones refusing to follow fascist orders. Mostly feel like apologizing to my father’s generation. They mostly weren’t actually fighting for what they thought they were and we never were as “free” and “democratic” as they thought either. But what my daddy thought he was fighting for was “The 4 Freedoms” – freedom from want & fear for everyone everywhere, freedom of speech & religion for everyone everywhere. And what he knew he was fighting against was fascism.
My hands are cold and clumsy. Makes me really slow w/ keyboard and mouse. But I’m still managing. And had best be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good Tuesday morning, Meese! It’s sunny and 34 F. in Ashburn, heading for a high of 43 F. with WIND.
I’m trying to make sense of everything that’s going on in my domestic life. Apparently Dearly told Elder Son not to visit yesterday because Dearly wasn’t feeling well. This morning I texted him and he said he’d had a rotten night, sleepless, with bleeding (he didn’t say where). Nurses keep coming in and doing things to him in the morning, so I thought I’d visit early this afternoon. Younger Son wanted to visit at 10:30 this morning and then have lunch somewhere. Now I’m not sure what to do.
Have an awful feeling that that one of the relatives who made a remark about my late Mother’s many hospitalizations is about to come true: If you go to the hospital over and over again, one of these days you don’t come out.
Have been texting the boys. Original plan was for Younger Son to pick me up and we’d go to the hospital together. I think I’ll just plan to visit early this afternoon, with or without family, to see him. Can’t think what else to do.
Well, I’d better get on with things. Wishing a good day to all at the Pond.
Hugs Diana, sometimes just being there is all you can do.
I hope you get it sorted out. We are here for you.
{{{Diana}}} Just being there is the best thing. Whether or not he’s even conscious. Just be with him. If the kids can do the same, separately or together, that’s a good thing too. Healing Energy to your family. Holding you in The Light. Moar {{{HUGS}}}
Good morning, 46 and light clouds in Bellingham today. I rested and cleaned up yesterday and to my relief feel ok today. I see PT Keith this morning and hope to get some more lights in place on the patios this afternoon. It seems really dark this year and it’s early for Christmas lights so a few small white lights will counter the gloom for now. Best wishes to all.
Good morning, meeses! Tuesday …
It is 61 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected high of 84. Sunny skies but a bit windy today.
I dropped off my car early this morning and got a loaner. Yikes, new cars are filled with technology that is new to me. Some is useful, some is not.
I am sick about what the Chump 8 Democratic Senators did. If anyone really thinks that they will get an up or down vote on ACA subsidies, they are drunk. And if they passed this in the hopes that not getting the ACA supports will be a winning message in the midterms, fk them. You don’t destroy the lives of 10 million people and kill probably 10s of thousands of them to win a freaking election. You do everything you can to protect them now. Bastids.
I finished my work early to be able to get my car dropped off and to wait for a ceiling repair.
See all y’all later!
Good morning. Back to work, thank goodness I have wfh. Yesterday felt like a workday because I was refreshing the survey site often, and I did a lot of them; hey enough 25-50 cent increments eventually add up and anything I can put toward that car repair bill is good. Anyway — hi. Happy Wednesday.
Wednesday Meese. Still chilly/cold here in Kingston. 35 going up to 47. Have some writing to do, and an appointment with my eye doctor – just a checkup. Will spend much of the evening watching women’s college basketball.
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Melissa
Good morning, meeses! Wednesday …
It is 55 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 82. Mostly sunny skies but there are a few cloudy patches this morning. I saw the moonlight on the edge of my deck and was able to crane my neck and see her high in the sky – she is already at 3rd quarter! This weekend we go into the “deep freeze” with a high of 64 on Sunday along with rain. I suspect there will be snow in the mountains.
I got my car back and it feels like they got the last of the suspension problems resolved. The two repairs were more than I budget for each year but there was really no way to spread them out – the first repair uncovered the need for the second repair. Now I am hoping that next year’s vehicle cost of ownership is lower than normal. Thank goodness I still have billable work and don’t have to tap into reserves for car repairs yet.
I have spent the morning trying to resolve an issue on one of my older computers that was uncovered by the latest Microsoft updates (delivered yesterday). I have a few more things I can try but I may have to bite the bullet and retire it. It has a lot of special software loaded on it that would have to move but I can’t be dealing with keeping it running any longer. I have to decide if I will replace it or try to move the special software to my laptop and incorporate it into my work mix. I rarely need it for traveling and it is a good computer.
Haircut later this morning, one more visit from maintenance for the ceiling repair, a nap and then basketball later tonight.
See all y’all later!
Good Wednesday morning, Moosekind! It’s 42 F. in Ashburn and will be windy later. The high will be 59 F. today and so far it’s sunny.
Yesterday I finally drove to Elder Son’s house and we went to the hospital together. Veterans’ Day was just a normal workday for him because his company gives employees the week between Christmas and New Year off. He informed me that this month is known as “No school-November” because there are so many national, Indian, and other holidays that the kids are never in school the whole week.,
When we signed in we looked at the main desk and behold, Younger Son and the entire family were there! The six of us surged up to his room. He looked well and conscious, but we were kicked out after 15 minutes. The medical staff wanted to perform a procedure downstairs. Elder Son and Youngest Grandchild visited later in the evening, bringing chocolate, eye drops, and an electric shaver.
However, driving home from Elder Son’s house, I was so distraught, hungry, and tired that I missed the turnoff to I-66 West. A drive home that should have taken 45 minutes instead took 2 hours. I would never have arrived home had it not been for a kind woman in the CVS parking lot who programmed my iPhone and turned The Voice up to its loudest, so I could hear it. Eventually I found myself on 267 West, so I knew how to get home and didn’t need The Voice. Have I mentioned that I’m the world’s worst driver, and panic easily? Anyway, I couldn’t swig any vodka or light any weed to calm myself down once I reached home, so I made a cup of strong British tea and drank it. Then I got ready to meet a friend, whom I’ve known 48 years, for dinner at the Acorn Deli and a concert down the hall, a brass band playing patriotic songs.
The GOOD news is that today Dearly will be taken from his bed and made to do exercises. If all goes according to plan, he can come home tomorrow or Friday! Elder Son will bring him home.
My building is having a Morning Coffee at 10 a.m. Then I want to mix up a batch of the World’s Best Oatmeal Cookies and a batch of Peg’s Molasses Cookies (no spice) to bake for my writers’ group tomorrow.
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond and thank you so much for your support! Having friends like you makes my chaotic life easier to bear.
{{{Diana}}} Moar Healing Energy. Moar {{{HUGS}}}
such good news! And the getting lost story – I have plenty of my own. I don’t just have no sense of direction; whatever sense it is that others have, I have the opposite.
There are few driving things as frustrating as taking a wrong turn or missing a turn on a highway and realizing you are going to have to sort out how to get where you are going. Madison WI only had one exit off I-94 north of town and if you missed , you were stuck on I-94 for miles and miles to get turned back around again. At least that was simple – take next exit and turn around. I have been caught in the wrong lane in highways in the suburbs of Kansas City and (goddess help us) in Phoenix and just wanted to cry.