[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for July 2021 #131338

HI Ladies,
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. I had a pleasant one. Didn’t do anything special. I cooked dinner for me & Critt on Sunday. I made potato salad & steaks, & asparagus.
Our weather has cooled down quite a bit from that horrible heat we had just last weekend. It seems like a lifetime away, but it was just a few days ago. My bedroom has cooled waaaay down from the 110 it was. I never dreamed 90F would be “cooler” temp!!
We did lose a resident. I knew her, but wasn’t a close friend or anything. She would sit down in the lobby talking to herself most of the time. Or picking a fight with someone who didn’t agree with whatever she was talking about. We lost a Vietnam vet just down the hall from me about a month ago. He went to the hospital & never returned. I heard we lost some others, but don’t know for sure. Oregon lost more than 100 souls during that heatwave. Most were men, & living alone. There were cooling centers for people to go to if they didn’t have AC or any way to cool off. We’re just lucky we have the community room that’s air conditioned & it’s been left open 24 hrs a day. I packed up Snowball & a few items & spent alot of time down there. I came thisclose to taking her down there that night but I was afraid I’d get into trouble. You’re not supposed to sleep down there. But I was talking to the manager & he said under those conditions he wouldn’t care. It was brutally hot! If I’m repeating myself, just ignore it. I think my brain got fried. We could use some of that rain that’s coming down out there!!!
OK, I know somebody in the group blogs or reads them. I have no clue how to get on the Q blog. What I’m trying to get at is as of July 1st I lost my antenna channel that carried the Q. In fact, I also lost HSN channel as well. I don’t know who did this but now I can’t watch it. They put in 2 new channels, Defy, an all men’s programming, & TruReal, not sure what all is on there. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! I know I’ve been complaining about how boring it’s been, but there are times I just have it on for background noise. If anyone knows how to get on the Q blog, let me know or if you’ve read anything about this, let me know.
I wrote out a post a couple days ago & it vanished into thin air AGAIN!!
OH, I got a couple cute stories about Snowball. Last week I woke up to a paw on my face, then feeling her whiskers on my face. Then a couple days ago she actually laid down beside me & took our afternoon nap. She’s getting to where she gets up on my lap now, or lay down beside me on the bed. She’s become my little white shadow. She gets her haircut FINALLY this week. Between the heatwave, their problems with their van, it”s been frustrating!!
I haven’t read your posts yet, so forgive me if I missed something important!
Take care, stay safe, & stay cool
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for June 2021 #130844

Hi Ladies,
I hope everyone is fine. I have Down Home with David on. He’s kicking off CIJ with some Christmas things on the show. It starts this weekend. I already ordered something that won’t be delivered till Aug. He had a whole forest of those 24″ ceramic Christmas trees in several new colors, including clear lights on a few of the trees. I ordered the red multi tree. I’ve wanted a red tree for yrs, but never saw one till today!! It sold out before the end of the presentation, I think. I’m hoping they’ll come out with the smaller version of the trees in the same colors in July.
Ok, here’s the weather report. Starting Friday the heat will start. It’s been really nice the past 3 days.
Sat. & Sun., & maybe into next week we will see temps that have NEVER been seen here ever!! One or two predictions are saying 111 on Sunday & maybe Monday. The hottest record temp ever recorded was in 1898, 117!! And that wasn’t in Portland, but a town in Eastern Oregon. this will set & break all time records. this ‘heat dome” will be all over the west, even into Canada. What’s amazing is Portland & Seattle is on the short list of the least # of ACs in homes. We don’t get this hot for this many days. With that said, they’re saying the power grid should be safe. Hopefully by Tues. it should be back down to the 80s. The biggest concern is fires of course.
Well, that’s all for now. I gotta go eat something.
take care, stay safe, stay well & stay cool
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for June 2021 #130758

Hi again,
Gail, I saw your post for June 6, 1944. I’d like to know why it isn’t a holiday considering the sacrifice of that day & what they did for the world that day. I didn’t see anything on the news about it that day.
Thank you for remembering.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for June 2021 #130750

HI Ladies,
Well, I hope everyone is doing fine. I know what you mean when you talk about being out & about among people at long last. I still wear a mask if I’m in a crowded place otherwise I don’t. It feels good to know I’m vaccinated. Some stores require wearing a mask. I believe Oregon is on the verge of opening up completely soon. We’re closing in on 70% vaccinations.
Now for our big news. We’re in for temps we’ve NEVER EVER seen before. This weekend we hit 100 for three days, but I saw later on we could see temps over 110!!! If so it’s unheard of here!! Az, yes, but not here. It’s hot even in Canada. I follow several cat sites & the families, & they’ve been talking about hot it is in BC & Victoria. I don’t think they’ve seen temps like we’re about to have.
the best place to be will be on the coast. They’ll have temps in the 60s!!! with fog. The only time it’s hot over there is when the East wind blows & it reaches the beaches. The ocean temps are like in the 50s so it isn’t like the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic. The Pacific never really warms up enough to go in & feel safe enough to swim.
Snowball still hasn’t had her hair cut yet!! The generator broke down & they’re waiting for a backlog of
90 days!!! All due to Covid. they were supposed to be looking for a smaller one but I haven’t heard back from them yet. So who knows when they’ll be able to get here.
I saw the explosion on the news. I didn’t realize it was so close to you, Gail. I’m glad you weren’t involved in it.
Adele, I did put a couple of those beautiful tops in my cart. I hope they’ll be available when I can afford to order em. This is the first showing of all summer tops on QF I’ve seen in a really long time. And they had some beauties this time. Did you get any?
Well, that’s about all for tonight.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for June 2021 #130558

Hi Ladies,
HAPPY FIRST FULL DAY OF SUMMER!!! I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, & Father’s Day,(the guys that is). I know everyone didn’t have one but I hope you made it through okay.
Well it’s gonna be a scorcher tomorrow, Monday. Could reach 100 but it cools down Tues. down to the 80s. I got one of those little AC you see advertised on TV for $40. Dan & Hallie went to Home Depot & there was a big display of them so I grabbed one. I haven’t used it yet, but I will in the next day or so.
It’s really little so you can set it beside you on the nite stand.
By the way, there’s a 2 hr QF show Monday afternoon ET. I think it’s 1:00 pm ET. I haven’t seen a 2 hr show in a very long time!!!
Not much going on here. Just baking in the heat. We don’t have the high humidity though. Thank goodness.
Take care, stay safe, stay well, stay cool!!
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for June 2021 #130243

Hi Ladies,
It’s a pretty lousy days out here. We got rain, but it’s also muggy. Usually it’s chilly when it rains, but it’s pretty muggy today. But it’s gonna dry out & heat up later this week. We could be back to the upper 80s/low 90s by next weekend.
the Q & most of TV is boring anymore!! I guess it’s summer so we’ll be in reruns till the new season begins. Maybe it’s just me.
OK I gotta question for ya. what is it about cats & laundry baskets & boxes? Whenever I do laundry & sort it out guess who is right there to jump in & take possession of it??!! I have an appointment for her to get her hair cut this week. She won’t be happy with mommy that’s for sure.
Well, that’s all for now. If I think of anything I’ll write it down so I don’t forget it.
Take care, stay safe, stay well.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for June 2021 #130164

Hi Ladies,
I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! Yes I’m alive. Sorry I haven’t been on here this month. Boy does the time flyyyyyyyyyy!! All I’m hearing is how brutally hot it is back there. Out here, we can’t get out of the 60s!! Some days not out of the 50s!! A big rain storm is heading our way tomorrow & most of the weekend. Seems like just a few days ago I was in short shorts & tank tops with the AC going. I have to turn the heat up a little in the evening cuz it cools down so much! We’re in severe drought conditions out here too. You may have seen it on the news. The whole Western side of the country is bone dry & getting drier by the day.
OK I’m done for tonight. I had alot more on here but something went haywire & lost most of this post.
I’ll try & remember what I’d written tomorrow. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for May 2021 #129716

HI Ladies,
I hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend. I’m sorry to hear the East coast is having such a wet weekend! It’s usually saved for us. We usually don’t get good weather till after the 4th of July!! We could use the rain out here tho. Put out fires, ease the drought, you name it!!
Colleen, I’ll check with Hallie & see if I can give you guys her phone or visa versa. Would it be okay if I was to give her your names & addresses? I don”t have your phone #s. Let me know, please. Thx
I had T bone steaks, potato salad & corn on the cob for our Sunday dinner tonight.
It’s gonna be interesting to see if there’s another surge of Covid after this holiday weekend. With all the parties, etc going on.
I ordered a few new things from Denim& Co. this week. Some of my things are like decades old!!
Well, that’s about all for tonight.
Take care, stay safe, & stay well.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for May 2021 #129607

Hi Ladies,
I hope everyone is okay & doing fine. I’m fine. I want to thank you for putting my name on the flowers for Sue. I wouldn’t have the slightest idea of how to get something out there. No, I’m neither mad or upset with any of you. No need for concern. It’s a shame there wasn’t someone to let somebody know about her. Altho I’m in the same situation. Living alone & all. Having no family ties anymore.
I do have another Snowball story for ya. Last night she was sitting at the door screaming her head off at me!! I think she was swearing at me. I kept telling her NO, but it didn’t do any good. Finally I went to find out what the problem was. I heard voices out in the hallway. As soon as I opened the door she ran out. Turned out 2 of the neighbors were talking at the end of the hallway. She sauntered down the hall to get some pets & attention. When she got it, she headed back but when she saw I was right behind her she took off like she was in a race. She ended up at the elevators, so I had to get her back. She saw me coming & she took off again & went back into the apt. Then she was happy. She got some attention & some exercise, as I did too.
Well, I guess that’s all for tonight.
Take care, stay safe & stay well.
dd & Snowball

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