[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #124585

Hi Sue,
Thank you for the b/day greetings.
I’ll post a little bit later. I have nothing planned for today. Staying in my jammies.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #124472

Hi Ladies,
I tried posting a couple days ago & each time it would disappear, & the last time it booted me out & I had to sign back in. At that point I said to —- with it!!! Now if I can remember what I said.
Sue, I cannot believe you got my card after New Years!! Talk about snail mail!! I guess I’ll have to send out my cards in Oct. this yr. Good grief. I’ll blame the weather! are you still getting snow & ice? We’re having lots of rain. Last week it was storm after storm after storm. Today was a lovely day, sunshine, no rain, but there’s more on the way. Our temps have been more springlike than winter! temps in the 50s! But like I said it can turn on a dime if an Arctic blast comes down. It was 4 yrs ago we had snow on the ground with more on the way. The mts are getting lots of snow with these storms so the skiers, snowboarders are happy. The ski resorts on a limited number of people at their places of businesses.

I’m still trying to absorb what took place in DC yesterday. He needs to be put into a strait jacket & put in a padded cell!!! He’s so dillusional he believes his own lies. I hope they take him out before the inauguration!!! I see where his cabinet is jumping ship like rats off a sinking ship. Too bad it took this long before people realized what he really is. I told Diane right after he was elected I believed him to be a dictator, like Putin or North Korea’s dictator. He kissed their behinds, it was sickening!
Thank God somebody was smart enough to grab the boxes that held the ballots from all the states. I think it was an intern.
Did anyone notice there were alot of older men in the mob? I heard there were veterans, too. Somebody got killed & their blood is on his hands. I;m sorry but she was making her way thru a broken window when she was shot, so I don’t feel sorry for any of them!!
I took the tree down today. I’m packing it all up, & I don’t know if Snowball realizes there’s an empty corner again. She knows I’ve been moving things out of here. I’m gonna miss the lights.
Well, I guess I better close before it boots me off again
take care, stay well, stay safe.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Chat for January 2021 #124311

Hi Ladies,
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I know I’m a day late & a dollar short as usual. I hope everyone had a safe NYE! And a restful New Years day. I spent my new years resting up from all the stress of the last yr. I’m starting to take things down & put away. I love the lights on the tree & the fairy lights I put around. The way they twinkle is relaxing & pretty. I’ve loved the colored & white lights for a long time. I used to turn off the lamps & just have the tree lights on & it was so relaxing, & pretty.
We’re having soaking rains here. One storm after another. Later today winds are supposed to pick up which could cause power outages. Our temps have been way above normal for this time of yr, low to mid 50s. That’s pretty warm for late Dec. early Jan. Of course it could turn on a dime if a cold blast of arctic air comes down outta Canada.
I’m so lost as to what day it is these past few days. It’s like having 4 Sundays in a row. I’ll be glad when everything gets back to some kind of normalcy. LOL.
Diane’s b/day was NYE, & at first we weren’t going to do anything, but she called & told me that she & Marilyn were going to order in at the restaurant we always go to. So she picked me up then we headed to the restaurant to pick up the order, then we went over to Marilyn’s. We had a good time. She turned 80, but she sure doesn’t look it.
I guess some of her family has been exposed to the virus, but she hasn’t been in close contact with any of them. Thank goodness.
I don’t watch any of the TV shows on these days. I don’t care for em. Of course most are reruns till the ‘new’ season starts.
Snowball won’t know what to do when I get things put away & the tree taken down.
Well, I guess that’s about all for now.
Take care, stay safe,& well, & hopefully things will start to get back to some kind of normalcy under a different leadership!! PLEASE GOD!!!
Love,
dd & Snowball

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2020 #124171

Hi Ladies,
I thought I heard a collective sigh of relief the day after Christmas. I know I felt like a weight lifted off my shoulders, even tho I didn’t have family to be concerned about. It sounds like everyone had a relatively good time under the circumstances.
Sue, I’m sorry you were alone, but I was too. I cooked a dinner for me & Critt on Christmas Eve. We got holiday boxes & we got a nice sized turkey breast, so I fixed it with all the trimmings. Then Christmas I recovered!! It was alot of work. It didn’t really feel like Christmas. My friend Diane asked me if I thought it seemed like Christmas & I said no. Hallie brought me a few things to open. She gave me a box of 40 Sharpies, all different colors, metallic, neon, you name it. It seemed strange, until I opened another gift. A coloring book of Thomas Kinkade’s Disney paintings. Each page is a different section of the paintings. And they are detailed drawings, not a child’s coloring book.
Diane called me today & we’re ordering dinner from our fave restaurant for New Year’s Eve, also Diane’s birthday.
I’ll cook a dinner for me & Critt New Yrs day, I guess.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m about ready to start taking it all down & put away for another yr. The place will sound & feel like a tomb afterwards. Bare walls, will make it echo in here. Snowball will like it back to normal.
I’ll be glad when life will get back to some sense of normal. If it ever does!!!
Well, that;s about it from out here.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Stay safe, & well. Let’s pray 2021 will be a much better yr than this one.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2020 #124007

HI Ladies,
MERRY CHRISTMAS one & all. I’m gonna try again. I’m okay. Just a tad bit lonely. The family I used to go to their home for Christmas dinner moved back to Springfield, Mo. over the summer. I got a card from them & imagine my shock & surprise when I looked at the return address & it was MO!! Her family lives back there, so I’m not too surprised. I know she was missing her family & talked about it from time to time. Altho this yr I was going to tell them I wouldn’t be coming out due to the virus. But it was already taken care of.
We’ve had some soaking rains, but now we’re under weather alert for air stagnation for a couple days. I can’t figure out why, there’s no haze or anything in the air. At least not like last Sept. when we had that god awful smoke for about a week. we need the rains tho. It puts snow in the mts, which we need for the summer run off. No white Christmas for us. We have something like a 1% chance of a white Christmas. Not good odds, huh. We generally get snow after the holidays, Jan. most likely.
We had unusually high temps this week, I think we had what’s known as a ‘pineapple express’ from the south Pacific/Hawaii. It was a “juicy” storm.
Gail, thank you for those hilarious memes. Some are really hysterically funny!!
Adele, I hope you’re feeling much better. I know how hard it is at the holidays. The first yr is always the hardest to get through. Just take one day at a time.
Colleen, I’m glad you got the brace off. That’s a very good sign. Your leg must be healing well.
If I’m leaving things out, I’ll have to go back & read the posts again.
I have ‘A Christmas Carol” on with George C. Scott. He was so good in that.
I made a turkey dinner tonight for Critt & myself. We both got holiday boxes from the Sunshine Division & they put a frozen turkey breast in each one, along with a load of other stuff. I won’t be hungry that’s for sure.
I gotta tell ya about Snowball & her antics. She sits at the door, meowing loudly. Turns out she wants to go down to see Critt. As soon as I open the door she high tails it down to his door. I swear if she could, she’d knock on the door or if she could reach the handle, she’d walk right in. So I knock on the door, & as soon as he opens the door she zips in as fast as she can. We both laugh. then when I say it’s time to go, she’ll leave when I go in where she is & she knows what it means. Sometimes she’ll run up & down the hallway a time or two getting her pent up energy out. Earlier today, she was running up the hall & just as she passed the apt, she put on the brakes & ran into the apt. It was hysterical.
Oh and when she sees the crows flying around she runs up & down the window sills trying to get at them. Good thing I don’t have the windows open or she’d try out her wings, that she doesn’t have. And sometimes she’ll come & jump up on my lap or chest & sit for a few minutes. oh yes, last night I couldn’t find her. I looked in all her regular places. Then I went into the bathroom & there she was, sitting in the bathroom sink waiting for me. she loves drinking from the faucet. She’s not spoiled or anything.
Well, I better get off here before I lose it again.
Oh, thank you for the cute ecard, Gail. At first I wasn’t sure what it was. But as it continued it was beautiful.
OK, everyone stay safe, & stay well.
dd
PS: Thank you to all who sent me cards. It helped me get thru some dark days. Hallie’s better. I don’t think she had the virus, now. With all her ailments it’d probably kill her. It would me, with congestive heart failure.
Thank you for your friendships.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-December 2020 #123594

HI Ladies,
I’m alive!! Sorry I haven’t been on here for so long. Just not lots to talk about. The apt is a mess. My knee & legs give out on me more than I like. Sometimes I go to the store just to get out of the house. But it’s cold here so the trips are few & far between.
Hallie’s been real sick the past week or so. It sounds like the virus to me, all the classic signs of it, but she tested negative. I haven’t been near her in a couple weeks at least. I could be in more danger from catching the old fashioned cold with the weather like it is.
We’re getting lots of snow in the higher elevations as usual. I heard the East coast is getting hammered with snow & cold temps. It’s gonna be a long cold winter, I’m afraid. Even here.
I’ve been trying to get my cards out, but just haven’t been in the mood. I was reading the verses inside & all spoke of joy with family & friends, & we all know that’s not happening for any of us. And we all know there are friends among us who have endured unimaginable loss this year. I feel like a hypocrite wishing joy, etc., when I know full well there are almost 300,000 families who lost loved ones as well as our friends. Just doesn’t feel right somehow.
As for this vaccination coming out so quick, I have reservations about it. I know people who are allergic to the regular vaccination for the flu. I’m skeptical of it. I’m not sure it’s been tested enough. What if you have a reaction to it. I read some reactions, like Bells palsy occurs.
Well, I guess I better get off here before I bore y’all to death!!
take care & stay safe & well!!!
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-November 2020 #122839

Hi Ladies,
Just a quick note to say HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of you. I’m not sure what I’ll be doing. Critt has people bringing turkey dinners to him. Management put up a sign up sheet for a box delivery on Wed., so I signed up. I could be laid up cuz tonight while making dinner, my left leg buckled under & I nearly went down. I have no idea what I did to cause it, but I did feel some pain in my leg at the time. I’ve been using the cane around the house, which I’ve never had to do before. I will have to call the Dr. or go to the ER if it doesn’t feel any better tomorrow.
I was trying to send Thanksgiving pics last time but I couldn’t find em. So I ended up with the Christmas ones. I;ll try for Thanksgiving pics this time!!
Adele, I pray no one in your family tests positive for Covid. I pray no one on here gets it!! I don’t understand why wearing a mask is so intrusive. When I worked at HP in the clean room we HAD to wear a mask! It wasn’t for health reasons, it was a requirement to keep the clean room environment cleaner than an operating room. We were making components that go into computers. It was funny, when I’d see a co worker outside of work it’d take me a second to recognize them, all you could see was their eyes. You’ve seen people wearing hazmat suits, that;s basically what we wore in the clean room, except we called em bunny suits.
Well, so much for a short note. lol
If I don’t get back on here, have a wonderful holiday. I know most of you won’t be with your families, but it won’t be for long. Keep the faith.
Take care & stay safe!
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-November 2020 #122646

Hi Ladies,
Just a quick note to let ya know I’m still around, alive & well….so far. I don’t know if you guys know, but Oregon & Wash. state are in the Red Zone, meaning we have the highest #s of new cases & deaths.
For days we’ve had at least 1,000 new cases every day. It just doesn’t quit!!!
I got my tree up today but no ornaments on it yet. Poor Snowball is so confused. I had to move things around to make room for the tree & she was going nuts. I’ll finish up in the next couple days.
We got alot of rain over night. It’s supposed to clear out Friday & be nice.
Adele, it;s good to see you back online again. Was beginning to worry since I hadn’t heard from ya in a while. I’m sorry about Thanksgiving being cancelled. I’ll keep your family in my prayers.
Well, I guess that’s all for tonight.
Stay safe & stay well!!
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-November 2020 #122425

Hi Ladies,
Sorry I’ve been absent. I’ve been trying to get my decorations up, but it’s a very slow process. And I’m fighting my depression. Some days I don’t even want to get dressed. the weather isn’t helping any
either. It’s been raining all weekend. We had 3 storms come in with more on the way. I have to keep reminding myself it’s NOV.! Our Covid cases are reaching new heights every day! They were in the low hundreds for months, now they’re reaching over 1,000++ every day for theof
s past week. The governor has called for a 2 week pause/freeze state wide. Not quite the shut down of last March, but darn close.
If people would just do what’s right we could shut the virus down instead of it shutting everything down!!
And then there’s the moron in the white house
Do either of you have an email address? I sent Adele an email the other day, & she’s not doing well.
I was waiting for her to post but apparently she hasn’t. I don’t know if I can forward her email on here,
soo I’ll send her email address to you guys.
here it is: adelegary@comcast.net
On gmail, click on Compose, put in her address, & go from there.
I haven’t heard a peep out of her since.
Well, I better go for now.
I hope the rain lets up so I can get to the store before the shut down starts.
take care & stay safe & well!!!
dd

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