[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52218

Ladies,
I don’t know what I did but my message got sent twice. I went back & erased the second one leaving a blank space. Sorry. Here’s what we’re
looking at for the next 24-36 hrs. I just hope it doesn’t stay long.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

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[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52210

Hi Ladies,
Well, we’re bracing for a bad storm to come thru tomorrow (Thurs.). They’re saying the valley floor could get up to 4 inches of snow. Then it starts warming up, which means in the transition we’ll get freezing rain on top of the snow. YIKES!!! Freezing rain is far worse than snow. By Friday we’re supposed to be back to normal rain. I’m just glad I don’t have to be out in it.
I got started on decorating today. I should have it done tomorrow. I don’t have anything else to do except laundry.
Did any of you see QF earlier today? They had the cutest things again.
Well, that’s all from this side of the country.
Stay safe everyone!!!

dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52144

Hi Ladies,
I tried writing a message, but half way thru, “poof” it was gone. So I hope everyone is fine. We sprung another leak when another storm came thru. It came thru the other leaks & a new one on top of that!!! I don’t know when this is going to stop!! So much for a new roof. I think they need to get another roofing co. out here!! Now we’re looking at snow, freezing rain, & all that stuff. We had a storm system come thru yesterday, & the lower foothills got an inch or so of snow. Lots of mountain snow. I think I counted 5 or 6 snow flakes down here. It was mixed in with the rain down here. We’re only 100 ft above sea level, so it has to be pretty cold before we get snow down here on the valley floor. It was sunny today, & is gonna be really cold tonight. Setting up for the next storm coming in Wed. night. This time we could get snow here. It’s beautiful when it’s coming down. Being up here on the 12th floor, watching it come down, it looks like little pieces of cotton floating around. I;m just glad I don’t have to be out in it. NO ONE here knows how to drive in snow. They drive waaaaaaaaay tooo fast for it & end up in a ditch or worse!
I’m still working on decorating. I should’ve started before T’giving like I wanted to. Not all of it, just some of it.
Right after T’giving I caught a bad cold, so that didn’t help. I got my flu shot that week & a few days later I get sick. Figures.
I got my first Christmas cards today. I love getting cards & letters in the mail. gives me something to look forward to.
I think that’s all I have this time around. I miss not getting the email notices too.
Take care.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #52051

Hi Ladies,
Thank you for telling me the name of the movie. You’re right, it was Quigley not Quimby. Adele will have my head on a platter for that!! LOL.
BREAKING NEWS: Did you know Albany has left QVC? I was wondering why I hadn’t seen her in a few days, so I got on her FB page awhile ago, &
she wrote on there that she decided to leave so she could spend more time with her family. I really enjoyed her sense of humor. she was such a
kick in the pants on the show. I’ll sure miss her.
I was rudely awakened this morning by noise coming from the roof. at first I thought it was Friday, but realized it was Sat.!! Apparently they were up
there finishing up what they started earlier in the week. I know they didn’t do anything yesterday (Friday). I hope they got it finished. They made
enough noise! Now they have to fix the ceiling in the hall, replace the tiles & insulation.
They’re still saying we could get a few snow flakes, but no accumulation yet. Mostly rain & snow mix down here. The foothills behind us will get some
accumulation tho. It’s really too warm right now for the snow. If we’d been having freezing temps at night it might be different case.
Did any of you take advantage of the day of free shipping on the Q today? I didn’t. I have enough already!!!
did I tell you guys I still have QF Christmas sweaters from back in the late 90’s early 2000’s? I have 4 or 5. And I have 2 sets of her 3/4 length sleeved tops for Christmas/winter.
I’ve been working on my decorating today & tonight. Mostly getting things out of the boxes & setting them around. I should get it done tomorrow.

We have argued till we’re blue in the face about having security guards here, but management ignores us. They installed all these cameras but they do
little good if there’s NO ONE here to monitor them & catch these people in real time. No, they wait till they come back from the holiday or weekend,
& by then the creeps are looooooooooong gone!!! It’s infuriating to say the least!!
I’m including some pics of my apt from a few yrs ago.
Have a good Sunday
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #51999

Hi Ladies,
I thought I’d drop by for a little while. There are rumors flying around the local TV weather folks we could have snow flakes flying around here between Monday thru Tues. night. It’s a rarity for us to get snow down here. It’s good tho. It means the mts will be getting copious amounts of snow. Always a good thing. An Arctic cold front is coming down from the North Pole (where have I heard that before), bringing with it bitter cold air. If we have enough
moisture we will get the snow. It won’t last long, never does. I’ll hunker down & just be glad I don’t have to be out in it. I’ll get my decorations up & have hot cocoa.
Wasn’t there a movie with Tom Selleck a few yrs ago called Quimby or something that sounds like it? Adele would know about it I’m sure.
I have the I Love Lucy special on right now. I don’t like it when they colorize black & white shows. The skin color looks off.
Well, that’s all I have for tonight.
Have a great weekend ladies.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: It's December! Happy Holidays Everyone! #51885

Hi Ladies,
I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!! I hope you all had a great turkey day. We did. Then as if the gremlins didn’t have anything better to do I caught a bad
cold over the weekend!! I haven’t felt good all week, so the decorating didn’t get done. I managed to get the windows done. At least I have a little
done. I should be feeling well enough to get it done this weekend.

There’s been a lot that’s happened since I last wrote on here, nationally that is. I hope no one is in danger from those fires in Tenn. I wish I could’ve sent the heavy rains we had last week. It would’ve put those fires out in no time!! It was so bad that the new roof sprung a leak & some of the tiles on the ceiling came down. So much for the new roof. The leaks were just outside my door. They knocked on my door asking if I had any leaks inside my apt.
I got lucky that time, no leaks. Of course it had to happen just before the holiday weekend. All they did was make a funnel out of sheets of plastic & duck tape it in place, then put garbage cans under the plastic so the water would go into the cans. When Monday rolled around all they did was take one of the garbage cans out & left the plastic hanging. NO ONE did a $%^&***** thing about it till Wed!!!! I finally heard someone on the roof working on it. Luckily the rains have stopped in the mean time!! They still haven’t replaced the insulation or the ceiling tiles that were damaged. If we did that we’d be evicted in short order.
The night before last, I was awakened by someone knocking on my door at the ungodly hr of 3:30 AM!!! At first I thought I was dreaming, then as I woke up it happened again. I went out to look thru the peek hole & saw some young guy with a backpack. I didn’t open the door. If I had I would’ve had my meat cleaver in my hand, saying “You better have a $%^&**** good reason for getting me outta bed this time of day!!” LOL. But I didn’t. I found out later that day that he’d knocked on Kay’s door & Critt’s door as well. We figure he was looking for a place to crash. I reported it but it won’t do any good.

Thank you Colleen for passing on my message to the ladies. I forgot about the computer room down in the community room for us to use. I think that’s where I picked up the cold germs. I didn’t think to take a wipe with me to wipe off the keyboard. The room is an elevator ride down to the 1st floor, so I didn’t have to leave the bldg.
Well, I gave in & paid my delequint bill. It was too hard to be without it, for the internet. The TV part was okay cuz I had an indoor antenna I could use for
the tv. And I missed not being able to do this in the comfort of my own living room where it’s nice & warm & Jewell can sit here beside me.
When I heard about those children in that school bus, I was numbed. Then when I saw the mug shot of the driver I was enraged!! the more I heard the madder I got. Kay & I were discussing it & we both neither one heard of a school bus driver that young driving kids around. All our school bus drivers were older like our mothers or fathers. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a young school bus driver!! There’s gotta be more to this story. Why was he speeding, & why was he not on the regular route??!! I haven’t heard any more on the story.
Oh have there been any more QF shows since the holiday? I saw one 2 hr show & wanted everything they had!! Did I tell ya I got the kitty keyhole top in black? I thought I clicked red but they sent me the black. It’s pretty. I wasn’t going to send it back. Stains won’t show up as easily. lol. I’ll wear it when I go to my friend’s for Christmas dinner.
Can you believe it’s Dec.?? Where has this yr gone??
Well, I’m talked out for now.
Take care.
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: It's November-Time To Count Our Blessings. #50681

Hi Ladies,
Just a quick note to let ya know I’m fine. We had a soggy Sat., but today was nice. Overcast, but no rain. Yeah that was me you heard when the
Cubs got the last out. I always root for the underdogs. & I can’t think of anyone that’s been a bigger underdog. They didn’t show the parade here until
the news. They showed all the people out there. All I can say is WOW!!

Colleen, don’t they sell a powder that you mix in water or milk that helps put on weight. I think it’s in pharmacy area of your local store. I want to say
whey, but I could be wrong. Ask your pharmacist about it. They should know what it is.
I hope all of you remembered to turn your clocks back. I know some people who didn’t. Jewell was right on top of it this morning. she got in my face & I felt her whiskers tickle me. lol
Well, that’s all for tonight.
Have a great week
dd

[Dianne Danielson]

in reply to: It's November-Time To Count Our Blessings. #50577

HI Ladies,
Did y’all hear me last night when the Cubs got the last out & beat Cleveland. When they had the lead a friend asked me if I felt comfortable with that. I said no, not until they put the last Cleveland batter out. I knew it was too soon to breathe easy cuz anything can happen & it did! Anyway CONGRATS TO
THE CUBS & all their fans. Loooooooooong overdue!!!!!

The calendar says Nov. but you’d never know it out here. It was in the 60s today, almost shirt sleeve weather. Tomorrow’s supposed to be the same, but the rain returns over the weekend.
I signed up for the trick or treaters here, but I only had 2.
Critt’s all moved in now, & he’s so much happier to have 2-3 times more room than he had before. He also gets his new scooter tomorrow. The VA told him he wouldn’t get it till Dec., but he put in a call to our Sen. & word came down he gets it tomorrow. You don’t mess with Critt. He spent decades in
the Air Force so he knows how to get things done.
it’s gonna be nice to have a neighbor who isn’t a drug dealer, & has traffic in & out all hrs of the day & night.

We had the 2nd wettest Oct. on record. We were one tenth of an inch from breaking the record. We had 8.3 inches for the month. But that’s nothing compared to some areas of the state. In the higher elevations got even more, as you can see by the graphics I’m including. It’s nice to be getting a
reprieve from the rain for abit.
Still no word on what caused that explosion a few weeks ago. It may take awhile, I guess.

I guess that’s all for this time around.
take care
dd

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