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NATIONAL CHEESE LOVER’S DAY

On National Cheese Lover’s Day, don’t feel bleu, throw a feta or act capriciously. January 20th is a gouda day to kummin over and have some cheddar or asiago or fontina!

There is no firm evidence of how humans discovered cheese making. But legend tells us it was likely that someone created the first cheese by chance. Thousands of years ago, people transported milk and stored it in sheep’s stomachs. Left to sit a few days, the proteins would separate into curds and whey. From there, preserving the solids with salt may have seemed a logical next step. Salt was a highly valued preservative in ancient times.

The earliest record of cheese making dates back to 5,500 BCE in what is now Poland. Today there are over 1,400 varieties of cheese.

NATIONAL BUTTERCRUNCH DAY

National Buttercrunch Day on January 20th recognizes the flavorful toffee candy that comes in several varieties.

NATIONAL DISC JOCKEY DAY

Each year National Disc Jockey Day recognizes the DJs playing the music and spinning the records. The observance takes place annually on January 20th.

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Life is but a walking shadow upon a spinning stage, where each soul weaves its own garment of destiny amidst the fleeting grandeur of time.

Valentino Garavani, the last of the great 20th-century couturiers and a designer who defined the image of royalty in a republican age for all manner of princesses — crowned, deposed, Hollywood and society — died on Monday at his home in Rome. He was 93.

@sheba2011

He was one of my favorites – always loved his clothes.👗

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Remembering Audrey Hepburn who left us on this day in 1993 ❤
“You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don’t know it, all of that doesn’t even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. It’s not like you have forever, so don’t waste any of your seconds, don’t throw even one of your moments away.”
— Audrey Hepburn

Good Morning Peeps and welcome to the HSN Community. 😎🎈
Enjoy what you do.

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@xango,

@oodiebom,

@sheba2011

Good morning back to you. Guess I am a wee bit nervous. I have labs today. And since my physician retired, I see his replacement. Not sure of his replacement, but will do some research and may find someone better.

I did not see hubs today. Spent the day trying to see if our contractor took a look see on our home North. I just hope that the damage is not too extensive. I am looking for another remodeler to finish the bathroom for hubs. I have not heard from the owner and have made several phone calls. I will be contacting people this week and I do have someone in mind and hope they can make some improvements. Even after I explained about the shower curtain, nothing was done concerning was addressed concerning water spills from the shower on to the flooring. The owner listened but did not tell the contractor that my hubs is confined to a wheel chair. Pipes could have been removed in both locations to extend the shower floor I will see if a correction can be made without too much of an additional expense.

Hope you have a great Wednesday. Our warm up starts today. 80s maybe over the weekend. Then another cold front next week. I also purchased the same robe as you. I wore mine to bed and it was like a blanket. So very comfy. Nice, warm feeling.

@taci,

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 🎈😎💕😘What a Game your Hockey Team had yesterday. 💕😎
Way To Go. 🎈

I hope they keep playing like this loving it. 💕

I know you have snow but OZ is just plain cold. This is called Winter. 😎

Hey sending some warm vibes to you and Jake. 💕😎 Here is to a great day.

@sheba2011

Very cold, running from the car to a store my fingers were red. A little warmer tomorrow and Thursday. High on Saturday is 12 and we may get another snow storm by Sunday, ugh.🥶❄️

Did my running around, bought some soup from the Knights of Columbus so that was dinner.🍲 Another busy day tomorrow.

Thanks for the shout out – if only they could do that for the rest of the season.🏒

Enjoy your evening by the fireplace. I think I will make some hot chocolate later. Warm hugs to you, Poppy and all the outside creatures.🤗💖

@shoelady60,

Good Evening very chilly night in OZ and I am fine with that as we have plenty of cover. 😎💕

Hey rest up for tomorrow come the weekend here we will be frozen and you know what
that means. Sheesh! Some States will be colder.

Keep warm and sweet dreams my friend. 💕I hope you like the Valentino Gallery.
I love Red and Valentino. 💕🎈❤️

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California Kitten and may this day find you doing well. 😎🎈

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY

On the third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Jr Day honors the American clergyman, activist, Civil Rights Movement leader. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) is best known for his role in advancing civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of American progressivism.

NATIONAL POPCORN DAY

On January 19th, National Popcorn Day pops onto the scene with a crunch we all love to enjoy! The annual celebration recognizes a treat that satisfies munchies, day or night.

NATIONAL IMAGINATION DAY

January 19 is National Imagination Day to celebrate the playground of the mind and the power of using your imagination to create endless ideas.

Everyone has a little spark inside of their mind where endless possibilities meet between creativity and reality. Where imagination paints a picture of an unseen idea, bringing exciting possibilities to the forefront of our mind. For many people, using their imagination is what drives their creative thinking to help them thrive and excel. So, what is so special about using your imagination and why is it important?

Whether we realize it or not, our brain is a creative organ that runs on concepts and ideas. We fuel it with new and exciting thoughts created from our imagination and allow our minds to run wild. Learning to embrace our imagination feeds our thinking process and encourages our imaginative mind to never stop learning. The more you use your imagination, the stronger your brain becomes.

The moment Dolly Parton walks into a story, the world feels brighter. Today, that light shines even stronger as we celebrate her 80th birthday and a life that changed music forever.
From humble beginnings to global icon, Dolly turned honesty, heart, and hard work into songs that feel like home. She made people laugh, cry, and believe in kindness when the world needed it most.
At 80, Dolly is still shining, still giving, and still reminding us that being yourself is the greatest gift of all. Happy birthday to a true diamond in a rhinestone world. 💎

Happy Birthday to HSN Dolly Parton. 🎈

Good Morning Peeps and welcome to the HSN Community. 🎈😎
Stay warm and toasty today. Good day to do your nails or whatever.

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@xango,

@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 😎🎈💕Oodie so sorry about the tummy.
I love Reubens just wish you did not have to deal with the sauerkraut. Glad your
husband had a decent meal. 💕

Oodie I love your posting about the Asian Ribbon Dance. 💕😎I think it is beautiful
and you are right they are highly skilled dancers. This dance goes back a thousand
years so colorful. 💕

Oodie no worries about the thread but I do have to change it soon.
These images are here for you and hubby whenever you want to look back.
Just position your device to start where I put Club Sheba and go down. 😎💕🎈

I would rest and drink plenty of fluids. OZ is 19 degrees as I type this post to you. YIKES!
I am snug as a bug in rug I have the heat and a fireplace on. 💕

Oodie I love that you and Ethel Merman have the same birthday. 💕😎🎈

@taci,

Good Morning in S. California. Taci I have had an interesting life. 🎈😎
I think you have too we all have different backgrounds which makes things
interesting. 🎈Life is Good. 💕

Enjoy the trails. 😎🎈💕

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 💕🎈😎Lady I love Lo Mein Noodles and they are
delicious on a cold day like today.

Yeah the Games can go there with the overtime I think our entire season this year
was a nail biter glad we don’t have to deal with that this season. I can watch the
other teams play still a nail biter. 😎

Enjoy the good and keep warm. Lady good luck with your Hockey Game today. 😎🎈

Sending warm hugs to you and Jake. 💕

@sheba2011

Happy MLK day and cold Monday to you. A little more snow overnight and temps falling. Only nine more weeks until Spring, LOL!😄

Hockey games all afternoon because of the holiday. Checked out the Australian Open yesterday and today. Because of the big time difference, I like that I can go online to get the scores if I can’t/don’t watch.

Will probably go out to eat with mom and sis this week since I feel pretty good. Have to run around tomorrow and Wednesday so busy week for me.🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Hang tough, warm hugs to you and Poppy.🤗💖

@shoelady60,

Good Evening Lady OZ is cold very cold. I have fed all the animals. 😎💕

I have been doing paper work and I am almost done.

Enjoy the Games my family is happy there is nothing on but games. LOL! 💕😎

Stay warm and enjoy the visit with mom when you can. 😘

@sheba2011

This reminds me of a butterfly. So mesmerizing. Love it. Thank you

@oodiebom Happy Birthday 🎈😎💕

That makes you larger than life. 🎶🎶🎈

@oodiebom,

Happy Birthday. 💕💕🎈

@oodiebom

Many happy healthy returns. 🎈😎

@oodiebom,

🎈🎈

@oodiebom,

This is from all of us on this thread and the HSN Community. 🎈😎💕😘

@oodiebom,

😎😘💕🎈

@oodiebom,

Happy Birthday. 🎈😎

On the Gulf Coast of Florida. Happy Birthday and many happy and healthy returns. 🎈💕😎

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When you’re screamin’ my name, alright
But let me tell you now
There are prices to fame, alright
All of our time spent in flashes of light
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How your love’s affecting our reality
Every time we’re down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Looking at the crowd
And I see your body sway, c’mon
Wishin’ I could thank you in a different way, c’mon
‘Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive
All you people can’t you see, can’t you see
How your love’s affecting our reality
Every time we’re down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
All of your time spent keeps us alive
All you people can’t you see, can’t you see
How your love’s affecting our reality
Every time we’re down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Yeah, every time we’re down
Yeah, you can make it right
Yeah, and that’s what makes you larger than life
All you people can’t you see, can’t you see
How your love’s affecting our reality
Every time we’re down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger
That makes you larger
That makes you larger than life

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Each just over 30 years old at the time and 8 years into our relationship, the Great Recession stole everything we had been working for our entire lives up to that point
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NATIONAL WINNIE THE POOH DAY

National Winnie the Pooh Day on January 18th commemorates author A.A. Milne’s birthday in 1882. He brought the adorable, honey-loving bear to life in his stories, which also featured his son, Christopher Robin.

NATIONAL THESAURUS DAY

National Thesaurus Day, on January 18th, honors Peter Mark Roget, the author of Roget’s Thesaurus, who was born on this day in 1779.

NATIONAL PEKING DUCK DAY

National Peking Duck Day, on January 18th, recognizes the national dish of China.

This dish is considered a delicacy due to its elaborate preparation and intense flavors. Since the Yuan Dynasty, established by Kublai Khan, Peking Duck’s roots are steeped in tradition that chefs have perfected over thousands of years.

NATIONAL MICHIGAN DAY

On January 18, National Michigan Day recognizes the Great Lake State.

@xango,

@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 🎈💕😎Oodie I left your Birthday Greetings
at the top because I want your husband to see it you had mentioned that in your post
from last night.

I am so glad you liked it. I knew you and Ethel Merman celebrated the day. 💕🎈😎
I will never forget as I worked with her a long time ago and wore her fabulous Mink
Coat we had so much fun. What a woman she seemed like my grandmother backstage
and when I went into the audiences the lady backstage was not the same she was a power
house on stage and blew the audience away with her voice. 😎🎈I knew it was a tiny
space in time but it’s one I will never forget she knew all the tea on everyone in Hollywood.

Happy Birthday Weekend Oodie and many happy and healthy returns. 🎈😎💕

I hope you and hubby have a nice meal together today. 😎

@sheba2011

I didn’t see hubs today. I surprised him yesterday with an egg salad sandwich from the Farmer’s Market. At the same time I treated myself to a Reuben from the same place. I gave some to hubs without a problem. On the way home I had severe stomach cramps and could not figure out why. I thought it may have been food poisoning but everything I ate was made that day. Then when I finally remembered that this could be a sulfite attack. I forgot that the Reuben was loaded with sauerkraut and I ate it without thinking. I am OK now, finally. Up all night . Another lesson learned. I will see hubs tomorrow and will show him your pictures and how I celebrated on line.

One of my favorite dances is called the Asian Ribbon Dance. It’s not only beautifully choreographed, but shows the colors brilliantly. This is one time I should have had tickets for the balcony because the dance goes through many steps and flows differently when watching from above. One needs to be very limber to do the twists and turns. In a different way you have captured this spirit with the change of dress, colors, etc. through your expressions of movement. Hubs will be able to see this as he loves the dances as well. I think that was the moment he knew I was the one for him. I actually sat at the edge of my seat watching. He kept asking me questions. I kept shushing him away not wanting to miss a step.

Thank you again for the pictures and the movements. To think I will be able to see this until you start another new thread, someday, in the future. Now go feed the kitties and the opossum who thinks he is a cat. Enjoy the evening. Our area is a bit windy and temps will go down to the 20s tonight. Tomorrow the 60s and 40s. Warmup begins Tuesday when we will be in the 70s.

@oodiebom

Happy belated birthday, Oodie! I hope this year is a wonderful one.🎈🎉🎁🎂

@taci,

Good morning in S. California. 😎💕🎈Taci thanks for the shout out to Oodiebom glad
you liked her birthday Gallery.

I love making those I did her gallery within 15 minutes from start to finish it just came
to me.

Here is to happy trails for you and your family. 🎈😎

Sheba, I may have caught some of the game you mentioned to Shoelady because we went out for Pizza yesterday and it seems it was a Sports Bar of sorts. My hubs is a Pizza guy.
♥ that you worked with the great Ethel Merman! Your career was definitely more fun than my tech one.

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 😎🎈What a game the Broncos had last night.
I did enjoy another team winning.

Lady how you doing today I hope that cough is gone. 🎈😎

Lady very close game in the Hockey Play. No worries they will bounce back.
I hope I don’t jinx them.

Oz is cold today and I am wrapped up nice and tight. 😎💕🎈
Sending warm hugs to you and Jake. 😎😘🎈

@sheba2011

Why are all the teams we want to win come down to the last play of the game? Geez, never easy or stress-free.😟 And so many overtime games, especially in hockey. Glad for Denver except for the injured QB, super bad luck, and sad for SF. On to next week…..

Cold and snowy through mid-week, the high on Tuesday will be in the teens, lows single digits or less.🥶❄️ Have some running around to do this week so I hope the snow goes away quick.

Watching this afternoon’s game, having Lo mein for dinner.🥡 Big, warm hugs to you and Poppy.🤗💖

@shoelady 60

Thank you for the birthday wishes. The best present will be seeing hubs back home and not at that rehab center. I will be seeing him tomorrow along with meeting with the Administrator and Social Services. I’ll be glad when I can make homemade goodies, soups and whatever,

By the way, the cough medicine I recommended actually tastes pretty good and does not feel like anything that we can purchase over-the-counter. It does taste a bit medicinally, but I found that in one day my cough started to diminish. I was reluctant to give it a try, but didn’t want to stay away from the Rehab for any length of time. It worked and that is the main thing. I hope you start feeling better. The Asian New Year is just days away and that should bring you some new choices when ordering in or out. Their New Year goes until March, I think.

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California Kitten and have a wonderful Sunday. 🎈😎

When Arthur Miller first shook Marilyn Monroe’s hand on the set of As Young as You Feel in 1951, he later wrote that “the shock of her body’s motion sped through me.”
She was crying that day—grieving the recent death of her agent and lover, Johnny Hyde. She was still a rising star, known mostly for scene-stealing supporting roles.
He was already famous. His play Death of a Salesman had won the Pulitzer Prize. Critics were calling him America’s greatest living playwright.
After watching her perform, Miller told Marilyn he thought she should act on stage. The people around them laughed. But Marilyn didn’t hear them. For the first time, someone was seeing a part of her she had always wanted to be seen—not just a body, but a potential artist.
They parted ways for several years. Miller was married with children. Marilyn weathered a rocky nine-month marriage to Joe DiMaggio. But they never forgot each other.
When they reconnected in New York in 1955, the spark had only grown stronger.
Miller was captivated by what he saw beneath her glamorous surface—a raw, poetic sensitivity that most men found convenient to ignore. He told his parents she had “more courage, more intimate decency, more sensitivity and love for humanity than anyone I ever knew in my life.”
Marilyn was drawn to him for the opposite reason. He was the first man who seemed to value her mind rather than just her beauty. When she described meeting him, she said it was “like running into a tree—like a cool drink when you’ve had a fever.”
They married on June 29, 1956, in a four-minute civil ceremony. The press called them “The Egghead and the Hourglass.”
In the letters Miller sent during their courtship and honeymoon, his passion was unmistakable. In one letter dated April 30, 1956, he wrote:
“I will come again to the kitchen, pretending you are not there and discover you again. And as you stand there cooking breakfast, I will kiss your neck and your back… and turn you about and kiss your breasts and the eggs will burn.”
For Marilyn, who had spent her childhood moving between foster homes, this vision of simple domestic love was the greatest gift anyone could offer.
She converted to Judaism to fit into his family. She threw herself into the quiet rhythms of country living at their farmhouse in Roxbury, Connecticut. She planted flowers, shopped at the local general store, and even learned to cut Arthur’s hair while he sat on the porch.
Their Basset Hound, Hugo, became a beloved part of the family. Marilyn would write letters to Arthur’s children from Hugo’s perspective, signing them with the dog’s name.
Miller, meanwhile, embraced his role as “country squire.” He built a small writing studio on their property, where he worked each morning. But he would always emerge when he heard Marilyn’s voice.
For a brief, beautiful moment, they became the family she had always dreamed of.
Then came England.
In 1956, the newlyweds traveled to London for the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl. Marilyn was starring opposite Laurence Olivier, and the production was plagued with conflict. She clashed with Olivier. Her anxiety spiraled. She began relying on sleeping pills.
Miller tried to be supportive. But what happened next would haunt Marilyn for the rest of her life.
One day, she happened to find Miller’s personal notebook lying open on a table.
The exact words she read have never been confirmed. But what she told her acting coach, Lee Strasberg, was devastating enough:
“It was something about how disappointed he was with me. He thought I was some kind of angel, and now he realized he was wrong.”
For Marilyn, Miller was the one person she believed loved her unconditionally—the man who had seen her mind, not just her body. Discovering that he, too, judged her caused a wound that never closed.
The marriage limped on for five more years.
By the time they worked together on The Misfits in 1960, the dream had completely faded. Miller had written the screenplay to showcase Marilyn as a serious actress, but by then she resented him. She didn’t like that he’d done a lackluster rewrite of scenes for another film. And when she had an affair with co-star Yves Montand, Miller didn’t fight for her.
They divorced shortly before The Misfits premiered in 1961. Nineteen months later, Marilyn was dead.
Miller chose not to attend her funeral. “I stay home,” he said, “and let the public mourners finish the mockery.”
But he never entirely let her go.
Years later, Miller’s daughter discovered that her father had kept a few of Marilyn’s things hidden in the garage at their Connecticut property—silent reminders of a time when they truly believed that love could save them both.
What can we learn from this story?
Their love was a meeting between the solid earth and the restless tide. Arthur was the shore—steady, rooted, and firm. Marilyn was the ocean—beautiful and vast, but prone to violent storms.
Sometimes two people are a perfect horizon, but they cannot truly inhabit each other’s worlds.
But the deeper lesson lies in that devastating moment when Marilyn found Arthur’s diary.
She had spent her entire life being looked at. She married Arthur Miller because she believed he was the only one who truly saw her. To her, he was the ultimate judge of truth—if he thought she was brilliant, she was.
But when she read those cold, disappointed words, she realized that the man she worshipped as her savior was also a man who felt burdened by her.
We must be careful not to make another person the sole architect of our self-worth.
When we turn a partner into a god, we give them the power to destroy us with a single sentence. No human being can bear the weight of being someone else’s entire foundation.
For love to be a sanctuary, it must be a place where we are allowed to be flawed without being a disappointment.
Real love is not about having a perfect story. It is about having the courage to accept—and love—the real, imperfect person in front of us.
And perhaps, most importantly, it is about never placing anyone so high that their private doubts can shatter us completely.
Because we are all just people, doing our best, carrying notebooks full of complicated feelings we never meant for anyone to read.

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NATIONAL CLASSY DAY

On National Classy Day, we celebrate those who are graced with the ability to live their lives with class, passion, and who are driven to share it with others. On January 17th, honor those class acts and commemorate the birth of one of the most legendary comedians ever to walk the Earth.

POPEYE® THE SAILOR MAN DAY

January 17 marks the 95th Birthday of the world’s most famous spinach loving, nautical hero — it’s Popeye the Sailor Man! Today, we are taking epic strides to honor this legendary sailor who is tough and fit with tons of grit, as one of America’s most renown, pop-culture icons. After all, he yam what he yam!

NATIONAL USE YOUR GIFT CARD DAY

National Use Your Gift Card Day reminds Americans to use the $1 billion in unused gift cards each year. On the third Saturday in January, take stock of the gift cards you received over the holidays. Then, make the most of each one of them before they’re forgotten for good!

NATIONAL BOOTLEGGER’S DAY

National Bootlegger’s Day on January 17th recognizes an era when bootleggers became legendary. Join us as we travel back in time to discuss a brief history behind bootlegging and see how it impacted the history behind liquor in the U.S.

NATIONAL HOT BUTTERED RUM DAY

On January 17th, National Hot Buttered Rum Day warms us up during mid-January. Depending on where you are on this January day, it may be warm, chilly, cold, or frigid. Enjoying a hot buttered rum drink would sure be a good way to warm up if you are in one of the latter three.

Good Day Peeps and welcome to the HSN Community. 🎈😎
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@xango,

@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 😎🎈I did read your post from earlier today.
So sorry about the food at the Rehab I would be shaking too if all I had was nothing
but gravy. This does not make any sense the way they feed people there.

I am sure your husband will be happy to see you bring real food for him to eat. 😎

I do believe your big day is tomorrow let me know if I got it right. I have a lot
going on doing this and that and much paperwork. LOL!

Oodie be careful out there and take your sweet time doing anything. 😎🎈

@sheba2011

My birthday was actually yesterday, but what the heck, why not celebrate on the weekend. More fun. More laughs. More of everything. Ethel Merman and I celebrate our birthdays together.

I made it to the Farmer’s Market today and bought quite a few things for hubs. They did have their egg salad on a croissant and in a wrap. Hubs loved every morsel on the croissant. I also picked up bananas, sliced watermelon and cubed honeydew. I had so much fun shopping, though the housework never got started. Hubs had no shakes today. Goes to prove that it had to be the food and lack of protein. This happens to me when I do not eat breakfast by a certain time because of my thyroid. They also had a special on a Reuben which I ate during dinner with hubs tonight. And, I guess, my complaining went a long way. Tonight’s dinner included chicken nuggets, steak fries and veggies. Dessert was vanilla pudding. He was ecstatic. Love it when things come together. I will still be reporting this to the Administrator as well as our health insurance company and the county’s health department. This should never happen to anyone in a rehab setting.

Thank you for the birthday surprise. I was so mesmerized with the dance and the costumes. Never too late to say a Happy Happy. You remembered even with all that you are doing. Thank you so much. I will share this with hubs tomorrow. Have a great evening. Stay warm. We will be back in the 60s and 40s beginning tomorrow. We have a RIP current statement along with high surf warnings starting tomorrow through Monday sometime. No need to worry. I will not be swimming until my buddy returns home. Now to put the groceries away. Thank goodness for the freezer paks and refrigerators that can go into a vehicle.

Oodie,

Wishing you a Happy Birthday!!! ♥

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@taci,

Good day in S. California enjoy this day with your family. 🎈😎💕

Here is to Happy and safe trails. 🎶

Sheba,
Lovely Birthday posts for Oodie!

@taci

Hi and thank you for the birthday wishes. I had an enjoyable day today with hubs. Also met his physician who stopped by this evening to check on hubs. I surmise that the nurse from last night reported the shakes to them. I mentioned the lack of proteins. There is nothing he can do, but gave me a person’s name to contact. He is also part of my physician’s group. Love when things come together. He will be stopping by to check on hubs during the week. Again, thanks for the shout out.

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 😎🎈Lady Oz is only 20 degrees as I type this post to you. YIKES!
I am so glad I brought a nice Hooded Robe with pockets from HSN. I can go and feed
the animals outside in this and feel no pain. 😎🎈I plan to buy another one if they
come back into stock. 😎💕

I also brought some White Towels from JM and I am washing them right now they
are in the dryer. This is for my guest bathroom. 💕😎

I hope that coughing has eased up a bit. 😎😘

I am running to the store for a few things and I am coming back home and staying put. 💕
Hubby is coughing a bit I have something for that.

Sending warm and fuzzy hugs to you and Jake. Stay warm. 💕😘😎🎈

@sheba2011

We got about two inches of snow overnight so stayed home today. Getting ready to watch the first football game. I don’t have any favorites so, okay, I’ll root for Denver.👍 I kind of like SF also.

I can just picture Mrs. Doolittle in her robe in the backyard feeding her animals!🧕 You are a gem!! Give them all an extra treat from me.

Going to heat up some soup, good luck with the game. Winning hugs to you and Poppy.🤗💖

@shoelady60,

Good Evening I hope you are enjoying Oodiebom’s party. 😎🎈Lady this just came to
me and I did it right out of mind the way I do everything.

I watched the Broncos Game and what a nail biter I mean overtime and they won.

I will not have to hear my family anymore about this Team. LOL! 🎈😎
I love SF. 💕

Enjoy a real birthday drink on Oddie. 😎🎈

We are at 15 degrees as I type this. YIKES!

Goodnight and sweet dreams. Enjoy all the Games. 💕😎

@kittengirl,

Good day in California Kitten miss you much. 🎈😎

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@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 🎈😎Oodie I hope you are feeling better
and getting back to your doing this and that. 😎

Oz is about to rain and maybe some light snow tomorrow. 😎

Let me know how things are going for you when you can.

@sheba2011

I just returned from visiting hubs. Yesterday I paid $8 to have dinner with him last night and tonight. Last night I had a hamburger on a roll that was not toasted. It came with American cheese that had been cut in half with a half slice of lettuce. Nothing else on the plate. Dessert was one chocolate chip cookie which I gave to hubs. There were two 6 oz cans of soda both sugar free. Tonight was a salad with chicken. I could not find the chicken. There was supposed to be potato soup. I did not see it nor did hubby. Hubby’s plate was mashed potato with gravy and something like gravy with no meat. Dessert was supposed to be gelatin. It was not present for any of the patients and that also included me as a guest. There was a new patient at hubby’s table and he was famished following dinner. He was so disappointed that he walked away. Needless to say, I will try my best to get to the Farmer’s Market tomorrow and to see if there is something I can make to bring with me. Hubs hands were trembling when I saw him. His shoulder was all bone. I am absolutely livid. I surmise the cook left.

@oodiebom,

Good Evening that is just so sad how could they do that to patients? my goodness you
pay a small fortune to be in a place like that and not get decent food is just wrong.

I do not like this situation I hope he will be home soon if possible.

How can he have the energy to get up and be active without proper food?

Something similar to this will make him sit up and smile. 💕😎🎈

I hope you are able to go to the market.

OZ is cold tonight with some snow on the way. I am fine with that as I have fed all the
animals. 💕

Oodie take it easy and get some rest. I am SMH over the meal.

@sheba2011

I am getting ready to leave for the day. I will be stopping at the Farmer’s Market. Hopefully, will bring homemade soup and maybe a sandwich which hubs can eat without a problem. Later, I will go to Culver’s for chili and salad. Too cold for their homemade ice custard. Monday I will contact the Health Department. Not sure if they will be following up on the meals at the Rehab. From what I’ve read, they will yes me and do absolutely nothing. But will give it a try anyway. I surmise that the patients never read the menu that is posted for the day. I know in hubs case, being in a wheelchair, he would not be able to see it. Patients who can walk and read will be able to see the menu. A Rehab place where some or most patients have no access to what is going on. I think I will be stepping in to see that changes are made. Hubs dinner looked like “gravy train.” There was nothing chewable on his plate. It was ugly. I tried to go out to get some food last night for him, but the road was closed for miles due to an accident. The road was still closed (it is a State Rd) when I left.

@oodiebom,

Good morning I see you are up and at them. Go Oodie do what you have to do. 🎈😎

@taci,

Good Morning in S. California and may this day find you doing well. 😎🎈

Here is to Happy Trails. 🎈

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 🎈😎 First I want to say Congratulations to your Hockey Team
for winning last night. 🎈💕😘 I knew they would do it.

I hope the cough is under control it can be annoying.

Sending get well wishes to both you and hubby. 🎈

Shout out to you and Jake. Lady we have snow on the way just another day in OZ.

@sheba2011

Thanks for the shout out, a much needed a win. They played quite good yesterday.👍

Like you, we are supposed to get 1-2 inches of snow tonight into tomorrow.❄️ I wanted to go to mom’s but that probably won’t happen. My tires aren’t the best in snow so I’ll just stay put and watch football, hockey, golf, etc. with hubs or read a book. Are there any football teams you’re rooting for? This year is so crazy that I keep forgetting who is still playing.🤪

Have a nice evening, stay warm, Jake and I sending lots of hugs.🤗💖

@shoelady60,

Good Evening yeah snow is on the way and tomorrow we will be in the minus. 😎🎈
I will be making some homemade chili and the lean beef is on sale. 🎈😎

Hubby like it spicy and that is what he will get.

I would not go out either especially if that cold is still annoying you.

Have a glass this will make you feel right as rain.

Lady I am cheering for Denver this is for family sake. LOL! 🎈😎

Enjoy your evening I am putting thick covers on the bed tonight.

Sweet Dreams and keep warm. 💕😎

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@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 🎈😎Oodie I hope things are going well for you.

Just check in when you can. 😎

@sheba2011

The weather is changing as I type. Awoke this morning and the temp was in the low 60s. It is now in the 40s and will be in the 30s tonight. A short warm up for Saturday and maybe Sunday. I am dressed in layers. Wearing shoes instead of thongs or sandals. Hubs is in bed with sheets, blankets and a Wheels blanket. The rehab is cold.

I am feeling a bit better. There is still some pain, but I am dealing with it. Yesterday was difficult and I now know it was a forecast of things to come. Hubs is good. The car is now in good shape. Tires needed air and the panel is now clear. May shop tomorrow.

@oodiebom,

Good Evening I am glad things are working out. I knew the tire had a air problem.
Hubby has to put fresh air in every morning during this cold spell.

I hope the aches and pain goes away soon and I too believe the weather is playing
a hand here.

Take it easy tonight and get some rest. 🎈💕Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

@taci,

Good morning in S. California. Taci it’s a cold one in OZ but we have the Sun. 😎🎈

Our daughter has her ticket to India already so this is a fun and adventure trip for
her she is meeting a group of friends there. Daughter has checked all boxes
for everything she needs. 😎🎈

As a mother of four children I do worry when they travel anywhere. LOL! I check on
everything I can even track them on my Iphone. Oh they do not like that. 😎

Here is to happy and safe trails. 🎈

Sheba, with four kids you must worry all the time then. We text and our son knows to check in daily. He also drives there. It much much worse driving here though.
Let us know how she likes the trip.
Like Shoelady India isn’t on my my travel list but never say never lol but most likely never. I recall people getting married back in the day going back to buy all things Wedding related and bring it all back. Sometimes it was even a wife lol. Not as easy to do now

@taci,

Good Evening Ah No I do not worry about our children I just check on them now and then
and they call both hubby and I everyday. I am not a nervous parent or person. Our daughter
is going on a retreat with friends many places are not for many people. This daughter went
to Italy by herself and had the time of her life. 😎💕All my family travels and they go where
they want to go and experience life from different views.

One of my favorite shows was Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. I love seeing different
cultures and especially the food. 💕

Our daughter is safe and in good hands I have the entire trip looks very interesting. 💕🎈

I hope your son have a wonderful trip. 🎈I know our daughter will have a great trip.

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. I hope your cold is getting better. Lady perhaps you may need
what your sister brought for your husband to help with the cold. 🎈😎

Oz is cold today I have a fireplace on and the heat. 😎💕

Wishing you and Jake a very warmer day. 💕😘🎈

Rest well and good luck with your Hockey Team tonight. 🎈

@sheba2011

Cold and windy here, high in the teens.🥶 Not much snow but enough to cover everything white. Stayed inside all day.

I feel good except the cough won’t go away. Same thing happened last year. I think we coughed for two months.😷

I’ll be interested to hear what your daughter says about India. That is one country that was never at the top of my lists. A friend of my husband, who recently passed away, built shopping malls there. He was quite wealthy and visited many times.

Stay warm by the fire, big hugs to you and Poppy.🤗💖

@shoelady60,

Good Evening OZ is frozen and will have Ice tomorrow. Yikes! Oh well tis the season.
I will let you know how daughter liked her trip. This is a retreat and lots of interesting
things going on as well as having fun. 💕🎈😎

This is not for everyone the place I love the most is Paris. 😎🎈💕

I hope your cough ends soon I think two days of coughing would drive me
up a wall. I hope you are sleeping good.

Ole man winter is back in full force. LOL! 😎

Rest well and enjoy your evening. 💕

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California Kitten and may this day find you doing well. 🎈💕😎