Sunday 5/7/2015 – It's Celebrate the Bikini Day

Brrrrrrr, bikinis are the furthest thing from my mind at the moment with out low to freezing temps.
Love the pics.

Hi, guys! We got back from the mountains last night. We had a blast but it’s good to be home. I didn’t even get to lurk here while I was gone (though our cabin did have decent internet and cable….my kind of camping..lol) so fill me in if I missed anything important. We had a good bit of rain but it didn’t ruin our fun. We loved playing cards at my aunt and uncle’s cabin and going for short walks so you were never far from home when the heavens let loose. We decided we like the shorter walks better than the long up the mountain hikes. Since I don’t exercise regularly right now, the hikes make me too sore for the days after. I can, surprisingly, make it up but the soreness spoils the shorter walks for the rest of the week. Older son did one longer hike with my brother’s family and said that was enough. Oh, we also discovered a tourist attraction that our family had somehow missed despite coming to that area for decades…an old gold mine open for tours…very cool!! And you pan for a little gold before you leave….youngest son, budding geologist, loved it!

Eko is on my lap…Leo tried getting on at the same time a few minutes ago. Their love buckets definitely need filling. Hubby does his best, but one person can only do so much! And the birds are thrilled to have me back. I abandoned our regular bird feeding routine while we were gone. Hated to do it, but hubby had enough extra responsibility with the cats.

Morning all! I love hearing about everyones holiday, and the bikini pics are hilarious! Our 4th was relaxing, today I need to get a jump start on the work front … No big deal, since its 60% chance of rain ….. And we have enough leftover food so I dont have to cook ????

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here’s a googlemaps picture of the building that I’m moving to. you can just see the “for rent” sign near the front steps. the street is great, all the buildings are in good repair, lawns mowed.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/18+Margaret+St,+Johnson+City,+NY+13790/@42.107641,-75.949853,3a,75y,251h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKx7AjFwml6wK7GnoYSTGIg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26output%3Dthumbnail%26thumb%3D2%26panoid%3DKx7AjFwml6wK7GnoYSTGIg%26w%3D374%26h%3D75%26yaw%3D251%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D120%26ll%3D42.107641,-75.949853!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x89daeefc473d9143:0xd030da4e3cbc9998!6m1!1e1

KJ, if you want to add zucchini to a recipe without all the liquid, grate it, then put in a clean dish cloth or cheese cloth and squeeze/twist until the liquid is gone….. same principle as if you want to use a box of frozen spinach in a recipe ….. same thing goes for carrots and yellow squash … just a tip, my grandmother taught me years ago …. good luck, hope the 3rd time is the charm for your recipe 🙂

…. glad you found a nice place, Cheri

…. Deb, love the story of Shirley! …. free at last!

…. *waves* to PG and Joan and anyone else in the Café! I got a good start on my week, maybe Monday won’t be so bad after a holiday after all !

KJ, after I saw your pic, I ran in my kitchen and took one of my stained glass that I’ve had in my window for years! …. reminded us of our dear departed ‘Queen Cuddles’ ……

Cheri,
Your new place looks lovely, such well kept grounds and indeed well-maintained, spanking clean whitewash and all. And looks like you might have found yourself a matching white kitty! She is a beauty! Will they hold her for you until you move, or can you take her now? Well blessings, that all works out to your liking!
Speaking of kitties, when I raced out to get another zucchini for muffin re-do, noticed that n’hood pet supply was having adoption day for Cause4Paws, the shelter where I adopted Dorry from. It’s a good thing that my lease stipulates only one kitty, cause they had some gorgeous ones available, purrticularly a black baby named Porsche and a grey (sorta Russian blue type) named Ash. Nice to re-connect with the lovely lady who with her team of volunteers dedicates herself to the shelter, and all the kitties are in foster homes until they get adopted, however long that takes. I met some of the foster peeps and I’d be a foster fail for sure! Gave them a monetary donation, guess every bit helps. And had to show off pic of Dorry on my cell!
Love your stained glass work AV, it does indeed recall the Queen as Cuddles. Come to think of it, mine recalls my Meadow tuxie as Nicky. It’s actually a glass picture, PG, and so far Dorry has not antagonized it.
So many garage sales going on. I’m tempted to say to the sellers that I can find the same things that they want cash for as free the next block over LOL. Found me an odd looking low table/step stool that goes nicely with my new chair. It needed the usual wash and some paint touch-up. Plus I’m making a cover for it. Pic maybe, probably.
Tks AV, I think that I figured out the zucchini thing as this batch of muffins came out fine. I used paper towels to soak up excess water and now muffins are cooling prior to boeing to their temporary home in freezer. Bran mix, zucchini, ground pecans, raisins and maple milk instead of water. Not bad, for me that is, who customarily stays well away from kitchen. Might try shredded carrot at some point, good way to get in veggies.

Hi MS *waves*
I’d love to see pic of piece you picked up at SPCA. IMHO doesn’t matter what a piece was for, creativity means you use it as you see fit. Case in point is what I’ve designated as footstool for new chair. Just topped it with foam pad covered in cut-down runner from $ store. Hand-sewn on one side and done. I think that when I get the sewing machine that’s “reserved” for me there’ll be no stopping me! 😉

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Deb, I’m so happy for Shirley 🙂
Cool topic, PG! Oh and it really is fun hitting various boulders with a hammer and the different sounds they make, some make more than one note. How cool would it be to have one of them in your backyard?!
Having fun with zucchini, eh KJ? Yep, treat it like frozen spinach and you’ll feel better about being the master of your kitchen! That’s a beautiful stained glass piece you picked up. Yours too, AV, pretty Queen Cuddles! Nice footstool turned chair too. Summer is on its way here too, but I made the disclaimer 6 months ago that I will whine just as much about sweating as freezing!
ECB, I hope the storms have subsided. Saw that the rain has delayed the race at Daytona, looks like they are drying the track now.
Congrats the new place, Cheri, and hope all goes well for the adoption. 🙂
Hope you and HRH get warm by the fire, MS. Gold panning does sound like fun, think I’d rather go where ECB went!