Midnightmom

Welcome home Cat! Just in time for the New Year's party too.  

If anything ever deserved to be pushed off of a shelf and out of the way it was this last year!  

Here's hoping for a better year for all of us! 

3 hours ago, Jeepers said:

Coughing hard with bouts of sneezing fits setting off a very active case of diarrhea and you have an interesting night. All night. Sheesh. I'm thankful I have a bathroom with running water. So, it could be worse. What ever is going around shows no mercy. 

Patriot Nurse says it is the latest C o v i d variation.

Here's the title so you can look it up if you are interested.  "JN1 Variant Unveiled: COVID's Next Dark Winter?"

2 hours ago, snapshotmiki said:

I steam can in my pressure canner instead of water bathing.  Same amount of time and only uses 3 quarts of water and no extra pot for water baths.  Just google steam canning.  First thing up was South Dakota State education website.  Plenty of other info available, too.

14 minutes ago, Jeepers said:

I just saw where she is hosting 'Canuary' again this year.   

Did you see all of the "prizes?" I would like to "win" the steam canner. Having the pressure canner would be nice, but I had ordered a larger canner soI could stack pint jars in 2 levels, but that thing was a BEAST! I could barely get it out of the box and had a very difficult time getting the empty canner onto the stovetop so I sent it back. The ForJars one allows for double stacking but is still only 32Qts, but I think it would be too tall for me to handle. Plus, I am not sure it would fit under the stove hood on my range - so, if I win and get a choice, it will be the steam canner. 

5 hours ago, Jeepers said:

I have been scouring the internet for new (to me) recipes to can.

Just saw this one over on Sutton's Daze and am planning to make a batch!

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  16 hours ago, Jeepers said:

Good Bass huh? Hummm. I can just imagine Charlies drums in Paint It Black in those!   Go ahead and do it.  Let me know.  

Unlike you, I am not a Stones' fan. But I will look it up and have a listen..............just for you! 

 

Found this when looking for "Paint it Black."

click Watch it on YT then save the link so you can listen whenever you need a "fix."  

ETA: Despite what the title of the vid says, there are only 10 songs on the album.

@Jeepers

In the meantime here are two live performances for you to enjoy - one in 1966 and the other one in 2006

8 hours ago, Jeepers said:

Good Bass huh? Hummm. I can just imagine Charlies drums in Paint It Black in those!   Go ahead and do it.  Let me know.  

Unlike you, I am not a Stones' fan. But I will look it up and have a listen..............just for you! 

All along I've been trying to imagine what you were talking about in giving him a "box full of butterflies."   Now I understand. 

The only thing I could imagine up to this point was when Prince Edvar gave Paige a room full of Monarch butterflies in the movie, "The Prince and Me." 

2 hours ago, Jeepers said:

Amazon asked me to review some stuff I had bought quite a while ago so I spent a couple of hours doing that.  You know me...I'm long winded. 

I would be very interested in reading your review (of whatever is was that you bought). Maybe it will convince me to buy one too! (of whatever is was that you bought) 

I went to the local "senior center" for Christmas dinner.   Not that I didn't have anything here to eat but just for a change of pace. This is the first holiday dinner they have served since the whole "stay 6ft apart" situation ended. I knew there wouldn't be a lot there that I could eat so I packed a "goodie bag" for myself with a Caesar salad, some home-fermented giardinaria, some cranberry jello, and, of course, a Diet Coke! I got some of the turkey, a tiny bit of dressing, and some gravy, along with some ham and green beans. Got a "take home" container stuffed with ham and green beans, so the ham that is sitting in the fridge is going to find its way into the freezer - for now.  

Just been sitting here watching (free) movies on YT. I intended to watch a performance of Handel's Messiah on the new headphones my son sent mr for Christmas, but I think I will save that event for tomorrow. (Tehy arrived in a typical Amazon box, but they were "gift wrapped" in this linen bag. (Little does my son know he is getting the bag back on his birthday in January. (NO. I won't be empty!)

This is a bluegrass Christmas medley performed by the Navy Band. I was both surprised and pleased to be able to HEAR the Bass line in this song!

These headphones are great!

Round Three coming up in a few days. Gotta give the rest of the members a chance to play also. 

Are you ready for ROUND TWO???

Can you spot the difference(s) between Garden Two ...

And Garden Three???

Name the differences in a reply post.  

6 hours ago, Jeepers said:

Window Santa

 

Window SNOWMAN 

54 minutes ago, Littlesister said:

She said later she might want to start learning to can

When she takes the leap, I strongly suggest that she checks out ForJars for both the canner and the lids. 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the ever changing landscape that is my "winter garden." 

First "planting"

For the game, lets call this Garden One

First change (Garden Two) - Can you spot the difference(s)??? Reply below with the changes you see.

@Snowmom @pauline @Becca_Anne and her friend Sue

I finally got my "tree" up and hung the ornaments on it.  

If ya'll look real hard, I'm sure you'll be able to find yours.      

I have one of those trucks hauling a tree, too. Wanna' see??? 

2 hours ago, Jeepers said:

Maybe when I get my new guitar tunned up I can add a little sumpin sumpin to your list.  Or maybe not!  

Looking forward to your reports as you move from tender fingertips, to hamburger ones, and finally the finished product - calluses! 

1 hour ago, Jeepers said:

I got a little misty eyed when I saw the little one in the wheel chair. Then I saw that cop.   Dried my eyes right up!  Hubba-Hubba. Dang. He's fine. Bookmarked. 

"The Little Drummer Boy" by Gentri is my favorite, followed closely by almost any performance of "Mary Did You Know." I hope you enjoy the list. If you watch the vids uninterrupted it will take about 4 hours - maybe a little bit longer - to play through.  (You can always scroll and click on any one of them at anytime if you see one you just HAVE to hear right now.  )

1 hour ago, euphrasyne said:

I'm lucky all my kids have great vision and didn't take after me in that way.  Thank goodness for contacts. Though I'm getting that middle age farsightedness and now I cannot see things that are either too far or too close.  sighs.  I cannot win. 

I have three different strengths of glasses! (mostly from the 5 quarter store  )

• I have a mid-range (1.5+) for when on the computer. 
• I have powerful ones (2.5+) for reading and for using my cell phone. I keep a pair of the reading glasses in every room that I may wander into and find myself needing to be able to see some fine print, etc. 
• Finally, I have a pair of Rx glasses for driving that I don't need anymore - unless I'm driving at night, so that's where they "live." 

25 minutes ago, Jeepers said:

Also hot chocolate. 

 

Spoiler Alert:

"The review found that Swiss Miss milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix and Ghirardelli premium hot cocoa mix were safer to drink than the others."

I still have boxes of individually wrapped servings of SF Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate that I bought........(are you ready for this?)...... pre Y2K!!! 

I wonder if they are subject to the "warning"???       

28 minutes ago, euphrasyne said:

I use Just Jigsaws and it is mostly free.

The site I listed above is free - not mostly. Plus, if you join (also free) you can create puzzles out of pics that you upload, and you can change the number and size of pieces of any other puzzle you want to play - even those created by other players.

ETA: I see that the Amazon app has most of the same features.

BTW- @euphrasyne I mentioned having a "big" screen because Jeeps and I are the same age so we need the larger images to "see" what we're seeing!