Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
 


Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 11-15-2016, 10:43 AM   #3301
Rivet Master
 
2020 27' Globetrotter
1999 25' Safari
Somewhere , Ohio
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 860
Hi Maggie! Sorry for the delay, but I have been rather busy trying to get things accomplished prior to the surgery, which I may not be able to do for a while. Another thing which has been somewhat difficult us trying to stay away from others who may have a cold or flu "bug" which I could pick up and then the surgery would have to be postponed. As this is something which needs to be done sooner rather than later, delaying it would not be a good thing.

I'm very thankful for all positive thoughts and prayers which come my way, thank you.

It's a beautiful, sunny day here in Ohio, however, our weather forecast has suggested that Saturday evening or Sunday we may have our first snow flurries!! Yikes! :shock. Well, in all honesty, we have been blessed with such wonderful weather this Fall, and this is the time of year for that to come, but.......

Deb
Air Cruiser is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2016, 11:08 AM   #3302
Rivet Master
 
ColoradoLady's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 1,074
Maggie, the prayer shawl is lovely! Anyone who receives it will be lucky. You are good with a crochet hook!
__________________
Evelyn & Mikki,(chihuahua) or Nikko (Pomeranian mix) Near Denver, Colorado
2016 AIRSTREAM INTERSTATE GRAND TOUR EXT. 24.5' "GOLIATH"
TV: 2015 Nissan Pathfinder 2015 BAMBI 16' Sport
ColoradoLady is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2016, 11:17 AM   #3303
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
Thanks, Evelyn. One of my favorite stitches.

We have had a beautiful fall here, too, tho lows in the 20's is predicted for the weekend.

But, that's okay, because I can have fire.

Yes, you want to stay healthy prior to your surgery, Deb. Can be especially hard to do if you are working, and/or often have small children in your lap or up against you for whatever reason.

Hope it all goes well.


Maggie
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2016, 11:43 AM   #3304
Rivet Master
 
ColoradoLady's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 1,074
It seems that summer may finally come to an end here. We've had NO moisture here for well over a month now. This Thursday and Friday, we may see a bit of rain or snow along with colder temps. It is time for it, after all.

Goliath, my AI, remains at the dealer, awaiting delivery of a Macerator pump for install. It's been there over 1 1/2 months now. I hope to be able to pick it up and get it to storage and connect to electric for the off season.
__________________
Evelyn & Mikki,(chihuahua) or Nikko (Pomeranian mix) Near Denver, Colorado
2016 AIRSTREAM INTERSTATE GRAND TOUR EXT. 24.5' "GOLIATH"
TV: 2015 Nissan Pathfinder 2015 BAMBI 16' Sport
ColoradoLady is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-16-2016, 04:32 AM   #3305
Rivet Master
 
paiceman's Avatar
 
2020 28' Flying Cloud
Upper St Clair , Pennsylvania
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,943
Images: 1
Maggie:

Good to hear. The shedding never stops and we've observed that she still has gone thru the fall - "blowing her coat" but then it settled down and is now manageable again.

Bud
__________________
2020 28' Twin Flying Cloud
2021 F350 6.7 King Ranch
USAF Master Training Instructor (TI) & (MTI)- 68-72
Volunteer K9 Rehabilitator & Trainer
paiceman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-16-2016, 08:46 AM   #3306
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
I love beautiful fall weather, when I can enjoy the colors and have the sun shining thru my windows.

I open blinds that must be closed to heat, and let..it..in.

One of my most favorite home improvements was the addition of the trellis on the front porch, which Doug and I put up together the last October he was alive.

I planted the ivy at the base the following spring, and it always makes me smile to look out on it...now also, at my beautifully colored red leaf maple in the front yard.

Fall....my favorite time of year.

Maggie
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	IMG_3701.jpg
Views:	68
Size:	288.5 KB
ID:	275537  
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-16-2016, 10:13 AM   #3307
Rivet Master
 
ColoradoLady's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 1,074
Hi Maggie, re: PM...DONE.
__________________
Evelyn & Mikki,(chihuahua) or Nikko (Pomeranian mix) Near Denver, Colorado
2016 AIRSTREAM INTERSTATE GRAND TOUR EXT. 24.5' "GOLIATH"
TV: 2015 Nissan Pathfinder 2015 BAMBI 16' Sport
ColoradoLady is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-16-2016, 10:27 AM   #3308
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
I baked a loaf of bread this morning, using as an add in 1/2 cup of a Hodgson's Mill multi-grain cereal I picked up at the grocery store...it has quinoa, and all kinds of good things in it, so we'll see.

I like to buy such things at the Amish grocery in Iowa, but I didn't get there this past trip with the kids...closed on Sundays, of course...so I must make do.

I'm determined to keep at my voluminous, back yard leaves, in case I have to haul them to the curb myself before the snow sets in...a lap around the yard with the leaf rake every day is getting them to the center, and I notice this is easier than that first year.

More muscle mass and upper body strength.

If I have to get them onto a tarp, and hauled to the front, I can do that.

Maggie
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	IMG_3703.jpg
Views:	68
Size:	281.9 KB
ID:	275541  
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-16-2016, 06:16 PM   #3309
4 Rivet Member
 
DIR1's Avatar
 
1973 27' Overlander
1995 19' "B" Van Airstream 190
Bay City , Oregon
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 449
Yummm!! That bread looks great!!! I like the idea of adding the cereal... good thought...
We've been doing real Oregon rain recently..however the next two days should be pretty dry... good thing... lots of last minute yard stuff to handle.... hugs and love to you both from here... keep having fun!!!! I have a nice fire going... it's cool enough...
__________________
The B van at JRRV 2014 rally
DIR1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-16-2016, 06:22 PM   #3310
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
Hi Gail,

The bread is quite tasty, kind of dark-looking, looks almost like a rye.

I like adding grains, and always do...good and good for you...my favorite being steel-cut oats, but thought I would try this.

We're going to get some rain, and perhaps a few snow flurries this weekend. I have most of my yard things done, some trimming of bushes left.

Watching on the news tonight the wildfires in the south...yikes, don't remember ever hearing of wildfires in the south.

Not fair, when they have just had a hurricane.


Maggie
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-17-2016, 04:18 AM   #3311
Rivet Master
 
paiceman's Avatar
 
2020 28' Flying Cloud
Upper St Clair , Pennsylvania
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,943
Images: 1
Maggie:

Here is a link to a county park in Charleston, SC now that Edisto is closed. This is a blog video of a couple who full time and review campgrounds.



Bud
__________________
2020 28' Twin Flying Cloud
2021 F350 6.7 King Ranch
USAF Master Training Instructor (TI) & (MTI)- 68-72
Volunteer K9 Rehabilitator & Trainer
paiceman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-17-2016, 04:54 AM   #3312
Rivet Master
 
1999 30' Excella 1000
small town , Maryland
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 802
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lily&Me View Post

I'm determined to keep at my voluminous, back yard leaves, in case I have to haul them to the curb myself before the snow sets in...a lap around the yard with the leaf rake every day is getting them to the center, and I notice this is easier than that first year.

More muscle mass and upper body strength.

If I have to get them onto a tarp, and hauled to the front, I can do that.

Maggie
You always amaze me what a 60yr lady old can do. You can work circles around some kids these days. Yes, fall is the best time of year. To get into the Christmas spirit, I watch the Hallmark channel...I know... sappy. It's the only upbeat channel out there. Have a nice Thanksgiving Maggie.
streaminwild is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-17-2016, 05:54 AM   #3313
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
Thank you, streaminwild, but 67 is more accurate.

Doug's Mother had a vegetable garden and was mowing her own yard on a riding mower til she was at least 90, so my small feats are really not extraordinary.

Better, is what they are.

Bud, that is a beautiful campground, and we discovered it some years back.

I spent several weeks there last February, and have two weeks booked next year...it has been my jumping off point for Edisto.

I'll drive down to Edisto a couple of times, walk the beach, view the ruin of the campground and wait for next year.

I'm thinking of going up to the Outer Banks, where Doug and I were only once....plenty of pretty options by March.

Maggie
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-17-2016, 12:42 PM   #3314
Rivet Master
 
ColoradoLady's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 1,074
Colorado weather transition is here! 81* yesterday....now today...snow!
__________________
Evelyn & Mikki,(chihuahua) or Nikko (Pomeranian mix) Near Denver, Colorado
2016 AIRSTREAM INTERSTATE GRAND TOUR EXT. 24.5' "GOLIATH"
TV: 2015 Nissan Pathfinder 2015 BAMBI 16' Sport
ColoradoLady is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-18-2016, 06:11 AM   #3315
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
A full day yesterday, and I did two scarves for my Faithworks box in 24 hours. Would like to get that shipped by the 1st of December, so am picking up hook and yarn every time I sit down.

Going to take a break from those today, give my fingers a break, clean the little house and rake the front yard before we get rain later today...temps will then drop 20+ degrees by tomorrow.

Fire weather.

I've marked some Edisto roads on my Pocket Earth app, to drive to the end of and explore on day trips from Charleston in February....also, the very beautiful Botany Bay.

We've probably driven all of them at some point over the years, but I as solo traveler have not, and the day trips will just have to fill the need next year for Edisto love.

The nice thing about taking the Interstate, rather than exploring on foot for miles and miles, is that one then has everything one needs, for self and dog, with you.

Ahem. Just makes life easier for an old woman.

I remember that Doug and I once spent a night before our reservation on the island somewhere.... at the end of a little road by a creek, under a huge live oak.

We couldn't wait to be at Edisto, dry camped, left no trace and went on into the park the next day.

It will still be good, just different.

Life.


Maggie
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-18-2016, 10:48 AM   #3316
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
There is definitely a reduction in Lily's shedding, by at least 2/3 about 4 weeks out from starting her on Shed No More.

I notice it when brushing her, and in what ends up on the floor....especially when she sits by me at night, I pet her, then have had to clean up clumps of black hair off the carpet where she's been sitting.

No noticeable clumps all this week.

Yeaaaaaayyy


The ladies at needlework group yesterday were talking about ginger tea, which sounded really good, so I found this recipe at allrecipes.com this morning and made it.

Delicious! A bit of bite from the ginger, a bit of tang from the lemon juice.

I doubled the recipe, putting the remainder in the frig to reheat at will. I sliced my ginger thinly, instead of grating it, and used 1/2 Splenda and 1/2 dark brown sugar. Yum.

This is their picture, tho I do have mugs like that...great for hot whiskey.

Honey-Lemon Ginger Tea

4 cups water
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup grated ginger root

3 tea bags
2 lemons, juiced
3 tablespoons honey

Stir water, brown sugar, and grated ginger root together in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer for 20 minutes.

Remove saucepan from heat and add tea bags; steep tea to desired strength, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags.

Stir lemon juice and honey into the tea; strain into a pitcher.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2016 Allrecipes.com
Printed From Allrecipes.com 11/18/2016
Attached Images
 
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-18-2016, 12:37 PM   #3317
3 Rivet Member

 
2004 25' Safari
1971 27' Overlander
1957 22' Caravanner
Jourdanton , Texas
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 214
Couldn't resist!
Click image for larger version

Name:	ImageUploadedByAirstream Forums1479497854.257895.jpg
Views:	71
Size:	124.1 KB
ID:	275604


Sent from my iPad using Airstream Forums
pienjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-18-2016, 01:33 PM   #3318
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
Yes, but we love them so much.

Seriously, this product works, and I am expecting the shedding will reduce a bit more before it levels off.


Maggie
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-18-2016, 02:31 PM   #3319
Rivet Master
 
paiceman's Avatar
 
2020 28' Flying Cloud
Upper St Clair , Pennsylvania
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,943
Images: 1
Good to hear about the shedding. They will still "blow" their coats about twice a year, but even that will be less.

All natural stuff.

Bud
__________________
2020 28' Twin Flying Cloud
2021 F350 6.7 King Ranch
USAF Master Training Instructor (TI) & (MTI)- 68-72
Volunteer K9 Rehabilitator & Trainer
paiceman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2016, 05:55 AM   #3320
Rivet Master
 
Lily&Me's Avatar

 
2007 Interstate
Normal , Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,051
35 degrees, with a 23 degree windchill...it's here, and I'm ready.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	IMG_3718.JPG
Views:	40
Size:	326.6 KB
ID:	275633  
__________________
🏡 🚐 Cherish and appreciate those you love. This moment could be your last.🌹🐚
Lily&Me is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
A Very Different Kind of Life Lily&Me Off Topic Forum 890 11-01-2014 05:40 AM
Different Looks on Different Computers COArgosy78 Forum Admin, News and Member Account Info 3 09-20-2003 02:38 PM


Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by

Disclaimer:

This website is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Airstream, Inc. or any of its affiliates. Airstream is a registered trademark of Airstream Inc. All rights reserved. Airstream trademark used under license to Social Knowledge LLC.



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:35 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.