Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 20 November 2022

AQ: I hope the flooding won't endanger you when it reaches your region. Thinking of you.

OG: I'm glad you were able to enjoy your time with your daughter. Also glad that J is coping well with his current job. Hugs to you and EE.

LINDY: So glad the kitchen work is near completion. I'll bet it's lovely.

HARELADY: I hope you are still covid free.

HEATHER: I hope you enjoyed your time with your friends and Amy is much better now.

RUSTY: I always enjoy your accounts of your birdwatching and other activities with your friends.

CC: I don't know whether you still read this thread, but I thought of you today. I know your area of New York got a historic 5 feet of snow. I hope you are safe tonight.

Thank you for starting us off Diane. Brrr. Your snow sounds cold and not very nice. I didn’t know the cardinals ate wasps. They must have been desperate. I am glad you like my birding reports. All being well, there should be another one after Tuesday.
OG - I was very pleased to hear that J got through a whole week. I hope it continues. He must be enjoying it.
Lindy - I hope the kitchen is now finished.
I was very pleased with myself as I got my 7 overseas cards done yesterday including 3 with letters which I wrote in French! I also parcelled up the present for my Canadian friends. I will post it to Arizona as they are setting off soon to drive (4..5 days!!!) to just outside Phoenix where they spend the winter golfing. I think they are called “snowbirds” is that right? I went in 2019 in February and March for a month. We played golf 3 times a week.
Today I am going for a walk this morning with a friend. We quite often do this particular local walk on a Sunday morning and have a good old catch up with all the news. This afternoon I am going to a birthday party for my 4 year old great nephew!!!!

Thank you DIANE ! Yes, Amy is back to normal, now. Her insulin pump was not malfunctioning as was thought. It was a nasty infection that caused her to develop the Diabetic Ketoacidosis, according to the hospital.
Also, another thank you to everyone for their posts.
RUSTY - Cards written and letters in French ! Amazing. As are you, with all that you do.
My visitors left last Wednesday - maybe I overdid things as I ended up with very swollen feet - they looked like two Cornish pasties ! Ankles invisible. Then on Friday a nasty stomach bug decided to visit, which resulted in no birthday lunch for me. It was only going to be eldest daughter coming but I was sorry to cancel. Whatever next ?

HI! What a night – sneezed all night – including one episode which lasted over an hour! Much better now – just the occasional sneeze. A lovely sunny day, but didn’t attempt church – actually sunshine increases the sneezing anyway!

DIANE – thanks for our new week. Sorry about the boots – I guess that would be a really smelly – at least as bad as fox.

RUSTY - sounds like a great way to spend Sunday, with a walk and a party – enjoy!

HEATHER – I hope the feet returned to normal and that you are fully recovered from the birthday bug – best that it was before celebration as it might have set you wondering if it followed different food! I hope your daughter still visited to check that you were okay.

Been looking at weather forecast – I think that Wednesday (lunch at G Centre and shopping M&S) will have to move to Tuesday this week due to probable rain. Need to check with diary and OH.

Hello. Was busy yesterday, and then this morning, although I could read these posts, it would not let me in to join in or post!!

Even as I write this, I don't know if I'm going to be "Lindybird" or "LindyB" ......

Lindy - didn't anyone tell you calories don't count when you are not at home? (Oh, how I wish that was true!!)

Morning all:   Got A LOT done this past week in terms of organizing, making phone calls, arranging this and that.  Going to daughter's this morning to help put up pictures and arrange closets since a lot of her stuff is still in boxes.  Granddaughter and Ms. D still languishing with the flu in AZ.   Granddaughter is also 'acting' sergeant for the next six weeks while her boss takes off....

Diane:  Thank you.  Stay warm!

AQ:  Condolences that your media spends so much time on US politics but, as we say, it's often easier than watching our own.

Rusty:  Yes, snowbirds is the term.  When I drive to AZ during the winter months the campgrounds along the I-10 and AZ 60 are packed with huge RVs from all over the northern states.   Some folks have have houses/condominiums/manufactured homes.   Bravo on the French

Heather: Hope your ankles have subsided.

OG:  Hope J's job continues to go well; glad your visit with daughter went well too.

Lindybird  Good to see you again.  :-)

Dare I say I'm barely going to hose down this morning before I go to daughter's?  Plan to be back for lunch and then a lazy afternoon and a nice long shower..

Sorry if I missed responding to specific bits of news!  Take care everyone.

I am back from the 4 year old’s party. He had a lovely time. Robots and transformers seemed to be a theme of his presents and they all made a lot of noise!!!! My niece cooked a lasagne and an apple crumble. Yum. His other great aunt had made the cake which was gorgeous.
Heather - I am so sorry you haven’t been well and therefore unable to enjoy your birthday. I hope your ankles and the nasty stomach bug are all better now.
OG - I wonder what caused the sneezing? I trust it isn’t a cold? Hope you get out on Tuesday. Tomorrow certainly looks as though it is going to be wild and wet.
Lindy - those Portuguese tarts are only very small so don’t really count calorie wise!!!! Sorry about the family problems you discussed. As you say, you can only be supportive.
Annette - it sounds as if you have been very busy. I hope today at your daughter’s went well too. Re my Canadian snowbird friends. They rent a very nice 2 bedroom bungalow on an over 55s complex. It is a gated community and is very pleasant. They know quite a few people there now both in the community and through golf, so have quite a good social life.

Thanks DIANE. I hope your weather improves. There were scenes of deep snow on our news from your land.
Our suburb is unlikely to suffer from floods. I have been reading but too busy (doing nothing in particular) to reply to each of you