LOL...well, you all hang in there & stay warm. If it makes you feel any better, it has been in the low 30F's in the morning, which, for around here, is a little chilly. So, not perfect, but we sure are enjoying the warmth. We'll pay for it in the summer when we haven't had any rain and have no water to use, let alone drink. But...gee whiz...y'all apparently have nothing else to do but be online! We went away for the last weekend + and my inbox exploded with PADutch emails! wow! It'll take a while before I get through them all while I catch up on work (oh, am I supposed to be doing that too?). Stay safe and stay warm. Trish On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Lynn Vondran <[email protected]> wrote: > LOL!!!!!! Yes, Trish, a bad time to let us know it's 70 where you are :o) > NO, no, no, just kidding!!! Trish, and everyone else in the areas of the > US > or World, wherever you are, who are having the perfect weather, ENJOY!!!!!! > We will soon be there again, and wishing for some of this come summer. > You are right, for the llittle bit of cold we suffer here in SE PA, the > residents of the nursing home, and I often wondered how they made it > through > the winters out on the prairie!!! BUT, some of the residents, who were a > part of my group 17 years ago remembered those times, and one or two came > from the midwest_guess that's the part of the US that those states the > Ingalls settled. They lived in cabiins/houses with big spaces between the > boards, or logs at times, and with no trees to block the winds, though they > did use straw piled up around the house, and barn. Laura wrote that it got > to 50 below at times!!!! It's at times like this that I really miss > reading > to my friends. But, I am in email contact now with one of them, and I'm > sure, since another was moved to the same nursing home, she will set up > email very soon, if she doesn't have it already. > So, we aren't so bad off, are we? But, you are right Connie_that weather > they are having where Mary is is not good to be out in. > I remember one time we have a major cold blast go through Reading for a few > days. I never wore a hat, and boy did I catch it from one of the bus > drivers when I got on the bus the one morning! I was scolded all the time, > but to this day, I don't wear a hat. I rarely wear a coat when I am > outside > shoveling. After about 5 or 10 minutes, I'm way too hot to wear one. If I > keep my coat on, I feel like I'm weighed down to much, and have to take it > off. As always, everyone scolds me, but I'm the only one who hasn't been > sick in 44 years, so guess I'm okay, huh :o) > Take care Mary, if you go out tomorrow! Take care all of you in the severe > cold blasts. > Hugs! > Lynn > PS Sally, I handled my breathing with a good cup of cafeine :o) That does > the trick most times, over the years. Since it's Chemical Sensitive Severe > Asthma, it only hits me when I am around the chemicals, and I am usually > very careful_but my sister-in-law and I weren't thinking today. Guess > that's all it takes, though, one time not thinking. Anyway, when the > cold/sick season is over, I'll make an appointment. It's bad enough that I > have to sit in the waiting room and become over-exposed because of other > patients clothing and perfumes; I don't want to bring germs home to Mike, > my > brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and Lexus, too. I don't plan on being > careless again. That was a first in over 2 years!!! > > > Trish wrote: > > So, I suppose this would be a bad time to mention it is 70F this > afternoon > > in sunny northern California? :-) > > > > I'm wearing a t-shirt and shorts with no shoes and sipping cool lemonade. > > > > Sorry...it's one of the few times when the "sunshine tax" we pay out here > > for everything makes it worth it. > > > > Times like these I wonder how our ancestors stayed warm enough through > > these > > types of winters. > > > > I do hope y'all stay warm and safe---no more skating, falling, thudding > or > > crunching! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is how the list use to be. Work, talk, work, talk, work, talk all day long, I remember into the night really late at times :o) It keeps me moving around here, instead of getting too engrossed in my mega projects. Sometimes one needs a break :o) Mike is always happy when I get chatty online, because then I sit still for longer than 5 minutes at a time. Usually I am in motion all the time, making his head spin. Okay, gotta start working on typing up that recipe, and sending that NuWave section to Peggy. Don't forget, if any of you have a NuWave Oven, let me know, and I'll send you the NuWave section to THE MANUAL. I'm just starting to get that together, since I've only had my NuWave a year come this February. I wonder what my mom, and all those who have left this world, would have thought of the NuWave, and other appliances we enjoy today. I think Mom and "Grammom" Rothenberger would have LOVED it!!! Puts a whole new light on cooking, for sure. As I said, I haven't used my conventional stove/oven but one time, to boil corn, since I got my NuWave, and since I found out I can do that in my microwave, with my handy dandy vegetable steamer from Tupperware, I never used the stove again. Now, I can't imagine Mom and "Grammom" not using their ovens for all their baking, but I don't think they would turn their noses up at the NuWave for simple meals. Then I'm going to do some more wash, work on a few more photos in my photo project, then stop, get ready to call it a night, and unwind playing Mahjong Quest III. Lexus is already sleeping, and Mike went up to bed an hour ago. Me, I'll be up doing wash, and some other things before relaxing for the night. Better get moving here. Signing off for the night. Sleep tight everyone! :o) Lynn PS Where I sleep, where I am sitting right now, it all of a sudden feels like someone hung a sheet of ice right next to me, and has a fan on it, blowing ice cold air at me :o) It's gotta be cold out there_brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Trish wrote: > LOL...well, you all hang in there & stay warm. If it makes you feel any > better, it has been in the low 30F's in the morning, which, for around > here, > is a little chilly. So, not perfect, but we sure are enjoying the warmth. > We'll pay for it in the summer when we haven't had any rain and have no > water to use, let alone drink. > > But...gee whiz...y'all apparently have nothing else to do but be online! > We > went away for the last weekend + and my inbox exploded with PADutch > emails! > wow! It'll take a while before I get through them all while I catch up on > work (oh, am I supposed to be doing that too?). > > Stay safe and stay warm.