Oh, and the forecast for this coming Sunday is "watching a potential winter storm". We'll see if it lives up to its billing after this past weekend of inch or two Friday into Saturday, Saturday into Sunday, and Sunday into Monday. It wasn't a lot individually but my son came over Saturday & Sunday to shovel the sidewalk & steps and clean the cars and then I had to clean the cars again on Monday.

@wattleihavenext Julie, and why shouldn't we just be on your time? :~) Wishing you only happy memories for Gordon's birthday!! {{hugs}}

And remembering Gail on her heavenly birthday -- a very sweet and lovely lady.

It's been a strange summer. Very long story, very short -- DH (who is diabetic) had a blocked artery in his right leg and had bypass surgery on the leg on July 23. The surgery was successful but the healing process has been very slow requiring weekly visits to the Wound Center at our hospital. DH has to spend most of his time in bed with the right leg elevated. Poor thing hasn't been out in his kayak since the end of May (which is when we realized the severity of the non-healing wound on the side of his foot which led to all of this).

I am very very excited!! This morning, I received the itinerary for my trip to Sri Lanka next year. OMG it looks amazing

I did see the sad news about Gail on FB in the EAPG group & then saw that today is her birthday. She was a wonderful lady!!

We haven't had any rain in NJ in over 3 weeks. It's been low humidity & windy, so we've been under fire watch. And it's been chilly overnight with a few freeze warnings but then warm during the day.

@songbreeze Gail -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Shelly @shellyrae37 I had a lovely few days away camping by the river. It was hot but I had a nice shady tree to sit under and a river to swim in to cool down. The camp ground was very well kept by the managers, truly a beautiful spot and they don't pack everyone in on top of each other. We had lots of room and were well away from everyone. And the beauty of it , it was only 30 minutes drive from home. We thought there was a total fire ban so we didn't take any wood for a camp fire.
Katie @fyrqueen glad you and Mike are over covid
Marson @panishklo enjoy your exercise time. I did my gym workout this morning at 6 a.m
Nancy @jerseystar27 Looks like we may be getting our summer back at the end of the week. Crazy weather
Carl @carma I hope by now you are all dug out and no more snow for you

Yesterday afternoon became extremely humid. Not good for working out at the gym, It was a shocker. And now today the sky is blue, sun is out but it is terribly windy. Seems we just can't take a trick with our weather lately.
Today I got a little closer to my 63 kg back squat goal . I did 55kgs x2 . I am feeling good about that and hopefully it helps and encourages the young girl to achieve her goal and also help her with her low self esteem.

@songbreeze Happy Birthday, Gail!! Wishing you a wonderful day!

Another lovely day in NJ -- with no chance of rain, just sunny. My next-door neighbor, & walking buddy, and I will visit our local nature center this afternoon so we can ooh and aah over the beautiful fall foliage.

@panishklo Marson Being such a rainy day here, I toyed with the idea of cleaning our my shoe cupboard (a new pair of boots arrived in the mail) and my wardrobes. I opened the door to one wardrobe, looked inside, moved a few things along the rack checking out what I had and closed the door LOL Nope that's not going to happen today LOL

Marson @panishklo OMG those Aurora Borealis would be amazing to see.

Well it's still raining here. Seems like it will never ever end. It's been raining since Summer. We had a very wet Summer. It rained just about all through winter too and now we are into Spring and it's still raining. I developed a leak in my loungeroom a couple of months ago. Had a hell of a time getting someone to come out to look at it. Finally someone came, they fixed it, so we thought but its started leaking again. This morning, He came, in the rain and fixed it again (so we thought) and not 2 minutes after him leaving, the roof is still leaking. He says he will come back this afternoon and have another look. Very depressing and that "drip drip drip" noise through the night is starting to mess with my mind LOL I can see why they used it as a form of torture

Marson @panishklo Tim Tams do a dark chocolate one, they are good. I usually get the original Tim Tam when I buy them but every now and then I will try one of the newer range. I was feeling in a caramel mood. I love caramel.
I hope your son and his GF are ok and not too stiff and sore from their misadventure
Shelly @shellyrae37 I think we are just starting to get our summer now

We wound up with just a slight glaze of ice -- trees looked very pretty in the sun this morning -- which didn't cause any power problems. But my car was glazed over and I had a 10:30AM Yoga class. Went out and turned on the car and rear window defroster and front defrost and started chipping. Luckily the driver's side of the car was facing south and the sun was warm enough that the ice on that side had started to soften so I was able to get the door open to do all that. Made it to class on time -- yay!

Marson @panishklo yum yum ..Tim Tams. I was craving them a couple of days ago and came very close to giving in and going around to the shop to buy some. Its been awhile since I have indulged. They are my favourite biscuits buy once the packet is opened I have to eat them all.

Wishing everyone a healthy, happy, & peaceful 2022!!!!!

@songbreeze Gail, Happy Birthday!!!

@wattleihavenext Julie, {{hugs}} to you!!!

@panishklo Marson, beautiful words -- indeed wishing peace and joy to everyone!!

I see I missed Marson @panishklo Shelly @shellyrae37 Susan @whodat111 and Reen @reen while I was away
I am so sorry to hear the sad news about your DH Reen, ((((((HUGS)))))

George @george (((((hugs)))))) I know it must have been a hard decision to make. But the right one. I am thinking when the times comes for me, I will be a stubborn old bugger and refuse to admit I should not be driving ( I get that trait from my Father lol) My poor DD and probably the Grandkids having to deal with that.

Hi Marson @panishklo I am hoping that is the case. I am pleased with the progress so far. I am trying to convince myself it will be strong enough now for me to mow the lawn. But I do know it is not strong enough to use a whipper snipper just yet.

Marson @panishklo first attempt we decided the issue was adding the slated caramel toffee to the cookie dough. When ut in the oven it just melts again and caused the issue. so this time we didn't add the toffee, The plan was to put on top when the cookies were almost cooked. I am now thinking of not adding the part of the melted butter and also changing the flour to self raising flour. We used a no frills brand of plain flour.

I am all organised for Xmas, I think.I'll be going out to DD's today in my campervan and coming home boxing day.

@shellyrae37 Shelly, glad you were able to stop by!!

Drizzly this morning in NJ. Already had a full morning -- Yoga class at 7:45AM and then raced home to get DH to his CRT (cognitive rehab therapy) session. No session on Thursday as his therapist will be with her little one for Halloween.