General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...For Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, 1 by MaryE

MaryE wrote:
Good morning.

Joyous, the reason I do the outside chores (horses) is because they are my horses and my hubby is not an animal person. I never complain and only ask him for help with any of the chores when it is necessary for me to do so. He feeds them when I am gone or really sick, but otherwise the animals are my project.

Maria, your restless leg problem would probably respond to taking calcium and magnesium citrate. It's good for muscles.

Ann, how did the concert go? Did the light stand you bought help as much as you needed?

Now I understand why Sarv was pushing ice down her disposer, but having never had one I didn't know that. Is it true that they don't like coffee grounds? Well, those would be better for your flower bed anyway. I put mine in my compost pile along with any other vegetable trimmings, etc, from the kitchen and eventually spread that around on the flower beds and vegie gardens.

My sister called yesterday and said she is going to town today and so am I so we will meet there (roughly half way between her place and mine) and we'll have lunch together. She sounded pretty upbeat so this is a good time to see her. Sometimes she is just complaining too much for me, and after an hour on the phone I sure wouldn't want to hear it all again the next day. She is my older sister and giving her any advice is out of the question. We'll see how it goes today. I will go in early to get most of my errands and shopping done before I meet her.

The weather is warming up and the roads could get slick by mid day, so it will be good to have most of the traveling done. The streets and traffic in town is what concerns me the most. Hubby said it was a mess yesterday when it was snowing and blowing all day, but they should be caught up with pushing the snow around and getting the streets sanded by today. All winter we have big mounds of snow in the middle of the street taking up at least one lane. And of course, you're on your own in the icey parking lots!

Yesterday I made some brownies with chocolate mint chips and nuts in them. OOOOO BOY! those are good. The recipe is on the Guittard bag of green mint chips. I only sampled one, how's that for self control!!

Oh, speaking of meeting, it looks like you folks are planning for some of you to get together, that is great. Be sure and take pictures when you do that so we can all see your smiling faces.

I'd better get dressed and get my chores done. Walking to the spring in the snow with winter boots on is great exercise, it is about 1/4 mile round trip, half of it uphill, and I do it twice a day. Neut, our big cat follows me like a dog. He just gets there and it is time to come back but he does it every day. He is 15 pounds + of loveable tubbyness. Here is a picture of him waddling through the snow.