Happy Valentine's Day

Thoughts and Quotes: China tea, the scent of hyacinths, wood fires, and bowls of violets - that is my mental picture of an agreeable February afternoon.

                                                                 Constance Spry

Well dream on, Constance, 'cause it ain't happenin' here. I haven't seen this since about 2007. Nary an icicle until today. The wood fire sounds about right, but mine will be gas. I wouldn't know how to make a wood fire, even if I could get those gas logs out of the fireplace.

I haven't made much headway on my goals for this week. I ran some errands on Tuesday and picked up my pizza for National Pizza Day. Did you know that Little Caesar's has pizzas ready to go for $5.55? That's if you only want cheese or pepperoni. The others you have to order ahead or wait for them, and they cost more.

Then I couldn't go out again until Saturday. The streets, my sidewalk, my steps, my driveway - all covered with ice. I was afraid to even go out just to my mailbox. I did make a few valentines, but obviously they'll be late. 

Here are some of them.

I got only one handmade card this year (Jean).

Miraculously the sun came out Saturday afternoon and the streets completely cleared, so I went out and got some emergency things from the store and mailed my valentines.

Around 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning, it looked like this.

And now at 10:45, it looks like this, and it's still snowing, with lots more expected.

At least it's keeping Stormy entertained.

It's really cold. The kitty houses are heated, but I still put extra blankets and quilts over them for now. The bad part is that it's so cold, the janitor isn't coming to clean up. I hope he's okay. The last time I saw him he had an ow-ow.

I haven't accomplished much this week. I wonder if I'm depressed? I've already lost two friends this year (neither from the Chinese virus). I've always heard that one of the worst parts of getting old is losing your friends and family. Now I understand. In less than a year, I've lost four friends, a brother, and a neighbor and it wears on you.

I salvaged some over-the-hill apples by making applesauce. Did I tell you that I saw Susan Branch makes her applesauce with brown sugar instead of white, and it works really well. What doesn't work well, is freezing. I tried one jar, and it gets watery. Still edible, but not as good.

I've heard that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Now I know that you can give your readers links, but you can't make them open them. I've heard from several of you that you didn't bother to click on the links I supplied last week.

I had some great kitchen tips, a cooking lesson from Chef Todd Mohr, Richard and Adams great audition where they sang The Impossible Dream, K. D. Lang's rendition of Crying, to honor the passing of Christopher Plummer - the dance on the patio with Julie Andrews from The Sound of Music, a 25-minute trip with Rick Steves to a little known, but perfectly delighful, place in Italy called Cinque Terre, an interview with a young lady who escaped North Korea when she was 13 (absolutely mesmerizing), and 48 minutes of easy listening music with flowers and scenery.

I also gave you a link to Chinese New Year where you could look up your Chinese Zodiac sign and look into your aspects for 2021 in the areas of work, love, wealth, and health. You could also get information on the Chinese culture and history.

This week I had planned to give you a great cooking link (www.thekitchn.com), some more great home tips, Susan Boyle's audition where she sang I Dreamed a Dream, a performance where Raquel Welch and Cher sang I Am Woman, wearing a couple of the prettiest and sexiest gowns I've ever seen, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray's dance from Dirty Dancing, some luxurious trains and a trip on the Orient Express, all about the Liberty Bell, and some more music with flowers or scenery. But if no one is interested, I'll not bother.

And with being shut in and now snow bound, I guess I'll just put the blog back on hold since I really haven't anything to share.

I do hope you'll watch the really important information at the link I gave you last week. You need to send it to your senators and congressmen. I started sending it for everyone, but they just bounce my email back and tell me to contact the ones in my state. You need to watch it, send it, share it with your friends, and ask them to forward it to their state people. It's really important.

Here it is again: Click HERE.

And you can find your senator by clicking HERE. They're listed in alphabetical order by state.

Find your representative by clicking HERE.

So until next time, if there is a next time -

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

STAY WELL

STAY HAPPY

THANK YOU FOR SHARING MY LIFE