Recent Comments

1. about 10 hours ago on Texts From Mittens

   It’s been a busy two weeks here; I have a lot of boxes that will be taken to the recycle bin. The Mittens would pass out from pure bliss if he were here.

2. about 10 hours ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Yes, yes they are. I think the kids coming up now, the ones in their early twenties, are coming from homes where real cooking was rare. Microwaving, air frying and take out are the norm. Therefore, roasting a turkey isn’t something they grew up watching the parent do. That’s when we see cooking disasters.Between deep frying turkeys, and setting off fireworks, the firedepartment keep busy during those holiday.

3. about 10 hours ago on UFO

   We still get them delivered. Sometimes we get two or three, all printed by different companies.

4. about 10 hours ago on UFO

   The joke’s on them. I don’t give up. I might give up on one call because of a poor connection, but I’m calling back.These people all work from home; I can hear kids playing and babies crying in the background. They all use cell phones and half of the time the connections are horrible.

5. 2 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Pass the Rubiks’ cube, please. Oh, and I’ll have a helping of mittens.

6. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Touch my books or Kindles and die, Rat. I read more than ever since I’ve retired. I’ve always been the one with my nose stuck in a book when I was a kid all the way through college. One of best things to happen on Amazon is Kindle Unlimited.I’ve found new genres to try, authors to follow and just all around good books.

7. 2 days ago on Texts From Mittens

   Considering that a lot of places are ‘card only’, I agree.

8. 2 days ago on UFO

   For TWO days (starting at 8 AM yesterday and until just now) I’ve been dealing with TriCare West (the military healthcare plan) and it’s been a nightmare. They’re changing plans and I swear, the next time I have to ‘choose a number’, I’m going to choose #3 – "are you having a mental crisis right now?‘. Yes, yes, I am! I started at 8 AM yesterday and was ready to tear my hair out by the time Brad got home just after noon. He took over and was at it until 4PM. I can’t tell you how many people we talked to, now many sites we had to go to. He got almost all of it finished around 6 PM. I started again this morning at 7:30 and have just one part left – the signing up for auto payment withdrawal. I have it now but have to do it again with the new system. I kept getting an error notice so called AGAIN. I couldn’t understand the first woman – it was a horrible connection, all garbly. I gave up and called again. Got a lady with a clear connection. Follower her instructions and kept getting an error notice on that page. Called again. Was told the site was down! Great, they give us a deadline that’s coming up soon and they don’t have the site up and running?That #3 / mental health crisis option is looking better all of the time.

9. 2 days ago on UFO

   Crank that phone! How many people were listening in? We moved to Oceanside from St Louis in 1960 and I think I remember my mother ordering a private phone number. In St Louis, we had a shared number. (That was from first to third grade)

10. 4 days ago on Breaking Cat News

    When I was growing up, if the soup tasted icky, it was said to taste like an old boot.