For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning to all of you on this beautiful Thursday! The coffee is ready, so grab a cup and relax with us for a few minutes. It’s cloudy this morning with light snow, but a mild temperature of 15F (-9C) and heading up to 28F (-2C) for a high today. Unfortunately due to the melting for those 3 days this week, and now back to freezing temps, that snow has frozen hard as ice, and just as slippery. And with this little bit of light snow on top it will be treacherous walking out there. I just can’t imagine walking my path to the river right now, especially with those two big hills back there. They will be two big icy slides which will make them impossible going either direction. That’s bad. It means not being able to use the path until it warms up again. That could take awhile.
However, if we were to get about 6 inches (15cm) of new snow, then it would make the path safe to walk again. So there we have it, warm weather or new snow. Oh well, whatever we get we will get. But it’s probably best to stay off that path for awhile at least. Muffin meows thanks for all the nice wished for her recovery, and she is feeling fine again. Must have been something she ate. And yesterday I had my appointment with the oral surgeon about my tooth. I had that pain in my tooth for 26 days (but who’s counting?), the longest I have ever had a toothache and hopefully it will never happen again. I was close to collapsing from lack of sleep, and that’s the truth, not to mention the fact I wasn’t eating properly. I lost 8 pounds this month, and believe me I didn’t need to lose any. Oh well.
Back to the surgeon. He was very nice and had the tooth out amazingly fast. Whatever he gave me for the pain numbed half my head for 6 hours but it still hurt (a lot) when he pulled it. But it was over with quickly. Then he gives me his cell phone number in case there was any problems last night. I wasn’t sure if I felt good about that or not. I didn’t want problems. And there wasn’t any. However, there is still pain this morning which he said will stick around for a couple days. But I finally slept good last night, and that was sure nice. All the birds are here this morning, except for the evening grosbeaks, but it is a bit early for them anyway. Enjoy the bright and cheery flowers, have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
Oh my friend I am glad to hear you are on the mend. 26 days with a toothache, oh my.
Your flowers are vibrant and do full of spring.
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Thank you so much Pene! Yes, there is something about a toothache that can really wear a person out. I hope you have a most wonderful day!😀😺☕☕🌞
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I am happy to hear you were able to find sleep last night 🌙😴😁
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Thanks, it felt good for sure. Think I need a few more nights to catch up.🤔😃😴
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With the night train??🤔😉
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Yeah, we do get trains at night around here.😃🌙🚂
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Are you able to catch it??😂😂😂
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Why would I want to do that, it wouldn’t fit in my apartment.🤔🙄
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You need a bigger apartment then..🤭🤭🤭
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True, always wanted a train to play to with.😃🚂
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There you go! How’s the extra whole in your head where the tooth was?
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Not too bad, not much pain now. Looking forward to another night of sleeping.😃😴😴
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I imagine after several weeks of not sleeping soundly. Yeah! Glad to hear the pain has lessened. 😁
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I was getting to the point I didn’t even want to go to bed, now I can dive right in! Well, not quite, probably hit my head on the wall.🤪🤕
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Sounds like you’re speaking from experience?😂😂
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It might have happened once before🙄….or twice🤔…maybe 3 times but that’s it.😛🙀 Okay, 4 times.🙄😳
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Is that all?🙄🤔 You need to remember… no diving in the shallow end of the bed!😂😂😂
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Hmm, I’ll have to remember not to forget so that I won’t forget to remember.🤔😳🙄
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Exactly… don’t forget to not forget 😉
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Why don’t I ever think of these things?🤔
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Because you forget? You should try that Gingkoba supplement. It’s supposed to help the memory
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Who needs help with my memory, my memory is fine, it’s forgetting that’s the problem.🤔😂😹
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Exactly 💯
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I’m glad you agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️
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I’ve learned my lesson when it comes to not agreeing with you..😂😂😂
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Yep, me too.🙄🙄
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What does that mean??🤨🤨
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I was agreeing with you about me.🤨
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Ohhhhh….. I see uh huh… right you were agreeing wirh me? Give me a second to write this down.. I gotta remember this!😂😂
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I’ve agreed with you before. I’m sure. Anyway, got to go, getting too tired, Good night, talk tomorrow!
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Yep for certain! I didn’t realize it was that late already! Good Night!!😴 Sleep Good Again!😁😊
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I’d hate to be your stomach when if disagrees with you..😂😉
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Oh man, it would be dragging on the floor.😬
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😂😂😂 more than usual??😮😯😲😳🤭🤭🤭🤭
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Hey, it doesn’t drag on the floor, I put it on a little cart.😂😂😹😹🤣🤣
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🤣🤣🤣 makes the shirts last longer huh? 😂😂😂
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HA!😛😛😛😛😛
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Right back at ya!!😛😛😛😂😂😂
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I was first though.😛😛😛😛
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Are you always first??🙄🙄
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Of course not. Remember there was a day last year, I think July 22 when you were first?🤔😂😂🤣🤣
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Now why don’t I remember that?🤔🤔 🤭🤭🤭
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Maybe you’re rememberer is out of focus?🤔😂😂 Got to go for a bit, back later.😁
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My rememberer is working just fine…🤨🤭🤭 Alright I’ll be here!😉😊
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I’m here
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Thought maybe you fell asleep.😁
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Oh no. Just went for supper.
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Where did you go?
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Just the local restaurant between here and Elk River. The Buffalo.
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Do you have buffalo down there?🤔
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Not anymore! Not sure why they named it that… Maybe they were history buffs?? 😂😂😂
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Maybe they have a pet buffalo?🤔🙄🐂
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Yeah, maybe? I’m not sure where they’re hiding it if they do..😂😂
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Maybe they have kind of a doghouse for it.
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Buffalo house? Maybe they ate it?😲😳
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Why would they eat the buffalo’s house?🤔😳
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Thats a Good question!!🤔🤔🙄🙄 why would they?🤔🤔 😂😂😂
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Be kind of crunchy. And the buffalo might not like it.😬
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Better the Buffs house than him!!😂😂😂
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Now he’ll have to move into his owner’s house.😂😂
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Yep!
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And his owner’s bed.😳😳
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It would serve the owner right to loose his bed to the Buff!!😂😂😂
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I couldn’t agree with me more.😁
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Are sure about that? Not even a titch more certain??🤔🤔😂😂
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Posilutely 100% certain.😄💯❗
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Alright!! I’m right there with you!! I couldn’t agree more!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
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I don’t get it.🙄
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That’s okay!! I’ll take your share!😂😂
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I still don’t get it. But it’s that time again so off I run and roll into bed! That way I know I won’t hit my head! Good night, talk tomorrow!😁🥱😴🌙
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Good Night!! Thanks for tonight!! I had a great time!😁😁😊 Sleep Good!
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Me too, now I’m off!
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Did you even get out of bed today?
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Oh there you are! I was wondering when you would show up.🤔😁
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Me?? Where have you been all day?😁😊
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I was just going to ask me that too. Just one of those days where one thing led to another and, well, my laptop had a long break. And I broke. So now I sit, since I can’t move.😳🙄
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How did you break your lap by sitting all day wondering? 🤔🤔😬🙄
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I was just going to ask that same question but I hadn’t thought of it you until you mentioned it.🤔🙄
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You’re quick healer! Tomorrow morning you’ll be up with the sun 🌞, and then off to church! Hey… maybe if you come visit me down south we can walk to church which is right next door to my place! Has a big old arch over the driveway. I haven’t been there yet, I don’t going alone.
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Actually I’m up before the sun! Muffin want’s her breakfast at 6 sharp! Or she starts bouncing on me! My goodness, that’s closer than my church. We’re still live streaming tomorrow, we could get together but they’re working on the washrooms and not finished yet, so we had to wait another week.
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Ah.. that will be nice to go back to.😁
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Yep.
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The one next door to me seems to have a lot of cars in lot every Sunday, so I think they are having setvices. I’ll need to check. There’s like three churches right around me I mean literally! One across the street and another about a block west. Must be a very devout neighborhood!😇 Or maybe there’s a message there?🤔🤔🤭🤭🤭
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Wow, that’s a lot. We have one corner in town with 4 churches, one on each of the 3 corners.
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Is that some kinda new math? 4 churches on three corners? Oh! I get it! They stacked one on top of the other 😁
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Hey, how did you guess?😲 That’s what happened, two in one, on top of each other!😁
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Only in your town!! ahahahahah😂😂😂😂😂😂
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That’s what happens when a town is nothing but hills!😂😂
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Just sounds funny is all.. You don’t hear about that very often.
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Very true. Actually two are like that, but one is a church upstairs and a theater downstairs and both have a level street entrance.😂😂
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😂😂😂 How does that happen??
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Built on the side of a hill, one faces the street out front the other out back, one high, one low. Quite common around here. My last apartment was like that, 2 story house on the side of a hill, one apartment faced the street (mine), the top faced the lane so we both had a level entrance.😁
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That’s being resourceful and inventive. Pretty cool if one thinks about it!
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Yep, it works out good really.😃
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Thats alright, my day was full too..
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Get all your packing done yet?
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Yep! Just have to toss my tooth brush and hair brush and off I go!
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You should keep stuff like that in both places then you wouldn’t have to keep hauling it back and back.🤔
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Yep, I use that Sonic tooth brush which is a bit spendy but I won’t use anything else! It works great! I have been planning on buying more stuff sown there, like clothes and stuff. Then I won’t need to drag it with me all the time.
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I always wondered if those toothbrushes work good or not.🤔🧹🧼🪒 Now that’s a good idea, why don’t I think like that?🤔🙄
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How’s the jaw healing?
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It’s getting there,🤔 I’m eating warm food now! That’s next on the list.😃
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How about the coffee??
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I can start that tomorrow.🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
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Yay!!!😁😂😂 Enjoy a nice big mug for me!! I’ve been drinking tea now for a week! No coffee for two!
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Good for you, staying away from the coffee like that!😁☕☕😃😃
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Not easy.. but each day gets easier. Plus I feel much better
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That’s the main thing. Maybe make a pot of coffee so you can smell it while drinking your tea!😃
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That’s a temtation I don’t need!!😳😳
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Oh, right, good point.🤔
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Love the smell of fresh brewed coffee !! ☕ mmmmmm… I can smell it now!!
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No you don’t! You don’t like the smell! Smells like wet mud to you!😬😳😒
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No fair😔 c’mon! Just one little sniff??🙄🙄😏
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You need a heat and sniff mug. Filled with hot liquid it smells like coffee, but tastes like (in your case) tea!😃😃☕
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Where can I get one?? Invent it quick!!😁😁😂😂
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Change is hard!! 😔😔
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Oh, not enjoying the change?🤔 That’s bad.😕
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I don’t think that’s what I meant… it’s just hard to keep on moving forward when it’s so easy to not move forward. Got to keep that cheese cake in mind as the reward, to make all the work worth while.
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Yep, that reward makes it all worth while in the end for sure!
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Yes it does! 😉😊😁
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See? I come up with good ideas too.🤔😁
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See what?? What did I see ?? Huh! I still don’t see it… what does it look like‽ give me a hint!!😲😲
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Looks like me😁 and 💡💡💡 and 🏆
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Ohhh really???😂😂😂😂
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Thank you very much!!!😁😁
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😂😂😂 you make me laugh…🤣🤣🤣
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I thought you seemed much nicer yesterday and today!😂😂
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How could I be nicer?🤨You sayin I wasn’t nice? Huh? Huh?😒
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No.. you’ve nice.. 😁😁but you’re just nicer than you have been..🙄🙄 which is understandable since that aching tooth was allowing you to be as nice as you are now! Since I know how nice you are when you’re really really nice!😁😁😊
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So you’re saying I haven’t been nice, sniff, sniff.😥😿
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I did not say that!🤨 I meant it would difficult to be as nice as you are now when you’re tooth was making you not as nice as now.😁 so you are, were and will continue to be nice😁😊
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Sigh, you said it again. Sigh. Oh well. Are you all packed yet?😃👓👕👖🩳🧦 Are you staying in the tropics🌴🌴 this time or coming back again?🤔🌞
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You are nice all the time. Hows that?
I’ll pack on Sat. Unfortunately yes, I’ll need to come back every couple of weeks, since I’m required to be in the office here 2 weeks every month. Blah…😛🤑
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That’s too bad, but at least when you come back next time it won’t be as cold. Lots of snow maybe, but not as cold. Don’t forget to leave a bag of peanuts on the table.😁🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜
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They would be stale when I got back! I don’t want to eat stale peanuts!
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The only thing when you get back will be the bag. It won’t be stale, it will be empty!😂😹🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜
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🤔🤔 I don’t think I understand…🤔🤔🙄🙄
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Um, it’s an experiment…um, to see if peanuts really do disappear. I’ll try the same thing here and we’ll see what happens.😁😛😛😛😛
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Ahahahah!!😂😂😂😂😂 right…. experiment uh huh..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I knew you would want to get involved with this one!😁😁😛😛😛😛😛
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Again…. I don’t think there was a choice not to!😂😂😂😂
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Good, just leave the bag on the table, but don’t open it, the squ, I mean, it isn’t necessary.
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Ahahah 😂😂😂 right, right.. they can open it themselves!😛
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Whatever do you mean?🤔🙄🙄
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
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That’s very nice Steve 😍 Good to hear you are back, take time, eat well, gain the lost eight pounds soon😉👍 Muffin, how are you dear, it’s good to know you are fine again 😘 temperature is back to cool again 🤔 don’t go out while it’s slippery, sleep well, stay warm, stay healthy 🤗🤗🤗
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Thanks Simon!😃 Yep, guess I’m stuck indoors for awhile until all that ice disappears.😒🧊😛 It’s dangerous just walking out to pick up my mail!😬🚶♂️ Muffin and I will stay inside and play instead.😄😸 However, maybe tomorrow I could check out my path to the river.🤔🚶♂️ Or not.🙄 Have a nice Friday Simon!😁😸🌞
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Thanks for reminding me 😍 it’s Friday, I was searching for my formal dress, I should go for my casual dress now 😸 yay!!! Have a peaceful night Steve…🤗🤗
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Actually it’s daytime now,🤔 no time to sleep.🙄 hehe.😂 Hope you have a good night Simon!😁🌙😴
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Is it ? 🤔 it got dark here Steve 🤔 Sun is playing with us may be 🤔 how about in Mars? now? does sun still shines there ?
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Oh yes, lots of sunshine on Mars, but it never gets warm, not even right in the sun. Sigh. Need special houses to live in, indoor gardens for food. Hmm, I wonder how they’ll get meat up there? Send animals? Don’t think that will work too good. First thing to do is grow potatoes for french fries!!😃🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟And bring lots and lots of coffee!!😋☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕😂😹
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Yes, Potatoes are the easiest and we can grow a lot of lot potatoes… I only wonder if human in Mars eat only potatoes how they will look like 😂😂french fries or big round potato 😂😂
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I wonder how they will produce electricity up there?🤔 Maybe solar power.😃 Or wind power.😺 Both would work.😃😺 Hmm, good point, have to go out jogging a lot.🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️ No, that wouldn’t work, no gravity, just float away.😲 Back to the french fries.😋🍟🍟🍟
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ha ha, gravity is bad, so that will leave us in a potatoe shape 😂😂
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Hmm, guess so.🙄😂😂
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Lovely flowers ! Especially the maiden pinks !…it is very slippery outside ! Take care both of you ! ☕️☕️🚶♂️🤭☕️☕️😺
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Yes, it’s too slippery to go walking right now, but it’s supposed to be warmer again tomorrow, so maybe another walk can be done before it freezes again.😀😺☕☕🌞
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what a relief it must have been to get some sleep; I hope all the pain is gone soon…
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Yes, it sure felt good! I think I need a few more nights yet to catch up. Still some pain, but not like before at least. Thanks Jim!
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Notice the full moon …
All the best and may God heal you…
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Thanks Wael and thanks too for the reminder. I’ll have to check for the moon later.
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you are on the road to recovery!
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Yep, feels good too.
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Ouch Steve…I had a tooth pulled about two years ago. At least they do it pretty quickly.
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This one came out quick, though painfully, but 7 years ago I had a tooth pulled that took a whole hour!😳😬
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Oh my…a whole hour, how horrible. My dentist told me mine would take fifteen mins. I was so stressed and uncomfortable when he opened my mouth. I tried making a sound to let him know I could not stay like that for 15 mins. When he released his grip a few seconds later and I could finally speak, he was telling his assistant what to do, for the after care. I was shocked to know the tooth was already out. I guess he meant the full procedure from the time I entered his office till the time I left was about 15 mins.
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It wasn’t easy keeping my mouth open for an hour, but I did get 3 5 minute breaks, not sure if that was for me or my dentist! That was one stubborn tooth. Oh well, I’m sure glad this one didn’t take that long.
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Hi Steve! So glad you are on the mend. That is a very long time to be dealing with that level of pain. 😟 I will check in once a week due a crazy work volume and a big project. Will catch up on your Investigator’s series on Saturday. You and Muffin stay safe and warm! 😀🌞
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I was wondering why I hadn’t seen you for awhile. It needs to be work before pleasure sometimes. Have a great day!😀😺☕☕🌞
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Yes, it does. 😔 I would say we need more hours in a day, but then we would fill them up and ask for more. 😂
Thanks! Have a great day as well! 😀☕️🌞
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That’s true, we would never have enough hours no matter what we had!😂😹 Thanks Beverly!😁😸🌞
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You’re welcome, Steve! 😀🌞☕️
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Steve, hope your tooth-extraction recovery will not be TOO painful! Ouch! Hope you’re better SOON!! 💐😱💐🤗💐
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Thanks Virginia, still some pain yet,😬 but it’s getting better.😀😺☕☕🌞
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Cause you’re smarter than me!!😉😏🤭 But it works great though!
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How about that, who would have thought?🤔🙄
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Me!😁😁🤭🤭
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Yeah, that’s so weird.🙄😳
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Did you just call me weird 😐🤨??
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Where? Who? When? How? I wouldn’t do such a thing, I would have to be out of your mind.
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Not for a second! Ha!😛
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I’m glad you agree with you.😛😛
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Mee tooo
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Thank you! Thank you. Now I must leave again, time for dropping myself on the bed. Good night, enjoy your trip!😁😴🌙✈🚀🛸
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Thank you!😁 I will make it soooooo…… talk to you tomorrow!
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Don’t forget the sunscreen.🌞😎🌴
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It’s already in bathroom waiting for me to get home!!😁😎
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Time to build the last snowman 😂
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Well, I think there’s lots of time yet, although it’s too cold again today. Maybe Tuesday?😁😺☕☕🌞
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But March is beginning of Spring! It’s unfair for a warm loving person like you to keep dealing with cold. You have my sympathy. 🌞
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March has started off cold, it’s -27C, -34 with the windchill. But tomorrow it changes and it warms up to 6C! YAY!😁😻🌞
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Wow, that dan cold! The coldest it got here where we are this year was -17C. Well, I’m happy it’s getting warmer 🌞
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That was your coldest day? Wow, I could handle that! Our coldest day was -47C! Yep, it will be plus 4 today and getting nicer each day this week. Have a great day Jessica!😀😺☕☕🌞
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I experienced -35C and that was painful. 🥶
Well, it’s great to know warm days are coming 🙂
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Yes, it should be staying warm for a few more days before cooling off once again next week.😃😸🌞
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Thank you very much for sharing!
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