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Therapist4u
Community Champion ⭐
January 9, 2024

Hi Dave @DaveMcK

Glad you got your phone back up & running right!

 

Hope you’re doing well!

Take care! ☮️~Allen 🌈

MsStretch
Community Champion ⭐⭐
January 9, 2024

Hey peeps.  Try to catch up from 2023.  I see @DaveMcK has moved us into next year's porch.

 

@Frozenoem, glad you're hanging in there.  I know it is sometimes hard to check in, cause too many other things are demanding our attention.

 

@LaDolceVita, hoping you're staying toasty warm in spite of that "old-time, homey" smell. 😁 Speaking of walking dogs, Willie Mae was giving me the cold shoulder because I was just basically ignoring them and didn't give her any quality time.  I fed them, but it was in and out.  (Couldn't help it, due to certain circumstances)  She ran/hid from me like I was a stranger and ignored any food I tried to feed her.  So tonight, although I wasn't predisposed to doing so, I knew I had to re-bond with her and took her and Giorgio on a quick, short walkabout/pee break.  (Giorgio still loves me.)  I think it worked.  She allowed me to touch her, with her stick, of course.  I think we're buds again. 😽 Who knew a feral cat would require such maintenance and stroking of their ego, although I think it was my ego that was hurt more. 😢

 

@Therapist4u, got one question: The cloud?

 

@catwoman500, I hope the Eagles get fired back up and turn it around. I even thought that the Commanders might help Eagles cinch first when they took the first lead against the Cowboys, but ah, it was not preordained.  Coach is gone, but he did take the team through a rough period.  Owner issues.  Team issues.  Name changes.  It's been a dark period for Washington.  Anyway, Cowboys still have to play in the wild card just like the Eagles.  So no advantage there.  They got no bye.

 

Waving at @1StepATaTIME and your bud, Mr. No-Name, in case you stop by. 👋

 

Therapist4u
Community Champion ⭐
January 10, 2024

Hi @MsStretch

 

So by....”got one question: The cloud?”

Did you mean do I have my head in the clouds....HAHA....& why Yes..I do!!!...LOL!!

Hope you’re doing well!

 

Take care! 🏒☃️☮️~Allen 🌈🎿❄️🏂

MsStretch
Community Champion ⭐⭐
January 10, 2024

@Therapist4u , back in 2023, you had mentioned something about recovering some files from a computer you did a system restore on.  That's what I meant about the cloud, as in have your files been backed up to the cloud? ☁️ 📂

 

It's been pouring here all day.  🌧️ Guessing all of us on the east coast have been suffering the same fate.  Also we are under a high wind advisory 💨, but I think we dodged the bullet, although I did just hear a large thump on the deck a few minutes ago. 😬 I don't even want to see what that was 🫣, but I think that big tree growing out of my deck might be sending down some more goodies again.

Phone has been going on all day with alerts about roads closed due to accidents or flooding or in one case, downed power pole.  And *knocking on wood* power has stayed on although the FIOS box went into Reboot mode a couple of times.

 

Stay safe out there everyone! 👷🚧

Therapist4u
Community Champion ⭐
January 10, 2024

Hi @MsStretch 

Well, I dare say... you have a better memory than I do of my own posts....LOL!

BTW: we just got hit by that same high winds & rain/snow system with minor damage...

I hope that you...& your place... are safe & in good shape! Anyhoot....TTYL!

Take care! ☮️~Allen 🌈

DaveMcK
DaveMcKAuthor
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
January 12, 2024

We are looking at a major snow storm with highlands over the next couple of days. The snow fall will be over the next couple of days. Than cold weather with temps around zero for several day.

 

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper
LaDolceVita
Community Champion ⭐
January 13, 2024

@DaveMcK   We had high winds and chilly temps last week.  Lost power for about 18 hours.   Starting the next cold spell.  The coldest night will be 11 degrees, with the high at 33.  That will be Tuesday the 16th.

catwoman500
Community Champion ⭐⭐
January 13, 2024

Hey, All,

Wild week. Lost power like @LaDolceVita on Tuesday night until Wednesday night...about 23 hours. Power went out and BOOM...transformer blew. Only the 18 homes on our block were affected. Originally, they said it wouldn't be restored until Friday at 11 PM!

Not a happy camper with the backup sump pump sounding like motorcycles revving up and it was purging every 5 seconds!!!! I didn't sleep a wink.

 

Stepson came up Wednesday with a portable generator for the frig, but he was able to hook my heat up also...what a blessing.

 

Trucks arrived about 5PM on Wednesday to replace the transformer, and power was restored about 7:30PM.

Of course, my stepson couldn't come all the way back here that night so it was nuts with getting a neighbor to pour the gas into the generator so it would keep running until my stepson could come back to reconfigure everything after the power was restored.

 

Had another storm last night, but it wasn't as bad as the first one. Now we have winds to beat the band. Snow and colder temps coming.

 

@MsStretch ...not sure what is going on with the 🦅s!  Certainly disappointing. Monday night is the game in Tampa. 🤞

Glad you and Willie Mae have re-bonded. 😸

DaveMcK
DaveMcKAuthor
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
February 6, 2024

We are having a very mild start to February with a record start in combined temperatures for the first 7 days. 

Does anyone have any travel plans over the next few months?

Nothing here until June.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper
LaDolceVita
Community Champion ⭐
February 9, 2024

@DaveMcK   Unfortunately no vacations coming my way at all!  All is quiet on the Porch, hope you all are doing well.   I feel good, just weighed down by chores.  Weather kind of dreary, winter is lasting into February.  Sometimes we get a taste of spring by this time of year.

 

 I gave myself a home sauna, the  one person kind, for my birthday.  Have it put together, still need electrician to wire.  Hoping it will help with aches and pains and sleep quality.  I will report my findings in detail.

  No other news here, all the furry kids are doing well, including the 20 year old one.

Therapist4u
Community Champion ⭐
February 13, 2024

Happy belated birthday, @LaDolceVita

I’m glad to see you’re able to update us “one & all” (as they say...I always wondered who “THEY” are...LOL!!)

 & most importantly....I hope you’re feeling, & doing, WELL!

As Jon Lovitz would say: Yeah, That's the Ticket! LOL!

 Also, thank you so much for ALL the kudos to my posts,...& in particular, to my replies to all the good peeps here...especially to Dave @DaveMcK  ...Ms. Stretch @MsStretch ... @catwoman500 and Froze @Frozenoem

Take care all y’all..& to all the good Front Porchers!

🏒☃️☮️~Allen 🌈 🎿 ❄️ 🏂

DaveMcK
DaveMcKAuthor
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
February 6, 2024

 

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SummerOnTheWay1
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February 9, 2024

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February 9, 2024

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SummerOnTheWay1
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February 9, 2024

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MsStretch
Community Champion ⭐⭐
February 10, 2024

Happy belated birthday, @LaDolceVita .  Love your b'day present! 🎁 Hopefully, you have it wired by now and are enjoying the benefits.  Ahhhhh.

SummerOnTheWay1
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
February 11, 2024

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Community Champion ⭐
February 11, 2024

 About May is when I dig the boat out of the garage so it'll be awhile but its halfway thru February already. So far so good. Cant wait. 😊

SummerOnTheWay1
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
February 11, 2024

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catwoman500
Community Champion ⭐⭐
February 11, 2024

Hey, Porch Peeps!

@SummerOnTheWay1 ...No Super Bowl for me. Since the Eagles blew their chance, I'm not invested in the game this year. Besides, it's PBS night for me. My Masterpiece shows are on back-to-back tonight... Miss Scarlet and the Duke, All Creatures Great and Small, and Funny Woman. Two of them are airing the season finales tonight, so it's a "must see" for me.

 

Was able to get my PT extended. I feel like it's doing me some good, and I enjoy going there. I have a really nice physical therapist.

 

Hope you all enjoy the game if you are watching.

LaDolceVita
Community Champion ⭐
February 12, 2024

@catwoman500  & @SummerOnTheWay1  I was wondering if Funny Woman was going to be a good one.  I am hooked on Seaside Hotel on PBS streaming, it is a Danish soap opera type, has 9 seasons and I am only in season 6.