MORNING ROLL CALL March 2025

[DaveMcK]

MORNING ROLL CALL MARCH 2025

Top of the morning to everyone on this First day of

MARCH 2025 

Happy Birthday to all of our MARCH Birthday members.

[Spring2025]

Aha @catwoman500 , I was correct!!! Just found your SO CUTE 2024 St. Patrick's Day post. (attached). I am looking forward to this year 2025 post.  😉

[MsStretch]

@Spring2025 , if it says you owe $0, then that means you owe $0. 😊 Yep, think you're off the hook.

Also, I see Mister claimed the most comfortable spot in the house. 😸

@LaDolceVita , I always offer to buy the eggs.  I do see signs peeps put up in their front yards advertising they have fresh eggs to sell. But I'm glad your hubby loves them.

Not too long ago, I went over to the chickens' coop with some leftovers and the chickens came bopping across the yard to meet me. 😲 (They are kept in a big enclosure with hen house because of all the critters around here -- foxes, etc.)  I texted the neighbor and I wanted try and herd them back, but Giorgio was following me and I didn't want to make a situation worse. The cats don't usually mess with the chickens, but I didn't want to see what would happen when they're free roaming.  Giorgio was a good boy and didn't do a thing.  Anyway, the neighbor came out and we got all the chickens herded back.  They had gotten out a side door of their house that apparently wasn't securely locked.

[Spring2025]

Lol @MsStretch , this month he has started to come over to my chair when I am in it and puts his front paws on my lap for me to lift him up into my lap.  💛

[LaDolceVita]

@Spring2025   I think you are off the hook, if Medicare statement says you owe 0.

@catwoman500   I searched PBS for Jane Austen but did not find any new shows.  Please advise,  I love Jane Austen.  @MsStretch  Noone has offered to pay for our eggs, we gavesome to neighbors when we had too many.  It would be nice if they would offer to buy some for $5 bucks or so, but no such nice neighbors.    It costs us tons of money to have chickens,  probably $10 per dozen eggs they lay, but they are pets, my husband loves them.   I like them too, fun to watch.

[catwoman500]

@LaDolceVita ...I had an email from our local PBS station, and it listed the upcoming shows. They said Miss Austen, a 4-part series would start May 4th...HA...May the Fourth be with you! 😀

"Miss Austen," a four-part miniseries starring Keeley Hawes, will premiere on Masterpiece on PBS on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 9/8c. 

Here's a summary of the show:

• Premise: The series explores the relationship between Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra, focusing on why Cassandra burned Jane's letters after her death. 
• Based on: The series is based on the novel by Gill Hornby. 
• Starring: Keeley Hawes, Rose Leslie, and other actors. 
• Adaptation: The series is adapted by Andrea Gibb." 

[Spring2025]

I had a pet chicken when I was age 5 @LaDolceVita . My dad was an Engineer, but we lived on a farm in their I guess you could call a guest house. He had just graduated from university and had not bought a home as yet. Anyway, I would try to teach my chicken how to READ and could NOT understand why it ATE the books./lol  🤣😂

[Spring2025]

Mister sends his LUV  💛

*** Attachment (getting his handsome sleep in). I am glad one of us gets to nap TODAY  🙄

[Spring2025]

[Thursday 3/13/25] @MsStretch @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita , help!!!

Medicare is stressing me out for THIS YEAR 2025, year number 2 on it.

(1) You have a new electronic Medicare Summary Notice (eMSN) in your Medicare account EMAIL ARRIVED TODAY. Usually everything from my YEARLY January doctor's visit is COVERED.  👍

I ALWAYS ask doctor as I am so not interested in being stuck with any bills.  🙄

My AWESOME 1st Medicare doctor left outpatient care last year 2024. GRATEFUL she was there for ALL of my 2024 stuff. ALL paid by Medicare. Happy Dance!!!  🙃

2025, enters a guy doctor in her old practice - lucky he had an opening. Really nice. BUT way TOO MANY items are NOT covered by Medicare.

*** QUESTION: The reports say I owe $0. Lol, am I off the hook? Or will the bills arrive at some point this year? Yikes!!!  😱  ***

(2) Did Mammogram today and they said Medicare is now doing 3D. Of course I asked AGAIN, if ALL of this is covered. Lady said yes. Now to see what Medicare Report says when it arrives.  🤔

Geez, so glad I won't see him (if he is still there) until January 2026.

Thanks Ladies  🙃

[MsStretch]

@Spring2025 , my neighbor/landlord is a member of Prime, but she didn't know it included Prime Video, too, so I told her no sense it going to waste, I would use it.  So freebie for me.  Netflix is usually my go-to for streaming though and I do pay for that.

@catwoman500 , haven't seen the pitties since the incident and Willie Mae is doing fine.  Just saw orange stranger cat saunter by outside my window though. 🐈

I'm with you about watching TV/movies on a phone.  Can't do it.  I have two Roku TVs, one upstairs and one downstairs.  The one downstairs is a 4K, but TVs are so much cheaper now or were when I bought them.

The best way to learn your way around a smartphone/tablet is start pushing buttons and see what they do.  I remember switching from Android to iPhone and thought I would never get the hang of it.  Pushed buttons and used their Tips app and now when I try to use an Android I am totally flummoxed, but Androids have changed/updated a lot since I used one.

 @LaDolceVita , do you sell your eggs?  A neighbor has 10 chickens and I get free eggs (even though I have offered to pay for them) in exchange for any leftovers.  They love cat food!

[Spring2025]

@MsStretch , I was NEVER one for watching TV, too busy with other things. Gosh, it has been over 30 years since I had one.

Lol, being in a Studio Apt fits in well with using my Android = tiny with tiny.  🤣😂

Still NOT into watching too much TV or movies and can use my iPad as needed.

Luv to the kids.  🐈💛🐈

[Spring2025]

[Tuesday 3/11/25]

(1) @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita , NEVER had a garden here so was looking OUTSIDE today with Spring playing with me TODAY. Gosh 30's this morning, then a high of 75. Anyway, attaching 2 pictures of my garden areas available. Probably do bulbs and something to hang. Hoping seeds make it for shady spot. Would luv to do BOTH sides of porch but Mister owns one side.

(2) @MsStretch , want a cat? Lol, real cheap!!! As you know our weather in Virginia has been Spring today so I had NOT seen him ALL DAY. Which is fine = I can take my Old Lady's Nap.  🙃

So he just stopped by, I am guessing Roz next door DIDNOT feed him. Nice lady with a cat named Sweetie. A rescue from her vet. Anyway, she luvs to bellyache about feeding him  🙄,  so I told her to leave out what Sweetie DOES NOT eat.  👍  She is in a Studio Apt like me, but her porch has a HUGE bush that "hides" the tins she leaves out. We are NOT suppose to be feeding strays. This feeding is SPORADIC. But NOT Dollar Tree food like mine, so you KNOW I am PLAN B for his eating. I am the ONLY one left who feeds him EVERY morning at 6:30am ET. ALL the co-parents have MOVED. Yes, he tries for 3am, but unless I cannot sleep - h.ll NO!!! I have my cloth bag to get his food at Dollar Tree TOMORROW on my front door, so I won't forget it. Not sure IF your Virginia location charges for bags. The city stores do here. NOT the county. So Mister was too IMPATIENT for me to get to the door to let him out TODAY & starts fighting my bag. Usually he is a "gentleman" and sits by the door = gives me time to see him and get to door. Girl, he is lucky I saw his a.s BEFORE he ripped up my bag or his b.tt would have been "evicted" - already tore up the OUTSIDE of my door.

📸  TWO PICTURES ATTACHED

Luv to the kids 🐈💛🐈

[LaDolceVita]

@MsStretch  Just read the harrowing tale of pit bull chasing Wllie Mae.  Thank goodness all is well.  @Spring2025   We usually sow marigolds directly into regular flower pots after April 15.   Not sure if we can do ornamentals this year, we have 14 rambunctious chickens into everything.  Cant leave garage doors open, they lay eggs in there too, poop everywhere and knock stuff over.  

I notice we have become the Porch Ladies!  Our men friends, even @DaveMcK , are certainly quiet. Would be nice to hear from them.

[Spring2025]

@LaDolceVita , I use this when I am discussing stuff that only interest us ladies @catwoman500 @MsStretch .

I am still VERY CONCERNED about Big Bro @Frozenoem . He had posted LAST YEAR in the Health Forum about his Parkinsons.  💛

And poor Allen @Therapist4u , poor guy - WAY TOO pain. I am sure he will stop by when he can.  💛

YOU WROTE: I notice we have become the Porch Ladies!

*** This site has chased people away my dear with the censoring, not fixing the daily complaints posted, and deleting people's opinions. ***

Anyway Porcher Lady/lol - SO GOOD to hear from you. Happy Dancing!!! 🙃

[catwoman500]

Hi there Everyone!

@Spring2025 ...I have Prime, but don't use it since I don't have a smart TV and can't stand to sit in front of the computer to watch TV. No way am I going to watch a program on my phone either. LOL

As for PBS, I'm looking forward to the new Miss Austen on 5/4!

Glad my fave, Call the Midwife will be back on 3/30.

Not sure when Grantchester or Unforgotten come back but also looking forward to Season 2 of The Marlow Murder Club.

@LaDolceVita ...14 chickens! Guess you don't have to worry about the high egg prices!

@MsStretch ...any update on the pit bull incident?

On another note, a week ago I finally broke down and went to Verizon to get a new cellphone. Mine was over 8 years old and was my first smart phone. All the apps had died and wouldn't update. Final straw was the camera stopped working. So, 2 and 1/2 hours later I had a new phone and a tablet. I'm telling you it's easier buying a car!

Today I went back because I couldn't set up my voicemail and I had several questions about the dumb/smart tablet. I haven't used a tablet for years. I had an Amazon Fire tablet but fell out of the habit of using it. I'm at my computer so much it seemed redundant, and then of course it was all out of date and needed updates, too. So, I may use this tablet more if I can get in a better routine.

The young people at the Verizon store were so patient with an old Boomer non-techie person like me.

Hope everyone is having some nicer weather. We have sun and it may go to an unseasonable 70 today! 🌞

[Spring2025]

@catwoman500 , doing the same this December.  😭  and hoping there will be NICE youngsters when I stop by T-Mobile. My daughter had insisted on buying me a Samsung Galaxy J3 in 2018. YES, way past update time & she has been after me. It took FOREVER to learn the Android after having a Tracfone Flip Phone forever. Anyway, she pried the flip phone out of my fingers and added me to her account.

Take care  🙃

[Spring2025]

[Sunday 3/9/25]  👋  @catwoman500 @MsStretch @LaDolceVita , hope you are well!!!

(1) Dolce, I finally gave into signing up for Prime for the CHEAP plan. Wow, I didnot realize they had SO MANY 7-day free trials. Lol, of course you NEED to go into your account and click on DONOT renew if you are not interested in channel. TODAY my mhz trial ends at 3pm ET = been bingeing on Agatha Christie Crime Games in French with English Subtitles.

*** Catwoman & Ms. Stretch, do you guys watch Prime? I have the free app on my Android cell phone. ***

(2) Catwoman, any PBS shows you are looking forward to watching? I need to make some time to go to their WEBSITE. Not sure what is happening TONIGHT. Hope they have some NEW mysteries lined up. But NOT alot of violence.  🙄

[MsStretch]

@Spring2025 , yes. orange stranger cat still makes appearances.  Big ol' healthy cat.  Not scroungy like any feral or stray.  Suspect he has an owner somewhere who just lets him roam at breakfast and dinner time. 

Other evening, had a big scare.  Was out feeding the kids (at garage, of course) and talking to neighbor when yelling broke out on street.  Neighbor went running and he's yelling and Willie Mae comes running past with a dog dead on her butt and I joined the chase.  The guy across the street has 2 pit pulls which are crate-trained and he usually keeps them under control -- leash, etc., but they got away from him.  Willie Mae disappeared around the corner of a shed, and went under it I suspect, and the guy finally got his dogs under control.  I was sure the dog had gotten her.  My neighbor (and landlord, since I live on the property) was threatening to shoot the dog because no one messes with the cats.  (I was surprised how mad he was.)  Giorgio came out from under deck, but no Willie Mae.  The guy came over profusely apologetic, asking me about the cats, and told me he was totally at fault and let him know if anything was wrong with the kids.  I went out all night long with headlamp checking and looking under shed (nothing but a bunch of leaves) calling for Willie Mae, but I knew she was traumatized.  Never saw her, but it was better than seeing her lying there maimed or worse. Next morning, when I went out to feed them, she was there.  None the worse for wear.  (I was afraid the dog might have nipped her.)  😮‍💨 Whew!. I was so happy and relieved.  And don't you know, that night, she headed right to the garage door for dinner.  She was pretty hinchy though, looking around, and I had to stand there with her so she could eat in relative peace while I had her back. 🙄

And on a cheerier note, went back to Shenandoah NP yesterday.  Nothing strenuous, just a couple of short jaunts, to try and get back in the swing of things. Now that there isn't constantly snow on the ground and chillingly cold temps.  Felt good to be back out the woods. 

I look forward to DST.  Since I am a night owl, the longer daylight is more than welcome rather than than it getting dark at 5. ☀️

[Spring2025]

@MsStretch HE NEEDS TO MOVE!!! 😤

What happens the NEXT time???

I luv dogs and my ex & I had a darling 1-legged female pitt bull named Bobbi that his Air Force son had left with us while overseas. She had lost the leg chasing after a jeep on base as a puppy. We were in Columbus, Georgia. NOT ONCE did she chase any cats. Now Jeremiah my little boy (tiny mixed breed) felt a NEED to do so and pick fights with dogs 10 times his size.  😱  I had to walk off is energy (Jack Russell mix) in areas with NO dogs. He became ours, like Bobbie did with the son and wife NEVER came back for them.  😭  Jeremiah was his wife's. Bobbi was SO ATTACHED to his son, she would be UNDER his car with him supervising him fixing it.  💛

I left when Jeremiah ran away, stayed only because of him. NEVER forgave my ex for letting him OUTSIDE unsupervised knowing our fence had a hole which he refused to fix.Usually he would come back, but not this time.

Hated leaving my girl Bobbi behind, but was not mine to take.

I AM GLAD WILLIE MAE IS OKAY!!!

[Spring2025]

@MsStretch , typo - 3 legged.  🙄

[catwoman500]

@MsStretch ...Holy Cow...what a scare that was! 😿

[Spring2025]

Hmmm, where is everyone???  🤔

Well you guys ENJOY your weekend!!!  🙃

[Spring2025]

⏰  [Friday 3/7/25] SO GLAD my Radio Station just mentioned the TIME CHANGE for THIS Sunday. Totally forgot!!!  😱  Would NOT be good to be LATE for my appointments. Anyway, pulled out ALL my reminder notes.  🙄  Reset microwave manually, same with my home clock and 2006 Hyundai Elantra clock. GRATEFUL cell does it auto. (1) Which time change, IF any - do you like? Why? Me, don't like any of them but if I had to choose one - I like March's change. NOT as dark when it should be light in my opinion. (2) Lol, any times you FORGOT to change stuff that needs to be RESET manually? Me, oh yes before I retired. I was the only one at work and wondering why parking garage was EMPTY./lol  😂🤣  Needless to say I was the Joke Of The Day.

HAPPY Friday...

[Spring2025]

[Thursday 3/6/25] @MsStretch , I just sent you a PM. Sweet dreams!!!  😴

[Spring2025]

[Wednesday 3/5/25] @MsStretch , the ORANGE cat  🐈  - is it still hanging around? If YES, is it a stray? Does it interact with you? Luv to the kids.  🐈💛🐈

YOU WROTE: She has developed an annoying habit though. In the evening, she will not eat on my deck instead running off expecting me to follow her (and of course, I do) and then, heads to a garage door where she eats. I suspect it is due to the orange stranger cat that sometimes shows up to help himself to any vittles. Giorgio will not hesitate to stop him and run him off and protect his mom, but Willie Mae does not like confrontation.

[MsStretch]

@Spring2025 , as a matter of fact, a friend/neighbor and I went for a 5-mile hike at Crow's Nest just this past Saturday. It is one of VA's natural preserve areas that has quite a history spanning Native American, the colonial era, and the Civil War.  We took the Crows Nest Point Trail which also takes us past an old family cemetery.

Started out with the weather sunny and nippy, but warmed up in the sun.  Towards the end though, the sun disappeared and the wind picked up and it got downright chilly. I'll admit I was feeling some stiffness and soreness in my hamstrings, but haven't really done that much hiking this winter. 😞 How fast we can get out of shape. 🫤

Also plan on returning to Shenandoah NP soon to resume searching for abandoned history -- old homesites and cemeteries.  Maybe this week. 🤞

Willie Mae & Giorgio back at Mister. 😺😸

[catwoman500]

@MsStretch ...You go, Girl!

[Spring2025]

[Sunday 3/2/25] @MsStretch do you have any hikes planned?  🤔  Hopefully the weather has been nice for you. Lol, we have had a mixture = winter popping up in the midst of spring. Oh well, grateful no more snow so far. But as we both know for Virginia there can be a late seasonal arrival. Hope not!!! Anyway, Mister  🐈  sends his luv as usual for Queen Willie Mae  🐈  and Prince Giorgio  🐈.

[LaDolceVita]

.I usually buy impatiens in 6 packs already blooming.  We do marigolds from seeds.  Letus know how you make out.

[Spring2025]

@LaDolceVita , when do you do your Marigold seeds? Guess what, they are sprouting!!!  🙃  My 1st time sowing seeds. 📸  TWO PICTURES ATTACHED.

Lol, had to use my MAGNIFYING GLASS to see them.  🤣😂

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[*** DOLCE wrote:

.I usually buy impatiens in 6 packs already blooming.  We do marigolds from seeds.  Letus know how you make out. ***]

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