Sunny Day

 We did not leave the house until after lunch.

Terry spent part of the morning going through our plastic bags and put the bags from Dollar Tree into another bag for the Hospital Thrift Shop.

We went to the Hospital Thrift Shop and she deposited the bags there.  We tried on clothes, but did not buy any.  Terry got a case for her ear buds and cords.  We bought a small Toaster Oven.  Hopefully it will work (it said tested).

From there we went to Publix, where Terry dropped off some of their bags for recycling.

Walmart was next and we both bought some things.  

Terry went into Costco to get something for dinner tomorrow night and for tonight's dinner.

She also made brownies (they smelled so good while cooking) and they tasted good too.

We will be going onto Barry Bradford's presentation about Rockefeller and then watch Jeopardy which Marilyn taped.

Sunny Day and COLD

 Another night of running the water so the pipes would not freeze.

We waited until it got warmer before leaving the house.

We started at the postal station, where Terry's book came in.  She already had read the book via her library.

We next went to Charles Schwab at Sumter Landing so Marilyn could get another check written for a 2025 RMD Charity that never received their check.

We also stopped at Aldi's in Sumter for Terry to purchase some items for our guests on Wednesday.

Terry reported that it was a nice store.

After dinner and watching Jeopardy, Marilyn went on the Skokie Village Board Meeting.

Sunday and it's FREEZING COLD

 Marilyn got up during the night to put on her winter scarf and her robe as the wind made it very cold!  We were dripping the water in the  kitchen and in Terry's bathroom as they are on outside walls.  We will do that again tonight.

Marilyn went out in her winter coat after it had warmed up to 38 and went out for the newspaper on the driveway!

The camera covers we bought arrived from Amazon, but it turns out Terry did not need it.  Long story, which we'll tell later in this blog.

We both worked on our emails, and Marilyn opened her mail box that had come yesterday.  Some tax forms are missing and she'll be making calls tomorrow.

Marilyn set up a Zoom meeting for her and Terry, so we could find out why her camera was not working when she was on Zoom (on her new laptop ) on Thursday for Sally's class.  After a frustrating hour of trying to figure it out, Terry texted Ashley to learn that her camera has a built-in open and close feature - who knew!  The quality of her camera is just fair, but she is able to use the camera.

Terry finished the book for the family book club next Saturday!

Terry was planning on our having chicken for dinner, but Marilyn requested that we have the stuffed peppers from Costco and that is what we had.  If you haven't tried them, put them on your list.  They come 6 to a package and are wonderful..

Mail and Publix

 Not a very exciting day.  Cold and windy day.  Tonight, we will let the faucets drip since it will be in the 20's.

We left the house after lunch to get Marilyn's mail 

We then went to Publix and Terry went in and got a few things.  She said it was like a zoo as people were preparing for the cold days ahead.

Jessica and Andrew were picked up at the airport, after their Mexican trip, by Stacy and are on their way back to Wisconsin.

Some Florida people posted on Facebook a message to people from the North.  Your weather is in my backyard, come and get it.

Waiting for Freezing Cold

 After lunch, we hosted mahjongg at our house with Ethel, Diane and Joy.

Another selfie with me, Terry, Ethel, Joy and Diane.  We REMEMBERED to take a photo!

We are listening to the news and they are fixated on the weather.  We asked the landlord if he wanted to cover the water pipes and he said he did not think it was necessary.

We are going to be watching Jeopardy and then our Temple Services.

Another Cold Day

 Jeopardy was on at 9 a.m., and Marilyn watched it.

We both went onto Sally's class and Terry had trouble accessing her camera on her new laptop.  She moved to her I-Pad and was in business. 

Marilyn took a look at her settings on her new laptop and her camera was in the off position.  It was working when we put it into the on position.  We ordered camera covers from Amazon to come on Saturday.

After lunch, we went to the Hospice Resale Shop, which Diane had told us about.  They did not have too much in the way of clothing.

We next went to Marie Rose (consignment shop) and again bought nothing.

We heard the news about how cold it will be over the weekend (20's) and asked the landlord about turning off the underground sprinkler system so the driveway would not freeze.  Bernie had to come over to turn off the system as Marilyn could not get the box open.  We will run water where the faucets are on outside walls.

We watched the evening version of Jeopardy also.

Thanks to Jan Flapan for telling us about the League of Women Voter's Senate Democratic Debate, we were able to stream it.

Evidentially, there are more than the three leading Democratic candidates running, and there are also Republicans running.  The candidates who were on had similar policies  The ones we heard from were Robin Kelly, Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Juliana Stratton.

Cold Day

 It was another day with freeze warnings overnight.

It did get up to 58 degrees later in the day, while we were out.

We listened to a podcast about the Japanese Interment, with Rachael Maddow.

We then listened to Main Justice, with Mary McCord and Andrew Weissmann.

We then watched yesterday's Jeopardy, which Marilyn had recorded.

Marilyn then listened to the economist from the National Assoc. of REALTORS, Lawrence Yun.

We then, finally, left the house to run to Dollar Tree, Costco, and Publix.

After dinner, we are watching the news and then Jeopardy.