Way to go Caroline just do not work yourself half to death. Everything sounds delightful. I will be coming and going today. Dilemma is to go further on building the permanent kitty house that will hold a snow load, I need to tear down their large outside run. Supposed to rain the rest of the week, except today, and I would not be able to work on it so I guess I will go up to the lumber yard and get what I think I need for this go round to have it on hand. Wait to build for a longer stretch of good weather. House kitties would not be happy if they could not get outside as they choose.

I think it would be best to wait on starting the construction until you think there will be several days of good building weather, and have all the materials on hand. Takes much deserved break today.

Once you have the snow-load-bearing kitty-house, will you still have a large run accessible to the house cats?

How many cats share their home with you? Is the outdoor house for them or for free-ranging kitties?

Caroline the out door run is for the 4 house kitties and yes they will have a nice large out door space. But only a small covered out door space. If I could only make up my mind how to do it. I had a light bulb moment to change the roof so the snow will slide off of it outside of the kitty run and away from the house. Both good things. I just have to change up my dimensions some. Not that hard to do. Then do I really need it 7+ foot tall for the roofed part? Decisions decisions. Over all the goal is to have a small roofed in area that will hold the weight of the snow and cost as little as possible.

Drove Gail up to Cambridge to get the supplies and also gassed her up. Lumber is a little more costly in Cambridge . Driving 90 miles round trip to get lumber less expensive would cost in gas. It is a bit of a toss up and so nice to just slide the lumber and conduit I bought inside with out a fight. She purred right along. Feeling a little more relaxed driving her. It is not her it is me. I am such a sissy when it comes to driving vehicles I am not used to .

Drinking lemon ginger tea now. Then heading back out to do some more measuring. I had not planned on attaching this covered part of the cat house to the side of the house but it might be a whole lot stronger if I do.

Shades, I would think it prudent to keep the height at 7' simply because if you have to go inside, you can do so standing up. You are my hero for tackling projects and getting them done!!

Caroline, tea is scrumptious today. Thank you for going to so much trouble. I'm a little late, but better than lately.

I was able to move the old bird bath and relocate it to a spot at the back of the yard. I got the new one put in it's place, but it is leaning towards Rinehardt's. So it will need some leveling and I will get to that at some point. There is no major rush this week.

My neighbors are gone for spring break and I am holding down the fort. I fed their crayfish named Hot Sauce, got their mail and then took the woman across the street's trash to the curb. She is the one that was in the hospital a little while ago. Usually my neighbors take her trash out, but I am filling in today.

Also reported on and then watched the guys come and address the street collapsing in front of the lady's house across the street. I saw it happening on Friday and reported it. By the time they came out both yesterday and today, it had doubled in size. So equipment and men were working away today. I don't think it is done yet so I guess we will have their presence here again tomorrow.

Ran a couple of very local errands and called it a day. I made a very nice meatloaf and fresh broccoli for dinner. Very tasty and there is leftover meatloaf which I really like cold. One of my favorites. Guess I will go see if it is my turn for Scrabble. Have a good evening. Thanks again, Caroline, for your hospitality!!

From now on Caroline is in charge of refreshments!

Caroline, you are serving two of my favorites. Roast beef and horseradish and smoked salmon!

Glad I stopped by! It's 9:07PM now but I did have tea today. I was out and about doing errands with my dog in tow. Raining here, so I wanted to get him out of the house.

We stopped at Dunkin' Donuts. My usual Bold Breakfast tea for me and two munchkins for Fred. I broke them into small pieces so they would last longer. Yes we spoil this dog.

Shades, I just recently learned how to peel and freeze fresh ginger. I've been making the cucumber, lemon, peppermint, and ginger water. I add a thinly sliced orange to mine, too.

I'll be growing and drying my own peppermint this summer. It's impossible to find, fresh or dried, here.

Next up - making candied ginger!

Murray'sMom, don't over exert yourself ! You are a good neighbor! What kind of habitat does Hot Shot live in? Would they let you share a photo of His Sauciness?

Happy Iowa - I don't think so, LOL I want to experience everyone's idea of company snacks, too. I went a bit overboard because I was hungry and suffering from cabin fever.

Eldi, I've put out more smoked salmon canapés for your snacking pleasure. I am making these IRL for Good Friday. I will leave some of the green skin on my cucumber slices and probably add some diced red onion to the spread.

Eat up!

The recipe is here...

http://bakerbynature.com/smoked-salmon-cream-cheese-cucumber-bites/

A crayfish named Hot Sauce! This is the best thing I've read in a long time! Too cute!

Caroline, what a tea table you're putting out. All sounds wonderful. Yesterday I was still feeling yucky from allergies, so only managed to make a single cup of Prince of Wales from Twinings instead of a pot. Had an English muffin with peach/apricot jelly. I let the POW steep longer, by accident actually, and it tasted very good so I'll remember to do that next time.

Glad I am checking in here right now because you just reminded me I need to go feed Hot Sauce. I will take the opportunity to get a picture of him. I'm sure they won't mind. :)

OK, I got him fed and took a picture. He is bigger than I expected! I don't know anything about crayfish except that we find them in creeks here. It wouldn't be my choice for a pet, but to each his own. :) He lives in this tupperware bowl and the orange pieces are his place to hide. I lifted the one and set it aside to get his picture and then put it back for him. Not much of a life I would think. There was talk of setting him free before they went on vacation but then little Joe decided he wanted to keep him. It's hard to see but just outside the bowl is a baggie with his food in it. Tiny red specks. I have no idea (nor do I want to know) what that is, but he get's two pieces a day. Purina Crayfish Chow I guess. LOL

Here's my 1 p.m. break. The Numi tea was a gift from a friend.

Why are my photos so weird? You'll have to click on it to make show properly.

Caroline, your photo is fine on my computer. Maybe you have a setting that went wonky. But it looks just fine whether I click on it or not. Weird.

Schoolhouse, what a lovely memory. Thanks for sharing that. I love that about pictures how they can evoke a memory of our own. And your room and tea time snack look so very cozy. What a lovely warm feeling it evokes. And your glazed donut looks delicious!

No tea for me this afternoon. I made some guacamole and had a Pepsi with it. Every once in awhile I get a hankerin'. I have stew beef and mushrooms in the crockpot and it is smelling pretty good.

Thanks murraysmom. And yes the donut was delicious. I agree Caroline, your photo is fine on my computer too.

"Aged Earl Grey"? I've never heard of it. Interesting, I may have to find some of that to try. And your cup is lovely. I have a cup and saucer very similar given to me by the neighbors one time for babysitting their cat. It also has a bee inside the cup. I just looked and the pattern is by Lenox, called "Butterfly Meadow". Not only will I have to find your tea, I'll have to start using my Lenox cup again.

Murraysmom Hot sauce is darling. I agree a Tupperware bowl is not my idea of a great life. At least they are feeding him and care enough for you to go over to feed him. He is rather cute.

Schoolhouse darling story on your Brother.

Caroline you hallway looked wide and odd but this photo looks fine. Maybe you have it set to panorama or??

I had my right hand lock up last night and nothing would move with out terrible pain. Put hot rice packs on it through the night. It is a little better today. I can move it but still very painful. soooooooo No mosaics :'( I decided I can wipe down the kitchen cabinet tops and cabinets one handed so have that all nicely done and I just love it when the glass back splash is freshly done with Windex. Now onto the dinning room.

It is raining so no out side work. I do not think I could do anything like I need to do with my hand today anyway. I do not know how this house gets so dirty. I clean is constantly.

I am still drinking my mornings pot of coffee. i think I have the best of it now. Will start in on tea a little later.

Cold rain here. Bah! Humbug!

Ding-a-ling-ling; ding, ding, ding.

I'm ringing a tiny silver tea bell. Tea is on all week. The magical tablecloths are keeping all the foods and drinks fresh, hot, or cold, and replenished all week.

So, what's everyone having today?

Hot Sauce needs a better living space, although it does look like he's kept clean. I hope to find time tonight to look up crawfish care. I think he needs "decorating" with some natural colored aquarium stones for a substrate, and some type of natural looking aquarium cave, and an easy care aquarium plant, maybe a hornwort? He might be happier, or would it just be me?

I know they appreciate wider bowls rather than deeper ones and should not be in chlorinated water. I would top up his water just a little bit now.

I use bottled water when I "raise" frog spawn. I release the tadpoles as soon as their back legs emerge. I know; it's weird, but I've raised frog eggs nearly every spring since I was a kid.

He is a cutie, and he has good color so he must be happy.

My mom and aunts used to go to the creek at the bottom of Grandma's property as young children. They would build a fire, and set a coffee can of water over it. They would catch crawfish, boil them in the can, and then eat them.

I spend my childhood summers in the same creek, catching crawfish, but I didn't want to eat them. I did the "catch and release," fishing. LOL

I still don't care for crawfish, but I can put away the shrimp.

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I'm adding a tray of egg salad sandwiches to the offerings today! Oh my, I hope this isn't a faux pas - discussing boiling wild crawfish in front of Hot Sauce, our guest of honor, and then setting out egg salad sandwiches.

I must work on my etiquette and table manners! LOL

His name is Hot Shot? I thought it was Hot Sauce?

Today I had a pot of Harney's Cranberry Autumn and two pieces of Cinn.Raisin bread toast. The egg salad sandwich looks great. My problem is if I have sandwich makings in the house I'm eating sandwiches all the time! sometimes at 9:30pm before bed. Almost bought some bologna the other day but talked myself out of it. Now I want some egg salad.

That's a beautiful tea pot. Is that what they call a Brown Betty? There's a lovely woman taking a photo of it, too.

My bad on calling Hot Sauce by the wrong name. Thankfully I had "edit" time left so it's fixed now.

The photo was from the net, but I boiled eggs last night. I'll get them smashed and then we're having egg salad on rye bread for supper tonight.

sometimes I just have tomato, lettuce, onion and cheese on rye and call it wonderful! hmmm, maybe I'll have that for dinner.

I had a doc appt yesterday (1 down!) and was wiped out the rest of the day - and today. It's not that anything much happens at them, it's all the change of schedule (get up early, shower, put on good clothes (not faded, no holes etc), take dog out, get car ready to go, get water bottle, IDs needed etc), driving there (about 40 min), waiting... and waiting... then driving back home after it. Sometimes I get to see 3 different waiting rooms - lol! just 2 yesterday. so, even today i'm zapped. I did tell him that when the surgery doc works on my left eye, I'll be watching him with my right eye...

It takes time for my body to get moving... and my brain trails behind it some. I'm working on that part for today. Once it's all in gear (not sure I'll get to 2nd) I'll fix something to eat, do some dishes, check emails etc.

Caroline your 'tea party' looks lovely. I did view it all on Tues and even yesterday. one of these days I should make me some tea. growing up I drank a lot of tea but it's been a long time since I fixed some.

Caroline those egg sandwiches look wonderful. Of course I can not have the bread but I can have the eggs. Going to boil some up as soon as I get up from here.

Caroline, that egg salad sandwich does look so good! I just had 4 hard boiled eggs but used them in salads and one as a sandwich, but minus the "salad" part.

Thanks for the ideas to upgrade Hot Sauce's accommodations. I will pass them along to his landlord when he returns. At the very least I will get him some bottled water tomorrow. Is spring water ok? I was thinking that they live in creeks and creeks are moving water and wouldn't he like something like that? I don't know how you would do it, but it seemed nicer than tupperware.

Steph, I hope your medical forays bring only good news.

Today was Farmers Market day for me. Our manager is in Florida with her family for spring break, so I did the opening and closing and spent some time during the selling hours but we had another person filling in as "manager". Everything went well and it was a pretty good day for the farmers. Lots of sales even though the number of shoppers was just about average. But now that I am home and winding down, I am tired. The pups are snoozing. I know I will sleep well tonight although we are supposed to get storms overnight.

"Steph, I hope your medical forays bring only good news"

thx murraysmom! I'm sure it'll all work out in time. I've had problems with my left eye in the past. This time it's complicated with inflammation and a cataract. I think age and the cataract contributed to how bad it got this time. I want them to check it at least once a year going forward. When this is all done, hopefully I'll be able to get new glasses within a short time - that will also help.

the doc I saw yesterday said he doesn't need to see me again for 6 months! He's turning me over to the surgeon for now.

I think I need to hard boil a few eggs for a salad - that sounds so good! and it's something I haven't had for a good while.

I had tuna salad already this spring. Thinking pea salad and potato salad next.

I had tuna salad not long ago and I used the tuna that came in a pouch instead of a can and I really liked it so much better. Not nearly so fishy tasting.

I bought some egg salad from the town market's deli today.

My cat brought a mouse in the house yesterday or maybe it was the day before. I forget. It got away from kitty. In the night I got up to let dog out and walking to the door I noticed the dead mouse on the floor at the same time the dog did. Dog grabbed it and ate it that fast. I tried to get it away from him and he was NOT giving it up. Now I am waiting for the barf pile to follow. Crunching bones is disgusting in the middle of the night.

Kitty kennel is moved and new cat walk is painted inside and out. Still need to put metal on the roof of cat walk. I trapped myself for getting the last side of the kennel down so had to put it together using shorter pieces on the end for now. Now I can get the other panel down but today is too windy and cold. I spent one day in the wind and cold not doing a second other then the little bit of painting. No pictures yet. Still way too much of a mess going on out there.

My nephew and the band he is in might come stay tonight or I will drive to Boise to visit with him tomorrow. Will be fun. I have not seen him in 20 years or maybe more. So just in case they do come stay here tonight I guess I best deal with a quick house cleaning. I will wait to go to the grocery store to find out if they are coming here. I do not want to buy a bunch if stuff I do not eat and have to give it all away again.

Sorry about the mouse. I heard some the other night in my house. My cat Razzbury is a pretty decent mouser and generally leaves no evidence. But if my dog finds a dead mouse he leads me to it, clearly wanting me to pick up and dispose of the disgusting thing the cat left on the floor.

I got one garden bed cleaned out, raked and planted in peas this weekend. I have another smaller bed to take on this evening. My two year old asparagus is coming up nicely, but needs a good weeding.

Since this week's tea party ends at midnight, and ??? will take on tomorrow's festivities I thought I'd better add some crawfish info to share with Hot Sauce's humans.

This article was interesting; pay special attention to their molting woes and needs.

https://www.petcha.com/freshwater-aquarium-crayfish/

This article interested me, too. I have a 12-gallon tank set in the basement. It has the filter and light all in the hood. It's a nice, compact set up I've not yet used.

Once the living room is put together, ROTHFLMAO, I may have to invite a crawfish in!

Back home, in northern Arkansas, we called them craw-dads.

http://aquariumtidings.com/freshwater-crayfish-care/

Hot Sauce needs a bigger, clear container, and more hidey-holes.

Such an interesting article on Cray fish. I think medical society should study the abilities of cray fish to re-grow limbs. Might be helpful to humans that have lost them. The blue one is gorgeous. by the temperature of the water I guess they only grow in warm climates. I just remember catching them when we lived in New Mexico for awhile as a kid. I think you need to invite a craw fish in Caroline.

caroline - I like your dog better than shade's. ick shades! I wouldn't like that dog anymore. hope mine never sees one. actually, I hope I never see one again...

how about some cut up pieces of that plastic pipe? pvc? and one of those 'turn' parts for him.

I have a night light inside the barn door. Guess why.

Caroline, thank you so much for those fascinating articles on crayfish. Who knew? I have passed them along to Hot Sauce's people. I will see what comes of it . I have a 10 gallon aquarium sitting unused in my basement and will offer it to them. I would love to have fish, but find they are more to take care of than I want. All my plants are enough trouble.

As for mice and dogs/cats, I am happy to report in all my pet-owning days I only have had a cat bring one mouse in the house. Unfortunately for me, the mouse was very much alive when Miss Kitty dropped in on the living room floor. I am sure I looked like some kind of cartoon character running after it with a broom while Miss Kitty sat and watched in amusement. I never did find the mouse. I finally opened both front and back doors a smidge and prayed for the mouse to leave. I believe my prayers were answered. Thank you, God!

Murray's Mom, please ask your neighbors to keep us posted on Hot Sauce's adventures. His Smaller Home is now part of our Smaller Homes.

Happy Iowa, is the nightlight on in the barn so the horses can go outside without waking their neighbors? LOL

Steph - I think the PVC tubes and elbows, especially if they were black, would please Hot Sauce to no end. He would feel safe and hidden when he molts!

StringWeaver - your dog's reaction made me smile. "Mom" can fix any problem!

Shades, there seems to be many varieties of crawdads, most can be in temperatures ranging from the low 60s to the high 80s. They seem rather low maintenance, as water pets go.

I loved the 15 gallon tank I had while in California. In it I kept 12 raspbora tetras, one male Siamese fighting fish, and two Cory cats. I had it for several years with no problems.

About that mouse eating pup ... big dogs are wolves, little dogs are wolves, coyotes are wolves, and no matter how far away they are from their wolfdom, most of them all love mice.

You will want to watch him. There is one type of tapeworm that lives in mice. When a dog eat the mouse, the tapeworm can thrive in the dog. You will see "signs" if your pup got an infected mouse.

Ask me how I know this? LOL

The vet gave Harry 2-3 doses of wormer and he was all clear.

This particular type of tapeworm will not transfer to humans - unless you eat it.

And all together now - "Yuck!"

Harry was a mouser extraordinaire! He'd be out on the prairie hunting whatever. He'd jump high in the air and come down on his front feet just like a coyote hunts. His head would flip up, the mouse would go flying and he'd catch it in his mouth. One gulp and it was gone.

Sam points his mice and gets them with a stealth attack. He runs away to gobble it down in secret. Ahhh, the joys of hunting dogs free ranging on the prairie. At least Sam had never caught a tapeworm.

This photo was taken when Sam was three or four months old. He had to be on a long check cord so we could catch him if needed.

Look off in the far distance, near the tree row at about 2 o'clock. That's Harry running for all he's worth. He's jumping "up," preparing to come down on a mouse. At that far away distance there's not a thing that we can do but wonder what he's up to.

I don't know if you can see them or not, but his ears are flying in all directions; he's in his own personal Heaven.

Great picture Caroline. So far no barfing for put. I think I will just get him wormed anyway. I will check with the vet and see what she says.

Well add to more of this story. The kitties bring mice into the house more often than I would like because I do not like at all!!! They usually take them to the bath tub to play with. Usually I find them dead in there after they are done with them. Heaven forbid they would eat it. NO let mama clean it up. Now I have one of those electric floor scrubbers I love love love. I do not love it drips when I am done with it so before I turn it off I set it in the bathtub and I usually dismantle it and clean all parts let it dry then put it in the closet. Many times it lives in the bath tub more than in the closet. Since company was coming I decided it needed to go to the closet and a good scrub of the tub needed. Hahaha I found not one but TWO toy mouses in the tub. Those goofy kitties. Take live and fake mice to the tub to play with.

"YYYYYuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkk!"

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART...

Oh my, except that it creeped out sweet Steph, I find the mice - real or toy - in the tub too hilarious - or Harrylarious as we say in this house.

Really, I don't think your pup needs to go in to the vet unless he's due for a regular checkup.

In Harry's 14 years of hunting, and after probably scores/hundreds of mice we did not know about, this happened to him only once. This was a particular species of mouse that can carry the one type of tapeworm. I'll get their real names from our vet.

Sam is out on the prairie four or five times a week and has a real garbage gut. Moose pellets are irresistible to him - and oh the gas they produce for the next three days. He has never once picked up a parasite.

Of course we do not encourage this dog habit, but he ranges a mile or more away when they are just exercising and not hunting specific waterfowl or upland birds.

Sam is often out of sight and who knows - or really wants to know - what he's really doing!

The vet told us that dogs that are on HeartGard and Frontline rarely get other parasites. Harry was more of a fluke than a given.

But of course, if you live in a mousy area, and want the peace of mind, it won't hurt to take him in.

In Sam's defense, he restricts this nasty habit to moose pellets only. He knows he's not suppose to touch them so he sneaks. If he tries it where Wes can see what Sam's found, Sam gets a tickle on the training collar.

The lesson he learned from that was to be sneaky and get out of eyesight. I tell him Janet Jackson was singing her Nasty Boys song just for him.

We know he's caught and devoured several types of mice, rabbits, and squirrels. He has caught, and proudly brought into hunt camp, rats, raccoons, dead (not shot) ducks and geese, old deer bones, and a long-dead (not shot) fox.

Way out in the country, litterly millions of open acres, wildlife everywhere, hunting dogs - life gets real at times. You gotta laugh.

Thank your kitties. I'd much rather find a dead mouse on the door stoop - or in the tub - than signs of a live one in the kitchen.

When the weeks of harvest begins across the great American prairie, everything gets disturbed - deer, coyotes, woodchucks, rats, mice, huge garter snakes...even in "town" people will experience odd critters in the yards and mice in the garages and houses.

With my world class 75-lb. mouser I've never found one in this house or garage, while a neighbor was over run with them a couple years back.

Well I DO have mice here in the house on occasion. I am not sure if they have been brought in for sport by kitties or are just in the house. I seem to have them in fits and spurts. Always fighting the kitchen even to the point of keeping Clorox in a spray bottle for clean up. For some odd reason they only go on one side of the kitchen. And not in the top cabinets. With 5 kitties in the house it makes me scratch my head. I also have the two out side kitties bring their trophies to the front porch for praise.

I actually thought it was hilarious to find the mouse toy in the bathtub too. One of those times or things I know would have made Joe laugh too.

Do not want this on the new tea thread. Talk about yuck. I woke up sick in the night. Got up to go to the bathroom to get wash cloth. I was too hot. I wound up on the floor a little too hard and mucked up the side of my face. This morning I am sporting a lovely shiner. I was going to drive to Boise to see my nephew as they did not make it here yesterday. Well that is off. No way can I drive 200 miles. I might even try to get my friend to take me tomorrow for my appointment at the chiropractor. I jammed my neck when I fainted and fell. There are times it is a little frightening to be alone. Debated about calling some one at 3:00AM. So bummed out as this is going to lay me up at a time I do not need to be laid up. Half way through a big project. GGGRRR My face hurts but it is my neck that is really giving me fits.

oh shades! that is such a bummer! and a shiner! I do think about that here alone too. I picked out my cabinet pulls thinking of things like that - no sharp ends or detail on them! do put something on it. got a steak you can use?

I see them on HSN sell one of those 'EMR alarms' you can wear or hang by the bed for about 110.00 (no monthly fees on it) and wonder if I should get one... haven't yet tho.

try to get your friend to get you to the chiro tho - get your neck fixed and you'll feel a lot better.

I've had my fill of mice inside. ugh. had 'em fairly regular in the old place, I swore they were stealing things to sell on the street corner... I never have found my all of my regular silverware. a few forks and spoons is it... they probably have a silver palace built around here somewhere. actually, it'd be a SS palace. (fooled them!)

I remember lying in bed and watching a baby go into a trap, snatch the goodie and run away. they didn't weigh enough to snap the trap. so, I bought an electronic/battery one. they go in one end, take a turn and it shuts behind them and they can't get out. a light on the outside told me when one was in there. of course, then I'd have to take it outside and empty into the trash. so gross. oh, for humanity, it zaps 'em real fast so they don't suffer. ugh again.

and I also remember lying in bed and they'd get rowdy in a box or 2 in the corner. I kept my walking stick by me and would use it to rap the top of the box and yell 'shut up in there, people trying to sleep here'. they didn't usually listen to me tho.

worse part was, my dog was on the bed next to me. she'd look up like 'what's going on?' and that's about it. OTOH, i'm glad she didn't try to go after 'em.

Oh Shades; how awful.

Are you saying you fainted or passed out? Get thee to a doctor woman. Even if you have to call someone.

The projects will wait. Spring/Summer is just beginning.

Once you're better, healed, know the cause, etc., you can make up a good story to go with the photo, like "My fun night out with the boys in the band!" and "You should see the other guys!"

Chris, sorry about the shiner and sore neck. Take care of yourself please.

Mice in bathtubs. I thought only my cat Moggie did that! I used to take them away from her and let them go (I know, pointless, they just came back inside and she caught them again, but she would torture them for hours). Finally one day she met me at the door with mouse in mouth, turned her back on me, growling and marched into the bathroom and hopped in the tub. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. I shut the door and told her to meow when she was done playing. At least the bathroom is small and easy to clean. Her nickname became Bates and that's how it went the rest of her life.

I don't often get mice, but some years are flood years and she was alive for a bunch of them.

Hahahaha Bates.

Well I am taking it easy today. Watered house plants and just drinking coffee. Checked to see if I can see Hosta noses poking through yet. Yes some are. There really is nothing I can do.

I think the pass out was because I had diarrhea so bad and the cramping pain. Sweat going on. I am now wondering if a piece of meat I had in the fridge and ate last night might have been there too long.It smelled and tasted fine. I have one more piece of pork and I am not going to eat it. I will toss it.

Honestly I do not know pass out from faint it all happened so fast. I thought I was done with the toilet so got up to get a wash cloth to cool my face. Which was my first intention when I headed to the bathroom but ended up suddenly on the toilet. I had wash cloth in hand when I was picking myself off the floor. I do not remember falling. I just remember hitting cause it hurt me. I was not unconscious after I hit the floor.

I will go to the chiropractor tomorrow to get my neck sorted out. My primary care doctor is such a worry wort. He gets really upset when I fall. Remember I also have vertigo. He will make a big deal over it. I like the boys night out with the band story. Hahahahaha

Oh my goodness Shades. Perhaps you were dehydrated from the diarrhea and that caused you to become faint. Are you drinking plenty of fluids? Oh, I just read that you have vertigo too. ugh.

My doctor told me my episodes were from low blood pressure. Haven't had any since two Saturdays ago. Take care.

ETA: is there a new Tuesday tea thread?

do you all have that little circle on the lower right corner of the screen to go back to the top? I don't have it anymore. seems maybe since I started using this computer with win10 on it....

can I get it back?

Steph, no the circle and arrow seem to be gone. I have to click the blue arrow key at the upper left top of my screen to get back.

Schoolhouse, no one has started a new Tuesday Tea Time thread. I nominate you for the honor!

I don't have any arrow anywhere. Haven't for a week or two. Thought it was me.

Shades. No wonder I was thinking about you yesterday. I sat down here to email several times but my short attention span jinxed it.

Night light in case of soft body with my first step. It's happened.

No arrow here either. It's been gone a couple of weeks, I think.

Shades, that is just awful about your fall! Quite the shiner. I hope you can get your neck back in working order quickly! So painful to be out of whack.

On a bit of a good note on this end, my neighbor happily accepted my offer of the 10 gallon aquarium for Hot Sauce. And she appreciated the links you provided, Caroline!! Hopefully Hot Sauce is in his new digs tonight or by tomorrow latest. I'm sure he would thank you if he knew how!! So I will. Thanks for the info and caring about the little guy.

I am a little better today. Face less swollen but more colorful. WOW Heading off to the chiropractor shortly. Thanks for the concern.

GADS I never even noticed an arrow so I am not missing what I never noticed was there. I use my page up key some times. Most times I just drag the slider up to the top quickly and then click on Small House link to get a refreshed page.

I've been on this new computer about 4 wks... so timing jives with you all missing it also. arrow was in a circle on lower right corner. click on it and it'd take you back up to the top of page.

I thought it was because of the win10 that came on this computer. win10 and I don't get along much at all! last night for some reason I wondered if it was win10 or houzz change. so glad I asked.

I used it all the time, so I miss it! I don't see an arrow at the top - but will look when I get back 'up there'. and I will try using 'page up' - hadn't thought of that. I'll give it a whirl.

glad you feel better today shades. yep, the eye will be worse - maybe adding purple to your face - imagine that!