It was a slow week for excitement so only three thoughts for today.
Happy birthday Mom! – Today is my mom’s birthday. She would be over 100 at this point. She died in 1986 and I still miss her! (and her cooking!)
Another side effect of aging! – My food tastes are changing. Last year I fell in love with black raspberry soft-serve ice cream. I couldn’t get enough of it. After a summer of no ice cream shop visits, we finally went this week. Meh. I’ll probably go back to Vanilla. A long time ago, I worked across the street from a large department store with the best ice cream counter. Tin roof was my favorite and sometimes it was my lunch. Sadly, as I’ve aged, I’ve become more lactose sensitive so now I must take meds to eat ice cream. That’s just wrong!
“Let’s reset your password” – That is the latest scam. Sometimes the message is from places you never heard of but sometimes they look legit. Our local hospital put out a message that there is a scam asking you to reset your password for their patient portal. I don’t ever respond to emails like that directly. If I get one, I’ll go to their website (without using any link) and see if there is a message for me. Nope, never. I got 10 emails like this a day for a week. Now it seems to have stopped. The scammers are throwing jelly at the wall to see what sticks or in this case clicks.
So how was your week?
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 
Happy Birthday to your Mom, Kate. I still miss my Mom, too. And her cherry pie! I have been telling SSNS that my taste buds are shot. A lot of things don’t taste good anymore. I haven’t been able to drink milk since my thirties. Thankfully I can still eat cottage cheese. Thank you for sharing the scam. A patient portal… never thought of that one. I always go back to the website. Our week was HOT and humid but we are starting to see cold fronts trying to edge their way down. I would be happy to get down to 90!
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Black raspberry ice cream is amazing, especially made with chocolate chip in a tiny little town in Sandwich NH. Now I’m hungry!
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I don’t mind being lactose intolerant. It’s a reminder that my body is not a fan and that I should indulge sparingly. BFF has ice cream daily. I might have a small bowl of vanilla with blueberries once or twice a month . . . accompanied by a little dairy relief pill.
Happy Birthday to your mom. Wouldn’t it be nice to travel through time and be reunited with persons, places, and pets that we have loved and lost?
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Not a fan of lactose intolerance. Some foods are just rentals. Yes I’d love to see loved ones, furry and non-furry, that have gone.
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Happy Birthday Mom. Here’s hoping you’re having your favorite ice cream flavor, mine being butterscotch. Though I do know how our taste buds become finicky, like one of Kate’s cats. The only thing I NEVER get tired of is coffee. Hi Sasha, hi Gus, Hi Kate. :)
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I like coffee too. Butterscotch was my mom’s favorite.
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See, I was channeling. :)
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Love the cartoon! The scam mail is so annoying. I get multiple calls and emails daily “following up on my request for funding” for a business I closed 5 years ago. And never needed funding anyway. It is exhausting.
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Have to be really careful these days with all the scammers. Open nothing unless you know who it is. I’ve been a victim of this.
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It’s all so tedious!
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Yes, since it’s tiresome to always be on high ALERT. sigh
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I get the calls for funding too and I never had a business here.
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Such a PIA!
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I’ve been getting ads for the weight loss drugs. I’m under 110 pounds!
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Wish I were under 110 lbs!! But I’m not resorting to weight loss drugs.
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I love black raspberry ice cream too. It, and cherry nut are my two favorites.
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I like cherry anything. Strawberry too! As a kid the only flavor I didn’t like was chocolate.
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How odd!!!! I wonder why! I don’t think I have ever met a kid who didn’t like chocolate.
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I didn’t like candy either. At least not chocolate. However, my mother was a real Austrian cook. I loved pastries, cakes and pies all homemade. I picked up a love of some chocolate along the way especially cakes and brownies but never ice cream.
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