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Good morning,
Wow, November went fast and new month is here already. How did you do with our November goals? Were you able to control your Thanksgiving eating? Did you keep up with your exercise? Do you have a plan in place to get you through the busy, food laden, holiday season? Remember our goal is to at least maintain our weight over the holidays. So, get out those food and exercise logs and do whatever it takes to keep on track in December.
December is likely one of the most unhealthy months of the year. It is overwhelming in so many ways. On a scale from 1-10, our stress level reaches 11 or more.
So for December I am challenging you to:
Continue to eat healthy. If there are things offered that you really want but you know will add pounds, find a substitute that your can live with or practice portion control. Some times just a taste will be enough that your don't feel deprived of those fattening holiday goodies. If you are attending a function where everyone contributes to the meal, bring something to share that fits into your eating plan.
Keep up with your exercise. It will burn some of those extra calories and help with stress. If you miss a work out, park further out in the mall lot, take the steps instead of the elevator, etc. and don't forget things like shoveling snow count as exercise.
Reduce stress. A Normal Rockwell Christmas doesn't exist in today's world. Pick out the holiday traditions that mean the most to you and your family and skip the rest. Another biggie, allow others to help you with things. It doesn't really matter if it isn't exactly like you would do it. You might even find that you like their way better. Pace yourself, spread chores out over time. Don't put undue stress on yourself by letting things go to the last minute.
Get enough sleep. Lack of sleep not only drains your energy and puts you in a bad mood, it adds pounds.
Take some extra "me time". Running yourself into the ground trying to make everything perfect for the holidays may in the end wreck them because you are tired, stressed and overwhelmed. No on likes a grumpy Mrs. Claus.
You can take care of your health and still have a nice holiday season.
Good Morning and Thank you for opening, Di.
Not so good for me according to the scale . I really neglected my workouts this last week but back on schedule this week. I did weigh myself this am and it was not pretty so I see I much keep up the workouts. ( sometimes I get so tired of working out BUT I know I need to, the scale told me so today) I plan on weighing again tomorrow as sometimes I know I am up some on Monday.
I'm getting in there right now and do a workout . Be back later.
Maintain is the name of the game for December.
Good morning ladies,
Last week was a train wreck. Too much food, too much stress and not enough sleep or exercise. I tried to practice portion control on Thanksgiving but my scale went up 4 pounds in 24 hours. I am still puffy. With grandkids sleeping in my office and people sleeping in my AM exercise routine went out the window. I don't handle a 6 year old controlling the household or things being scattered allover the place well so my stress level was up. I wasn't very nice about everyone wanting something different to eat when I had meals planned and prepared. I voiced it on Saturday when we had five different lunches and everyone (6 people) had something different for supper. My frig was packed full, I couldn't get another thing in it but we had to go to town to get more food because my GD didn't want anything that was in my house or in DD's house at Thanksgiving. She didn't eat one meal the entire time she was here, just picked and whined that she was hungry and there wasn't anything that she felt like eating. I finally said my house isn't a restaurant and the menu is "take it or leave it". But that became the joke of the day since "they are vacation and should be able to eat and do what they want". I cleaned the house up early so it wouldn't look trashed for gift opening pictures but it was a mess within hours and I said it needed to be picked up before I gave out Christmas gifts. That turned into a joke about my excessive need to have things in order. Excuse me but it's still my house and I am not the maid. I should have known it would be like that since it has been an issue during other visits. I just can not wrap my head around today's child rearing. Both DD's told me things are different then they were in my generation. DH says a lot of my frustration stems from my not being around young people and the changing culture. He is more tolerant than I am having been a teacher for 35 years but admits that it is a different world than we grew up in or raiser our kids in. Okay I am done venting, end of subject.
Going to do a load of wash and vacuum today beyond that I don't know. I should decorate for Christmas but I'm having a hard time getting into the mood. Some years are like that for me. I decorate for my hubby's sake more so than mine. I just don't enjoy the holidays anymore. I think if I could take the commercialism out of Christmas I'd do much better with it. I just get frustrated trying to come up with gifts and such. That and I don't like a lot of noise and commotion anymore. I've turned into my parents in their later years. I am officially an old stick in the mud. I really do have mental/emotional issues about the holidays. I need to work on an attitude adjustment,or at least fake, it so I don't bring down others.
Had a good appointment at the breast center on Friday morning. I like the new person and I won't need to get breast MRIs anymore unless something would show up in an exam or on my yearly mammogram. And after I am 10 years cancer free I can just go to my regular doctor for a breast exam and can get my mammogram locally. I won't need to travel there anymore, unless I really want to continue with them. She isn't as concerned about my type of breast cancer returning as the other nurse practitioner was so that helps with the worry factor.
Last week we started bringing the stay cat inside for some canned food to be sure he is eating enough. He has decided that being inside is something that he may like after all. So guess I'll need to get him a litter box and see how things go. We couldn't let him in while the family was here because of SIL's allergies but he was standing at the door meowing for in this morning. He's having breakfast now since Molly is outside to do her thing. Other wise she'd take it from him. Feeding will be another issue we'll have to figure out. They both take the other's food. Years again I read that either cat or dog food wasn't good for the other but I don't remember which way it is.
Guess I'd better go rescue Molly from the cold.
Have a great day.
Morning ladies. Well November was ok, but this last week sucked! LOL I tried to get in at least one shake a day, but I totally blew it Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But oh well, I will be back at it today. I am also going to start an ab challenge for the month.
So we will see how that goes. My g/f will be here on Wednesday from GA for a week, and it will be crazy I am sure. But I am hoping that I can stick with things better than when Mom and Dad were here, as we won't be going out to eat much (if any)
Well I better run. I need to see if I can find a place to fax some stuff for my Dad, while I am out running errands. LONG STORY that I will not get into here as it will just tick me off again. And I went to bed cranky ( couldn't get comfortable) so I woke up at 3:30 stiff and sore and with a headache starting.
Good morning, all--oops, no, it's good afternoon already!
I had my physical this morning so I'm all off schedule. I had blood drawn for thyroid and cholesterol tests, got my flu shot, and an exam. She said because I tested negative for HPV last year, I didn't need a Pap this year. In fact, she said that because they now think cervical cancer is caused by HPV, I can do Paps every 5 years, but don't really have to worry, so that was good news. I do need to get a mammogram since I skipped last year with all the other tests I was having done. And of course, I'm still due for my colonoscopy since I haven't had that done yet.
Thanks for all the Christmas tips, Dianna! I don't blame you for being cranky. If they are on vacation and eating whatever they want, then they should be doing the shopping and cooking, too. And it's just common courtesy to clean up after yourself, especially when you are at someone else's house, so you shouldn't feel bad about expecting that. Glad your breast center visit went well, and you got some good news. Cat food is higher in protein than dog food, so too much cat food can stress a dog's kidneys, I think. I'm glad your kitty is getting more comfortable inside; I'm sure we are in for some pretty brutal weather.
Bama, sorry about your scale being up; hope you get better news there tomorrow. I told the dr this morning that I didn't know what I was thinking scheduling my appt for right after the Thanksgiving food fest!
Looks like a great challenge, Angii. How nice that your GF is coming! Looks like the first week of the challenge shouldn't take more than a few minutes so you should be able to keep it up even with your company. I think I'll join you in it--that picture is sure motivating! Good luck with your errands~
I need to do some kind of workout (besides my crunches, leg raises and plank) and then start the Christmas decorating. I also need to call DA's health ins. co., but maybe I'll wait till tomorrow on that since Mon. is usually a bad to call.
Have a great day!
Hi Aunties...I heard from my furbuddies Dugan and Brodie today and auntie said I could post it too....
Good Afternoon! Thanks for opening Di also! This pic reminds me of our old farm and all Sounds like some good things to follow there. I dont' really have to worry much for Christmas as its just us and we see our sons here and there and no big dinners here as couldn't fit anyone if we wanted to. They have things to do also so thats ok and of course DiL is at her parents house always for Christmas and all the sisters etc. so that son is taken care of to. I'll be working and I think both sons work this xmas as far as I know. Money or gift cards or just knowing what they would like is good enough for them also. Usually just wrap something for Josie. Its just a sort of depressing time as I'm missing other family members a lot and what it used to be like. I keep it as close to the spiritual part of it as I can with 'patches' etc. and can't stand the commercial part of it at all. To much focus on material stuff.
Di, sorry about the visit. I would have just let the parents take care of their food if they didn't like what you had! There's gotta be something she could eat? I know my DSis's DD was a bit like that and they just said, well, you can go bed hungry then! Don't worry, she ate something! Or even dessert whatever for the few days they were over. It wouldn't have done her much harm. You have a big heart though as you are even letting that little stray cat in the house I know, sometimes the animals treat us better and are do show their appreciation of what little we do for them right? Have a nice relaxing day now.
Bama, forgot the scale today to and not going on it anymore. I'm not sure if it really works or not either You do exercise pretty darn much so you deserved some time off
Sue, what a lovely letter from Birdie's furkids to Buddy Max!! Guess there's a lot of small deer in N.C. but no one can find them in MI. where they were hunting. Lots of wolf tracks is all I hear. Hope your day is going great to!
Angii, happy to hear your GF is coming for a week and you can enjoy the time and I'm sure you will lose any you gained during TG soon!
Di, SO very happy to hear about the breast appts. now also!! Glad that will be something off your stress list also!
Mo, sounds like everyone is going Dr's but I don't really know what to do as I don't know a Dr. that I would trust very much. I know I have a cyst or whatever on my backside, right about where your pants are up to. Dh said it looked like a bruise but red or infected now in middle and I can feel it when sitting in car seat since it presses right there. I Know I've felt a lump there for a long time, but now its irritating and may be not helping my right side stuff as it off to the right of my middle back there! Seems, but not sure if my right butt feels more fluidy or swollen either? But who do I go to so it can be done soon and not be put here and there for more probing etc. When I go in I just want to have done what needs to be done and thats it I guess. I really would kind of like to be put out for this as I think its in a bad place and with me, you never know what is connected or get cut in the process or whatever. I Hate the needle thing in the first place I guess to. Well, lots to think about and have to go work tomorrow. Want to get through this month is what I wanted to do. Thanks for letting me vent anyway
Hope you all have a very nice evening now! We are suppose to get more snow/rain and then get colder. Yah
Afternoon all,
Sue what a cute note Buddy Max got from Brodie . I hope they all have a good time .
Di, I so am so glad I don't have to do all that cooking and cleaning . At one time I thought that I really missed those Holiday meals when everyone came to my house but after a few in Ohio these past years I don't mind being alone at all. So you let the kitty in the house . Good for you. That is something we never have to worry about here as it doesn't get that cold. We still have Turkey day food left but the Turkey is all gone. I did fix way to much.
Mo get yourself in for that mammy the first of the year . I too need to get mine in at that time to. At least you got all the other test completed. and the colonoscopy is a piece of cake . I don't even remember anything after they put me out . The worse thing is the stuff you have to drink before . I would suggest taking a tv (Lol) in to the bath room with you or a bunch of books or magazines cause you will be there a long time.
Angii, I make my shakes up in the am and put them in a Blender bottle( it has a wire thingy in it that will shake them up) and then I can just get it whenever.
Glad to see your girlfriend is coming in for a visit.
Yah, what can I say . You need to find a Doctor and have that cyst taken care of. It could get worse you know. Life is too short to have pain if it can be fixed.
Will I have had another busy day on the phone but I think I got all taken care of . got my fingers crossed anyway. I also got half of the yard raked and then tomorrow I will finished the rest . DH still has some trimming to do and to fix the Mail box AGAIN. Someone backed into while we were gone and it is barely hanging on. We went for years with no trouble and the last year it has been hit twice.
Angie and Mo , I think I shall join you in the challenge if I can get it printed. I still can't operate that darn Windows 8. Still hate it also. I think it would great for someone that really really knows computer but for us. No Way JOSE.
Tomorrow finish the yard , Make fudge to send to my brother , Buy the stuff for Buckeyes and anything else I was to bake and get all of that ready to take up North. and of course exercise in the am.
Oh I reweighed after my workout and my shower and I must have looked at the scale wrong because the second time I had only gained a pound over the Holiday. So am happy with that
Hi ladies,
I see your place is almost done sans stockings, Angii, which I am sure you did today.
I am going to have to take off all the ornaments on the tree so we can check and see why the lights won't work...wish us the best...otherwise no lights this year.
Thanks or the start today Dianna. I posted my goals and how I did for November on the weekend post. And yup did control our TG eating and yup kept up with my workouts too. Don't have to worry about holiday eating as we don't have those issues all of you have...no family, no friends, no place to go. I do all those things as I will work out the first 2 weeks and every year I take the last 2 weeks off and get more sleep in and rest and relax and get lots of me time.
I agree Bama, maintain is the name of the game.
Dianna, after reading about the child and the scattered stuff and then the meals after you already had a menu...I would have been voicing my opinion for darn tuttin' sure too. Well if they wanted a vacation then they should have gone to a freaking hotel who was going to cater to their every whim....FOR A PRICE!!!
Oh Dianna....I know you don't like HUGS but I am sending my heartfelt sympathies to you and I have to say having read all of the inconsiderate and making fun of your personality...makes me very very happy NOT to have to deal with relatives or grandkids....I will take my FURPALS any day of the week. They appreciate what I do for them and love me unconditionally...oh and EAT what I feed them.
Nope me either Dianna, I don't have the time today to go into my rants on today's childrearing, but it WILL be the focus of one of the articles I will do doing on my blog and leave it at that.
Vent away Dianna, as Chuck and I do about it...sorry but there ARE parents out there doing it correctly and they get ostracized and banned for their DIFFERENT opinion than the norm of most.
Very happy to hear about the breast center on Friday.
It's a new week Angii and your plan looks good.
I see you got a physical today Molasses, good luck and no colonoscopy for me yet either and till I find a way to get their other than Handyride ain't gonna happen.
Love the pic in your post YAH. Yes I loved the letter from Birdie too. Got some other good ones too.
Bama, glad you liked the Birdie email too and I see you had a busy and productive day too. Glad the scale was only a pound.
So off to more catch up and then answer more emails from Buddy's Auntie's and his furpals who are coming to his party. LOL
Just wanted to wish you a very great shopping trip tomorrow Sue!! Wasn't sure what day it was but hope it all turns out well!!
My older son just called that the middle son took his cat to his little apt. to try out I have a feeling he will be back with it though as that cat is a Loud howler and is used to running upstairs and down to basement and all over and loves being on leash outside like crazy to. He yowls to go outside and if you talk to him, yowls some more and loves looking out the big windows if he can't be out. My son has his few windows with blinds all the way down and plastic over them as he has electric heat so can't see out, and its just a small l bedroom apt. Like an efficiency with l bedroom and really not allowed cats but some other's have them so he thought, why not? He does know the owner good but That certain cat is not one of those laid back, quiet ones at all! Thats what he should get for there. And he works FT back in work town and has to travel all the way from by the lake in Marq. to work also. I think that cat will hear every little sound in that apt. bldg. and figure thats him and start yowling, so we'll see
Guess its time to get ready for sleep and still got clothes to put in Ethel yet! Been slow today. And I believe its Barb's bday tomorrow so Happy Birthday Barb in case I don't get on here much in the morning!! Hope you have a good one and enjoy your first year up north in your dream home and all to!! Night all! Yah
Wow, what a freaking DAY! Took Charger to the park, and we only made one lap. Most of his friends were not there, and it started to sleet on us. I was not dressed for wet weather. Came home and went to the grocery stores. They were not to bad considering it is holiday season. However the lines were crazy. I needed to fax some stuff for Dad to the IRS, and neither Costco or WM offer fax services.
I also had to pick up Cody's RX, and that was a fiasco. OMG! Lets just say, I left my house at 10, and got home for good at 2:45. I found a place to fax the stuff for my Dad, but had to wait on hold with the IRS for over 35 minutes.
But it is DONE! And hopefully we have everything all settled. I got the stockings hung up today. Plus I bought a wreath holder for my singing wreath. So I am all done with my decorations.
Sue, we will be there. Charger is so excited and can't wait for everyone to see how much he has grown. He is much bigger than last year. He will bring some of his sweet potato and whitefish treats. He loves them. Hopefully I stay out of the mud puddle at the park so I don't have to have another bath.
Di, I am so sorry about the chaos and the multiple meals. I get fussy about things too. I have a hard time about things not being put back in the same place. I have to adjust since I have the CG. I have had to bite my tongue and just deal with it. But it still irritates the crap out of me.
Well I better run and do my abs before Cody gets home.
Good evening ladies.
Thanks for letting me vent. The visit really wasn't as bad as it sounds. I just am not used to other people being in my house and the modern way of parenting. It's was a year and a half since my family was here last and it will likely be another year or more until they return. Maybe if we got to see each other more and we were used to each other's lifestyles I could have handled things better. Having a set menu and familys eating together is not the norm these days. I was told that young kids even get to pick and choose in the school cafeteria. I am just not used to that way of life.
Yah, please get yourself in for a good physical. There has to be someone nearby that you'd feel comfortable seeing. You surely don't need some sort of an infection spreading through your body. It may be as simple as taking an antibiotic, don't assume things are going to be worse.
Evening ladies!
It's snowing and this is supposed to be our first big one of the year. I've heard predictions anywhere from 6-8 inches to 8-14, so who knows! Of course the timing couldn't be worse -- I guess I get to learn how to run the snowblower tomorrow since DH's back problems have him out of commission. He's a little better, I think, but today was our only chance to get stuff out of the storage trailer and that aggravated it. We did bring my zero-gravity chair over and it seems to be helping him quite a bit. Anyway, I found the box of missing sweaters, got the Christmas decorations and a few other things, and a trash can full of warm throws, flannel sheets, etc. By that time, DH had overdone it. I did get everything unloaded, and ran to the grocery store, got dog food, and bought two evergreen wreaths. Finally sat down to do some paperwork and pay some bills (yuck!). I'm done for the day!
I don't blame you one bit for being upset, Dianna. I don't care what the generation gap is, they are guests in your home, even if it's family, and insisting on separate meals for everyone is just plain rude, and making a joke about it is totally uncalled for! I don't hang around kids either, but I would have unloaded after about 10 minutes! Big congrats on your great health report - yeah!
How wonderful to hear from Dugan and Brodie, Buddy Max! Thank you for sharing! Murphy and Jaz will be at the party for sure! They will be bringing some homemade pumpkin/brown rice crunchy bones that Mom made yesterday - if they don't polish them off before then.
Bummer on the crazy errands, Angii. I think it's harder to find places that offer fax services. Plus it can be expensive! I have fax capabilities on my all-in-one printer. I hadn't even set it up here, but I had to fax a medical records request for DH last week. Fortunately, I didn't have any problems and the log shows it went through. Guess I need to follow up on it later this week. Have a great time with your GF!
Yay on getting your checkup over with, Molasses, but do schedule that mammogram!!
Oh YAH, please, please go get that cyst taken care of! I know you don't have a doctor and you don't have any faith in the nurse practitioner, but is there anyone you know, or work with, who could recommend a doctor? That's what I have done in the past when I've had to make a switch. I need to call & get an appointment scheduled for me too & get my thyroid & A1C testing done.
Nope, not my birthday yet -- a couple of months yet to go. Dianna and I share the same birthday, if I remember correctly. I've been getting lots of Medicare stuff in the mail though, and got my card a couple of weeks ago. I've got to sit down and go through all the stuff and find a supplemental plan that will work for me. I need to get online too & see if I can find a better, cheaper plan for DH too. Blue Cross is raising his premium over $100/month. Plus, we don't know if they will consider our community hospital "in network". It is now, but they may not continue. We've got to have that local coverage somehow. That's all I'll say, my BP is climbing just thinking about it!
Sue, would love for you to share a link to your blog! Can't wait to see you & Buddy Max at the party.
Maintain is my mantra this month - but I haven't decided yet if it will be what I was before TG or today (gulp!) Split the difference, maybe.
Need to get going. Have a great evening!
Good Morning! Time is flying by again so will just wish you all a very good day!! This is not a recent pic I can tell with no snow! We are expecting or are in that range of 8" to 12" of snow this week also BArb! Hope it holds off until tomorrow! Hoping my feet are good enough to go in grocery store also as the cupboard is bare pretty much.
Better go scramble a few eggs anyway and dress up. Sorry Barb, must have been some other person on FB that you commented on or whatever that they said 'their' bday was today then Hoping that snowblower isn't to hard to handle! Some are heavier to keep moving I know. If possible, can someone plow you out? Dh needs to plow a little better as he only swiped here so far and snow is deep enough already. Ok, I'm off, hoping all your days are great and your shopping trip to Sue! Yah
Hope your feet hold up and you can get to the store after work, YAH. I had to smile about your comment about the your dad saying you could go to bed hungry. Growing up we had to sit at the table until we ate our food. If it got to be bed time my parents said well then you can go to bed hungry and you will finish your food for breakfast. I don't ever remember having to do that but I do remember sitting at the table a few times. I tried some tough love with my GD. I said she could just sit at the table alone until she ate something. We were not going to feed into her drama. That didn't work, she asked what drama was and her dad stayed there with her until I was out of the room then took her and her brother in town for fries and ice cream. She bats her eye lashes at him and gets whatever she wants. You can't make a point if the parents don't back you up. If you get ice cream for being bully, why change. She really isn't a bad child she just knows that she can get her way by arguing and whining.
Barb, hope your DH's back is better soon. I don't think I'd even know how to start our snow blower. I can't tell you how many years it has been since we've used it. I am guessing 9 or 10 at least. Probably won't start anymore. Shoveling snow is like push mowing the grass, part of DH's forced exercise plan. DH figures now that we are retired and don't have to get out to go to work, we can work at it for a couple of hours, come in to get warm and take a break then go out and work some more. We just shovel every few inches of depth rather than let it get deep. But we don't have the bitter cold or get really deep snows as often as you. If you end up shoveling, pace yourself and don't over do it. Yep, we both share the same b-day. Sounds like you are a year ahead of me since you are dealing with Medicare.
Sorry about the prolonged errands, Angii. Glad you were able to find a fax machine. Want to come and decorate my house for me since you are done at yours? Maybe I'll get to it later this week. DH has to set up a train display in the mall and will be gone for the day.
Sending Molly's RSVP for Buddy's party, Sue. Sounds there will be lots of fun and goodies there. Thanks for posting Birdie's email. Sure was nice to hear from her. Hope things are settling down in her life and she will come back here soon.
Get you mammo, Molasse, you know that I'll come and drag you for one if you don't set it up. Colonoscopies are not that big of a deal anymore. The preps have gotten much easier. Don't plan on going away from home the day and night you need to do the prep. And as Bama said get some reading material for your bathroom. You will be spending a lot of time there. Not long, just often.
Wow hard to think about doing yard work in December, Alabama. Could you send some of your warmth this way? I still have things that should have been done in the fall and weren't. Guess it will wait until Spring now. It is supposed to be seasonal this week but it is that damp that goes right into your bones. Hope we get a nice sunny day but it doesn't look too promising. Glad your scale was wrong yesterday. Wish mine was.
Well hope I touched base with everyone. I'd better go check on the cat. He came in for breakfast when I put Molly out to go. He's raising a ruckus to get in now. Guess he's decided after all of this time that he wants to be a house cat. I still need to get a litter box so his stays indoors are still limited to eating and visiting. I hope to get some litter and a box tomorrow when I run errands. Molly is tolerating him but is jealous.
Need to go recue Molly. It's hunting season and the guns are going off this morning. I have a feeling she is pretty uncomfortable with the noise since she is afraid of thunder.
Have a good day everyone.
Thanks for posting the news from Birdie's pups, Sue. Boy, I'd sure love to be in that playgroup! Hope you can figure out where the problem is for your lights. Can you take Handyride to the colonoscopy and then call someone else to pick you up? Maybe a friendly neighbor?
Love the snowman picture, YAH--brought back lots of memories of playing in the snow at dusk! You really should get that cyst checked out; I think they can be hard to heal so it's best not to let them go too long. Hope the cat works out in the apt. for your son--he'd probably love the company while he's there.
When are you headed back to OH, Bama? People always talk about the turkey lasting forever, but I never have that problem. I had a 16# turkey and DH ate all the meat by Sunday, and finished the soup yesterday. Had to laugh at your description of the colon prep--that doesn't sound so bad, I do love my magazines!
Sorry about your long day, Angii, and getting wet at the park. Hope you can relax and enjoy your decorated home today while you wait for your GF! I sympathize on the CG annoyances. I couldn't wait to get rid of the home aide that did DA's shower. She'd turn the water on to warm up before DA even got to the bathroom, which meant it was running for a good 15 min. before DA got into it. I had to bite my tongue bloody not to say, "you know, we have a well, and wasting water is one of my pet peeves!"
Hope you didn't get buried last night, Barb! I'd be nervous about using the snow blower, but it sounds like you might get more than you can easily shovel. I am doubling up on the get well vibes for your DH!
We've had a lot of booming here, too, Dianna. DH was in the yard the other day and could see hunters on the other side of the fence, not very far away. It always makes me nervous. I know they are supposed to know better than to shoot towards the house, but I also know a lot of hunters keep themselves warm with a little flask! I'm just thankful that they can't use rifles around here. Have you named the cat now that he's decided to be part of the family?
My kids talk about how spoiled kids are today, so I hope that they keep that in mind when they have kids of their own. I don't think you do your children any favors by indulging their every whim, but maybe they end up figuring it out later anyway and turning out okay.
Well, I'd better go get on the TM and then start making phone calls. Have a great day, everyone!
Morning ladies. Well today is shower day for everyone, plus I need to do laundry as I didn't get ours done on Friday. Other than that, I will make sure the camper is in order which I am sure it is knowing my MIL. And if time permits I will start addressing calendars for sending out.
Mo, on the CG and the shower, I was taught in the basic caregiver class to start the water before taking someone into the bathroom so it can warm up the bathroom. I can't do that with Dad and the shower we have now, but that is what we were taught to do. I do understand your concern with the well though, and I would ask before I did that in someone else's house. I do really like the CG, but sometimes it makes it more difficult for me. When he is here, his ONLY job is to take care of Dad. When he is NOT here, I have to take care of Dad, Sissy, Charger, the house, Cody, the cats (they are easy), and then me. So Dad gets a little put out when I can't focus just on him. But oh well. He will have to get over it.
Di, I am sure the visit wasn't to bad, and I agree, kids today rule the world, and they will be in for a very rude awaking when they reach adulthood. I am just glad that Cody and I didn't have kids. But I would never let me kids be disrespectful to someone. Heck, I won't let Charger be disrespectful LOL. He has to mind his manners too! I hope the hunting season is over soon for Molly's sake, and I hope Mr. Kitty decides he likes it inside.
Sue, sending good shopping vibes your way. I went yesterday and the stores were not too bad, but the checkout lines were horrible.
Yah, please go get checked out! Ask some co-workers for a referral. You don't need to mess around with your health.
Bama, I hope you don't have too much more yard work.
Oh, dang, Dad is ready for his shower, and I am not LOL Gotta run!
Let me tell you about my experience with my colonoscopy. Now mind you this is just mine . The night before I had to drink this stuff that I bought at the Drug store . Walmart is a lot cheaper about half the price. Be sure and get the grape flavored so I spend a very lot of time in the Bathroom that evening. The next day I had been given a Gallon jug with some white powder in it. The nurse told me that it was best to either mix a 2 liter of Sprite( I think it took more as you had to fill it up a a line on the jug) or I could use a clear crystal light. This Gallon had to be drunk by 3 pm the day before test . Well it seemed that every time I tried to get up I had to go right back . Seriously it was quite an experience . My first and my last . Doctor told DH ( I never did see him at the place of the test ) that every thing was great and I would never have to have another one. I said Hooray!!!!! Test was a breeze but not the stuff you have to drink . As I said I choose diet Spite and haven't drank any since . Don't think I ever will. I'm thinking that I had to start drinking the stuff at 12 that day and be finished at 3 for the test at 6 next day . Of course I wasn't taken back for the test until around nine but had to be there at 6.
No we do not have a lot more of yard work . Some trimming and the rest of the pine straw raked up. It rained today so probably won't get out to finish today.
I'll be back later . DH is wanting some lunch and I am heating up all the left overs to be finished with that.
Had a nice Sunday me day, got my order placed albeit with some changes as from Saturday to Sunday apparently my Suave Wild Cherry Blossom body wash was out of stock...GRRR. I ordered my band on Monday and got my face mask and scrub at Winco, so am done with Christmas presents. Hubby said he feels bad I bought underwear and stuff, but I just looked at him and said well I needed them and since all year long we kept saying we were going to get them but never could I decided they were going to be my Christmas presents. He bought himself more TV shows, and he needs stuff too but that's his 'thing' and I ain't worrying about it.
I also got my December workouts finalized and my November report done too. Plus got Buddy's birthday party notice out for his party on Wednesday, hard to believe he will be 9, where did the time go.
Did read more on the story about Paul Walker on Sunday after we came back inside and while it's sad, being 40 years old, part of a race team.....well all I have to say he and the driver should have known better than to hit those speeds on a public road...that's what race tracks are for. When we came back in from breakfast and saw the pics of the wreck....we both said 150+ on the speeds they were hitting. A car isn't going to look like that at lower speeds. So kind of angry and disappointed with both of their behavior...they are freaking lucky it was just them and no one else was hurt.
Well smack me silly, as we see now after seeing more later stories and even more on Monday that there are many questions, since the shop was not too far away from where they crashed and some circular marks, plus the driver knew Porsche's inside and out and is a race driver...well shall see what comes out of it all....we loved Paul Walker and know he sweet and kind he has been over the years to so many so it's hard to believe he's gone... And now we see more garbage out there about his family and that...makes me want to go up to them and smack them silly. I see Tyrese is ready to take on any nay sayers and people who don't have respect...good for him!
I did come close to finalizing one more Christmas present I am doing, will check it today and if so I am down to one more left to do.
As for Monday, spent 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. dealing with our grocery list..we broke it down to staples, holiday dinner, right side (paper products, Buddy stuff and soaps, etc), and then regular list...and of course had to cut things off to get it where we could afford it LOL Nothing we aren't used to LOL Now just hoping all goes well with Handyride.
Did go nuts calling Winco to get them to put aside ice tea....as they gave me a manager who was trying to set up a special order so when he called back and said Pepsi doesn't do that anymore I said to him WHAT...all they the other times is just go to your shelves and take the quantity we wanted off the shelf and put it in a paper bags for us. So he said "Oh and I will call back"...well a Brittany called back and said it would be waiting for us at the Customer Service counter....DUH....more incompetents LOL
Then called about my Qvar and doing my YIPPITY SKIPPITY DANCE AS IT WAS APPROVED FROM NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2014...PTL
Of course as the lady is telling me this Chuck is yakking away and I so I said to him, quiet as she is talking and I can't hear her....GRRR MEN!!!
So I got all the info and then at lunch he says well I was trying to say to get it in writing, well fine ya could have written a freaking note to me. So be it I will call back on Wednesday and see if I can get it in writing. I have a reference number etc....so we shall see.
Then I called for my inhaler meds as I needed to order my Atrovent and my Qvar too. However, the Qvar will have to be called in from my doctor's office. So I left a message for Cristal and my number if she had any questions.
Hubby's Amazon order already came in today....so we will have a lot of disks to check LOL
My stuff from WM will be coming in during the next 2 to 3 weeks. I ordered my bands from Collage after lunch, so now I am all done...have to order my 99 cents MP3 from Amazon LOL will do that on Wednesday.
We will have to take all the decorations off the tree and check the bulbs...another job for Wednesday LOL
Will have to walk up to pay rent after we finish shopping and putting it all away....as can't do it in a.m. as Buddy gets way too excited and we don't need that before we go shopping .....well hopefully...never count on it till Handyride gets here.
Well Handyride did show up and while at the end of the window at least we were going right to Winco. In fact, had another gentlemen on the bus who was going to Winco too, plus the driver had a pick up at Winco...she said boy this store must be good and we said YUP...we love it.
AND NOW ON TO THE GROCERY REPORT....So onward we went and hubby took off with the cart and lists (we broke them down into Birthday/Xmas food list, right side list (paper products, etc), pasta stuff, and then a regular grocery list. Then a list of what had to go on the other card too with some things to check, but since we blew it and should have added more time to our trip, no checking stuff today.
Anyhoo, I took off for Customer Service to pick up our ice tea and find out about the sauce discrepancy on our last receipt. Got charged one price for a bunch then a higher price for 6 of them. No sign up about quantities so guy I called said to bring in receipt. However, the gal at CS said to me your ice tea is back there, no bag today, so I put it in the cart with my tank and our bags and then showed her the receipt and she said she'd have to check with someone and I said forget it. It wasn't a lot only 80 to 90 cents and since we only had so much time wasn't to move it. So I told Chuck and he said the same thing. Unfortunately we didn't see any more of Chuck's ice tea on the shelf, so we hope they aren't discontinuing it too like FoodMaxx did....GRRRR
However, as is usual, Winco did good by us and had LOTS of what we had on the list on sale...we LOVE it.....I got my Green Giant mushrooms for my birthday pizza, my olives, plus we got our parmesan and pepperoni too. I also got my face mask for my birthday and my face scrub I use too. Buddy is all set too with another bag of food, 2 boxes of Snap, and his HDs too.
We bought some of the Winco Italian bread freshly baked as the Oroweat is getting ridiculously priced when it's not on sale ($4) and Winco's freshly baked was $1.48 for a very BIG loaf. Our Chunky soups were on sale and we got a new one we haven't tried yet....Hearty Cheeseburger and both were on sale for $1.98, same with our Ragu and mustard and ketchup too. So we were able to get an extra mustard and ketchup for the same price we had on the list. Also got a graham cracker crust too for a lot less. Yeah I know I could make my own but haven't done that yet and didn't want to blow it. Plus it meant buying butter and that cost as much as the whole crust did, in fact the crust was less LOL I will try it after the holiday.
In any case a wonderful trip and THE BEST PART WE SAVED $30 FROM THE TOTAL WE HAD COME UP WITH...CAN'T BEAT THAT! Plus got all on our list and as I said a couple of extra's on many things with the sale prices.
We made it outside just at our window start so we cut it close. It was damp and even more brrr than this a.m. We are going to go down to the 20s and 30s tonight and for the remainder of the week. It ain't gonna be pretty as there are freeze warnings all over the place for our farmers and us too. Not looking forward to it with our anemic heat.
In any case our driver showed up about 10 minutes into our window and we went straight home so we were thrilled. We got the stuff inside and I came off my tank and went on my other air, as I didn't want Chuck to have to unload it all. But he said go pay the rent, so I called and they were there (it was lunch time past noon time) so I hustled up there, paid the rent and hustled back out...no chit chat today)....even Chuck said what did you do run up there LOL But got changed and then helped with the rest of the stuff, cleaned my table and counter tops and we got Buddy's stuff away and other stuff too. I got the lunch stuff out and then I went to wash up, we had lunch and I put in Buddy's towels as he made a mess of his house so needed towels today. And we didn't have the usual ones we use as somebody got sick last night and I had to clean that up this a.m. and use the towels to bloat it dry (I miss my Bissell carpet cleaner). Chuck bloated as he says he weighs more than I do and can do it better, well I can't argue, he does.
Well that's it...all done and now won't have to go out till the week before Christmas to SaveMart for milk, etc. we shall see.
I am one pooped puppy, so off to comics and a nice nap today....looking forward to my chair and my MAN HUNTER tonight, followed by an episode of White Collar as we got the disk in yesterday from Netflix.
Hope you had a good day and same for the evening,
This is a good excuse right? Long day but at least it wasn't bad weather but not sure what we will get so I didn't get to stick around son's at all as I needed to get some groceries while we didn't have piles of snow. Course I'm not as good as planning it out like Sue! Forgot a lot and my list was not very good etc.! And I then carried it All in plus the water pkg. to. I just stopped over son's quickly to put on my boots and see my middle son's cat and all. He brought it back this morning before he went work! No way is Archer going to be ok in a small apt. with windows covered up and plastic and all! He went in under bed mostly to sleep at night but was wondering what noises were and where they were coming from and I'm sure talking loudly also. He's too used to having stairs to go up and down the basement to, and big windows up and all over and also going for his time outside on leash. No way you can tame him since he's a very active 3 yr. old! But at least he tried. I told him he could get one who is very laid back and only indoors and loves to just cuddle and sleep when he's out. They told him his cat, when he was a kitten, was going to be sassy! But he's very used to room and all where he's at now.
Other son's cat is funny to and is ok left alone for a few days but has Long steps to run upstairs and run down the basement also and a window to look out of.
I'm hoping no call in's this week and by Fri. when I work, the high is suppose to be only 12 degree's for the day!! I hope the deep freeze wouldn't sick around long as this oil is going faster than I'd like! I have it low and it pops on a lot.
Well, can't catch up tonight but hope to see whats happening tomorrow. There was a few good R.N's I thought of showing my cyst or whatever to today, but didn't get to as they were pretty busy. Its not hurting right now at least. Have a very good evening and I'm glad you had a good shopping trip also Sue! Hi and hope you all enjoy your night and some good sleep to! Yah
Not much to report from here. I have my house pretty much back in order and the laundry all caught up. We even put up some Christmas decorations yesterday. DH decorated the pencil tree and I did a few other things. I may play around with some greens and such yet but other than that I think we are done. I have tons of snow people that I normally put out but since Molly went into snitch and chew mode I think they will remain packed up in the attic this year.
Errand day today but we don't need much. Still finishing off the Thanksgiving/family visit leftovers. We haven't found the litter box from our former cat so will need to get one. So far the cat has only had two "accidents" that I am aware of but since he doesn't have a litter box and we don't know when he needs to go out, couldn't scold him for it. I am hoping he takes to a litter box quickly. He hasn't made any attempt to jump up on anything yet. We were afraid that he might since he was up on things outside. If he decides he is going to get up on things he will be back outside. We have a four feet on the floor rule for animals in our house. So far, so good.
It is supposed to be in the 50's today and tomorrow. Maybe I can get out and do a little cleaning up. At least get the leaves raked near the house. DH should mow the leaves in the field again but I doubt he is going to have time. He'll be away tomorrow and it's supposed to rain on Friday. After that we go back to cold weather. It takes so long for all of the leaves to fall, we never get them all cleaned up before it snows on them. Once they get packed down by snow, they will be here until Spring clean up.
Guess I'd better hit the shower and make my errand list. I'd like to get an early start but not sure that's gonna happen. Depends how late DH sleeps and how fast he gets moving.
Have a great day all.
Happy Birthday Buddy,
Good Morning all, Not much to say this morning . Seems like I am always running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. So much to do and so little time. I think I accomplished more when I was working .
Off to Walmart again as I have a duplicate Christmas Present and want to get it back and off of my charge.
Will stop in tonite and get caught up.
A very busy day for me today. First I will need to get Dad up and Moving, then hopefully take Monster to the park so he isn't too hyper for the Birthday Party for Buddy Max, then hightail it back to WA to get weighed and measured, then off to the airport to pick up my gf from GA! Then I am not sure. My GF is a little perturbed with her x and his mom. I guess they are keeping her son out of school while she is here, and they planned on her having him the whole time. Well, she didn't know that they were pulling him out of school, and made commitments to see other friends and family during school hours with her daughter that is coming with her, also visiting other friends. She received a text yesterday asking what time she is going to pick up her son today.
I have no problem with them all staying here, but I don't have a kid friendly house. I have nothing for them to do really other than play the Wii, which is in my office. So we will see how things play out. I told my GF to tell the x, and the grandma, that she is staying with a non-child friend, and being driven around by someone else! (Not that I mind at all) And that I have other obligations and things that I may have to do as well. We will work it out. But she needs to also be able to see everyone that she can, with out her son and daughter in tow the whole time she is here. She didn't come out here to be a babysitter for the week. Her son also has Asperger's and will not do well with the change in routine (even though he is super excited to see his mom and sister) and he will NOT do well in unfamiliar territory. Plus she wants to do some shopping for the kids while she is here, and can't really take them with her, since it is going to be for Christmas. And of course, this all got dropped in her lap yesterday. They are even keeping her son out of school today, and she doesn't even get in until 1:15, and that is if the plane is on time. It could be as late as 2:30 before we even get back to my house to drop off luggage. Her son should have been in school at least for today.
Charger is really looking forward to the party Auntie Sue! He is napping right now so he can play hard. Plus he is also looking for some CA sunshine and warmth, It was 18* when we got up at 6:30.
Di, I am glad your house is back in order. Sorry about the kitty accidents, but glad he is keeping his paws off the counters. Do you have a BIG Lots near you? (or where you shop) They have awesome kitty trees super cheap (at least here they do). That would give him a safe place to get out of Molly's way, but not be up on your furniture or counters.
Bama, sorry about the duplicate Christmas present.
Yah, I hope you fell better soon, and are not working to hard.
Hi to MO, Barb, and Birdie and anyone else I missed. Need to get Dad up in a few minutes and finish my coffee.
Good Day ladies! Looks a lot like my Jade and this is the way she sleeps to!
Well I'm glad no work today as I'm sure the ice might have been thick on van then as it started with icy rain, then it has been snowing all morning and part of the night I suppose to!! More to come I guess but very cold by Fri. Dh's muffler came off so he is working on that now. He didn't plow at all yesterday when my van was gone but plowed a bit this morning but I would like him to plow where my van is also later. Can't tell how much snow we have but do have to shovel the deck I can see. It even snowed down by the lake in Marq. so they didn't miss all of it this time either. Maybe not so much there but I'm sure between there and my work town, it snowed a lot.
Hope my son got to work from there ok.I know my DIL canceled a Dr. Appt. cause of the freezing rain in Marq. this morning also.
Di, have a good errand day and hope it works out for the cat to be in at least partly
Bama, lucky you have the stores so close to run out all the time. I'd love to be in town as its fun to just enjoy the lights and all during the month of Dec. and whatever singing etc. they got going on but I don't get to them. Never get to store other than the grocery store.
MO, well it would have been my mom saying about the go to bed hungry, but I never heard her say it as I usually was missing it seems I was outside so much running around the acres and cows and using my imagination that I think they gave up on me being there So I usually just ate whatever I could get whenever and probably a lot of homemade bread and biscuits with coffee. Summer was nice as I'm raid the garden for some vege's We were so lucky just to have something to eat I guess! It was a very poor working farm but we managed and didn't feel poor i guess White flour was introduced then so that was a big thing. Otherwise my mom used to make her own growing up. No fast food then for sure!
Angii, sure hope it works out for your GF to have some free time with you and visiting who she wants without her kids. I would imagine she wants to see her son but shouldn't have to have him all the time either. And to shop for xmas without them also. Sounds as if her Dh is trying to ruin her time there?
Sue, hope Buddy Max's bday goes very well!
Di, nice pic for Buddy Max there! And Bama, very true saying also! I loved that mall singing on FB also
Well I better go shovel so I can put some seeds for the birds before more snow. Looks like a few feet on top of the lawn chair out there but thats not much we got. Just settled on it better. I know some schools are going to be closed also or going home early.
Have a very good day everyone! yah
I just checked Barb's weather forecast. I am shivering just thinking about it. Barb, stay warm and stay safe. You too, YAH.
Good afternoon, all,
I ran my errands today while the "kids" were whooping it up at Buddy Max's party. Hope his birthday is very happy, Sue, and thanks so much for hosting my critters. They had a wonderful time.
I just talked to my dad. He went to have his pacemaker checked yesterday and was not happy to hear it needs to be re-done, so he'll be going back to Duluth on Friday. Sounds like it was a hairy ride yesterday with the snow. I am so thankful he's got my step-sister hauling him around as he does not like to drive in Duluth. I'm trying to figure out something nice to do for her.
One of our cats sleeps like that, too, YAH--so cute! I always say she must be able to breathe through her ears. Glad you are home today, staying warm! It sounds like you had such a nice childhood; no wonder you grew up to be such a good woman. Thanks for the laugh with the 75# cat graphic!
Hope things work out with your GF and her son, Angii; sounds like kind of a mess. Is his school too far from you for him to get there while she's visiting?
Love the graphic, Bama. It's so hard to stay in the moment, isn't it?
Hope your errands went well today, Dianna, and the cat adjusts to the litter box without any problems. I've been busy trying to keep DS's cat out of the Christmas tree--he keeps knocking ornaments off. Luckily it's just a little one so hasn't tried to climb it. We've had our tree knocked over by critters when we had normal-sized trees. One year my Great Pyrenees ate all the candy canes off the tree!
Glad you had such a great shopping trip, Sue. I'm sure you've got uses for that $30!
I have my mammogram scheduled for Mon. and the dermatologist on for the 18th. Now just an eye appt to make and I should be done for awhile!
I'd better get back to work here. Have a great day, everyone!
YAH thanks for the good shopping wishes, so I have you to thank for a good trip. Hoping maybe the cat was good and didn't howler. However, sounds like your other son's place is much more to his liking. I know our cats loved looking out the windows and sitting on the window sills. And I won't even go into their love of the kitchen and the number of louver doors we went through for our kitchen LOL ....oh or the time they broke the slats and opened the louver doors and then saw us in the parking lot and scattered while poor Mr. Bo was stuck up on the kitchen table.
YAH I too, hope you can find a good doctor to get your complete physical with. I worry about ya!
Hmmm I don't have Barb's b day on my calendar for today, YAH. I had to save that cute graphic with the doggie that looks like Buddy Max and off to find my bed night friends.
Angii, what a day you had on Monday...holy cow. HUGS We were busy today at the store too and long lines and then we both realized it's the 3rd of the month (we usually avoid it) but needed bread and other stuff and didn't want to have to go out on Buddy's birthday.
Buddy says he can't wait to see Charger and his treats sound delicious.
Dianna, well I am with you as we couldn't pick and choose in the school cafeteria, we ate what was being served that day for the nice low price of 25 cents.
Barb, they are talking snow for our resorts and mountains here too and we will be in the 20s and 30s here too .....boo hiss with our anemic heat.
I see you, too, had a busy and productive Monday, Barb. HUGS to your DH. Oh Barb, I am with you on the kids and family in Dianna's house, they would have seen the front door and had been staying and eating in a hotel.
Can't wait to see ya Murphy and Jaz as we had some fun times last party and we ate some great treats and played some great tug of war too.
YAH Barb's right, check with others and see who they go to.
Glad to know my calendar isn't off yet Barb. I went with traditional Medicare, Barb, as I am not found of the complete packages where I have to go to "their doctors". Plus so many times you get one you like and then they are gone and have to start all over again.
Will do on the blog, Barb. Still getting stuff up there.
Love the pic this a.m. YAH and hope work went alright.
Same here Dianna, we had to eat what was on our plate too. We always had to try something first and eat it and then if we didn't like it or it made us sick we could forego it but you weren't getting anything extra to replace it.
I was lucky I loved everything....well mostly everything.
Oh Buddy is looking forward to seeing Molly, Dianna. And yes it was good to hear from her. I will ask if I can say some of what she said when I write back tomorrow.
Molasses, I got permission to post Birdie's news...yeah I agree sounds like a fun group. As for the tree lights, it's a very old tree 28 years and so had the old fashioned kind of blinker bulbs, so in order to find the loose light, if that's even what it is, have to take all the decorations off to test all the lights.
Oh no Molasses, I couldn't take Handyride to go to the colonoscopy as once you take all that STUFF they give you to 'cleanse your system' you better have a diaper on or be by a bathroom. Plus in my case, I will have to be in a hospital setting with the oxygen and my disease.
Wow how scary with the hunters there Molasses.
I see you had a jammed packed day of showers, laundry and the camper (however, I am thinking your MIL took care of the camper too)...hope you got to do the calendars too.
Unfortunately Angii, I am thinking all this "coddling" of the kids today doesn't make them ready for adulthood and that rude awakening, just makes for some very "unadjusted" and nutcases that go around shooting or killing themselves cause they can't deal with anything...and why should they since NO ONE is a LOSER....today, and 1+1+5 can equal whatever they want....they so focus on not HURTING their self esteem today....they have no backbone!
LOL Angii, as I can't count the number of our friends both in Sacto and in LV who said when they came in and I said or Chuck did....SIT, STAY, QUIET and they did and our friends said "can you come and train my kids too".
As you can see Angii, we had a great shopping trip and saved $$$'s too.
Bama, your experience with the liquids is like all of the ones the other ladies on my board described and some even worse as they came out of both ends. I know I have to go but it will be what it will be till I can find a way. Not something I am looking forward to.
Oh YAH I love the lady with the cat and 75 pounds. Sorry about the long day but glad the weather wasn't bad. Glad you got your grocery shopping done too. Oh I am sure you did fine and you don't have the big stores there we do here. Sorry you had to carry it all in too. Sorry about Archer not being OK in the apartment.
Glad your house is back in order Dianna. I always loved that myself too when I had company. As much as I love the holidays, love when it's back to normal in January. Glad you got some decorations done and hope errand day went well. We are only in the 40s today Dianna...very brrr here and not looking forward to our PG&E bill.
Ah Dianna, Buddy thanks you for the birthday wishes.
Hope things went well at WM, Bama.
Well Charger was a very good boy here, Angii. I see you had another jam packed busy day. Yikes on your girlfriends ex and the mother...how inconsiderate. Hope all goes well with all of them there.
Well Angii, as Charger will tell you it was freaking cold here today too as we got up to the 20s and made it only into the low 40s, but we do have sun at least.
Oh YAH I am so glad I already finished drinking my ice tea or I would have spit on my keyboard after seeing and reading the cat graphic. Glad you didn't have to go in today and yuck on the icy rain and snow.
Hope hubby gets his muffler fixed and plowed too. Hope you were careful shoveling.
Yes Buddy had a great birthday!
Dianna, Tim Bedore whose a comedian we listen to on our morning show lives in MN too and when he talked about his weather Chuck and I smile and said sounds like Rochester....however it's cold here today well to us CA wimps....40 is now cold LOL
Glad you got a respite Molasses, and they were all great here and Buddy was thrilled to see him. He's now resting up for his evening festivities.
Yup we were thrilled with the $30 savings. Good for you on the mammo...yeah I have to go to dermatologist too, should have gone earlier this year was scheduled too same with my eye appointment but with eye appointment I have to have money up front so that's a bit harder.
Good luck with them all. I always seem to have some other mole or spot to have to be taken out when I go. My own fault of being a kid in the sun and a teen in the sun.
Well all caught up and off to comics.
We have to get scoped in the hospital, too, Sue. When DH turned 50, I tried to find a dr who would do it in office because with our insurance, we have a 50% co-pay if it's done at the hospital. Figures no one does it in office though, they all use a hospital.
Is that true, Bama and Dianna, that you have to wear a diaper for the trip?!? I kind of assumed you'd be all emptied out before then. Yikes.
Molasses, no some ladies were fine, but some wore a diaper.
Yep, we've got snow for sure. I heard 22 inches down in Two Harbors on the lake (a little east of Duluth). I measured the snow on the roof of the dog house and it was around a foot, but I'm sure there's more now. I shoveled the steps and swept the porch 3 times. Got my lesson in using the snowblower. It's not too difficult, but it has a bunch of bells & whistles so I just have to remember what to do, in what order. Wish we could get plowed, but our driveway is very short, only room for two cars, and the Jeep is backed in the yard behind the hedge. I want to get more gravel and have an "official" gravel parking area done next year, if we can swing it. Anyway, DH's back was bad today so he only did the path to the house and the front walk. I'm very glad we don't have a sidewalk - LOL! We did get both the cars unburied and moved into the street so I could do the driveway.
Yeah, I'm not really looking forward to the cold weather. I see a -15 and -17 ahead. I need to get the heavy snowpants & stuff out of the basement tonight. I have no idea where I'll keep them, but I guess it doesn't matter, just so we are protected from the cold.
So sorry about the change in plans dumped on you and your GF, Angii. Hope things work out and you can have a good visit without too much stress.
Molasses, any time DH or I have had to do the "clean out", we were on a liquid diet (broth & jello, and Gatorade or Powerade) at least a full day and were completely cleaned out well before the ride to the hospital. Nothing left, no diaper required. Oh, and no grape or red flavors. Oh the joy of lime jello - yuck! Orange was ok, though.
Happy Birthday Buddy!
Molasses, that's terrible about your dad having to go through the procedure again! That happened to a GF's significant other. They never told him that he basically had to have his arm in a sling or something like that for quite awhile for the leads to implant correctly. I hear the roads were pretty ugly.
I'd better get going. Got a pot roast in the crockpot. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, or if it's just the cut of meat, but it's not that flavorful. I just don't have great luck with crockpot meals. Have a good evening!
So glad Buddy Max had a happy birthday today Sue!! Jade thinks its warm over there! LOL! She had to come back to This stuff! We will get the Way low temps for this Fri. and weekend I guess. It has snowed and closer to lake its rain/snow so very slippery out there is what I'm hearing. Hopefully they keep the main highway better as they know there are people working and things going on now and then those that just shop a lot! I don't know how much snow we got here but I know parts of MN. etc. got more so far anyway. Just doesn't look like Dh plowed very much since he did it so early this morning I guess.
Mo, sorry about your dad also! One time is enough, no fun to to it again! And when you have to go a ways to get it done also
Barb, anytime I go for surgery even, I kind of go liquid and all so I don't have much for enema either although the last big surgery's they didn't do one, and it was lucky as they cut into my guts and noticed IT, otherwise, they might not have noticed that they had cut in! Get used to the cold! I have a big problem with where to put clothes, extra jackets and all here I know
Sue, yep, Archer is happy to be in his bigger surroundings now There's 2 cats there but one is laid back and older to but they don't really get into anything, as Archer just loves to sit and look outside or sleep. He'll jump on the fridge to oversee things also but just lay there. And Talks a lot otherwise to go out
Hoping no call in as I don't plan to answer hope you all have a nice evening and good sleeps. I roasted 4 nice turkey legs today. So had one and yummy. maybe it'll make me sleep better. Didn't have any of the other stuff with it though. Yah
Evening all, Had a big day Got my Kitchen floor mopped(it'a very long and narrow take a while especially when you do it on your knees. Got some more presents wrapped so A good day but I am tired.
So glad everyone had a great time at Buddy max's Birthday and Jade was there to . How nice . I bet she was the Diva !! being the only cat there.
The grape medicine I had to take with my Colon++++++ was just flavored Grape was clear as of course you can't have anything Red . and yes by the time your get to the Hospital there is nothing left. I think I lost 6 pounds. Of course it has found it's way back
Well I am watching Xfactor . I usually watch all lthe musical programs as I like Music..
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GF made it safe and sound, and we worked out a plan for her with the Gma and Ex. I did it in such a way that they thought everyone was getting the best deal! LOL So We will have kids over night tonight. Then take them to Gma's tomorrow around 12 for the afternoon, then I will drop my gf off there and they will all go to dinner, and then come back here, then we will take the kids over Friday evening so we can have a girls night. Then we will figure out Saturday and Sunday as they come. She still needs to contact her Mom and Dad and see when she can connect with them.
Well I better go. We are going to watch Battleship.
Glad you were able to come up with a compromise for your GF and her ex, Angii. Things are never easy after a divorce when there are kids involved. Hope you have a nice visit with your friend.
Molasses, I've always been empty after my prep. I have made the 45 minute trip to the hospital, gotten through registration and such without needing a restroom. Preps keep changing I've had three colonoscopies and each one was a little different. The last time my doctor ordered the Miralax prep. Similar to the one described in the link below.
I used apple juice and it took me awhile to enjoy drinking it again. My mom always used white grape juice. There are several other choices.
My mom had colon cancer and her health was such that she could not have surgery. She had a colonoscopy every three months for awhile. She got chills and nausea during the 2nd part of her prep but I don't think that is common and her type of prep is now off of the market. Neither DH, MIL, FIL nor I had those issues. You likely won't remember you doctor viewing your results with you so have him/her talk to a family member.
My DH learned the hard way not to ask for grape juice in recovery. He was sicker than a dog on the drive home. I don't remember how many times I had to pull over for him to throw up. Stick to Sprite or ginger ale. You are supposed to eat light after the procedure. My mom's routine was to hit Pizza Hut for a supreme pizza on the way home. DH got pizza after his too. So, it's what your system will tolerate.
You'll need a nap since you'll have been in the bathroom a big part of the night so you may what someone else to be on DA duty the day of your procedure.
They really aren't a big deal, the prep is just time consuming.
Sorry to hear about your dad needs to get his pace maker re-done. I hope all goes well for him.
Hope you don't need to go into work until the roads are cleared YAH but I know how it is when you work in a health care facility. If you have to go in, stay safe. Such a cute picture of the kitty sleeping.
Sorry about your chilly weather Sue. We are supposed to hit 60 today believe it or not. But then the cold comes back over the weekend and colder yet next week. Molly said to say thank you for inviting her to the party. She had a very nice time. Hope Buddy enjoyed his special day.
I need to do some hands and knees floor cleaning too, Alabama. I my case it is more like scooting around on my rear than on my hands and knees but same result. How soon until you head north again? I sure wouldn't like to have to keep up with house cleaning two houses. Hope you don't even find a dust bunny when you get to Ohio. Knowing you, you left it squeaky clean when you went south.
Wow Barb, I don't envy your weather. Stay safe. Hope your DH's back gets better so he can help dig you out. Bundle up, pace yourself with the shoveling and take breaks to get warm. I'll be thinking of you.
We were concerned when Mr. Kitty peed on the floor yesterday but a short while later he used the litter box so hopefully he'll continue to use it. I need to move it to a better location. We sat it where he peed thinking that might get him into the box the next time he had to go. But since I don't want a litter box next to my dishwasher it needs to get moved to the back porch as soon as possible. He and Molly got used to each other when he was outside so having him indoors is no big deal to her. He takes her food and sleeps on her bed and she lets him. She comes for more attention now but that is a good thing. Since she'd stay in her crate most of the time before. Now if the cat tries to take over her crate that may get a little nasty. That is her "safe/comfort zone" and I don't think he'd be wise to go to invade her space. Other than that no issues. She will be getting a new bed for Christmas since that was where kitty peed during his first indoor visit. He's been staying outside when we aren't home and during the night but that will need to change next week when it is 14 degrees. He has absolutely no insulation from the cold. He is pure skin and bone. I hope he plumps up some. I'd be glad to give him some of my extra padding. I'm well insulated.
Speaking of which, my scale is finally recovering from Thanksgiving. I was down 4 pounds yesterday morning. Yes I know it was water weight but I still feel better about it.
If the rain holds off I plan to work outside for awhile today. I thought DH had train set up at the mall today but it is tomorrow. So, he'll be around to drag leaves up to the woods for me. Can't beat working outside in 60 degree temps in December. Too bad it's only going to be for a day. It's 50 now so guess I'll go get started on things.
Good Morning Ladies,
All is well here this morning . we got rain last night and I still need to get out to finish the pine straw. Weil do that today as long as it is not raining . I almost hate to cover my Aloe Vera as it is nice right now but when we leave it could get cold.
Glad all is working out with the Cat . I so envy people that can have pets. Can't take a chance here with DH asthma. So I will just enjoy hearing about yours.
We are heading up North A week from Saturday . Plan on staying till first of February depending on the weather . Usually January , February and March are the worse months there so we shall see on that. This last time I didn't get to clean the Ohio house before we left as I usually do as my Kids came over but that's ok DH says I worry too much . If something happened and the Fireman had to come it would end up a mess anyway .
Mo, by the time it's time to go have your colon****** there won't be anything left in there LOL. No need to worry about an accident on the way. and Yes you won't remember a thing and the Doctor will talk to who every takes you. I am not supposed to have Nuts and I love Nuts and they are good for you. so far I am still eating them just chew a little longer.
Back later. Time for shower and coffee in that order .
Did you sear your meat before putting it in the crock pot, Barb? The first time I did a slow cooker roast I skipped that step and found out it makes a big difference. Glad you've got the snowblower figured out. DH bought a snow blade for the lawn tractor so he's all ready for snow this year. We've got a really long driveway and he's tired of shoveling it!
Hope you can stay home and enjoy your turkey legs today, YAH!
Glad it all worked out with your GF, Angii, and hope you are enjoying your visit. I know Charger is--I saw your video on FB!
Sounds like a productive day for you yesterday, Bama. I love those kinds of days! I don't blame you for not giving up nuts. I eat a ton of them.
Glad Mr Kitty used the litter box yesterday, Dianna. If you put it in the back porch, and put him in it so he knows where it is, that should be sufficient. Yay on getting rid of the water weight--I'm sure you feel better without it swelling you up, too.
Thanks to all of you for all the info on the prep. I'm thinking I'll put that test off a little bit until I can line up DH or DD to hang out with DA during the prep day.
Hope you've got the party mess all cleaned up, Sue, and Buddy Max is recovered from the excitemet! 9 is a big year!
Well, I'd better go get busy on my list. Tomorrow night is the book club meeting and cookie exchange. This year we are just each bringing 2 dozen, not a dozen for each participant, so the baking will be easy once I decide what to make. I'm leaning toward a shortbread with pistachios and maybe dried cranberries, topped with a drizzle of dark chocolate.
Have a great day, all!
Good Afternoon! A sight you might see if you have a cat and a tree! We finally have sun shining but very windy out there and not sure if we will get some storm snow later, but I know we are going to maybe -20 at night, depending on wind and how cold it will get! I'd rather have snow and warmer really. things tend to break on cars when its very cold. Had my van running a Long time to get the Thick ice of windows and all today so it will be a bit more ready for tomorrow and moved it so Dh could plow also. Shouldn't be to slippery on snow roads as the cold makes it more tough. I remember walking in cold and the sound of your boots on very cold snow
Di, so glad the cat is getting used to inside and Molly is ok with her and I imagine Molly thinks her crate is off limits! I suppose the cat might not go in a smaller crate with a warm fleecy piece in it? In case it had to stay in all night.
Temps are 20 degree's now but with wind chill, who knows? I guess up north they are getting lots of snow still today. Most schools were closed today.
Bama, glad you are covering up those dear aloe vera's Bama! How lucky you are to have them grow outside. I imagine you will be busy getting ready for your trip up north then this week? Hope it is a good weekend for driving then to!
Angii, if anyone could, you could figure out something! Hope it all goes ok with gf and the weekend also. Enjoy your time!
Mo, my oldest son uses his 4 wheeler with a plow to clean his whole yard and a old guy's driveway across the street! Although now he knows he can get his old landlord who sold the house to him, to come and push back the banks a bit with his truck if it happens to Really snow in one big bunch! Wish other son was still there as he travels a Long way through the snow belt part to work now I told him to pack a tote bag in case! Yes, I am enjoying my turkey legs a lot! Have to show son how easy it is to roast a few as he loves the legs to
Nice to see some blue sky for a while even though it means Frigid temps! And very gusty so I hope that goes down for the night. We seem to have more fires lately etc. since people can't afford the heat and try heating with wood and not having it put in right etc. Wish I could have the sauna fire going and tunnel the heat in here somehow Hi to Sue, Barb and all and hope you are enjoying your day's out there! BBL, Yah
It's freaking cold here, well for us as we had a hard freeze last night, this a.m., and will for many days to come too. I know peanuts compared to you gals but for us cold. Went down to the high 20s last night and only 32 this a.m. And only going to 40s today.
As I read your post Barb, it brought back memories of growing up on Long Island and even more so our years in Rochester, NY and this is why we moved to California. As our last year there, we had snow every freaking day from October till April and even got a small storm on May 1st. LOL Plus it didn't go above 0 and many of those -17 and for us with the winds off the lakes -20 and 30s. And this is why we are now in CALIFORNIA INSTEAD LOL
Sounds like you figured out the snow blower and the cars moved and all too. Hope hubby feels better soon, poor thing. We cooked the pot roast in the pot for a nice long time but with a bay leaf, seasonings, onions and potatoes, came out yummy. I don't have a crock pot.
Thanks YAH yes Buddy had a great day and yes Jade was warm despite our 'cold weather' to Jade it was balmy. Hope they keep the roads cleared for you. Yes, the guy on our radio show we listen too said he got buried where he was in MN.
Oh YAH when I first moved in with Chuck and the cats and the dog. I went into the kitchen one night and Blackie (yes a black cat with white on him...remember Chuck named them LOL...oh and his white cat was called Whitey LOL)....was on the top of the frig and I didn't know so I got startled and screamed and he jumped off and I screamed more LOL so Chuck came running. Well I never had a cat so I didn't know they liked the top of refrigerators. I hope no call in for you and enjoy those turkey legs. I don't like the legs, only breast.
Oh Bama, I so miss being able to wash floors on my hands and knees. Can't do it any more. Oh no she wasn't the only cat there Bama, as my friend Candice has 6 of them and they all came along with her dog LOL
Angii, I knew you could come up with a plan....you are the master planner and solution gal when it comes to the people around you. Oh we loved Battleship Angii.
Hmmm Dianna, the ladies on my other board all had special stuff prescribed by the doctor. Guess I will find out when it happens. Wow 60 but I do see your regular temps come back again though. Yes Buddy had a wonderful birthday. Glad to see Mr. Kitty and Molly are getting along. Congrats on the weight loss.
I see you are headed back North on the 14th...Bama.
Yes Molasses, the place is all cleaned up and Buddy is still resting up a bit today. Hope you got through your list today.
Oh YAH I love the picture of the cat in the tree. Of course, with our cats, they loved to hit the bulbs on the tree and we would hear crash and come out and they would all be laying down and look at us like "wasn't me" LOL And yeah they tried to climb the tree too LOL
Yuck I remember -20 and ain't fun. HUGS Glad you got the ice off your van. Yeah I remember walking on the snow too.
Well off to get some stuff done before lunch,
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Another product I was able to evaluate has been on the market for a while, but the Panamax M4315-PRO still epitomizes the features of the BlueBolt product line. From a feature standpoint, the Panamax excelled by having eight individually controlled outlets that are grouped into four filter-isolated pairs with one always on outlet on the front. One of the pairs of outlets is high current, which would be ideal for power amplifiers or powered subwoofers. This unit has two front-panel programmable reboot buttons, a front volt/amp meter, outlet status, and warning LEDs with the BlueBolt IP system control and monitoring. The back of the unit has eight outlets with one always on outlet on the front. The rear also incorporates the M4315-PRO's AC inlet, ground lug, Cat-5/Sat connections, LAN Cat-5 protection passthrough, analog telephone/DSL protection passthrough, and DC trigger. Setting up this unit was significantly different than the WattBox procedure; however it turned out to be extremely simple. The power cord was plugged in and the Ethernet cord was connected from the back of the unit to the network in my office. There is no CD with software to install because the entire setup procedure is web based. By going to www.mybluebolt.com you are able to quickly set up a free account that is based around your email address. No IP configuration on the unit itself is required as long as there is a DHCP server on the network to assign an IP address.
After completing the registration, an email was sent with the registration acknowledgement that arrived before I could switch windows on my computer to access email. Once logged into the web portal, the first step was to add a location, which I named "Office." After the location was added, there was an option to add devices. The process of adding a device involved entering the MAC address and a special key that was provided on a sticker in the box. An extremely large yellow paper was in the box with a warning not to lose the sticker with the MAC address and key. I decided to place the sticker on the front of the unit after I entered the values into the boxes provided on the website. There was a process called "device claiming" that took place to locate the specific box located in my office. I have no idea how this process works, but in exactly 10 seconds the website had located the box and made a connection.
The full array of controls on the website was now available. The top of the page had tabs for energy management, device controls, device admin, scheduled conservation, alert settings, and location details. The energy management tab displays meters that measure watts, voltage, and amps, and creates a plot that can be viewed by day, week, or month (Figure 4). The device controls tab (Figure 5) provides individual outlet control while showing realtime voltage and current readings. This page also allows editing of the settings for each outlet, which can change the name that appears associated with each output. The responsiveness of the power buttons on the webpage is exceptionally quick. From the time a button was pressed, less than two seconds passed before a click could be heard from the power conditioner turning an outlet on or off. The tab called scheduled conservation (Figure 6) has options to set up a schedule to turn outlets on, off, or cycle power based on the time and day.
The alert tab (Figure 7) gives the user several options for automatic emailing based on various conditions, which include under voltage, overvoltage, and lost connection, and it can send emails when the device recovers from a power loss event. Options exist to send an email every time the front breaker is switched on or off.
Overall, the Panamax is a feature-filled power conditioner that excels in many areas. The web portal allows set up for many different sites and multiple units on each site. The customization ability for enabling specific events, schedules, and email addresses makes the setup extremely open ended and powerful. One feature that would have been nice to have in the web portal is the ability to configure a global email address or email group that would affect all units at once. In the previously asked question about what would happen if a technician left the company and new email alerts need to be entered, it could be a tedious process to sort through dozens of sites, changing emails in each device.
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Julie - As far as I'm concerned anything made by Fiskars will be durable and lightweight. I use their pruning shears and small garden rake but based on their performance I wouldn't hesitate to buy anything they make. That said, I buy shovels and rakes cheaply at garage sales and use them until they break. Some last longer than others but by and large I get good value out of them. Emil. linkanswered May 24 '11 at 10:04 kijito |
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Just wanting to see what else is popular out there in the world of baby names. We have our selected already I am just wondering what everyone else was thinking:
Boy:Liam ( no middle name yet)
Girl: Evynn Lynn (pronounced like Evan for a boy I really like boys names for girls)
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I really like your names!
One thing driving me crazy is how everyone (especially relatives) think I want their opinions of the names we picked lol.
When we first started TTC, my husband and I decided that I'll pick the girls name and he'll pick the boys name.
Boy: Ezekiel Frederick
Girl: Fennel Lorraine
Love the name Fennel because its unique but people will still be able to pronounce it. (Being granted a hard to pronounce name myself, I don't want to put by child through that.)
with my first son I didnt really have the problem with people trying to give me their input about his name ( Connor Lee) Lee is a family middle name so i figured it would be best to keep it in the family. I have gotten good feedback from friends and family this time with Liam but nobody seems to like Evynn. Not that their opinions matter. I even snapped on a co-worker telling her when she carries a baby for 9 months she can pick whatever name she wants. I like your baby names they are unique and original. Myname is Jennifer i grew up with at least one in every class every year so good job on the name picking, its stressful.
Jackson was actually another boy name we were throwing around I was going to spell it Jaxon but I like that name it sounds very strong, maybe your DBF will go with it as a middle name, while I agree that I am not a fan of Jr. or II, I do feel that its respectulf to keep a family name as a middle name. This way your child can have their own independence but still have a piece of hearitige to carry along with them. A name does not define you, you define the name I also think Alice Charolette is a very pretty name.
I Love all of your names!!! There so cute!! If we have a girl me and my husband are going to name her Winry (Win-Ree) Kay Emary . I dont know what we are going to name a boy, they are so much harder LOL.
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