General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...for Monday, February 13, 2006, 1 by McCool

McCool wrote:
Hi everyone,

Obviously I never made it back yesterday, but have read everything up to this point. (Please don't ask how much I've retained of it, though!)

Susan, very glad that your daughter found out what the problem was before having to go through any more anxiety and uncertainty. The pain is bad enough, but at least her mind (and yours) must be more at ease. Hope it's over with very soon.

Maria, we're shoveled out now too, due to someone we pay and to DH's efforts. I used to shovel and so did my mother, but we've finally convinced her that she is not to even think of picking up the shovel. She's already had one heart attack and doesn't need to bring on another! She's spent about 2 years verbally fighting me on that one though. ("My doctor didn't tell me not to shovel snow.", etc., etc.) Sheesh! I have carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands so they go numb after about 30 seconds when I try shoveling. Too bad our big fluffy cat doesn't enjoy the snow like Samson does. He's mad at the world right now because his outdoor kingdom has been invaded by that awful wet, cold, white stuff.

DH has been buying on Ebay for a few years and has just started trying to sell some stuff for one of our customers. I've never had any interest in it since the only thing I'd likely look for would be expensive jewelry making tools and I'd rather get something like that with the warranty than take a chance on a used one. I'm afraid that I'd also be all too likely to make the kind of mistake that M5 and Maria did.

Dmc, I'm not sure what the official amount for our area's snowfall was. I'm guessing just over a foot. It does look pretty out there --- especially since we don't have to go anywhere today. The sun is out and everything is glistening.

D'cat, at least it sounds as though things are looking up for your MIL. I certainly hope so. I'm sure she's extremely sick of being sick! Glad you still got to go out for that meal. Your getaway weekend sounds great. Enjoy it to the fullest!

Hi darius! Seems like they're keeping you too busy at Molly's to post here much anymore. All of you are doing a wonderful job there.

GG, good luck on the paperwork. I've only got January's half done ---- just enough so that I can calculate the sales tax check that I need to send off tomorrow. It's probably just as well that I'm on the monthlly schedule or I just might put things off all year too.

Everybody's pictures were great. I know what you mean about the sunset looking better "in person", but I thought that the picture was still pretty neat. I've been talking about posting a picture of "Slim" the cat and DH managed to get a pretty good one yesterday. So here he is and you can judge for yourselves just how much of a misnomer that name is!