Best worse, what did I learn today, winter chat

New room ladies, come on over.

Am I here .. I clicked my Ruby slippers' .. LoL .. does it matter that they're moccasins :-)

WHOOSH everyone on the thread is busy, either reading, christmasing, eating chocolate (Dianne the white Belgian is gone) .. I have my Christmas cards done and gone .. and, dontcha know some obscure relative sent me one !

Have been computerless .. HUGE ice/snow storm took out our power, and, when the pwer came back on .. it fried my modem/router .. so .. I am now 100% wireless thanks to Lorna ..
I had my shot at 2pm Thurs, and, was flat out in bed by 5pm ..had a temp, achy ... just awful .. still not 100 % but getting there.

Just wanted to pop in and say hi

HUGS

~M~

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I can't believe how the time is just flying past. Only a week until Christmas, and haven't even had time to just sit back and enjoy the decorations! Still shopping to finish up. Hopefully I can get it done this weekend, but I'm sure all the stores are just going to be packed with shoppers! I'm taking Tues and Weds off work next week for last minute stuff and get things wrapped.
If I can get the project completed today that I'm working on, I may take Monday off, too. My boss wants me to build up a couple circuit boards so he can program and test them while I'm off. Otherwise, I won't be back until the Tues after Christmas, and he doesn't want to wait that long.
Taking Klaus in for grooming today. I usually do it myself, but I've gotten so behind on things, and he's the worst, so I decided it was worth it to pay to get him done. I just don't have the 3-4 hours he's going to take. He's sitting in the car now, while I'm at work. I'll take a quick break and run him to the groomer's when she opens.
Have a great day ladies!!

Deb

Good morning
Popping in for a quick hello as I'm off to finish up stocking stuffer shopping. Hope everyone has a wonderful day and my prayers have been said for all....

morning all,
betty come back!

Good Morning,

Well it took most of my day, but got all the cards done...going to wrap few presseis and get those meatballs made.
Oh and DH said to go get a manicure, very exciting.

Thanks Linda Kay, We had a long talk about the situation and I do feel better.
Oh..Very cool, got a call from my Cousin Marie, what a great chat it was right on time too. If she knows anything of the situation she didn't say and I am proud to say I didn't cry about it to her either.

Oh M, I hope your feeling much better today. Geesh, sorry to hear about the modem, so glad Lorna got you going with wireless.

Deb, Your right time is just zooming by. Well you will have a nice break, hope you get the boards done quickly.

Have fun shopping everyone, speaking of which I have to run a few errands before I hit the post office.

What are you up to today Linda Kay, You feeling alright?

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

I am doing OK, just this cold weather slows these old bones down to a crawl.

"M", Maybe you need to put a new modem on Santa's wish list. Sorry to hear your injections affect you so much. I hope you are doing better soon.

HOLA :-)
It's the SPANISH ~M~ .. not LoL ..

WELL .. Lorna and I went SHOPPING again .. after 2 stores, I said, HOME !!! It was flippin crazy out there .. the roads were icy and slick, the parking lots no better .. and .. get this I drew a BLANK on what I was in town to get !! Bought stuff at random, kinda neat stuff .. one store had a mini first aid kit on sale .. I bought one for both L and G .. they can put them in their trucks ..

LK .. my service provider for the internet and our cells and landlines GAVE us the wireless equipment .. along the way it's been paid for .. our service provider is expensive ... but, one of the techs spent an hour on the phone with L and myself while we installed it .. will never forget his name .. KYLE .. like Betty's DGS ..
As for the injection .. I feel a bit better .. not 100%, maybe 75%.

Judy, YAY re the cards and the phone chat :-)

Deb .. let the experts handle the doggie .. you'll love it :-)

Barb, hope you got your stocking stuffers

Goes without saying, I miss Betty .. very sad loss ..

Off to clean the woodstove, then a shower


HUGS

~M~

We'll see how much I love it, once I find out the cost!! LOL!!

That's ALWAYS a kick in the pants!
Our 2 got groomed a couple of days ago .. $100. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lorna used to be able to do it .. long story .... but, other dogs are not a problem .. doing OUR poochies .. well P R O B L E M .. ..

Have I showered " NO
Woodstove is de ashed .. fresh fire started .. Dianne knows that routine .. sheesh .. DH hasn't wanted to bother me with that chore I guess .. pulling the lever out to open the hole for the ash to fall into the ash bin is kinda rough ..
Now I'm sitting having a glass of wine with Lorna and her Pepsi .. then I will go and shower

TTYL

HUGS

~M~

Good Morning!

whew, that was a busy day. finished more cards, wrapped items for nieces and nephews and others. I am really happy to say it feels good to send things off I have been meaning to do for a long time. OMG, the machines were down at P.O. so had to wait in line for 45 min. got home to make 4lbs of meatballs. They turned out tasty! got a call from Steve he was going to be late. My SIL called him, frantically. Some 2 floors above her was having some leak and no one was home. She had water flowing into her unit. So DH got there and turned of the water to the building, no choice. What a mess, now she is not going to the gathering today. DH making a fuss about having to get his mom. I'll go get her and but Jacob will have to drive her back. Relax, it will all work out...I am excited because I will get a wedding picture from Heather, woohoo!

Ooh baby it's cold out there!
Well I better get some coffee, sure do miss Betty's morning posts.
Everyone have a great day.

Good morning all. Don't know what is happening here as I can't find any of our past threads. But the fact that I went directly here is a good thing!!!

Mornin .. although that was hours ago .. I am still not feeling all that well, still .. inch by inch ..
Zoey got up on the bed last night at 2am .. she eventually stretched out and pushed ME out of the bed ..so .. up I got and was playing Solitaire and then Scrabble, and, at 5am I went back to bed and took my rightful place as THE MOMMA !!

Judy, I agree ... we all miss Betty, and, I find it hard to understand why she up and left .. yes there were changes, but, we're all struggling along .. I felt that my attachment to the group was worth keeping ..
Hope your gathering is wonderful and that your SL doesn't have much damage.

Laundry day .. have 1 in and one in the dryer, and, I am going to make a coffee .. not sure what else ..

Have a good one .. COLD here and, more snow predicted ..

~M~

good morning, Im still here... busy and tired. tis the season. ♪♪♪♫♫ fa la la la laaaaa

hugs to Y'All

Waiving Hiya Liz and Thunder!
Thunder guess who's looking at real estate in Florida!!

M, yikes sorry your not feeling great, sure hope you get some good rest.

I feel like We all need a Group ARMWRAP.

It's really great to see we are all still here...Need That mirror M.
Hope more check in.

Deb, so did it cost a fortune or you going to go to groomer? lol just nosey here.

Linda Kay, I know the old bones feeling, yikes mine are so confused with this crazy weather were having.

Morning everyone.

I miss Betty too!

We have been to town and back, doing grocery shopping and a few last things for stocking.

Thanks for the group armwrap Judy. :)

Thunder, did the family arrive ok?

I miss Betty too. A big hole in the threads.....

Very chilly here today and my plans to go out did not happen. I can not deal with wind and it is biting cold now. I guess when Norm tells me to stay inside I best listen....

Got some crocheting done and a few more cards ready to go... Off to do a jigsaw puzzle and maintain my sanity!!! LOL

10 dozen dog treats later, and, I am poooped .. hopefully this will last til past Christmas ..
Still have a flippin headache .. I'm not one to get headaches, kinda very irritating ..

SOoooooooooooooo .. I have my trusty (not rusty) Magic Mirror in my hand .. Romper Bomper Stomper Boo .. tell me, tell me, tell me do .. Magic Mirror tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play ? :-)
I see ...or don't ... Betty, Dianne, Sue, Susan, Sharon, joyce, Marion, Jean, Debbie, Deb, Judy, Mary, Katie .. and ... so many others ...

Have to call the internet provider as neither the tablet nor the iPad have an internet connection since we installed the wireless hardware.

BBL

~M~

I spent the day wrapping gifts. All done and hidden, waiting for Santa to arrive!

"M" you might have to install the link on your tablets.

Shopping is all done, took me two days but I was able to do it.

Big News...Got a call from grandson Will, he and DW are expecting! Little one is due in June. Wearing a perma grin.

Karen .. CONGRATS .. so exciting for the family ..
Called my provider and within 2 minutes all my doo dads were up n running :-)
I see Michigan is getting some snow .. hope not much ..

WINTER has settled in here .. Grosbeaks are back, squirrels are hustling .. have a GIGANTIC grey squirrel in the yard, brazen as all get out ..

Hope all are fine ..'

TTFN''

~M~

Just a wee bit of snow but low 20s and high winds.
Our squirrels are very nervy too. I can rap on the window and they just ignore me, they don't move until I open the outer door.

Congrats Karen. Everyone must be happy.

another little one!! Congrats to everyone, wonderful news for Christmas! Busy today on towels, decided to get the supersize bath sheets and they are proving to be a little unwieldy. Got to balance out the bulk or it throws the hoop off. If you think un-sewing on cotton is bad, try it on plush towels! The stabilizers help hold the stitches away from the loops a little, but still tricky to keep from pulling the loops.
Oh well, the ones I mess up too badly will just have to stay here... lol
Our little snowstorm last night gave us about 2". Right after it started falling, police and EMS were whizzing past the house in all directions. Then they started closing some of the hilly streets and a couple bridges due to ice. The wind made black ice really fast and people weren't expecting it at rush hour. Quiet most of the morning but very breezy and chilly at 34. But hey... by Thursday it will be upper 60s then drop 30+ degrees on Friday night!

Congrats Karen. I baby is always such welcome news!! Is this a first for them? So exciting!!

The grooming wasn't as expensive as I had anticipated, but, I believe it's because these two women that run the shop have only been open a short time, and are still learning about the business end of it. It was $80 for Klaus, and I gave them a $20 tip, which was probably high, but, if I had taken him to the place I had before (where they both worked before opening the shop) I would have probably been charged double that. I made an appointment for Bonnie on Tuesday. I thought they'd be busy because of Christmas, but Monday was the only day they had booked. They did a good job, and it was a positive experience for him. I hope their business grows, so they'll be around for a while. I won't do this regularly, can't afford it, but they do know how to do the trimming for shows, that I'm not the best at doing myself, so I hope they stay around!

Spent today trying to finish up shopping, I got some done, but still need little stuff. Haven't even started wrapping. I should spend tomorrow wrapping and organizing things to make sure I've got everyone covered. I'm exhausted!

Yes this is their first, they have been trying a while. Number 16 great for me. I think I have a quilt pattern picked out.

Been bopping around today. Took the oldest 2 grandsons shopping for their Christmas. It has been a running joke for the past few years. They get socks, boxers and tee shirts wrapped under the tree and I take them shopping for their special gift. We had fun and oldest grandson brought his girlfriend so she would not wind up with sock and undies under the tree...socks and nail polish set for under the tree.

Hope you all have a sweet evening...busy day with MIL tomorrow. She will be settling back into the nursing home from this last trip to the hospital. We are going to have Hospice work with her to keep her from being drug back and forth every time she starts developing congestion.

Sending prayers for your MIL Jean.

Karen, that makes it even more special, since it is their first one!

Morning ..

Busy lil ladies on here .. tis the season..

Off to get gas this morning and drop into one of the local grocery stores that has Prime Rib roasts on sale .. DH bought one yesterday for supper tonight, and, I noticed the price on the package was relatively 'UN HEART' stopping ..
Still looking for a blade or chuck roast to do 'the recipe', if you can believe it, the Prime Ribs on sale are less than the blades or chucks are regularly !!

Wrapping! I have bags stashed in almost every closet .. maybe that should be my task this afternoon .. wrapping ..

Kizmo, I can't imagine how difficult that towel job would be ! My hands wouldn't handle it well ..
Hope your snow n ice are tamed down ..

Take care everyone ...

BBL

~M~

Morning everyone.

"M", I have a medical question. Over the past month, I have had maybe 3 nights where I lay down to sleep, and my heart starts racing, it usually slows down after about an hour, but last night it kept me awake till 3 this morning. Could my cholesterol meds or vicodin cause this?

Glad to hear you got your roast on sale.



This message was edited Dec 20, 2015 9:32 AM

Guess I've missed a lot!

Looks like the thread has changed a little. Has everyone survived it? What's this??? Betty is missing? Now that just won't do!

Had our Christmas with DH family today. It was brunch...ugh...I ate too much! I took bacon quiche, hot sausage balls and pecan pie. We had so much food! We could have fed a hundred people!

It won't be long now ladies....on the countdown to Christmas Day!!

Hiya ..
Statins (cholesterol drugs) sometimes cause tachycardia (racing heart)
Not often Vicodin .. it usually causes a bit of a slow heart rate.
Might want to mention it to your doc.

Made into and outta town, still no body pillow, hope to find one next week .. if I don't, oh well ..

Just put sugar cookie dough in the fridge to set .. anyone have an opinion on whether to leave it overnight, or, just for the hour or so stated in the recipe .. I'm beat and would rather roll'em out and cut the cookies tomorrow ..

Nothing exciting happening here .. Lorna's Dad fell out of bed last night, had the nursing staff scurrying .. he now has a black eye ..

Hope y'all are doin OK.. must get over to ATP and say hiya ..

TTFN

~M~

So where is everyone hanging out at ATP? I wouldn't know where to look.

Sandbox Forum, Mutiny at DG

Thanks for the info "M". I will let the Dr. know.

Hey Joyce. How many were at your brunch?

Sorry to hear about Lorna's Dad. Is he in a nursing home, hospital?

Popping in for hello. Gave in and put up a little 3 foot artificial tree.
Not the same, but with "construction zone" in living room and lower house,
i just couldn't do the big one.

Had snow yesterday, but they say 50's the rest of the week. I am OK with that.

Congrats on the new baby on the way!!! So exciting.

I might get to START shopping tomorrow. Will need miss clairol by time it is over.

Debbie

Get up and hit the store early. They will be packed I am sure as the days goes on.

Making a spice cake, waiting for things to cool before I mix in flour and put in the oven.
Been a long day. I still don't think I'm done with shopping, but I'm beginning to lose track of what I've got and what I still need. Didn't get things sorted and get wrapping started like I planned. Maybe after work tomorrow I can get to that. Didn't finish my project on Friday so need to go in tomorrow, hopefully I can sneak out early! Really wish I hadn't started this cake, but I did want something to bring in to work.
M, I would think you could leave the cookie dough in the fridge overnight. At most you might need to let it sit out and warm up a little before you start rolling it out.

Deb

24 at the brunch! I'm expecting 18 on Christmas. 2 six pound briskets and a honey baked ham should feed us!