Sunday

Sunday morning blessings to all.

Did the wind bother anyone else?  It sure howled last night.  Maybe that's why I didn't sleep so well.  I was up by 4:00 this morning.  So got some cleaning done and my platters, bowls, etc out for next weeks family dinner party.  Oh, and fixed the kids stockings.  Like everyone else, I cut back on Christmas, so didn't buy the kids each a present got some stockings and small stocking stuffers.  I thought they'd be happy with that. 

Got the cookies baked yesterday.  Ashley wanted to make the thumb print cookies so I let her do the measuring, mixing, and putting the thumbprints in the dough.  I was overseer of course.  She did a good job.  We had a good day together.  Have lots of cookies to share with friends and neighbors too. 

When it rains it pours doesn't it.  I talked to my brother Noel yesterday.  My SIL has been taken back to IU Med Center again.  The nursing home let her levels get out of control again.  She is being treated more like one of the aged patients than a transplant patient.  According to one of the nurses on the transplant staff, she had called and asked the home to get some lab work done on Nan and was told they were too busy, they didn't have time for that kind of thing.  What is wrong with the medical profession these days?   My take is the insurance companies and the owners of these homes are in it for the bottom line profit and don't care about anyone else.   With how Marsha was treated and now how Nan has been treated makes me hope I never have to deal with a serious issue.  I am so thankful that our WLS doctors and their staff are such caring wonder people, at least the ones I've heard of.  I've never seen anyone post negative comments about their care during WLS.

Enough of that subject.  I hope everyone has a wonderful peaceful Sunday.  It's supposed to get up to 51 degrees in Indy today.  Hope it does, I'm ready for some warm weather.  Hugs to all.

Julie

Good morning everyone!

Julie..I'm glad you said that about the temps. I checked Weather bug and it said that we'd be getting some scattered showers today. I think I'm going to try in-between the raindrops to exchange the blow-up I have in the yard. I have one of those huge ones with Santa & two reindeers. The wind had really knocked it around...no matter how many stakes I used to keep it still. Well...last week I checked it and there were some huge holes in it. So...gonna throw it away and I have a couple of smaller blow-ups to put out. If these end up with problems too I am going to quit getting those darn things! The first one I had 2 years ago was suppose to look like a snow globe...it blew the 'snow' all over my yard!! Grrr.

I also need to get all my stuff out of the shed...paper, boxes, bags, bows, cards, etc. Bill will be setting up a long table on the back porch (enclosed) for me to do my wrapping central at. I haven't wrapped anything yet so I have lots to do.

I think we'll probably go see Jean (my mil) today. I felt terrible that we stopped close to there the other day to get gas and didn't go there too. I offered but Bill said that we can wait since we had other stuff that we were on our way to do. I had ordered me a sf fruitcake from PerfectlySweet.com. I'm going to bring her a piece of it. She's a diabetic but I think the only time she actually eats 'sugar-free' is if me or her daughter brings it to her. I think Suzie (my sil) thinks that only chocolate comes in sf..lol!

With whatever you do today, have fun & be safe!

huggs..
Sherri

Good morning all! Just a little note before heading out to Sears. They are opening early today for the holiday shopping. It's now 4 months of maintaining my weight loss, as opposed to losing. I have been withing 2-3 pounds of 145 either way since August. I'm feeling so proud. This was the phase I was and am most scared of. I felt pretty sure with the surgery I could actually lose  the weight, it's the keeping it off that scares me.

I hope you all have a good Sunday, and enjoy the warmer temps. It's supposed to snow tomorrow!

Hugs and love,

Post Date: 12/14/08 5:29 am
Morning Everyone,
 I am going to try to go to church this am.- feeling alittle better. I have as headache but I think it is from the weather .
  Sherri--I am surprised your yard decorations didn't blow away! We had 30 mi. hr. winds here- geeze!!! The trees were really bending over, & I was just glad we didn't get ice. It is lightly raining right now. Glad you got some shopping done- don't overdo it!
Jenny-happy shopping! My daughter got a really nice Cannon camera at the Roberts Camera store. I wish you luck!
 Julie, Glad you had a good time with Ashley. Did you make any SF. cookies?I haven't started baking yet- just too soon for me.Willow & Penny have been doing alot since she has been home, so I may not do much. My family are big pie eaters, & cake. I do love to make gingerbread cookies, but this yr. DH wants a cake, so cake it is! Hope your SIL gets some relief and feels better soon. Prayers going her & Marsha's way!
Linda- you are doing wonderful- keep it up girlie!!!! I bet you are busy now with all of the stressed shoppers-oh, thats the week of Christmas, huh??hee~hee!
Hope everyone has a great day & try not to overdo it! I find that I can get worn out easier during stressful times ( like shopping for that special gift, or that impossible to please person).Make sure to keep hydrated everyone. 
Gotta go, have a blessed day everyone & remember the real reason we celebrate!

Good morning all! 

Just a quick post this morning.  I was up until after midnight with all the company in and out last night,  It was really great and I loved every minute of it.  My little house was full of joy.

Chaz and Ash came and got the kids to take them to Pizza Hut and bowling last night.  It is so great to see Chaz smile when he get the chance to be with the kids or us.  He actually has really come out of his shell alot more since being in Iraq.  I think he truly knows what a family feels like now and knows how much we love him.  My heart jumps for joy every time he calls me MOM!  When we thru him a birthday party for his 24th birthday he told me he had never had a birthday party before and said " I always wondered what it would be like to have a real Mom".  I cried that day.  God blessed us with Chaz that's for sure.

I am about to get the troops up and get them all together so we can make it church for 10:30 service.  No early service this morning for us.  LOL

I hope everyone has a great day!

Huge hugs to all!

Tracy

Just a quickie probably, but I'm soo excited about this afternoon's get together.

It's just proof that ANYONE can pick a date and time and make their own OH get together, just about no matter where ya have it, someone will usually show up, with enough notice.

I'll have my kiddos today too which is going to be fun. I've taken 2 of them out alone but not all 3 but it's going to be fun. I don't know for sure if DH is going to be joining me at applebees or not. He's got the same nasty bug I've been fighting but I'm feeling a bit better and he's in the middle of it.

I have my camera batteries chargin hopefully enough to get a few pics. :)

Umm yikes I'm going like 100 miles a minute right now lol. It's fun when I get this excited and hyper (scary because of the crash but I promised myself I would NOT allow myself to stress all day long about the crash like I normally do).

Well I'm off to start getting ready (I know it's early but my kiddos will be here in 40 mins and I can't really shower with 3 lil ones running around).

See you all who are coming to Applebees in a bit, and big (( HUGS )) for everyone.