WHAT'S NEW SUNDAY??

Good Morning Karen and Everyone........

Keeping Debbie and Jean in my prayers that is for sure!!

Had a wonderful lazy day yesterday......I was in heaven!! I actually took a nap in the afternoon.....that is unheard of for me unless I am sick. Felt pretty mellow all night. I sat outside all evening with the neighbors again. We had a great time!

Nothing much planned for today either.....I love it!!!

Prayers, love and hugs to all......I wil check in again later....connie d

I'm already starting to mourn with the shorter days and evenings arriving already. . . I really love summer early and late in the day. This morning I sat and watched the sun rise from our friend's deck. Soon it will be too cool to do that. Usually it's still really hot here in late August but it's just supposed to be mid 70s this week. Very unusual.  Mellow sounds nice. You deserve that!

morning OFF family!!!!

well yesterday was better than the day before....had a pissed off moment at work tho....i started at 1 then they gave me my dinner break at 3!!!!!! why???????? i ate before i went to work!!! i let them know that also but they said i had to take my 1/2 hour dinner break then!!!!! so off i went walking the store pissed off big time....so then about 745 i am talking to the guy watching the door and was telling him i still didn;t have my 2 15 minute breaks...he calls on the radio to let them know i needed my 2 15 minute breaks before we close at 9...welll someone finally comes to give me my breaks....sooooooo goofed up let me tall ya!!!!   then i get home from work and hurried to get rid of my hat head and change my clothes to go meet rick at the bar where his buddy was playing...his music stinks big time!!! and we are thinking he is full of hot air on going big time with it too!!!!!! yes its that bad!!!!!!! he finished his set and we asked him to play this one tune i really heard soooo much about that it was good...well he refused because he did it earlier that night before i got there...and he knew its the one i wanted to hear the nost...so when he said no we left...other then that i had a great time there with rick and we danced....it was good...we came home and walked bandit down the road and laughed and hugged and came inside and well guess you know where the night lead us....wooohoooo

its a nice day today and the sun is shinning...i work 12-8 today. wonder if i get real break times today...lol

oh!!! we went and looked at the apartment and also the one we really wanted to see the most...we loved it!!!!!!!!! only problem is they only allow 1 pet!!!!!! rick has a old cat and won't part with her...i can't get rid of bandit sooooooo we have to maybe sneak sassy in?????? just not sure what we will do...have to call them tuesday and see what they can do for us. then rick bought us lunch and we went to the lake and found a picnic table in the shade and had a nice lunch watching the water and the boats...ahhhh so relaxing!!!!!!!

well not much else happening right now have to get ready for work so will check back later if i can....have a great day and hope all is safe from harm!!!

welcome to the newcomers that i missed!!! hope to get back to you all soon...maybe tuesday or wednesday when i am off work??

love and hugs

Dress the cat up and list it as your "daughter!" "She" would cause much less commotion than a teenager on the lease~

morning! i think it's sunday? i am some how messed up this weekend with the day off tomorrow..and my sleeping has been nutso-went to bed last nite at 945 and was still about wide awake at 1130...michael didn't know that- he was in the kitchen painting

today i told him that i am going back to school in october- that is what was so heavy on my mind the other day-and after i posted what i did; i got word from a benefactor that i could have the money -downpayment- so long as i used it only for that purpose! i do believe that prayer works!!!!! 
 so--worked some stuff out in my head- still have to talk to my boss-gonna ask to work only 4 hours on tuesdays and about taking time off for frankenmuth!--but -will start in october unless the school gives me crap about something...i am praying that going in the evenings 4 nites a week will be better then when i was working overnites and school during the days two full days a week- what is it-circadian rythm??/ mine was off!!!still haven't quite figured out when i'll get enough homework done but hey!

did a few loads of laundry yeestrday- went to walmart and helped paint the kitchen,,,,we should not paint together as we both have such different approaches to it! and carwashing- two things we should not do as a couple!


well- i'll check back later- hugs and prayers

Margo, I posted to you and it's not here. Every time I read about one of your middle of the night "head hunting" finds I am jealous. All of my genealogy stuff is in storage until we get moved. How I miss it in the middle of the night when I can't sleep. Some of it I can "play" with but nothing serious without the backup info to check.  I so want to do a trip to the Quaker country in Deleware and PA. Want to rent a car, and just go from place to place visiting meeting houses and cemeteries! Allens, Comers, Houghtons to name a few!!

karen- i spent hours yesterday on one great family=-populated 50557 ppl in my background--whooooo i was on absolute overload--so was my comp- had to sut it all down!!!!

i have found some of the most awesome stuff on my quaker ancestors....i am going to "introduce' them to my family at our reunion in two weeks- have to buy some display boards and stuff....very visual!!!! my quakewrs came from n carolina -orig rhode island---and moved thru ohio to indiana to michigan....one of them is my next Rev War patriot--used an assumed name to fight!!!! and his eldest son's house( that he designed and built) is the one for sale now in n carolina-for $850K!!!!!!---i hate to pack all of my stuff away- i need so much to find a way to "sort" it and store it better tho!

and just now got a call from a "cousin" who accidentally found a lead last nite at the house of her mother's next door neighbor- small world!!! am so hoping that this news may provide some way to break my brick wall.....

Happy Sunday OFFers.

Well, the count down is on.  I have my surgery Thursday. OMG - I HAVE MY SURGERY THURSDAY!!!!  I have so much to do.  Thank goodness I have this 3-day weekend.  I got in a real funk yesterday - of all things I was mourning the FOOD I'll not be able to have for a very long time, had the jitters last night.  Stayed up late watching tv.  Are food sponsers all those programs have?   LOL.  If I see that commercial for those "homemade" buttery biscuits one more time I think I'll scream.  I finally got ticked off and actually yelled at the tv "that's what got me in this shape to begin with".  Actually it's not the restraunt's falut but I wasn't admitting that last night. 

Today is better.  I went to the grocery store this morning and stocked up on a few necessities (like toilet tissue, paper towels, distilled water for my cpap) so I'll not have to worry about that for the next month.  I also bought just enough food for my low carb diet to last until Thursday.  The refridgerator is looking bare as I have used up or given away most of what I won't be needing for a while.  Have cleaned out my cabinets too.  Still can't find a taker for my whole grain pasta - geez folks just don't know what they are missing...lol. 

I have gotten behind on my laundry so the afternoon will be washing, drying, and folding clothes.  Tonight I'll watch the race and catch up on a few emails I need to reply to. 

Hope everyone has a great day! 

Donna,  For some reason with the surgery I also lost my taste for many things for many months. Couldn't not stand the smell of anything greasy and of most meats cooking. That helped make it much easier to adjust. Just remember. . . it isn't forever! And when you do start having small amounts of things that you used to stuff yourself with, you'll be amazed at how a little bit can satisfy that craving. Sometimes that little bit will not taste like you remember it and you won't even want it again for a long time. Just stay busy. This week is a good time to clean out that junk drawer (or several in my case!).  Funny think for months after surgery I watched cooking shows. It was strangely comforting for some weird reason! I can read the excitement in your post. I'm envious of your being able to get rid of things you won't need for a long time. With a husband here who still has a good appetite I can't do that. Occassionally I have to remind him to keep things "out of sight" as I still have problems with saltine crackers. One leads to two leads to three...  What else can you do?  Any drawers to clean out, pictures to sort, profile to write, before pictures to take?? Friends to call, a movie to see, a book to read, a good deed to do??

Aloha dear big sister from WA and all of my OFF sisters and bros!

Karen, as you are watching the sunrise in WA, I was up in the dark getting MAJOR laundry ready to go. Doing bedding (turned mattress), and all towels, rugs, etc. Working as much as I have lately, many things have been neglected, and I'm catching up today.

Now, the sun is rising here.....and oh such a gorgeous morning! I love sunrise....and when it comes up with the ocean and Haleakela as part of the picture, it is breathtaking...even after seven years!

Wow, I just realized that it will be seven years exactly on Sept. 18th that I have lived on Maui. Would you believe I moved here the week after 9/11?? It was a very tense time. The airlines had been closed down for a week, and my things had already gone with the movers, and I was driving my van from Portland to Seattle to put on a ship bound for Maui. It worked out that the airlines opened back up the day before my flight was scheduled, and everything went as planned. I was very thankful.

This morning I've been watching CNN closely and what a punch Mother Nature is planning yet again. I so feel for the people of the south who are in this monster's path...especially our own angel, Debbie. What a life changing event something like a hurricane is......I can't even imagine. I know I live in hurricane country, too...and that always is in the back of my mind when I watch the news about hurricanes.

Yesterday I had my baby hearing testing at the hospital. I love it as usual, except that yesterday I had a baby from a drug addicted mother and she was being forced to give him up. It was NOT a pleasant thing to see. What I don't understand is why they left the baby with the mother in her room, with him in her arms for a day or two. I saw her with the baby out in the hall at the picture taking machine, and she was taking tons of pictures of him. How very very sad to go through a pregnancy and then lose your baby over something like drugs! Thankfully the baby appeared normal, and his hearing tested just fine, so maybe he will be OK, but you never know.

OK, my darlings....I'm back to chores. It will feel good when they are finished, and then I think I will plant myself out on the lanai with a good book and vegge for the rest of the day.

Jean B......thinking of you, and hoping you are safe. Debbie.....sending you a hug to let you know I love and admire you.....you are a survivor. Please come in as soon as you can to let us know you are OK.

Karen C.......soon you will be in your own beautiful new home and will be able to begin this chapter of your life....how wonderful and fun for you. Yeah!

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen