WHAT'S NEW SUNDAY!!!!
Good to see your face now too. Yeah, I know, my docs all said if you lose weight, your knees and back will feel better ... well, the back feels a little better, the knees not so much. Even with the knee replacement, I have so many problems yet ... I haven't had a good time with mine. I'm on my third ortho doc and am seeing a rehab specialist because I'm having so many problems with the knee replacement. I would wait until you lost some more weight before you did the knee replacement, though. It would make things so much easier on you.
Hope to see you in Frankenmuth. If you decide to go, let me know, you can ride up with Carla and Co., she's coming to pick up me and Cedar Springs isn't that much out of the way. Save on gas to car pool.
Hope to see you in Frankenmuth. If you decide to go, let me know, you can ride up with Carla and Co., she's coming to pick up me and Cedar Springs isn't that much out of the way. Save on gas to car pool.
Eileen Thanks for the suggestion on the knee stuff. I agree. I am going to Frankenmuth but will be staying at a different hotel, yours was booked. But I will be getting together with you all once we are there. Can't wait to meet everyone...this will be so much fun. 
I changed my avatar, it seems nicer to put a face with the person your chattiing with so I thought I would throw my mug shot on there also...
I changed my avatar, it seems nicer to put a face with the person your chattiing with so I thought I would throw my mug shot on there also...
Good morning to you, Janet. Nothing much is gnu with me that's for sure.
I got up early today since I wanted to have some time to share with my OFF family before I have to get ready for church. I just don't like to start the day without my OFF fix. I like just sitting here and sharing my thoughts and plans with all of you because if the day isn't started like that I think off and on that I have to share with you all. I can't wait until I do. So that is why I get up early and do the best I can with working in just a few minutes if that is all I can. I guess I am addicted to my OFF family. Could be worse addictions I guess.
I am having my great niece all day today. I pick her up on the way to church this morning and she is going to be with us until about 5 this evening. I am going to be tired tonight. Whew! She can keep a lady going that's for sure. She is 10 and sometimes I think she is going on 20. She is so much like her mom and sometimes that is a good thing and sometimes that isn't. haha My niece Autumn was born on Halloween and I have always called her my little witch~sometimes a good witch and sometimes a bad one. That sums Autumn up in one sentence. Still at the age of almost 28 it still does. Brittany on the other hand was born on April fools day and she is no one fool. haha
We have the 2nd birthday party of our great nephew. He is the one that was named (his middle name) after Bill. He is just a beautiful little boy. He looks like his daddy *****minds me so much of his uncle. That is why they hold a special place in my heart. David is a lot like Bill and Jimmy is a lot like his dad. I love them both but David is the holder of that special spot. Damien (I can't stand that name~so I call him DJ) looks so much like David who in turn looks like Bill. Time flies so fast that I am losing track of how old all of the grand nieces and nephews are now. I use to remember but when they grow us in age and number it is hard to do now.
I have to make my announcement in church this morning about getting the new Pastor. I am assuming that Pastor is back from Ohio since no one has heard from him otherwise. It just drives me nuts that he never let anyone know if he is back or not. I understand that he has a lot on his plate at this time but it sure wouldn't have killed him to let someone know by dropping them a one sentence e-mail. Oh well~guess we all have to go with the flow of life and this is just another example. I will let you know if he is there today or if I did the service. That is what is killing me~not knowing if I am the one that is having to do it. I usually have to get myself up to the point that I am not nervous. Oh well, if I have to do it maybe God is telling me something. haha
I guess I had better get going. I got meds to take before getting ready. It takes a bit longer to get this face ready to go out and greet people so that they don't all turn away screaming and running.
I am sending love and hugs to all and prayers are going up for everyone. Special ones are being said for those in need of them. Have a wonderful day and be blessed.
I got up early today since I wanted to have some time to share with my OFF family before I have to get ready for church. I just don't like to start the day without my OFF fix. I like just sitting here and sharing my thoughts and plans with all of you because if the day isn't started like that I think off and on that I have to share with you all. I can't wait until I do. So that is why I get up early and do the best I can with working in just a few minutes if that is all I can. I guess I am addicted to my OFF family. Could be worse addictions I guess.
I am having my great niece all day today. I pick her up on the way to church this morning and she is going to be with us until about 5 this evening. I am going to be tired tonight. Whew! She can keep a lady going that's for sure. She is 10 and sometimes I think she is going on 20. She is so much like her mom and sometimes that is a good thing and sometimes that isn't. haha My niece Autumn was born on Halloween and I have always called her my little witch~sometimes a good witch and sometimes a bad one. That sums Autumn up in one sentence. Still at the age of almost 28 it still does. Brittany on the other hand was born on April fools day and she is no one fool. haha
We have the 2nd birthday party of our great nephew. He is the one that was named (his middle name) after Bill. He is just a beautiful little boy. He looks like his daddy *****minds me so much of his uncle. That is why they hold a special place in my heart. David is a lot like Bill and Jimmy is a lot like his dad. I love them both but David is the holder of that special spot. Damien (I can't stand that name~so I call him DJ) looks so much like David who in turn looks like Bill. Time flies so fast that I am losing track of how old all of the grand nieces and nephews are now. I use to remember but when they grow us in age and number it is hard to do now.
I have to make my announcement in church this morning about getting the new Pastor. I am assuming that Pastor is back from Ohio since no one has heard from him otherwise. It just drives me nuts that he never let anyone know if he is back or not. I understand that he has a lot on his plate at this time but it sure wouldn't have killed him to let someone know by dropping them a one sentence e-mail. Oh well~guess we all have to go with the flow of life and this is just another example. I will let you know if he is there today or if I did the service. That is what is killing me~not knowing if I am the one that is having to do it. I usually have to get myself up to the point that I am not nervous. Oh well, if I have to do it maybe God is telling me something. haha
I guess I had better get going. I got meds to take before getting ready. It takes a bit longer to get this face ready to go out and greet people so that they don't all turn away screaming and running.
I am sending love and hugs to all and prayers are going up for everyone. Special ones are being said for those in need of them. Have a wonderful day and be blessed.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Good morning Janet and everyone!
Well, it is STILL raining here in the northeast. We had a Nor' Easter to hit here on Fri and now I think we have some rain from Hurricane Kyle. I don't know....just a heckova lot of water coming down.
Yesterday I got out on my own for the first time since my surgery. I put gas in my car, hit the drug store, went to the library and then stopped at the gym to say hi to my trainer. I sure miss him, he is such a nice kid. Anyway, he was blown away to see me looking so peppy and he could tell I had already lost some weight. Hee hee! He told me I made his day, but he made mine too! The rest of the day was boring and lazy. I managed to get a very short walk in betweeen the raindrops yesterday, but nothing like what I am up for. I can tell, I am feeling much better cos now I am ready to get out of my house and start my life again. Recovery is boring me....time to move on.
Today, I hope we can get out for a little while and head to the apple orchard. I know I can't eat em yet, but in Late Sept -Early Oct we have Macoun apples here and my whole family waits all year for them. I don't want them to miss out on the Macouns because I can't eat them just now, so we need to get some. Also, I love the smell in the little orchard store. Maybe I can find some spices there that I can add to my pitiful vanilla pudding or some yogurt? Maybe I can put a few Macouns in the food processor in a week or so? Will ask my doc when I call there on Monday.
My doc took me off my diabetes meds while I am on liquids, but my sugar has been going steadily up....so I want to get back on my meds. I am planning to call tomorrow to ask a few questions around getting back to the gym, and my meds too. In the meantime, I will try to walk between raindrops and sit home and read my newest courtroom mystery.
Hope you have a wonderful Sunday!
Huggs,
Cara
Cara
When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself. - Natalie Portman
morning janet and OFF !!!
janet i am looking for dorothy nitti's home phone number to call her about frankenmuth--do you have it tucked away from the slumber party?????? either carla or i would really like to speak with her and i don't think she has email at home......
very damp this morning when roxie went out to do her stuff...hoping it dries up so i can do the deck stain...never made it that far yesterday- ran some errands for michael and cooked some beans and spent some time in geneaolgy land --shouldn't have but i love it! and of course hung around the boards hoping someone would know hwo to reach dorothy!!!
also spent some major time searching jobs online..ouch! have to do some praying about this current situation! trying to adapt the "it is what it is" theory and be grateful for what i have and not looking for "more" but more would sure pay an extra bill or two!! hard to whittle at the what'sdues and all when you're using the wrong knife!!!
think i'll break down and write a few ads to put in the local paper-trinity's dog crate and the tiller that we had to have last spring and my massage table and books and the mother of the bride dress that i never wore in size 22.....
and...wow--very hard to believe that two weeks from today we'll be packing up and saying our goodbyes in frankenmuth.....i may start goingthru withdrawal already!! no...just eager to see the gang!!!
well; michael has been up and moving an extra hour and the house absolutely reeks of wood stain and so i must go -my eyes are watery and i am sneezin to beat the band...we're both hungry and i need to scare up some protein...drinking my henry's best that i got free from seattle brand coffee ....
weekends are just not long enough.......
hugs and prayers..................
janet i am looking for dorothy nitti's home phone number to call her about frankenmuth--do you have it tucked away from the slumber party?????? either carla or i would really like to speak with her and i don't think she has email at home......
very damp this morning when roxie went out to do her stuff...hoping it dries up so i can do the deck stain...never made it that far yesterday- ran some errands for michael and cooked some beans and spent some time in geneaolgy land --shouldn't have but i love it! and of course hung around the boards hoping someone would know hwo to reach dorothy!!!
also spent some major time searching jobs online..ouch! have to do some praying about this current situation! trying to adapt the "it is what it is" theory and be grateful for what i have and not looking for "more" but more would sure pay an extra bill or two!! hard to whittle at the what'sdues and all when you're using the wrong knife!!!
think i'll break down and write a few ads to put in the local paper-trinity's dog crate and the tiller that we had to have last spring and my massage table and books and the mother of the bride dress that i never wore in size 22.....
and...wow--very hard to believe that two weeks from today we'll be packing up and saying our goodbyes in frankenmuth.....i may start goingthru withdrawal already!! no...just eager to see the gang!!!
well; michael has been up and moving an extra hour and the house absolutely reeks of wood stain and so i must go -my eyes are watery and i am sneezin to beat the band...we're both hungry and i need to scare up some protein...drinking my henry's best that i got free from seattle brand coffee ....
weekends are just not long enough.......
hugs and prayers..................
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White
Finaly got on the computer at the motel we are staying at. Not sure when I posted last. I went on a trip with my daughter to DC and then over to Hunington, WV to a readers appreciation weekend "RAW" What fun we had. The hightlite was the slumber party over 200 women in pj's and I think 2 men. I won one of the raffles and had to go up in my jammies in front of all those poeple to get the prize. I might be brave and post tha pic here.
We came home and in 24 hrs were on the road again. My daughter had surgery in Omaha on Thursday.
Her surgery went well no malignancy.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They did remove her ovary and a mass that was connected to the ovary and the recturm. I guess it was pretty big. No wonder she had so much pain. I am usally calm, cool and collected, but when they said it did not look like there was any malignancy I bursted into tears in front of my family and pastor it was such a release. I think we will come home toady.............I sure hope so I am tired of living out of my suitcase and sleeping in strange beds. I want my own bed and pillow.
Not sure if I have lost or gained. One day I did stray really bad all I could find to eat was pop tarts in a vending machine.
I know when I get home I will be online catching up on all the posts.
Barb
We came home and in 24 hrs were on the road again. My daughter had surgery in Omaha on Thursday.
Her surgery went well no malignancy.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They did remove her ovary and a mass that was connected to the ovary and the recturm. I guess it was pretty big. No wonder she had so much pain. I am usally calm, cool and collected, but when they said it did not look like there was any malignancy I bursted into tears in front of my family and pastor it was such a release. I think we will come home toady.............I sure hope so I am tired of living out of my suitcase and sleeping in strange beds. I want my own bed and pillow.
Not sure if I have lost or gained. One day I did stray really bad all I could find to eat was pop tarts in a vending machine.
I know when I get home I will be online catching up on all the posts.
Barb
Hello All
Well, I'll be leaving my son's place this afternoon, heading home. It's been a good few days, but I'm with Barb...It'll be good to get home to my own bed and pillow. And my kitties. I've been missing them. I know they're well taken care of while I'm gone, but I miss having my Honey purring on my lap. She's an excellent stress reliever.
I go into work at 4:30 am tomorrow, then the rest of my week is all screwed up, of course. It looks like it's going to be more of the same, at least for the rest of this year. Better get used to it. I'll continue to pick up as much overtime as I can. It helps pay for plane tickets, which are almost double what they were last year at this time.
I saw Aime yesterday for a few hours. She looks great! Lots on her plate, but she's hanging in there. I wasn't able to meet LP, but she says he's a joy, has a couple of teeth, and the pictures she showed me are of a grinning little guy! I'm going to try to add a picture of Aime and me on my profile. If not, will ask for help later today or tomorrow.
I've decided to believe that we're never given anything that we can't handle. Life tests that once in a while, but we all seem to come through it.
Got to go pack and clean "my" room. I've been living in it like it's a motel room, but the maid seems to have skipped it recently. I'll do the dishes and finish the laundry. The freezer is full of meals for my son, and the fridge now has more in it than a bottle of mustard and some soy sauce. (Unfortunately, I'm not kiddling about what was in there...) I've ironed EVERYthing (about 20 dress shirts!), folded a mountain of towels, and persuaded my adult son that the clean laundry goes IN the dresser, not ON it. My work here is done. For a while.
I hope everyone has a good rest of the weekend.
Candy
Well, I'll be leaving my son's place this afternoon, heading home. It's been a good few days, but I'm with Barb...It'll be good to get home to my own bed and pillow. And my kitties. I've been missing them. I know they're well taken care of while I'm gone, but I miss having my Honey purring on my lap. She's an excellent stress reliever.
I go into work at 4:30 am tomorrow, then the rest of my week is all screwed up, of course. It looks like it's going to be more of the same, at least for the rest of this year. Better get used to it. I'll continue to pick up as much overtime as I can. It helps pay for plane tickets, which are almost double what they were last year at this time.
I saw Aime yesterday for a few hours. She looks great! Lots on her plate, but she's hanging in there. I wasn't able to meet LP, but she says he's a joy, has a couple of teeth, and the pictures she showed me are of a grinning little guy! I'm going to try to add a picture of Aime and me on my profile. If not, will ask for help later today or tomorrow.
I've decided to believe that we're never given anything that we can't handle. Life tests that once in a while, but we all seem to come through it.
Got to go pack and clean "my" room. I've been living in it like it's a motel room, but the maid seems to have skipped it recently. I'll do the dishes and finish the laundry. The freezer is full of meals for my son, and the fridge now has more in it than a bottle of mustard and some soy sauce. (Unfortunately, I'm not kiddling about what was in there...) I've ironed EVERYthing (about 20 dress shirts!), folded a mountain of towels, and persuaded my adult son that the clean laundry goes IN the dresser, not ON it. My work here is done. For a while.
I hope everyone has a good rest of the weekend.
Candy
Aloha Cutie Pie "Red" and all of my OFF family.....
Sunday morning.........sunrise happening right now....very bright! This time of year the sun is almost directly coming in my big front windows making it VERY BRIGHT even back here in my bedroom. It is beautiful, of course, BUT this is when I can see every speck of dust, kitty hair and stuff on the floor, counters, etc. It is invisible the rest of the day...and I prefer it that way.....Ha! Actually this is the time when I should dust, sweep and vacuum....but hey, I'm not THAT motivated!
Ah, sweet Sunday.....with no plans at all. I love that. Yesterday was baby testing day at Maui Memorial, and again I had TEN babies born the day before. This little island's local population is popping, that's for sure. Only young people have the courage, or naiveté to bring babies into this troubled world. I hope our young people will be able to find answers to correct the messes we have made for them to clean up.
It is so quiet on the island right now. Visitors are down something like 42%, so rentals are going begging. You can get a really cheap hotel room or condo, but will have to pay through the nose for the airfare.....it's a shame. I enjoy having fewer people on island, but unfortunately that means some of the mom and pop quaint stores and restaurants are closing their doors.....very sad indeed.
I'm sorry to be on a bit of a downer this morning...not sure why. I think it has to do with worrying about my son and his heart problem. That overshadows everything and makes life not so bright and shining like it usually is. Thanks for giving me a place to meander with my thoughts and feelings. You all mean so much to me.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Sunday morning.........sunrise happening right now....very bright! This time of year the sun is almost directly coming in my big front windows making it VERY BRIGHT even back here in my bedroom. It is beautiful, of course, BUT this is when I can see every speck of dust, kitty hair and stuff on the floor, counters, etc. It is invisible the rest of the day...and I prefer it that way.....Ha! Actually this is the time when I should dust, sweep and vacuum....but hey, I'm not THAT motivated!
Ah, sweet Sunday.....with no plans at all. I love that. Yesterday was baby testing day at Maui Memorial, and again I had TEN babies born the day before. This little island's local population is popping, that's for sure. Only young people have the courage, or naiveté to bring babies into this troubled world. I hope our young people will be able to find answers to correct the messes we have made for them to clean up.
It is so quiet on the island right now. Visitors are down something like 42%, so rentals are going begging. You can get a really cheap hotel room or condo, but will have to pay through the nose for the airfare.....it's a shame. I enjoy having fewer people on island, but unfortunately that means some of the mom and pop quaint stores and restaurants are closing their doors.....very sad indeed.
I'm sorry to be on a bit of a downer this morning...not sure why. I think it has to do with worrying about my son and his heart problem. That overshadows everything and makes life not so bright and shining like it usually is. Thanks for giving me a place to meander with my thoughts and feelings. You all mean so much to me.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
What's new Sunday.
Well we were supposed to have an Administrative council meeting at church and then when I get to the office there is the AD. Coun. Chairs resignation on the computer! So we (14 of us all got together and just talked but couldn't vote on any thing.
I have my surgery tomorrow and then have two weeks sick leave, I told them I would deal with the Ad. Coun Chair position when i get back on Oct. 13. Not going to worry about it.
20 1/2 hours until surgery
Well we were supposed to have an Administrative council meeting at church and then when I get to the office there is the AD. Coun. Chairs resignation on the computer! So we (14 of us all got together and just talked but couldn't vote on any thing.
I have my surgery tomorrow and then have two weeks sick leave, I told them I would deal with the Ad. Coun Chair position when i get back on Oct. 13. Not going to worry about it.
20 1/2 hours until surgery
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