Hey!! Hello!! Happy (Goodbye Ruby) Tuesday to you
Margaret do not feel like you are boring. That is not the case.
We are all here for each other. Just hearing about everyones day is wonderful. Please post more often!
As for my day....it is another busy workday but that is okay because I will be off for a long weekend soon.
Nothing exciting happening around here today either. Same old same old!
I finally got all but one of my grandchildrens Christmas lists. Now I need to get to the stores and get that shopping done!!
Kyleigh finishes her hospital outpatient therapy classes tomorrow. She is doing so great and feeling so good. It is nice to have our sweet little Kyleigh back!!
Dwayne is coming over for dinner tonight. Nothing fancy just broiling some salmon and making us salads and a baked potato for him. We love to watch our Tuesday TV shows together. NCIS, The Mentalist, and then Eli Stone. Glad we like the same shows!!
Guess I better check a couple more posts and then get back to work. Everyone have a good day. You are in my thoughts and prayers as always.
Have safe travels to those traveling today.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Love and hugs......connie d
Margaret I'm sure your life isn't nearly as boring as mine.
I was here til like 2:00 this morning getting my avatar to work. Its there, but the picture is cloudy.
I'm still waiting for surgery too. Tomorrow I finish my 6 month diet. And I haven't lost a pound! In fact I've gained a few pounds. I'm starting to wonder if what some say, that when you don't sleep you are fatter. I had a sleep study done last month. I thought I slept like I always do, but I never get to REM sleep, Just stages 1&2. I did talk to the doctor about it and he's gonna switch me from Ambien to something else. I know it was about the time I quit sleeping well, that my weight did go up about #100. We'll see! But if I sleep better, my fibro should be better too. Which would be wonderful!
Today I'm not doing too much. One friend is coming to get her haircut. So I do have to get me and the house presentable. And its 32 right now here, and I'm freezing.
I'd better get downstairs, let the girls out, get my cereal and under the blanket before Y&R starts!
Have a good one everybody,
Nancy
You never have to worry about being boring in here!! We all have our days when we dazzle, and our days when we fizzle....Ha! I often don't post either because I feel like my life is just chugging along and nothing very interesting is happening, but then I realize that I enjoy reading about people's lives....good and bad.
This morning (6:30 a.m.) is dawning beautifully. I have a desk fan on, so I'm guessing it's probably 80 degrees in here. I do have doors and windows open and can see the palm trees swaying, so nice breeze to keep things cool. I keep glancing over at the ocean hoping to be able to tell you that I see a humpback whale breeching, but so far no luck there.
I'm going for a haircut this morning.... very short.......! I am going into the hospital next Tues. for my panniculectomy (a tummy tuck without doing the muscles) and I don't want to worry about hair for a few weeks. I'm of the "shower, scrunch, and go" crowd when it comes to haircuts.
On Thanksgiving I'll be going to a friends house....bless her for doing the turkey....and several of us are bringing side dishes. I'm bringing our family's SIECHEN SPINACH dish....which has been a Thanksgiving tradition since I married my first husband about 45 years ago! Just in case you'd like to try it..here it is:
Cheese Spinach
From Jane Siechen (Mother in Law)
Defrost: 2 packages chopped spinach (I use FOUR and double everything else!)
In med saucepan melt: 3 Tbl Butter (margarine won't work)
Blend in: 3 Tbl Flour
1 ¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
Dash nutmeg
Stir in: 1 Cup whole milk
Add: 1 Tbl dried minced onion OR
¼ Cup raw onion, finely chopped
Stir white sauce until it starts to thicken and take off the heat. Stir in well drained spinach. Put spinach mixture into a casserole dish and cover with ½+ Cup grated Tillamook Cheddar Cheese (the more cheese the better, we always said!!).
Bake in a 375 degree oven, about 30 mins or until bubbling around edges.
(Glo's Notes: Drain and then squeeze the spinach to get out as much water as possible -
otherwise the final product will be soupy.
I skimp on the salt - usually using only a skant 1 tsp
I only use (as did Mom) the dried minced onion (with the dried onions and the Tillamook cheese, it's plenty salty enough).
Funny how traditions start and then continue. My son in California ALWAYS makes this spinach on Thanksgiving...whether they are cooking at home or going to someone's house. Then he makes it and takes it along.
I hope you all have happy traditions, and a wonderful holiday.
Must run.....shower, scrunch and go time!!
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Brenda says hi ... she misses all of you too. I'm on the phone talking to her ... she is going through OFF withdrawal.
I am about to string my cat Diva up. She is making a poopy mess of my house ... basically the same area, at least, right around the cat tower. Today, the poop was all spread under the little litter box, and when I moved it, it smeared all over the place. Took me 20 minutes to clean it up. One vet I used to have said if a cat has diarrhea, you give it pumpkin for fiber. So yesterday I bought some canned cat food and a can of pumpkin, and today I gave it to the cats ... they scarfed it up. I called my current vet and asked the receptionist about that, and she said, oh no, the pumpkin would make it worse. And then she said I should lock the cat up in the bathroom with the litter boxes when I'm not home, then get some special bland diet food. Well, I guess I'll try the bland diet for awhile. I hate to lock Diva in the bathroom, especially because she seems to do it when I'm home anyway.
Well, I should get going. Not much happening here today. Just have work tonight ... lots of people cleaning out desks yesterday to get ready for the big remake of the newsroom. Some people never throw anything out. I don't have anything that old in my desk.
Have a good day.
good afternoon margaret and my OFF family....well i worked this morning and man i had a couple women so pissed off when they came in the place....took it out on me thats for sure!!! spilled her full coke all over the table and floor and comes to me telling me "you have a mess to clean up!!!" sighs...i get the mop go mop it up and wipe the table off and the seats...come back and see that my cheese pizze is half burned because the pepperoni one got stuck and it didn't let the cheese out...grrrrrrrr then one of the women comes back to me and asks if the cream cheese pretzels are fresh...i said they are still ok as fresh..she buys one...comes running back and throws it at me telling me its hard and wants a refund...well i can't do refunds there she has to go to the membership desk for that...she argues with me she got it there before...i once again explained i couldn't give her the refund from my till...she threw a wax paper at me and stormed off and complained to management about me lying to her...they came over to tell me about her and i took the other pretzel out and broke it off and tried a piece...it was fresh to me!!! baked the same time as other one...she also took a piece and tried it and said it was fresh to her also...i then told her that these two women came in with a chip on their should because some man hit her car and took off!!!! we were her sounding board i guess...glad to be out of there and home!!!!!
still can't get my pc online...erie will be back on either friday or saturday to try once more...at this point i am tired of trying to get online!!! grrrrr
we have a lake effect snow warning out til tomorrow. had some heavy snow this morning and its changed to rain and then a mix of rain and snow...what a mess!!!
rick loves my new haircut...said i looked even cuter in it...lol got to love that man!!!! i do i do!!!
well my ex husband should be in the hospital today with surgery tomorrow on that tumor. please remember to pray for him at this time. thankyou so much!!! will keep you posted when i hear anything.
well better go find something for supper...alarm didn't go off this morning and we were running late so now its time for whats for supper....
margaret...NEVER ever feel that what you have to say is boring to us!!! remember we have all been there and went through this same thing!!! so post away with whatever you need to say!!! look how boring i am with my rattling on and on everytime i am here!!! LOL
welcome to anyone that i missed joining our OFF family and congrats to all of you making this journey to a healthier new life!!!!
have a great day and if i miss you...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!
love and hugs to all
