TGIF!!! What's New

Happy surgiversary! You didn't tell me that when we talked ... or maybe you did, and I wasn't listening (I was spacing out at times, sorry!)

Morning to you, Laureen and my OFF family. Hope that today is good and remember to rejoice since it is FRIDAY!!!

Nothing new going on here. I am still finding junk to throw in the garbage. The garbage man is going to love me. I have filled a dumpster by myself most likely! Well.......maybe not that much.

I have to work on the homework for Sunday. It is doing a bit better. I am going about this whole thing differently and so I am not sure of what I am doing. Oh boy......that sounds like a winning thing to be doing when you have to do it in public and in front of people that you really don't know.

It is cold here today. They are saying that we are going to have snow during the night tonight and said that NW IN will get about 5". Come on snow people......give it a rest already!!!!!!!!!! I am so sick of snow I can't stand it. We just got rid of the mess that we got. I can't wait until spring......and I think that a lot of us feel that way.

I am closing for now and sending everyone love and hugs and prayers and/or special thoughts are going out for everyone too. Special healing prayers are going up for Linda S. She needs all that she can get right now.
Have a wonderful day all and remember to smile.

Hey Brenda,

Send the snow my way, please, I would love one really good snowfall, which is something we don't get too often, sorry you are getting it all in your part of the world.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Laureen

Hi Laureen, I am at work. It is snowing like crazy outside. I am looking forward to a quiet weekend at home. Last night my DH and I went to a Valentine's day supper at our church. It was for couples over 55. I am not 55 yet but my DH is. We had a great time and it was nice meeting new people our age. Have a great weekend. Mona

Aloha beautiful Laureen.....Oh, yes, I would LOVE to see your picture like it is supposed to look. I have a feeling it is fabulous!! YOU are fabulous.

Well, here I si****ching the day begin in my usual "happy place." My furry friend, Poki, is sitting on my desk between the keyboard and the screen, and she "chases the letters" as I type!! It is so funny........she tries to bite the screen. How we love our little laugh makers, eh!!

The past two mornings have been glorious here......and I've spent two hours at least on the lanai in full sun getting a little tan going and lots of that precious vitamin D the best possible way. It is such a joy to sit out there right now because it is "whale soup" time of the year, and there is always some whale action to observe. Sometimes you just see a big back sticking out of the water, and sometimes you get to see a mother teaching her baby to breach and the resulting hilarious flippity floppity of him trying to do as she does. When a gigantic mama humpback comes out of the water with her full body and crashes back in you can hear the thump for miles!!

Today I will have to drag myself away from here because I have a training session for new born hearing screening equipment we have on loan. It is the kind you can take with you to a mother's home in a home birth situation and test the baby's hearing in a remote location. It will be an interesting session I'm sure.

So sorry to hear about the plane crash in NY. And the irony of a woman being killed whose husband died in 9/11. How do things like that happen?

Here's hoping that all of you needing something wonderful to happen in your lives.....get that need fulfilled. I'm going to try and be thankful for all that is good in my life today, and NOT to worry about those things which could bring me down. Spending time with you all this morning is definitely a great way to start this day. Hugs to all of you!

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen

Dear Karen,

Thank you for your thoughtful response to my picture, perhaps one day soon I will be able to get it posted the right way, though probably I will have a new one posted before then ;) 

You always paint such pictures in my head of the beauty that surrounds you and we are so alike in the looking for the positives in life, because the other stuff is just too apparent and weighs one down if you let it and most days I do my best not to allow it free reign.

I wish the same good fortune to you as you wish to all of us.

Hugs, Laureen

Good morning Laureen and OFFers!  I think I can sneak on here a little without getting caught.  I'm basically alone here in the office today.  Lots of ins and outs with the docs and techs, but two clericals are out.  So far, I'm not slammed with work - very unusual.  Last weekend I saw "He's Not That Into You" - I enjoyed it.

George seems to be OK not back to normal, still a little pain, but much better than Tuesday.  He's sleeping like a baby, I'm waking every hour to make sure he's breathing.    His coworkers were surprised to see him at work yesterday.  They all said he should have taken the rest of the week off.  Since I had to be at work, he was much better going in and having people around.  Besides, knowing him, he would not have rested at home.  He'd be playing in his garden or working in the bathroom, or...

Our older son stopped by last night to check on his dad.  He had to tell us his plans for Valentine's Day.  His new girl friend is working, so he's delivering flowers to her at work.  He'll will tie balloons to her car door and place a red rose on her windshield for her to find when she gets off.  Then, he'll cook dinner for her on Sunday.  Aw, he's such a romantic, just like his dad.

We're going to have an overnight visitor Sat.  Danny is bringing Ethan over early Sat. morning.  Danny and George are going hunting with their buddies.  Grandma and uncle GIII are taking Ethan to a parade.  Later, Danny and GIII are meeting up with friends, so George and I will have Ethan all to ourselves!!!  I can't wait.  We haven't seen him since Christmas.

Better got some work done!
Have a great weekend, Debbie

Hi all, here I am and it's nearly time to go to bed.  Didn't sleep good last nite, too much stress going on in the evening and then the phone rang at 10:45 and that always is a problem getting settled down again.  Anyway it was nearly 1:00 a.m. when I drifted off thanks to a tylenol PM and then up at 6:30.....

I am going to give any of you a warning about getting on Facebook.com......if you play any of the games on there or do any of the quizes, DO NOT under any cir****tances give your cell number out.....I stupidly did and when the cell phone bill came, there were $60 worth of charges from this strange number.  I was so dumb to do that, and now we are trying to figure out how to get rid of this # texting my phone.  So far Centennial has been unable to help us....my son is going to talk to them tomorrow.  Just be warned!!  I've been unable to even get on Facebook for over a wee****il today...heard their website crashed for a few days.

Cleaned house this afternoon and if we don't get the five inches of snow they are predicting for tonite, I may go shopping tomorrow in Battle Creek.

All those miles I've been riding on my exercise bike and the wt loss has been really slow ..... like only a lb.
or so.   It's really depressing to work that hard, keep my calories to 1,000 - 1200 and still struggle to lose a tiny bit. 

Well, I'm off to bed now.....good thoughts and prayers to those who need them and happy Valentine's Day to all.   I'm like Eileen, I only have my kitty to share the day with.....ah well.

Pat R.

 

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