What's New FRIDAY?
Both of my kids have fevers and sore throats. I took the day off to stay home with them. It probably won't be a very fun day off.
A friend of mine gave me her old bicycle and although it's been years since I rode a bike, I'm hoping to have a chance to get out and ride it for a little while tomorrow. The weather's supposed to be nice. It's a pretty fancy bike so I'm not sure how to change gears on it and whatnot. And I live in a pretty hilly area. I'm pretty nervous about it...
Have a great weekend!
Julie
Annette 
It is cold this morning and I am too. I guess it it suppose to get a bit warmer but I just want spring to come. I did see my first robin yesterday. When that happens I just want to tell Mom and my cousin Marian.Then Marian's daughter started in with us. We use to call each other when that happened and talk about spring just being around the corner. But now of the four of us I am the only one that is still alive. I just had this overwhelming need to call someone but I didn't. This is the first spring that the need was so great. Memories.......they are a good but sometimes sad thing.
I have to take my sister to the ophthalmologist this morning and then when I drop her off to home I have to go into Valparaiso and get DIL and take her to her OB appointment. Then I guess I will take her out to lunch. I worry about her eating habits. Sometimes she waits to long to eat and that isn't good. I guess they are starting her on her gestational diabetes medicine and I am wondering how that is going. It won't be long and my grandson is going to be making his appearance and I just can't wait. That little guy has me wrapped around his finger before he is even here. It should be about 6 weeks away right about now. I talk to him and tell him that the voice he is hearing is his Grandma.
Misty is walking around and she just gave me heck for some reason. I think that she is wanting some milk. I don't give her a lot of that because I was told that it isn't that good for them. Every once in a while she wants some and so I give her a couple of spoons in a very small bowl and she drinks it and is happy. I think that it won't hurt her if she gets just a small bit of it every couple of weeks or so. Am I wrong on that one? If so let me know and then things are going to change.
I was so tired last night that I went to bed early and never heard Bill come in from work. He gets home about midnight. I am usually here waiting for him and yesterday I never heard him even get into bed. I was out like a light and nothing was going to change that. I am so glad that today is Friday and tomorrow I am going to sleep in and just do what we need to do and some of what we want to do. I so hope that next week is not the constant running like it has been this week. I can feel myself starting to wear down and I can't afford to do that again. The last time that happened the doctor ordered me to bed for a couple of weeks. I will not allow that to happen again.
I better get going. My minutes of peace and quiet is going to be ending soon. That is so unfortunate. I like it here with just my OFF family. I am sending love and hugs to all along with prayers and good thoughts for everyone. Don't forget to smile....just think that there might be someone like me that you pass and the smile might be just the thing they need to cheer their busy day up into a happy one!
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Good morning, ya'll. It's Friday.
Went to Commissary yesterday for a few things. My DH will be starting 'soft foods'. I did not get milk, since I had 3/4 of a gallon and that should have lasted he and I through the weekend. Last evening my DIL called to ask if I had milk she could borrow. SOOOOO, today off to the store for milk for both of us!
Our 80 degree days are gone for awhile. But that's OK. We aren't freezing, and we don't have snow.
My tomato seedlings are looking strong. They will be ready to go outside when the weather permits. Only doing 6 plants this year. I'm the only one who waters or weeds them. I'm the only one who picks them. Everyone eats them, however!
Everyone have a fantabulous day!
Grammylew in Jax
hello everyone...have a couple minutes to let you know whats happening here with us...went to the retirement seminar last night had a nice speaker was very informative...guess i need several more jobs to hit what he is telling us for the future!!!! had a great free dinner too!! we ordered the veal parmesian...yummy!! brough most of it home tho...lol can't eat alot of that ya know!!!
going to pick u*****s last check from his job and also need to get mine and ca**** and then off to work i go....
so that is about all in my little world...
What a nice surprise to see you start the thread today.
I am in St Paul at my daughter Carrie's. She is on a plane right now flying to Aruba. Lucky her!!! Carrie needs this vacation really bad.She hasn't had one in years. All the hell she has gone through these last years she deserves this trip!!!
Greg and Carrie are celebrating their engagement. Carrie got a ring a couple weeks ago. We are all happy about that!!
Carrie had a rough time leaving the kids last night. She is such a great mom and she hates leaving her children.She is glad that I am here and able to care for them. Carrie knows I will keep them safe.I will be here all next week as they aren't getting bac****il late on Saturday the 21st.Then I will need a break!!!!
Jamie, my other daughter called last night. Nic will probably be starting with Acutane treatments soon. They are not going to be doing chemo again at this time. In the middle of April they will be doing scans and such at Children's Hospital here in Minneapolis once again.Nic is feeling good even though the cancer is active in his system. It hasn't attached to any organs or anywhere else. We are soooo happy about that!!
Enough rambling from me. Wish me luck with three kids all next week!!!
Prayers to those in need.
Love and hugs to all......connie d
Hi Annette and my OFF family:
Can't say good morning because it's afternoon (12:16 p.m. EDT) ... well, you know I get up late. Got up after 10, had my pills, vitamins and my protein shake (I'm getting used to the Nectar Latte Cappucino, mixed with milk, SF Kahlua and a little instant coffee for caffein because the protein mix is caffeine free). It's really good ... takes me back to my younger days when Rox, Crazy Gwen and I made Kahlua Shakes ... oh my were those good! Then Crazy Gwen put her finger down her throat and barfed them up. She didn't want to gain weight ... didn't realize it at the time, but she was builemic. Also, she was a druggie ... probably selling too. Don't know where she is, we lost touch many years ago when I got pissed off at her after I came home from Montana and she wanted me to drive out to see her in Indiana ... I had traveled 1,500 miles at that point and she me to drive further! At that point I broke off the relationship. She had pushed me too far (it wasn't the first time). But the Kahlua milkshakes were a pleasant memory of our friendship.
Work was OK last night until the end ... I was frustrated because I kept getting stories thrown at me and my editors don't understand the limits of our space (and neither do our reporters). And it ticks me off because they should at this point. Five years ago, we had a redesign, and our paper size was cut down. Two years after that, it was cut down again. Now, we've downsized the paper considerably and our reporters still haven't gotten the message. Now, I used to be a reporter and I was a wordy one, too, but I'm on the other side and I know how hard it is to shred a good story. So they should be doing that on their own. I feel bad when I have to cut out their precious words. Plus, I couldn't get one story in because we didn't have the room. My boss says he's being an optimist ... I am the realist ... I know how little space we have.
Then, at the end of the night, my computer slowed down considerably and, as I was updating the plan, something funky happened. When I went back to look at the file, it was full of gobbledegook. So I aborted refiling it, went back to the file and it was empty. I had to retype the whole file (luckily, I had an original copy). As I was signing off, I got a message saying, "Serious disk error." Not a good message. So I let our computer whizzes know about that. I hope I don't have some nasties in my computer.
Anyway, not much else going on around here. Susan, I would never get a tattoo ... the most I did when I hit 50 was to get my ears pierced. That wasn't painful, although every now and then my left earlobe bleeds or is irritated. Don't know why. And your guy in the support group ... sounds like someone didn't screen him well in the psych eval. A nurse at my hospital told me of one patient who left the hospital after surgery and went to McDonald's, got a supersize meal of a quarter-pounder with cheese, fries and a coke. He was back in the hospital that night. How stupid! Someone didn't get the message there! He was supposed to be on liquids!
Well, I should be going. I need to get on my bike today ... haven't been on it for three days. Bad Eileen!
Have a good day.
I'm not kissing anyone with this "crud" that I have.....they wouldn't want to catch it!
I am actually feeling some better today - went to work and now am thinking of taking a nap with Fluffy. My sis dropped in for a few minutes just as I was finishing my
"tasteless" lunch....you know how it is when your nose is plugged up? She is only 10 lbs. heavier than me and she really needs to lose the wt.....she has R.A. and carries all her wt. in her top half, unlike me who is
shaped like a pear. Anyway we talked about taking control of our eating and getting the bad foods out of the house....problem is her hubby likes all that sweet stuff and demands that she have it available -- he's diabetic and isn't supposed to eat it either.
DIL came a few minutes ago to pick up my van for tonite. They are taking the youth group to a concert in Ft. Wayne -- maybe I should start a car rental agency!!!
I don't mind letting them use it, it's for the kids. They leave me their Trail Blazer and I feel like I'm driving a "mac truck" when I do have to go someplace with it.
Taking it easy this weekend trying to get over this upper respitory stuff....may not even clean, who knows!
It's nap time......hope everyone has a nice weekend and stay safe. Even tho' the sun is shining here, the temperature is only about 28 degrees......brrrrrr.
Cyber hugs,
Pat R.
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