It's Tuesday and time for the What''s New Revue

morning george and my OFF family!!!

well mom is home and resting better...her Bp is still high and the visiting nurse is coming to see her and keep tabs on the BP. she has 2 new meds to take and a foot dr to call to check on her feet. i can rest easier now i guess...she still sounds short of breath to me but she said she is ok. i know i posted before on her coming home but wanted to again just incase you missed it...THANKYOU ALL SO MUCH for your prayers and thoughts!!!! what would i do without you all??? (((OFF)))

making a couple new toss pillows for rick for Christmas gift. not looking like the ones he has but hey i never made pillows before...LOL and these will be fresh smelling and not stinky and worn out...LOL

got all my shopping done except for phyllis and jon. not sure what to get for them. thay have done so much for me in the past so i want to get them something special....any ideas??

need to make my cookies but need a couple days off together to do them. working today 1-10 off tomorrow thursday 1-10 and friday 8-5. i worked yesterday 8-1 (was my day off) so this check will be a nice one for a change!! 38 1/2 hours!!! :-) still need to wrap the gifts we bought. but not alot there so that won't take long to do. we are planning on having Christmas here again but not sure if his mom and brother will show u*****t. ricks daughter and grandson are supposed to come by Christmas eve for their gifts. why they can't come Christmas day is beyond me...oh well atleast we will see them this year!!! got a really cute shirt for anthony...it has a saying on it "zero to naughty in 5.6 seconds"  LOL and it IS him!!! also some cargo pants to go with it. we also got him a toy to make nosie when he pounds it...LOL i know he will like that one!!!! we couldn't afford alot this year but we did try to find nice inexpensive gifts for all. and its not the price of the gift its the thought that counts!!!

well best get going here to work on the pillow while he is out....just wanted to check in and say HI!!!! thoughts and prayers to all that want or need them!!! hope your weather isn't bad.... :-)

hugs

Mary did some baking today.  She made pumpkin spice muffins.  A real tough recipe.  One can of pumpkin and one spice cake mix.  Nothing else.  Mix it together and bake it as cupcakes.

Morning George & Fellow OFFr's,

Just wanted to pop in and say a quick hello. . . 

The paperwork was submitted for the adoption of Sirius (still trying to come up some strong male dog names) and hoping to meet the guy this upcoming weekend, the one glitch so far was that when they called my vets office, whoever answered the phones, told them I had only been bringing Dillinger in at the end of his life, what the heck?!  I called and spoke to someone there this morning and she told me to have the adoption woman call and speak with her directly, as I had been taking Dillinger there from 2005 when I finally found a new vet for him.  If all goes well, I will bring Sirius home in time for Christmas, as next week I fly to Florida to attend my daughter Angela's nursing school/pinning graduation ceremony, she finished yesterday and while it seems they are always saying nurses are in need, she has yet to find a job and is feeling a bit lost after working so hard towards this the last 4 years.  It appears the state of Florida is trying to cut back on hospital staffing. . .  she needs to take her boards and then if she does not have a job, she may move north, an idea which she is amenable to and I would welcome having her nearby.  Anyway, I digressed from what I was trying to communicate, which is that I don't want to bring a new dog home and then go away for 4 days, so if I bring him home when I get back from Florida, I will have the holiday's in between for us to all get used to one another.

Well I have work to get done and I'd best get to it.

Wishing you all a good day and the strength to get through whatever life challenges you may be experiencing.

Hugs, Laureen

What kind of dog is Sirius?  Are you looking to change his name?

He is a Rottweiler and a beautiful boy at that, as for his name, when I've met him and had him in my home, his name will come to me.  Sirius though is a kind of a cool name, though we shall see. . .  today though I am feeling the sadness of missing my Dillinger. . .

They are hiring nurses at manatee memorial lakewwod ranch medical center and blake hospital in bradenton Florida. lots of positions open. carla

Carla - when is your daughter's birthday?  Mine is Dec. 13.  Have a good time on your trip to Chicago!
Margaret

Hi There,
My daughters birthday is the 12th. So is my brothers. She will be 28
by the way happy birthday.
Mine is the 20th
Carla

I am so sorry about Dillinger.  I just read your previous posts and saw that you lost him the day I started my vacation, so I had not heard. 

Good idea about delaying Sirius until you get home.  Sirius is not a bad name.  I sort of like it.  Sort of reminds me of Brutus.  But don't call him XM for short.  LOL

Thanks George, I am following yours and Mary's way to heal the broken heart.  I miss my boy terribly, there is too much room on my couch, in my bed (even though I truly will try to make this new boy sleep on the floor next to the bed) and my heart, well, it needs and outlet for all the love I have to give.  I laughed when you told me not to shorten his name to XM, though I was told by someone that Sirius was the name of a changeling in the Harry Potter series, a dog that could change into a man or something and so that is kind of why I think I like the name.  Dillinger was very humanistic in many ways, people told me that over and over again, so I might keep the name for Sirius or if his personality speaks to me of another name, then it will be that as the shelter did not know his name, he was a stray. . .if you look at my facebook page for last week, I posted his picture.

Take care George, glad your vacation was a good one.

Hugs, Laureen