Wake up!!!!!!!!!! it's Sunday-what's new??????
Doing my Sunday morning routine of watching HGTV for a few hours, sipped the chai will meet parents for brunch then to work! Need to get the family room furniture cleaned today. My friend who is taking the living furniture should be here sometime this am/early afternoon to get it, then I can start piling boxes etc in living room. So much to do!
Good mornin', ya'll.
It's Sunday already. Our son is in WV for hunting, our older grandson we to spend the weekend with his friend at his College 2 hours away. I suspect we will see our DIL and younger grandson for BLTs later.
My DIL and I went through my cookbooks and some new recipes in holiday mags to discuss what she wants me to make for Christmas goodies for her work. No problem, I love baking and fixing huge platters to share. BUT, we have a little glitch. She says she wants to 'help'. I have a small kitchen, hers is still all torn up (new cabinets installed Dec 7th, then the marble countertops need to be ordered)!! When I cook or bake I have my own routine. I am old and set in my ways. See where this is going? I don't want/need help. I know she wants to feel like she is contributing to the stuff she is giving away. I know she wants to be helpful. How do I very nicely tell her that I appreciate the thought, but if she just buys the stuff and leaves me to it, I'm happy. One of the problems is, when I am in baking mode (or sewing mode, or crochet mode), I get up and get started first thing in the morning (usually no later than 6), and I want hours of uninterrupted time to work. She wants to help after work and on her days off. But she sleeps in on days off. HMMMMM.
OK, that's my gripe for the day. I won't mention being tired of wedding plans for Prince William, and ads for Christmas stuff already, and controversy about airport screening!
Everyone have a fantabulous day!
Grammylew in Jax
Why don't you set aside one or two times and plan on doing something she can easily help with? Tell her you'll need to pace yourself a little, and will do "the other stuff" as you're able? That way she can feel she's helping, but for the most part you can do the baking yourself.
I know what you mean about having someone else in the kitchen. When I get into the "mode" I'm in a world of my own, and I like it there....
Enjoy the holiday preparations. I miss that.
Candy
i can create and reflect and really do NOT enjoy it when i bake with others......
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
I went to see the movie "Morning Glory" last night with my niece. Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford. Definitely worth seeing if you're in the mood to laugh.
Nothing much planned today. Maybe a little grocery shopping. I can't seem to get into the Christmas shopping mood. I've gone out several times and lost interest and have come home with nothing. Not even something for myself. A first!
I went to the WLS on Thursday. As I suspected, a 4+ lb weight gain in the last 6 months. I know what I'm doing wrong, but can't seem to make myself break the pattern. I keep telling myself every day is a new one, but by mid-afternoon, I'm doing dumb stuff again. I know I was warned that after 3-4 years it got harder to maintain. My tool still works when I use it properly. Just gotta do it...
Good day, everyone.
Candy
Candy, we loved Morning Glory. Wasn't Harrison Ford an hoot??? But then, he could read a restaurant menu to me and I'd melt....lol
Gary's doing a photo shoot today so we've scurried around cleaning up some, and I've started getting into the "vacation" mode. I'll work tomorrow to get those in who just can't seem to go an extra few days while I'm gone, but that's okay, it will pay my space rent for the week. One less thing to have on my list!
I hope everything is going better for those who have been having so many struggles and problems. You continue to be in my thoughts and prayers, holding you close to my heart.
Hugs!
Susan
Gloomy again here today ... says it's 63 degrees so why am I shivering? Brrr ... 63 shouldn't feel this cold.
We had a grueling night at work. New guy doing Monroe sports is having a rough time ... not surprised, because those people don't understand the meaning of the word deadline ... so it's not all my fault. He gets done even later than me, and everybody helps him (no one ever helped me). He has some serious complications ... IT has not given him permissions to use a lot of things, hasn't given him a basket in the system (so he can't make copies of files) ... our office is so screwed up! So after doing my pages (all of which could have been done in advance, if they planned better there), I helped him out, as did a couple other people, then helped another guy (so much for my review saying I never helped anyone). Got out of there at 1 a.m. ... more OT.
So tonight I get to do Monroe sports ... again ... but it's Sunday so it's not so bad. Then I have a day off, work two days, have Thanksgiving off, work two days, have Sunday off ... what a crazy schedule. I really want to get my place cleaned up so I can get Christmas stuff up.
Debbie, enjoy the packing and pitching ... it's grueling but rewarding in the end. Moving is so much fun ... not! But I hope your new job is better for you than for me.
Sitting here waiting for my brother to get on Skype so I can talk online, looking through the Sunday sale papers. So have a good day.
this morning while their Mom went to the gym. I took a bag of wooden Christmas ornamants and other little doo dads for a fun but messy project.Miss M. fell in love with the gold glitter paint. She decided to paint us gold. Mr. M. was horrified to see us all messy and kept telling us to "go wash your hands". He IS his mother's son. The ornaments were pretty. Melanie and I were too.
Kisses
Annette
Annette 
