MONDAY morning

Oh, Caroline.  Hon, you are trying to do too much too soon after having major surgery.  I was afraid of this.  Plus, your family is taking you for granted.  The world will not end if the new curtains are not made, or if the couch isn't finished.  DIL might just have to be disappointed, but she's an adult.  She should be able to deal with a little disappointment. 

Also, they do sell Halloween costumes in the stores! 

You love your family, I know, and you love spoiling them, but now is the time for THEM to spoil YOU!  Please do as Nan has advised and sit the adults down for a straight talk about G-ma doing ALL the cooking and sewing and such.  Why can't DIL cook BLT's on Sunday mornings?  Why can't she make sausage gravy and biscuits?  I don't understand why she doesn't step up and help you. 

Please take care of yourself.  You need time to heal and recuperate.  All this stress isn't good for you, and most of it is so unnecessary.  The scales have become very unbalanced in your family and it is weighing you down.  I know you're a very strong woman, but even strong women need a break now and then.  Give your family a chance to repay some of the love and kindness and lavish attention you have showered on them by letting them take care of you for a change.

Girls, you are so right! I got the pants done and finished the princess. DIL came over for help in doing the edging on the afghan she made. I stopped everything and helped. THEN, I told her I would do my best but the couch may not be completely done by Halloween. I will get the cushions done, so it will almost look new. She understood. I have given her my recipe for sausage gravy many times. She says mine is better. Crochet, cooking, it's all the same, read the pattern or recipe, and do it. If you know the basic stitches, read the pattern. If you can slice, dice, stir, read the recipe! Six years ago I printed a recipe book with all of my best recipes and those from aunts, grammas, etc. I gave one to each kid and one for them to give their kids when the have their own households. Does anyone actually READ them? Nope they call me and ask what ingredients they need for a specific recipe. I KNOW they have the books. When I go to OR I use my daughter's copy to make goodies. I see my DIL's copy next to her other cookbooks. It is easier to call me!
Sorry, enough grumping. I do love to do for others. I do love to be needed. I have to learn to set boundries!

 Good Morning Everyone,
I overslept and missed my morning AA meeting.  I will have to try to make the noon meeting, but have an appointment that may make me late.  I also have to pick up a prescription that was called in for a pain killer I can take.  I called last week for  refill, and it was never called in, and I ran out and left a message last night that I was upset.  I got a call this morning from the pain specialist's with an apology saying she was calling it in.  

I have to organize my desk and I will be all set for my surgery tomorrow.  Once I have that, I will be off my feet for a couple of weeks.  

Yesterday, I told my sister I would be coming over to drop off some stuff for her and my Mom, and pick up some food she had for me.  When I got there, she and Mom were gone.  They went out and forgot I was coming over.  I called and left her a message, and she called me back when she got home and apologized and then invited me over to play Scrabble.  I told her I was in for the night.  I was ticked to say the least.  

I am ready to go back to bed.  I did not sleep well.  But, I better keep moving for the day.  Must get to the pharmacy and pick up the medication that was called in for me.

Hope you are all blessed today, and able to count those blessings.

Hugs,
Trish

Good morning Shirley G and my OFF sistas!

Another cool, gray morning at the lake.  All this rain has been very welcomed indeed, but it is putting a crimp in our remodeling.  DH is trying hard to work with his saws and things on the back porch, but it's pretty damp out there.

I am having absolute HELL with TOM this week.  I swear, I am fifty-freakin'-four years old, and TOM is still with me.  When does it END? 

Today we need to make a run into San Antonio and do some shopping.  Also need to run by our daughter's house for a visit with Benny and to pick up an old end table of ours that she doesn't want anymore.  I can certainly use it here at Hilltop.  I need to either order or look for slip covers for that old sleeper sofa that we just moved down here.  I put it in the playroom, so that it can serve as an emergency 5th bedroom if needed.  That old sofa has been through a lot and it SHOWS!  LOL!  I need to cover it in something serviceable, like blue denim. 

We also need to stock up on deer corn and alfalfa hay for our deer.  Now that I have DH here and the pickup, we can buy a lot of feed and store it in the shed.  When it's just me in the car, I can only buy one or two bags at a time. 

Well, lots to do today, even if I do feel like crap.  Maybe TOM will ease up and let me get on with my day.  Or maybe not.  TOM just always puts me in a lousy mood. 

Hope you all are having a better day than I am!  Love you all!

Hi Shirley and my OFF family:

Seems like a lot of us can't sleep today. I went to bed at 3 a.m., back bothering me; got up at 6:30 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep. Took a vicodin and read for awhile, then tried again to sleep; used an icepack on the left side of the back, felt a little better. But as soon as I tried to sleep, the right side felt bad. So I finally got up.

Then I got my Halloween stuff out first, brewed some coffee, put my protein and put ice packs on my back and knee. I'm Skype-ing with my brother. He has a phone interview with AT&T in Lubbock, Texas, where his friend lives. Don't think he wants this job, but it will meet his quota of job searches.

I guess I will get up and do something ... like maybe put out the Halloween stuff and make zucchini bread (one of the new guys actually likes my zucchini bread and asked me when I was going to make some more). I want some, too, so it's something to do since I'm up so early.

Pat, it's nice to be wanted, isn't it? Enjoy it. Sounds like you like man No. 2 more.

Not much else happening here. Have a good day.

Hello to everyone on OFF,

     I have a very busy schedule today. Doctor appointment X two. Need to call my PCP as I have a UTI that needs attention. Have many errands to run. Wil stop by later if I have a chance.
   Hugs,   Mag

Hello Shirley and everyone else to follow

It's been a great weekend and it continues today as it's Thanksgiving Day.

I planted some of my tulip bulbs (purple, almost black, and blue) but I have so much more to do.  It was a lazy weekend for me, so that means that I will be in overdrive today finishing marking and preparing for the week.

Caroline - take care of yourself - you will drive yourself crazy trying to do as much as you are expected to do.  I know that you love being needed, but enough is enough.

Pat - I am happy that you have had the success that you deserve in the dating arena.  But I wonder why you have to decide when it is so early in the game.  You can date each man casually for a while until you can plainly see which one is better for you.  And, I would be somewhat wary of a man who lavishes so much attention on you so early in the game.  That kind of attention may mean a whole lot of neediness that will become very hard to deal with soon.  Take care of you and do what is best for you, but just keep your eyes wide open.

Margaret

Good morning Shirley and everyone....

Grace didn't have school today . A friend of my daughter's has Grace and another friends daughter for a play day today. I am very grateful as I am not doing so well and look forward to the time for myself.

Keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers. Special prayers for "Sweet Morgan" and a few others.

Love and hugs to all.....connie d
 

Happy Monday Evening OFF family,
It's busy here at work and I had a very busy weekend. Had 3 grandchildren cuz mommy was having her 4th baby. Ugh! children and keep you busy!
So I'm a proud grandma of grandson called David Joseph Justice Veeder who weighed in at 7 pounds even, 20 in. long with a full head of hair!

Today I walked 4 miles with 2 of the grandkids, one walking the other pushed in Sophie's jogger stroller with Sophie riding along once in awhile. The 3rd grandchild went back to dad's in Grand Rapids, they have joint custody. Oh yeah...I also had their 2 dogs too. One is hyper and the other is very old and deaf and can hardly walk, but he is dad's furbaby and he will have to make the decision soon to put this poor little dog down. He is suffering. I told my SIL that too cuz his wife said "please tell him that, he won't listen to me". I told her that it is a very hard decision to do when you love fur-babies. Sigh...

So tonight I plan to sleep like a rock. There's a reason why you should have kids young!! LOL
Hugs and prayers for all in need. Debbie

Debbie....congratulations on your new grandson...we love those babies!!

Hugs...connie d