Tuesday, Tuesday

I keep wondering where a lot of our OFF "members" are.  Don't you?  Maybe they are busy living life and just don't have time to post.  Or, maybe they are just lurking these days.  Whatever, I miss reading posts from all of you who've been absent from OFF.  Thinking of you as I know many of us are.  Hope life is treating you well.

Sure had a hard time getting up this morning.  Could have slept forever I think.  But, I'm up now and wide awake.  Just had a protein drink and hubby and I are watching a DVR of an American Pickers episode that aired last night.  Love that show.

Have a great day everyone.

 

Cindy P.

 

 

Good morning Cindy P. and all my OFF sistas!

Well, the good times just never stop around here.   Last night we had a totally FREAK thunderstorm blow up.  We were all in bed already when it started to rain.  OMG.  We still have an 8 ft hole where our front door used to be!  Poor Butch!  He got totally soaked trying to block the rain from blowing inside on the new laminate flooring and also getting all his tools and equipment (electric drills and saws and nail guns, etc.) in out of the rain.  Really fun stuff, you know?  And he left his cell phone out on the porch all night in the rain!  But it was in its little leather pouch, and you know? that thing turned on this morning!  Amazing.

So, really big day today.  Butch is going to finish installing the front door today.  Benny and I are packing up the RV.  Wish us luck!  I have amassed what seems like a HUGE amount of stuff to carry down to the RV this morning.  Then I have to go to the grocery store while Benny is napping this afternoon.  And tonight I will carry our clothes down to the RV and hang them all in the closet.  (All the bump outs are currently extended right now and I have room to move around in there.)  Tomorrow we will pull the RV here to our house, load up the cold groceries, and then we'll be off like a herd of turtles (as my Mom used to say!).

Don't know what to expect from the wifi connection at the RV park, so I might not get to post again until Sunday.  If so, don't worry about me.  I will still be able to read all the posts from my phone, but it's just too hard to post on tha***** bitty keyboard.

Jennifer, I have so much sympathy for you and your unbelievably arrogant and rude neighbor!  Just remember: what goes around, comes around.  He'll get his one of these days.  Annette, I surely do hope and pray that things get easier for you and Tom.  Y'all are going through so much right now.  Please keep posting, even during the hard times.  We all care about you and miss you when you don't post.

Love you all!

Good morning Cindy..Vickie... and everyone.....

Cindy...I too wonder where everyone is....seems that this always happens in the summer. There are just so many we never hear from anymore. Hope they come back...they are missed!!

Vickie....I hope the door gets finished before you leave!! I saw the pics....what a mess!! You are lucky Butch is so talented at those kinds of things! It sounds like you have a lot going on getting ready for your vacation. That can't be easy with everything else going on!

Jennifer...your neighbor is more then a jerk....I couldn't handle it...you are a strong woman!! 

Judy....I am praying for your sister. Hope you enjoyed your crap legs....they would be hard to eat with a bad wrist.

Annette....always keeping you in my prayers. Sorry things are so hard right now. Tom is in my prayers too!!

My mind is now blank....I can't remember who else I was going to reply too. Sorry...I care about you all....don't mean to diss anyone.

I had a really nice day yesterday. Thank you all for the birthday wishes!!! Thank you Vickie for letting everyone know it was my birthday. Last night my daughter, SIL, and his mom celebrated my birthday with me. I asked not to go out to eat but to have BBQ ribs on the grill. I never get to have grilled food and Greg makes great ribs!! The meal was wonderful!! We all sat around and chatted and had a great time. Elaine brought homemade rhubarb pie. I only had a sliver as it was too much sugar for me...WOW did it taste good. I didn't dump but I was close to it....glad I didn't have more! 

Today I am going back to St Cloud. I am missing Pam and she is missing me. The drive back isn't much over an hour so that goes quickly.

Wishing you all a beautiful day!! Prayers for so many OFF friends and families.

Love and hugs to all...connie d 

 

Morning OFF family...notice I did NOT say "good"? We FLOODED AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been up since 3am trying to keep the wet out of our place and this time it worked!!!!!!!!!! Have more coming later today? Tomorrow for sure...**** **** ****!!!!!!!!!!!  Have 2 apartments that DID get wet inside guys are cleaning them up now then they are done for the day. Police and Fire department are evacuating some areas now. As for what they offered the people last time I can give them the same in the other club house here!!! Hot coffee and water....Big Deal huh??? I talked to the streets dept this morning and he is going to come back and look into further down the road see if there is anything else broken in the pipes...maybe dig a deep ditch between us and the farmer for the run-off...its got to stop somehow!!!  They were showing towns near us the flooding and OMG the streets and the car and trucks floating!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!! Makes me think we should take the next offer to get out of here...LOL But we love it here!!! Watching the NOAH weather channel I am seeing MORE rain coming soon...great just great!!!!!!!! So best get off here and get my things up high just incase!!!!!!

Thoughts and Prayers for ALL that need them!!!

HUGSSSSSSSSSSSS

Aloha Cindy and all my OFF kin!!

I am one of the MIA's I'm afraid. I do read every day, and love hearing about your lives on a day to day basis. It is comforting knowing that others have similar problems as our own.....makes me feel like part of a family.

As for me, things are good here........I am still screening newborn babies' hearing at the hospital part time, and I love my interaction with the newborns and their parents. You can imagine that I see all kinds...those delighted to have a new baby, and those who are having their 5th and obviously not a planned addition to their family.

I don't know if I shared about my trip to Santa Cruz to see my son, DIL and three little grands......Brock, 8, Brady, 7, and Zane 5. It was nonstop BUSY BUSY...I was cook, taxi driver, entertainer, and basic crazy "tutu" (grandma in Hawaiian), and what my grands call me. It was go, go, go from the time I got up until I collapsed in bed when the kids did.....usually around 9:00. Three little boys can keep one flying all day long. There were baseball games, practices; there were tai quan doh classes, there were parties almost every day, etc. etc. I love all my family, AND I was so glad to come home to my peaceful, quiet little home on Maui. I guess I'm getting too old to be a full-time grandma, Ha. My kids want me to move to Santa Cruz so that I can be a part of all of that, and I'm tempted and may do it, but I'm giving it a lot of thought.

Didn't realize I would have so much to say....but I'm always "talking" to all of you as I read each day. So sorry I haven't been in enough to be supportive to any of you, but I do wish you all resolutions to life's challenges, and please know that I miss those who don't come in any longer, too, and will try to NOT be one of those in the future.

Aloha nui loa,

OXOX

Maui Karen

Hi Cindy and my OFF family:

I'm being really lazy today, still drinking my coffee. Just got out of my jammies mostly because I wanted to do laundry. Back is hurting me and boy, I can tell you I can't wait til next Tuesday when I have my procedure. I used a lidoderm patch on it last night and that helped, but you can only have it on for 12 hours, then must have it off for 12 hours. So now I have an ice pack on. And a vicodin in my system. Not going anywhere for the next two days anyway, other than walking down to the mailbox. It's 91 degrees, feels like 100, so I have the blinds shut and trying to keep cool.

Oh, the new protein, OptiSource caramel, not bad, but it is high in fat content. It's kind of sweet, too, so I used it in my coffee ... made it like a caramel latte. It cut down the strong sweet taste. Lots of protein grams. I think the next time I order it will be the premier protein. 

No big plans ... I may make some protein blueberry muffins or bread. I have the blueberries and haven't made these for awhile. Miss them. Didn't do any baking last year at all. Want some zucchini bread, too, but I'll wait on that. I cleaned the toilet too ... oh wow, my life is so exciting.

Vickie, I saw your door photos on FB, very nice. Judy, sorry you're still getting flooding there. Connie, glad your birthday was nice. Maui Karen, so good to see you here again. 

Can't remember everyone else. Short attention span. Sorry. If I can, I want to vacuum today, but we'll see how the back responds. 

Have a good day, everyone.

Good Evening Ladies,

Well, I am "home" in Pennsylvania, watching the Phillies game with my special needs nephew.  He lives in hi own apartment, and we like to watch sports together when we can.  My sis-in-law, whose house I'm staying at, had to drive to Maryland after supper.  A dear friend of her, and her husband, died of a heart attack at the age of 54, and the service is tomorrow.

Colleen and I got into town around 4:00 our time.  Today's ride was much better than yesterday's.  It was a nightmare with torrential downpours and Franklin crying and whining the entire ride for her.  She was ready to turn around and cancel her trip when we got to the hotel last night.

Must scoot, the Phillies are winning right now.

Hugs,

Trish

Stopped in to say good night all hope you had a good day.  I sure wish the scale would move down.  I have been going back and forth the same 2 pounds for over 3 weeks.  I would just love to break into the next decade lower.  It has taken 2.5 months to lose ten pounds.  I am coming up on the 6 month mark and they say that is the end of the honeymoon.  If so I'm up the creek than.