Hello Thursday frim Stormy Rainy Chicago!
Good morning! It is storming,raining, and gloomy here! Im still in Chicago! Going to meet a cousin whom I havent seen in a few years! Im excited! Hervsin married my daughter.
We are leaving here in Tuesday to go home. My friend from Colorado is in Ft Lauderdale and im going there to hang with her for a few days.
Well the coffee pot is calling me! Talk on ill check in u all later!
Carla
Good morning Carla and my sweet sistas!
Carla, it's always a challenge deciphering your posts! I think of it like a word game every day! LOL! At least you can post from your tablet (or whatever it is). I can't post on OFF from my phone or my Nook. Very frustrating.
Sorry I was MIA yesterday. I was just wiped out last night. I didn't reply to emails or FB or anything. I just went to bed! We spent most of yesterday at Christie's house. We needed to babysit Budder, who has pink eye, poor darling! And Butch needed to repair/replace some boards in the backyard fence. And Ashely Furniture was supposed to deliver some more furniture. Etc., etc., etc. So we spent the day there.
I did my best to help Chris get her kitchen unpacked and organized. All of her kitchen things have been in storage for 2 years, so everything has to be washed before it can be put away. I ran a big load in her dishwasher, and hand washed all of her calphalon pots and pans. I knew she was planning to go to the grocery store when she got off work yesterday evening, and I wanted her to have a semi-cleaned and organized kitchen to come home to.
But I have to tell y'all, it was sheer heaven for Butch and I to come home yesterday evening, cook a simple dinner for two, and go to bed! It's just us and Patty Kate again. We love it!
Today I plan to play "closet"! I'm going to finish cleaning out Benny's closet (there's not much left, just some things on the top shelf) and move all of Butch's clothes in there. Then I get to organize MY closet! Whoo hoo!
Connie, sweetie, it was so good to see you post yesterday! Welcome home! You were very much missed!
Jennifer, I sympathize with you about losing your doctor. I still haven't really found a doctor here that I can think of as MY doctor. So many will not accept new patients. It's very frustrating. I hope you are feeling better and stronger every day.
Twink--so happy you have joined us! I enjoy reading your daily posts.
Eileen, glad to see you are posting a little more frequently again. You are missed when you are MIA!
Everyone else, you know I love you! I just can't remember enough details this morning to address each one.
I'm still debating posting my before and after pics. Do y'all want to see them? Or would it just be gross?
Love you all!
Vickie
Good morning Carla and everyone...
Carla...I am sure you are loving every minute with sweet little Vinnie. She is so darn cute!! Have fun your friend today!! I agree, your posts are like deciphering a spy code at times...LOL....kind of fun!!
Vickie...it sure feels good to be back!! I had a wonderful time in Oregon but there just isn't any place like home...now that I have one!!! I am so happy you have your own home back. How awesome that is for you and Butch!! I hope you aren't overdoing it. It sounds like a lot of work you are doing to me. Please take it easy today! I wouldn't get grossed out over your pics. A friend of mine had the same thing done about a week before you. She is posting pics all the time. I am sooooo happy for you...and green with envy too...LOL.
As for me...I am tired of course. I tried to go to bed twice last night. I was so exhausted. No way could I sleep. As soon as I got to bed I was wide awake again. I finally got up and did my unpacking. I always do that as soon as I get home. This time I planned to leave it until today. My body knew better I guess. Between that darn daylight savings time and the time changes when traveling my body is messed up. I would like to nap today. Guess we will have to see if that happens.
I missed you all so much!! So glad to be back to my own computer where I can be with you all!!
Wishing everyone a beautiful day!!
Prayers for of our lovely OFF family!
Love and many hugs to all....connie d
Carla,
I empathize with your typing. I am surprised that mine aren't more messed up than they are. I use my phone and i can barely see the screen when i key. I have to reduce it or i can barely see one line. Or i hit the c or v instead of the space bar. I do more editing than typing some days...lol.
Vicki, i agree, it sounds like you are doing a lot. Please take it easy today. You had major surgery so don't overestimate what you can do.
It did have to be heavenly to have your house to yourselves AND be getting your closet space back !!!
Carla, hope your day goes well and you have fun getting reacquainted with your cousin. Tuesday will be a big day of driving. Are you planning to drive straight thru ? If so please take lots of rest breaks.
Jennifer, i am so lucky with my PCP. I started seeing her right after she completed her residency working with a doctor named as the best PCP by the other physicians in Columbus. She is very young and i have been seeing her long enough to go thru two of her three pregnancies. It took awhile but i finally got her broken in and hope she doesn't decide to drop out any time soon.
I hope you are able to get a referral for a PCP from you current doctor or one of your specialists.
Connie, it is good to see you back and that you had such a good time. I hope your body and sleep get in sink soon.
I am sitting here waiting for the rain to let up so i can get to my van and get in the gym without looking like a drowned rat.
Judy, hope you are well and to hear from you soon.
Well, i am going to finish my coffee (liquid gold in a cup...lol ) then off to the gym.
Have a wonderful day my OFF friends.
Blessings
OOOO! Very Frustrated! I tried to make a Before and After photo album, but I can't get any of my pictures to upload! I never had this problem before. I'm quitting now and going to play closet for awhile. (Don't worry, sistas, I won't overdo. My body tells me to take frequent breaks and I do.)
Vickie
Afternoon from Raining OHIO... Omg are we ever getting rain right now!!! Praying hard that we do NOT flood here!!! Please pray for us!!!! I just wish mother nature would take a chill pill and get over whatever is bugging her!!!!!!! Enough already!!!!!!! 
Not much happening here except we are HAPPY with our new guy!!! Go**** is so good to have someone pick up right where he left off the night before!!! Amazing!!!!!! 
Other than that not much happening...working and collecting rents. Yippee...LOL Next week I am BUSY!!!! I will be going crazy 
trying to get all my appointments in and getting ready for our Easter dinner. Have 6 Recerts to do also and one with a deadline for June 1st and so far she has not called to make appointment. Ask me if I care. LOL
Well going to go play on FB and see if I can play my game today...been waiting for help to play and nobody to help me so I had to wait a couple days....GRRR!!!
Vic!!!!!!!! You ARE doing way to much after having your gut split open!!!!!! SLOW DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!! You want to be healed so you can go on the beautiful vacation don't you?????
Connie good to see you back here on OFF!!! And making Maryann stay away from the cowboys on FB!!!! 
LOL That is funny!!! 
Twinkles...I am always here just not posting a lot...just not much to say or too pooped....
Carla...you wear me out!!!! 
Thoughts and Prayers for ALL that need them!!!
HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Judy...you make me laugh until I hurt!! I am trying to play nice and share a few cowboys with Maryann. I figure that will calm her down some...LOL!!!
I am also happy that your new guy is working out. I hope he stays a long time!!
It seems like you have parties all the time. You are going above and beyond what is normal. Many places only do the major holidays or nothing at all. Here they do fun things a lot.
Sounds like you will be having a busy few weeks with recerts and such. At least you won't have the stress of workers on the phone and not showing up!!!
Love you much...HUGS....connie d
Connie...you listen here!!! While you were gone away did you just happen to see those UGLY men Maryann sent to me?????? DID YOU??????? If not you should have!!! NO WAIT!!!! You would have been ruined for life!!!!!!!! Maryann is a naughty woman and is being punished!!! LOL She is being taught a lesson here...you are being to nice to her sharing those good looking men!!!! Do NOT share her those cowboys!!!! I did give her ONE tonight....She is learning...she knows she was bad to me!!! LOL
YES Chase IS a great guy!!!! He LOVES it here!!!! Only a few blocks from home and is very happy to work here!!! We love him!!!! 
HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
