Good morning....it is Sunday!

Jeannie, your grandkids plays sound like sooooooooo much fun!! Oh to be included to go see them...I have lost out on so much of my grandkids lives and now they hate me for it...

So what is in your sugar cookies that everyone loves them so much?? I used to have a good recipe but lost it...grrrrrrrrr

I would love to get dressed up and go to parties...but my feet can't handle dress shoes anymore.

As for me wrapping the gifts for the tenants...nothing fancy at all I am doing. slapping the paper on and the tape and a name tag...a cheap bow and calling it done.

Be safe in those storms!!!

HUGSSSSSSS

Connie,

Would it be easier for you to type? If so, type your messages to your friends and print and put in each card.  I am like you and cannot write with a pen or pencil for too long without my hand freezing up...I have a program on my pc that does labels so I can put the addresses in and it will print them out all at once and all I have to do is stick the things on...but girl, you have to take care of yourself...I am sure that all of your friends would enjoy an electronic card too.  

I hope your dinner is good...and if you are like me, you will only nibble here and there and end up making that dinner last a few days.  

Take care of yourself. 

Hi Jeannie....my printer died a couple years a go or more. I keep saying I am getting a new one. I never have energy to shop for one. After the holiday's I am going to have Tyler shop for me for a printer. He is really good at that and will get the best deal possible. They are leaving next week to Oregon for about 10 days. I can wait until they get back.  He found me a really good deal on my new flatscreen TV.

Love you much...hugs...connie d

Ask Santa for "Dragon" -- it's a program that voice activates your computer.  I saw a commercial for it-- $75 (buy one/get two) and it comes with an anti-virus program.  You can "tell" you computer to "open obesityhelp . com, open our thread, then dictate whatever you want....you should check it out. 

Good Evening Connie, and OFF,

Well, I have been either interrupted, or had laptop act up, so many times today.  Good interruptions, bad laptop.  Eagles won.  Missed a lot of the game, coz it wasn't broadcast here.  Boo.  

Well, I think I asked you all to pray I find some books I got the kids at the school book fair, coz Frankie wants his Lego guy book, and Colleen said I could give it to him early.  Well, Friday, I panicked, and order a similar book from Amazon, which was delivered today.  So, today, a friend who was here when it was delivered suggested I look in my room.  I had already torn my spare bedroom apart three times.  So, I tore through my bedroom closet, then looked in my bedside table drawers.  They were in one of the drawers, on the far side of my bedroom.  What a relief.  I wrapped it in tissue paper, and put it in a gift bag.  

Speaking of gift wrap, and gift bags, I love wrapping presents.  My brother, Neil hated it.  He would pay Colleen to do it, when she was in high school and college.  Then, they invented gift bags, and he was thrilled.  Every single present he gave after she married and moved away was in a gift bag.  Best invention ever, as far as he was concerned.  Since today is his 50th birthday, his friends are having a get together, coz most of them were his age, and they invited my family.  If I were still in Pennsylvania, I'd have gone.  Eileen isn't sure she is going.  Mom is doing very poorly, so I doubt she's going.

Speaking of Mom, I had a talk with her earlier.  I have to talk to Eileen.  She's taking Mom to the PCP doc this week for her B12 shot.  Mom's depression is so bad, I think she needs a med change.  I also tried to give her a pep talk.  She's supposed to start getting up earlier, but Eileen lets her stay in bed well into the afternoon.  Yesterday, she was in there till at least 2:00 p.m.  If I were there, she'd be out of there before noon.  She's also supposed to start walking.  So, I told her I wanted her to try to get out of the bedroom at 11:45, and after she eats breakfast, to go for a 10 minute walk, weather permitting.  If it's too cold, she is to have Eileen take her to the mall, park at one end, and walk to the food court, which is in the middle of it.  I told her to try it for five days, and see if she feels better on Friday.  She sounds like she has given up altogether.  I spoke to her empathically, but frankly.  I reminded her that she is a survivor and fighter, and that she has to dig deep, and find that willingness to do what it takes.  The waking up a little earlier and taking walks is something the psychiatric nurse wants her to do.  Every protest she gave I shot down by reminding her that when I started in AA, I was told to just try to not take a drink juor one day.  Then try not to drink the next day.  I also reminded her that she needs to get better so she can enjoy everyone's visit at Christmas.  Please, please pray for her.  My sister and I are so very different.  Because of that, as soon as I get my driving privileges back, and scrape the money together, I'm heading out to PA after Christmas to get some stuff done on Mom's behalf.  Plus, when I was out there in February and July, she was out of bed before noon.  I saw to that.

Must scoot.

Love, Trish