Tuesday Talk

Ladies,

I am trying to get another article ready for publication so last night I spent working on getting the research together.  While I love teaching, I hate the publication aspect of it all.  When I got home, I was too tired to think.

Today I am making sure to leave a part of my day for working on publications that benefit my job so I won't have to stay and work after hours.  

Today is also oatmeal day and I had an apple that I roasted with the walnuts so it tasted so good.  

Well ladies, today, make some healthy eating choices, take a few extra steps, and sit in the sunlight, even if it's by the window, and stretch your body and relax your mind.

Vic...I feel for you and those ticks...we are going to have an outbreak here in about another month...fleas and ticks and horseflies thrive if our winters are mild and our winter has been sooooo mild. I hope today is the day little Caralee makes her appearance.   

Ladies, Peace...

Jeannie

I used to be able to write.  Now my brain has gobbled up most of my language skills and I can't seem to find the words for what I want to say.  Sometimes it is the simplest words that are the hardest to spit out.  I have no dementia or brain issues I am just older.  Guess its a good thing I am retired.

I am packed for Arkansas.  Now its just getting a couple of loads of laundry  done and picking up the few things that are laying around and I'll be ready to go.  I have to go to the bank and to a haircut appointment this afternoon.  Hubby has a doctor appointment this afternoon but we should be on the road by 4 pm.  Will go as far as Shreveport, LA tonight.  It's only 3-4 hours away.  Then will get to Hot Springs Village by noon tomorrow.  Have a couple of meetings as soon as we arrive then we are free to get done what needs to be done at the condos.  I will not be taking my computer so I may or may not get back online before Monday. Maybe Caralee will be here by then.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy week.  See ya soon

Hello Linda.....it sounds like you have everything all ready to go on your trip. Have a safe trip and have a fun time!!

I would have a hard time not taking my laptop with me when I travel. My grandchildren contact me so much as do my daughters. I know I could do all that with the phone. The problem is I can't always do that small typing on on  the phone. Like yesterday I couldn't even type on my laptop very much.

Prayers that your travels are safe ones!!

Love and many hugs.....connie d 

Linda,

How long will you be in AR and if you are going to be here for a while, I should just drive down and say hello...drive safely.

Good morning Jeannie and Linda and my sistas,

Jeannie, how is your foot today?  Must be doing better since you didn't mention it.  Oatmeal sounds good.  Think I'll make that for our breakfast today.

Linda, safe travels to you!  Hope the weather cooperates for your trip.

Things are fine here in Waco.  I'm a little bored.  LOL!  Yesterday afternoon I took Molly for a walk.  I was planning to walk an hour, but the wind was howling and the temps were chilly, so we only walked 30 minutes.

Then I decided to cook.  I have none of my recipes with me, so I was just winging it.  I made a pot of delicious beans with salsa and pico de gallo mixed in.  Yummy.  Warm and spicy.  Then I tried my hand at a lemon raspberry cheesecake of sorts.  Meh.  It was pretty tart!  I was trying not to use too much sugar, but it definitely needed another 1/4 cup!

Late this afternoon, Carrie has her appointment with her OB.  We'll see what's cookin' then.  The baby doesn't appear to have dropped any to me.  But then, Christie never "dropped". 

I'm amusing myself by looking at beach houses along the Texas coast.  I would really like to buy a beach house for my family to have a vacation home, and also to have a rental property that will bring in some income.  Winter Texans are a pretty lucrative business here.  It's less than 3 hours to the coast from my home in San Antonio.  Anyway, I can't buy anything yet!  I have to get the lake house sold and get Carrie settled in someplace.  Maybe in a couple of years.  Still it's fun to look at properties and dream . . . 

Better go cook my girls some oatmeal.  Bananas and blueberries and walnuts seem to be a tasty combo this morning.  Love you all!

Hello Vickie....I hope the OB appointment goes well for Carrie.

I am sure you do have more down time right now. Relax and enjoy ever minute. Things will be picking up fast very soon!!!! Take a chair and go sit outside. Did you bring a coloring book with you? I can't wait for the weather to warm up here so I can sit outside!! 

I am so jealous!! I so wish I could walk along the coast and look at beach houses. I never had the opportunity to have a beach house to go to. I dreamt about it when I was young. We were lucky when I was a child to have a home! We rented out cabins now and then and that was fun. Oh well....I will just listen to those of you that have those opportunities. 

I need to go for now...haircut time!!

Lots of love and hugs....connie d

Vic,

My foot is doing much better and the cast is off and I am actually in a very light way boot that isn't really immobilizing but more giving me support. 

I need my cookbooks around me too even if I don't use them that much. I also rely upon online recipes too.  

The baby will be here soon and you will be feeling that little one right next to your heart....doesn't that feel better than anything you can describe?  

Hi Ladies, I have been absent from OFF and don't post every day. Just because I don't post doesn't mean I don't care about you wonderful ladies.

Thinking of all you ladies and sending lots of love.

And Vicki, we are awaiting the arrival of Caralee with joy. Sorry bout the tick situation, hope it is under control.

Same stuff here, I talked to my daughter about being upset with her aunt and it goes in one ear and out the other. I don't talk about my mom much because she passe over twenty years ago. She was raising teens in her fifties when it was not cool to do so. She also suffered from anxiety. My mom held a grudge like nobody's business. She told us often to not leave angry because a friend of hers from childhood died after they had an argument and she never got the chance to say she was sorry. We heeded her advice but she didn't. She was the queen of grudge holding and I swear I would not be like that. She cared for Lisa when she was young, before Lisa was 9. And one of Lisa's traits that I dislike is that........just like mom, she can hold a grudge for a long time.

Have a great day everyone, lots of love and prayers.

Hello Arlene....sometimes you can't get people to listen to you no matter what you say. Sorry your mom and Lisa tend to hold grudges for so long. That just makes it so hard for everyone else.

I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Much love and hugs to you....connie d

Arlene,

My mother died when I was a child but she always told me and my older siblings to never leave angry and never go to bed angry...my daughter, too, holds a grudge and sometimes I just want to shake her...I don't get it. 

I am so happy that you are still reading the posts and commenting when you have time...it's crucial for all of us to stay connected to those folks who understand us the most and that is our WLS sisters.