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Greetings all

Another rainy day here but in our little burg it's not bad. Other towns have had heavy rain and Avenue of the Giants and other low areas are flooded. There are loads of rivers and creeks here and some routinely flood in the winter. Near Ferndale there was a helicopter rescue of an older woman from her car through its sun roof! She was apparently making food deliveries to older people and ventured onto a closed road. Her car floated! Grateful that we have dedicated coast guard to do this. They love to do water rescues.

I was going to go shop and look for food storage containers for the chicken liver pate I will make tomorrow but DH said we had a lot of them and he dug them up from the far corners of the pantry. Who knows what else lurks in there. Trip saved.

So I skipped scrabble today due to this cold. I don't feel too bad with a cold pill on board but have a serious cough and don't want to inflict this on my friends (even though that is likely where I caught it).

Jeez Paula you have more than your share of family drama. Hope it eases. Good on you for being the bigger person. Sometimes when a person is fussing unreasonably you can ask them what they want or need? Often it is just to vent. But hoping that the vent part is over. Drive safely. For your sake I kind of hope DSD stays with aunt. Unrelated note: the southwest Florida eagle camera I watch is in Fort Meyers. The nest is in a somewhat urban area so it is possible to take a nearby trail and see the nest. You cold go see it! One chick hatched but the other egg may not make it.

And yeah CC TSA pre is essential. I have loose skin and got patted down all the way up my inner thighs a few years ago when I did not have PRE. I think a lot of WLS surgery people have this issue. Anyway, you are probably mid air by the time of this post so almost there. I have no doubt Kirby is having a blast.

Peps agreed. The christmas tree should be lit all day. For some reason DH thinks it should only be lit after dark but cripes its cloudy and we need other lights.

Liz enjoy your slow day and some Christmas music. I had Pandora on at the gallery yesterday tuned to a Christmas station and an older couple came in and actually started slow dancing to the music! It was funny and cute. Hope you guys get just enough snow to look nice and then melts.

Well time to rummage through the closet looking for wrapping paper. Who knows what I will find?

Diane S.

It sure is a pain when deliveries get mucked up like that! Always seems to happen when I travel unless I leave a lot of leeway (which I tried to do this year). But you can't control a gift sent by someone else!

Long travel day but your Dad and Stepmom will be thrilled to have you there for Christmas.

So jealous about your Graeter's ice cream delivery! My absolute favorite ice cream is their toffee chip. We would often have it delivered for the Holidays!

Pre check sounds like it is the way to go. I'm always afraid that my defibrillator will make them pause at the scanner but I usually can walk right through it, wires going from my chest to heart and all!

Ugh, Paula! Sounds like she let the stress get the best of her.

I'm sitting in the terminal. With TSA precheck, I breezed through. I parked, found TSA (it always feels like the first time I've been here), got screened, stopped in the bathroom and was sitting at my gate all in 20 minutes. Woohoo! Man, that's a long drive in the dark. My audiobook helped. Bonus, they had the body scanner closed off and were using the metal detector so my arms didn't set it off. My arms are so weirdly fat compared to the rest of me it must look like I'm smuggling something. Always a boost to my self-esteem (sarcasm).

I'm glad I stayed at my house last night. I didn't sleep long, but what I got was good.

Craziness on the delivery front. A package I was expecting yesterday got delayed until today. Then my cousin surprised me with Grater's ice cream for Christmas and that's coming today. And then a replacement plant for a plant I ordered that came cold damaged a week ago is coming today after them swearing it wouldn't come until next week. Argh!!!! So I had to ask my crazy neighbor to not only make sure the first package didn't sit in the rain, then I had to ask her to unpac**** cream and put it in my freezer. AND unpack the large plant and water it! Jeez. (I do like the plants though. They're from Easyplant and have self-watering reservoirs.)

Anyway, that's my story today. I get to MI at 6:50 after leaving the house at 5:50am. Long day. Take care everyone!

I left the boots...

A day of rest for you Liz! Yay! Hopefully the weather will cooperate so you get a good Justice walk in. I?ll be missing my new found water aerobics and neighborhood walks while in WI.

Feeling a bit better about DSD situation this morning, not that anything has changed, but dust has settled a bit and sleep was had after a very long day on the road. It is still undetermined if she will stay with us or aunt now. Her choice! The blow up happened because I received an email in the car yesterday from the Air Bnb we are staying at stating their pet policy which was not on their listing whatsoever. Listing simply said pets welcome! Anyway, the email states that 2 pets max are allowed and that there is a $70 charge per pet. In the past, with other Air Bnbs, limits and extra charges have always been disclosed in the listing. I text her letting her know limits and suggested that she either leave the cat home with her husband that has to work and is unable to attend Christmas or have the cat stay at her aunts house which is near our Air Bnb. She blew a gasket and reamed me out a new one for ruining her Christmas with the news and she needed to take her emergency anxiety medicine and it is all my fault! I?ll try my best to just let it go! Lord please help me!

Travel today so far has been good. Got through Louisville and Indianapolis with no major delays. Fingers crossed the same goes for Chicago and Milwaukee. After Milwaukee we are home free! Can?t wait to hug my boys!

Safe travels for those traveling and/or having family traveling!