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Hello everyone, I hope you all had a nice thanksgiving. Our ham was great as usual, our host is real good at using the bbq in his back yard. He's got this huge smoker back there. The company was good so all in all it was a great day. Our weather is cold but we are certainly not bad off like the rest of the country is with all the ice, I really hope they all make it through this harsh winter. I have been working on a new project and need to give another coat of paint, but it needs to be warm enough for it to really adhere to the wood. I'll need to test the temp in the garage before I attempt painting. Oh, and I am making my friends little dogs a new dog bed. I am going to make it look like a little day bed with a back on it. The cushions will be covered in a cloth backed vinyl for protection, and I will make two sets of elastic edged sheets for easy washing. It ought to be really nice.
I planned next weeks menu, had my planned shopping trip and knew I wouldn't be spending more than about $75 there and hubby decided he was going to join me. He has done this for the last three weeks and I always walk out with far more than I planned, lol. Sheesh!
For all you Downton Abbey fans, I got an email from World Market that the Downton Abbey line has arrived. Hehe, I want the ceramic teaspoons for my coffee bar in the making.
worldmarket.com/category/seasonal/downton-abbey.do
I hope you all have a great weekend.
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Thank you Isabella, you kicked us over to the next page. Things look so much better now.
I forgot to tell you that I wore my new shoes again for three hours this morning. Not too bad.0 -
Hmmmm, I dont have any of the issues you ladies are experiencing. Wierd.0
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Marcie, you weren't having problems even on the previous page? I bet it is because of the browser you use or something. Probably a pretty up to date version?
We're back from our walk to have lunch. 2 miles each way. It was lovely. Weather is cool and the company is great.
I'll make us something fairly light for dinner - perhaps some black bean taquitos from Trader Joe's.
Sheryl, glad your shoes are working out. When they fix the picture/page problem you'll have to show us a picture.
Anew, fun Downton Abbey stuff at world market.
Hubby is asking to get onto the computer so ta-ta for now.0 -
I am using Firefox, all up to date, I tried using Internet Explorer and still had the same problems on my computer.
Isyvanek-what's your dream item from Downton Abbey?0 -
I had to come back in tonight. Just got a call from my Arizona friend and she asked me what we had planned for breakfast in the morning. Hmm, well I knew she was going to Houston for thanksgiving but she wasn't planning on coming to our area. Well she is here and we and she and her husband are meeting for breakfast. Yay! Glad we get to see them.
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Good evening, I have time to sit around and talk cause I don't have to do anything else for tomorrow cause they cancelled church. We're to get more ice. Our porch was really slick when Ralph came home from choring so I'm glad we don't have to try and get there since I'm teaching. And that means half of my kids don't have to get out. I'm hoping more churches will cancel because of the ice.
We went from 67 for a high on Wednesday to around 38 on Thursday to 28-30 on Friday and Saturday. It rained almost all day Thursday but didn't stop anything. We went to our Thanksgiving Day service which was a blessing. Then here and finished up for dinner. Everyone made it. My uncle made a wrong turn and 4 phone calls and a niece and hubby going to find him and he got here safely. We had plenty of food and mid-afternoon enjoyed several desserts. Lots of different conversations, kids playing, a few napping, a puzzle worked filled the day. A few left early to get home before dark. A couple came later from another gathering. We pulled out leftovers for supper and the last ones left around 8:30. We had too much dessert left behind. It's good but I'll have a few days too much. I'll enjoy cause I don't want to throw it out. We finished the pecan pie tonight. And dinner today I finished up the stuffing, gravy and green beans. I did BBQ green beans instead of the mushroom ones and they were well liked. I had help with this meal. On sister did the dinner rolls. One brought the mashed potatoes. I did the ham, Stovetop stuffing, gravy, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, beans and relish tray. We had around 25 here.
I had done my shopping on Tuesday and Wednesday so had Friday at home which was nice since it was icy. I started straightening the house, and just stuff I can do here. Today was a repeat of the same. Ralph went to the farm morning and evening to chore but otherwise stayed in. It didn't get above 31 today but there was still ice melting and now it's refreezing and more ice is supposed to come so. So that's why church was cancelled. I have about 4 projects I need to get done so a "free" day will be nice.
The electricity went off 4 different times yesterday. It was only about 15 minutes most of the time but still meant everything went off again. The first three times were during the daylight and when Ralph went down to start the water up again, we found out the sump hole was full and the pump was not running. So we worked on it till the electricity went off again. There are no windows in that room. Finally Ralph took the pump over to the farm and worked on it and got it going. We have a new on but he realized the pipe hooks in a different spot so need a longer pipe. The last time it went off was just before bedtime so it was good we had gotten flashlights out earlier. This time was longer but not over 30 minutes.
Thank you all for your kind words about what was read at Emily's memorial service. She was a special girl with a special family. I still can't believe Jim spoke, but he just had notes. We have it on the DVD though.
It sounds like everyone had a good Thanksgiving day - some quieter than others but all special.
Sheryl, how nice that your mom got some time to talk with your sister about Simon. It's good that they are taking it slowly. Sorry you didn't get your call from Nancy. Hope you get to talk soon. What a good stove story. Water running is probably safer but it's good that you do an evening check. Thanks for posting the entertainment picture. Now I'll be able to picture Nancy. Good luck on the dress shopping
Anew, you made some yummy dishes. I have oranges and apples in my cranberry sauce and I put in some black walnuts too for Ralph. I kept hearing you in my head today when I was bagging up leftovers for the freezer so I got the marker out and wrote on the bags afterwards. I do a lot of identifying by sight - which is not always successful. So I'm using baby steps.
Marcie, your meal looks great. A nice amount on the plate (mine was much fuller). And I have no trouble seeing it.
Carla, yummy meal from you too. I often to the potatoes with broth too if I'm not having gravy. Do you have some projects you're working on while Tony is gone or just doing the usual?
Isabella, sorry the pictures messed up your page. At least I could see why you worked at getting to the next page ----and you did it. Nice that you had Friday off. Good you can carry your hours over. That would be a lot of hours in one month. The Hallmark Channel is nice. I found it when I stayed up at the hospital with Emily. They were already doing Christmas movies then. I might do the same as you with my stove. I used it all okay on Thursday so maybe I'm learning. Are you doing leisurely walks or moving along at a good pace. Two miles is a good distance to walk for lunch. I keep moving but mostly inside - nice you can do it outside.
Anew, the dog bed sound very cute. I have a friend that got the Downton Abbey teacup free. She said it was worth getting up early for. How fun that it works out to see your friend. Get some sleep and enjoy your time together.
Marcie, I use google chrome and am not having issues either.
Good night everyone.
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Good Morning, another bright, sunny, crisp and cold day. I melted the ice off the waterers and got everyone fed. The llamas had lots of frost on their backs and heads. Their fiber really insulates, looks like all the frost and ice stays on their outer coat. They lay out in the pasture and don't seem to feel the cold. They have a choice of being in stalls and under cover, but rarely do so. I need to remember to take my camera out in the mornings and snap some photos of the frost. I did that a couple years ago because Carla asked me for photos, but it doesn't show as well in pictures as it does it real-life.
Debora, if you have Balanced Days Balanced Lives, Nancy's story is on page 186. She lost 100 pounds using NM, but has regained a lot of it. Nancy's dad and my mom are brother and sister.
I didn't call my Mom yesterday. When I call her daily now, she starts off the conversation by saying, "I don't have anything to say, nothing new has happened since I talked to you yesterday". So, since I was occupied with John all afternoon, I didn't call, but, I will call today. I think it was decided at Thanksgiving that Christmas will be at my aunt and uncle's house again. This is another of my Mom's brothers, she has three. (Her two sisters have already passed away). My aunt always wants it only if my mom attends. I guess she feels like my mom is her only friend in the family. She's another weird one, I have a very strange family. Lately, since my Mom won't commit to anything because she doesn't know if she'll feel up to it, my aunt doesn't want to do anything either. But, Norma said that they talked about it at her house Thursday and another cousin will do all the work but have it at their big house.
I'm going to put on a fresh pot of coffee, my first mug this morning was nuked from yesterday left-over coffee. Time for some fresh.
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Morning everyone. I've been up since 4 am. I dont know what it is with me lately, but I've falling asleep early and getting up before dawn lately. My Dad says I'm finally following his pattern. Dont know if I like it though. Just makes the days longer! He and I both got up at 4 am again today.
I've got a pot of white beans cooking right now. The house smells soooo good. I'm cooking them in veggie broth with onions, garlic, stewed tomatoes, potato, corn, chopped chicken, steamed green beans, salt and pepper. I think they should turn out really good.
Yesterday I got the laundry done, and not much else. Was kind of lazy all day.
Sheryl, I have a wierd family too. It's nice that you are keeping in touch with your mom. I sure wish I still had my mom around. I miss her every day.
Debora, I told my dad about your high temps for the day. He's been complaining about our low temps (which are your highs), so it could be worse. Its been in the 30s at dawn when he's walking Cisco and he retuns complaining about the cold. Poor little Cisco returns with ice cold ears and wants to snuggle with me! Our highs have been in the mid 50s.
Anew, I hope you and your friends had a nice visit.
Isabella, no, I wasnt having any problems on the page with the pics. I'm using the latest version of Safari on my Ipad.
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Good afternoon, we met our friends this morning for breakfast and it was great to see them. I'm really happy they will be moving back to Texas sometime in the next year or so. They will be about 3 hours or so drive from us in our favorite part of Texas. The Hill Country, and most importantly the Kerrville and Fredericksburg areas that we love, so we can visit and stay with them, and they can visit here and stay with us. It's a win win for both sides!
We stopped at Joanne's today so I could pick up some materials for the bedding I'll make to fit the dog bed. I am going to make a full set of different colors blankets using flannel material, I've already tossed it in the wash so it's ready to sew when I am. I'll use elastic on the ones that will fit the cushions like an actual sheet and then I will toss in some loose blankets for them to cuddle into. I don't know how these dogs will respond to this but I think they will like it better than the floor with a blanket, lol. The main set I am making will be Christmas inspired for the holiday, lol. Everything was 50% off so I got a great deal on it all.
Sheesh, I think I took this one a little far!
We also stopped in at World Market, I wanted to pick up some of those Downton Abbey spoons, but they were all sold out of them and don't know when they will get any back in. I could buy them online but then I have to pay shipping so I think I will just wait until I head back to big town on the 23rd this month.
I got a call requesting the recipe for the ham glaze I brought over on thanksgiving already, lol. Usually get one or two calls each holiday.
I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend.
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Hello all! Long time no talk I have been in a very weird place for me and just didn't feel like getting to the journal room.
I'm going to try to make this short (it took me over an hour to catch up here!) My hip is better and yet it's not. I had to delay going back to work until tomorrow--not even sure I can make it for a 4 hour shift
My hip flexor tendon is much stronger but the bone on bone pain is not getting much better. I only have 6 weeks of FMLA left so I am going back to the MD and see if he will do my hip replacement asap. He wanted me to get back to my normal but that just hasn't happened. I have been getting more and more down about my lack of real progress. Every time we up the exercises (or add new ones) in PT, I can't walk without the walker the next couple of days Very depressing for me--even though I am not a healthy weight, I've been able to ride my bike, go to water aerobics, walk the dog, go shopping, etc. As of today, I can barely make it through 5 aisles in the grocery store before I have to come home 
I have enjoyed reading all of the updates and am so glad everyone (esp. Granny) are doing well. Since I work at a pediatric hospital, I wanted to tell Debora how touching all the tributes to Emily and your family were! I was SO saddened to hear about her passing and know that it will be very hard for all of you the next couple of months (every day is hard for a parent who loses a child and it doesn't necessarily get easier, most parents just figure out a way to cope better or hide it better). Her life obviously touched a lot of people in ways you may never know. May God bless all of you and bring you some solace in this difficult time!
I thought the burping man was hilarious although if he would have passed out during the service that would have been horrible!
Glad the rest of the group is well! Love reading about all of you and seeing everyone pop in.
One last thing, I had Thanksgiving in my new kitchen and although I couldn't get around well, it turned out wonderfully. I have 2 great sisters who I have had to lean on the last 5 weeks and I am so thankful for them 0 -
Hi all,
Anew, I think I would probably choose the downton abbey china or one of the towels or aprons with a funny downton abbey saying. One of the dowager's quips. So great to hear that you got to see your friends and that they will be moving back to one of your favorite areas. It will be so nice to visit back and forth. The dog beds are going to be so cute!
Debora, we walk at a good somewhat quick pace. Hubby is 6 feet tall so he has a pretty long stride so my fat little legs have to work harder to try to keep up!
We've pretty much finished our leftovers except for some mashed potatoes. Our highs have been in the 60's this week but it is supposed to warm up a bit in the next couple of days. Perfect when the sun is out as far as Dan and I are concerned.
Marcie, we have internet explorer 11. Our system is a couple of years old. Your pot of white beans sounds wonderful! White beans are my favorite.
Sheryl, so funny that the llamas just hang out in the frost and cold. They must have some wonderful coats indeed!
Jannie, so sorry you are having to deal with all these issues with your hip. I will keep you in my prayers and hope that they do the hip replacement very soon. Please keep us posted. Very happy to hear that you got to have Thanksgiving in your new kitchen and had wonderful sisters to help with everything.
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I enjoyed my Sunday at home but the weather did not get as bad as they said so we probably could have had it. But I watched a service on TV, our pastor emailed out a short version of his message and I made some progress on some projects. That turned out to be a good thing cause when Lori called to see if I could watch Maggie today, I was willing. The person who usually babysits on Monday came back from a trip and found her basement flooded so had clean up to do. They did act like we could get more ice but we didn't so the drive in was fine once I got off the dirt roads. Maggie is such a good smiler and goes down for a nap easily most of the time. The second time she didn't - finally got a burp and changed her position and she was out. Lori only had to work until 2 and then we visited a bit. I stopped by the church on the way home and got my SS material. The sun came out today and it got close to 40 so a much nicer day. Just seeing the sun was wonderful.
Weighed myself the other day and I weighed the most I have for quite some time. I'm sure some of it is sodium but I've been at the higher end of what I put as my range so I decided to reset my weight and again MFP doesn't compare to NM. It won't let you lose less that 0.5 a week and doesn't let you set a time frame. Definitely need to get my steps in to get more calories now. I don't know how much I'll like the number I'm given now. Ha.
Tomorrow is Good News Club and I want to do a meal for the girl I take home. I should have done back when her sister was born but I didn't. I talked about have polish sausage and saurkraut once and they don't know what saurkraut is so I'm doing that dish along with applesauce jello, rolls and brownies. So I'll do that and try and get the 4-H program book typed up. Wednesday my sister and I get our eyes checked. So I should stay out of trouble.
Sheryl, I learned my new thing for the day from your post. I didn't know how warm llama coats are. I do have Balanced Days Balanced Lives so I will read that. Bummer on regaining but it's so easy to do. My family has interesting people in it too. We just have to learn to live with them. Some days it's easier than others.
Marcie, 4 am without an alarm clock. Your internal clock must be changing. Your white beans smell wonderful. I'm sure you're enjoying them.
Anew, fun that you were able to get together with your friends and that more fun times are in the future. Joann's is a good place to shop. That's where Lori gets almost all her felt although she now orders from them online (coupons are still good) and gets the boxes delivered to her door. Your dog friend is going to be one happy dog.
Jannie, I'm so sorry you are still having so much pain and activities are so curtailed. It's great that your sisters are good help . You are such a giving person, you're not used to be on the receiving end. Cool that Thanksgiving with your new kitchen went well. Will be praying your doctor will do the hip replacement immediately. I have a friend in Africa who was supposed to lose a bunch of weight before getting a knee replacement. Her pain got so bad that she told the doctor she hurt too much to exercise, etc. so he did it about 2 weeks ago. I was a bit nervous about her having it done in Africa but she seems to be doing pretty good.
Lori had Maggie in for her 4 month check-up and the pediatrician asked how the burp guy was doing. The doctor said that was not what he'd planned on for that evening at all. We are all doing okay. What's kind of sad is what they are noticing is that they have more time and the ease of going and everyone being able to go.
Isabella, the picture of you trotting along beside your husband is a cute one. We're down to pumpkin pie and ham and most of the ham is in the freezer. I used some of it in the soup yesterday and some in the sweet potato hash I made tonight.
Weather is supposed to stay nice through the week so I'll enjoy it. Off to do a few more things this evening. Enjoy whatever you're doing.
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Good Afternoon, what a morning it's been...baking, not from scratch. I went out to feed this morning and after finishing, stopped to grab a carton of ice cream out of the freezer in the barn. It was soft. The temp read 23 degrees instead of the normal zero. I have no idea what happened, everything looked correct, but obviously something went wrong. Either the door was left opened or the circuit breaker popped or the freezer has just quit working. The refrigerator part seems to be OK, but then, it doesn't need to be as cold in that portion of the fridge. John is upset that he left the door open or unplugged it or turned it off somehow. I told him it's not his fault, maybe it's just that it's old and stopped working properly.
Anyway, I had stocked Marie Calendar products and needed to bake a couple pies and we had lasagna for lunch. There are a couple Red Baron pizzas also, but I hope they stay cold enough until tomorrow. I put the ice cream in the freezer here in the kitchen and hope that it will refreeze without being too crystalized and yucky. We'll see.
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Good Morning. I checked the freezer this morning and it's almost back to zero again. I'll leave the remaining food in there, since it's frozen hard again. Some of the stuff still felt hard yesterday, so it was mainly just the ice cream and pie that got soft. Another mystery, I'll never know exactly went on, but it's fixed now.
No ice yesterday or this morning. We are forecast for rain, lots and lots of rain for a week and temps in the 40's. It's nice to not have to worry about frozen pipes, but it will be a muddy mess outside.
I have blood work today, John said that he wants to go with me. We'll see, he usually cancels out at the last minute. If he doesn't go, I'll stop at TJ's and shop.
I sat him down yesterday and gave him a hair cut and a beard trim. He looks so much better now. I thought of cutting my own hair again, but John said he likes my hair the way it is. I'll see if I can get through this in between stage and let it grow longer again. It's been a very long time since I let it grow long.
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Hi everyone, our weather has been cold and a little rainy, the air conditioner has been off for the most part and I have had the heat on a couple of times. Usually for just one hour or so to warm it up in here when hubby gets up for work. This house is pretty well insulated and I am thankful for that.
I've been sleeping a good part of the day the last couple of days, and I didn't feel much like coming inside the room. I've been reading your posts though and I've been reorganizing in the kitchen again, I finally finished up my seasonings drawer in mason jars. I made a list of what is in each drawer of everything else in my baking cabinet, which also has other meal components like seasoning mixes and such. Now I know what I have to make meals and will be much easier to look at a list instead of going through everything to make a decision.
I sat down after dinner and began making my list of the goodies I am making for my giveaway this year. I found an abundance of chocolate chips while reorganizing the drawer so I will be making 3 batches of cookie bars, 2 with the Nestle Toll House caramel filled chips, 1 with nestle tollhouse chocolate chips, and 1 chocolate chip cookies with ghiradelli 60% cacao. I'll dip some in dark chocolate, some in white chocolate, and some I will just drizzle with both white and dark chocolate and some I'll just leave plain. I'll also be making two batches of coconut maroons, a batch or two of cream cheese mints and chocolate dipped salty pretzels. Hmm, maybe I'll buy plain pretzels, then dip them and drop a few pieces of Kosher salt on them. Now that is where I would like some salt, lol.
I have most of what I need for all of this, I need to buy butter, brown sugar, pretzels, cream cheese and eggs. I have everything else here, I knew I had a well stocked kitchen and I have been buying the deals at the store for the goodies the last couple of months, but I didn't realize I was that well off in the ingredient list. Most of it was free with a buy this and get that, or very cheap (next to free) with coupons so this makes me happy. Pies are out, even though I have everything to make them I would rather get all this chocolate out of my house, lol. I can always use the pumpkin here, and the condensed milk can be used in recipes here, so I am good with that. I will still load up the pie plates though, it should look real nice all piled in. I told my husband I would make him a huge stacked plate for work, lol. If I can just be sure to remind myself this is all for someone else maybe I can keep from eating too many.
Jlhawki-It's good to see you, I truly hope you get that surgery you need soon and the pain gets better sooner.
Isyvanek-I love those quips, lol. I'm not sure what I would choose, it might be cute to have a towel hanging at the coffee bar though.
Arobed53-Our weather has been a bit cold and some rain but it's been nice not having the air conditioner on again. Our friends aren't having much luck up there in the hill country finding 55+ mobile home parks. I swear that has to be a secret society up there, I know they exist and so do my friends, lol. Just have to find them.
Sannferris-So glad you got that freezer problem worked out and could save the food. It sounds like you have alot of food to eat though. How did the blood work go and did you take John or go to TJ's instead.
Well, I'll check out here and check back in another time. Goodnight all.
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Good Morning, and what a Great Morning it is. I just got off the phone with my sister and we are Praising God that she is safe. I talked to her last night and she said the shootings took place about 4 miles from where she works. Her building was in lock-down for several hours and then they were escorted out to their cars by police and everyone went home early. Her son used to work at the Inland building, but changed jobs a couple years ago, now teaches high school. This morning, she got more news and the County buildings are staying closed today and tomorrow. The male shooter worked right across the hall from Norma, if not for having the party in the other building, Norma could have been caught right in the middle of this shooting. She knows some of the victims and one of her friends still hasn't heard from her husband and fears that he is among the dead. Once again, God has protected my family, I'm so grateful.
John did not go with me yesterday so I did stop at TJ's. I got the remaining goodies that I wanted for Christmas gifts as well as all the good food that I wanted for John and myself. I bought more of that delicious clam chowder. I bought a new item, artichoke antipasto. I hope it's good on crackers.
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Good morning, er, afternoon! I finally got to bed around 6:00 this morning and I am up now at 12:30 so I hope I can get to sleep at a better time tonight, I feel rested otherwise.
Sannferris-How scary that must have been for your sister, and I am sure your family wondered what was happening out there for her. I kept thinking, someone I know of is out there in San Bernardino and I could not place it, now you have reminded me who it was. I am glad your sister is okay and there are many prayers going out for the others and their family members affected by this. Glad you got your shopping done too.
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Hello again, I just posted a couple more recipes over on the thread. We had a nice dinner tonight of butternut squash soup and citrus avocado salad with bulgur and red quinoa. It was really good too. I will definitely be making that soup again and I always make the salad.
I hope you are all having a great night and I'll check in sometime later.0 -
Sheryl I'm so happy to hear that Norma was not at the building where the shooting took place. It's such a sad sad situation, I just don't understand why this keeps going on and on.0
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Sheryl, wow, how scary. I'm happy to hear Norma was in the other building, but she must be so upset over this. I'm listening to the special report about the incident on the radio right now. I just can't imagine being in a situation like that.0
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Hi everyone.
It's sure been a long week. Glad it's just about over. I'm going to have to stop at the grocery store on the way home from work today. I'm out of everything! Yesterday I stopped to get Simon some more cat food, and should have got the grocery shopping done then, but it was cold, windy and rainy and I just wanted to get home.
It lightly rained most of the day yesterday, but it was sunny this morning. We sure could use some consistent rainy days. We received word from the water company that starting this month our county is permitted to water outdoors only one day a week. That's down from two days a week.
While Dad was out walking with his walking buddy yesterday morning they ran across a little white dog running loose. He had a harness on and they figured he belonged to someone. They tried to catch that dog, then a woman in a car tried catching him, then another person tried catching him. The dog ran across a busy street and they thought that was it for him, but he made it and ran into the neighborhood on that side of the street. Someone finally caught him. He didn't have any tags on and no chip. She took him to the county shelter and then posted his picture on the Next Door website. The owner saw that pic and went to go get him. He said he just adopted him the day before and was looking all over for him. That one ended well!
I've been really watching my food consumption since last month (keeping those portion sizes under control and not eating so much sugary food!) and as of this morning I've lost 12 pounds since the first of November. I'm pleased with that!
It's been so cold lately, Cisco keeps trying to crawl into bed with me or Dad. He especially likes Dad's electric blanket! A couple days ago I remembered I had bought him a doggie warmer last year. It's a disk that you warm up in the microwave and it holds the heat all night long. He's loving that disk! Once he goes to bed and snuggles next to it, he's there for the night.
I feel asleep early again last night. This is becoming a thing with me lately. I don't think I even made it to 7 pm before conking out. And, and didn't wake up until my usual week day time at 6 am. That's 11 hours of sleep. That's not good or healthy to sleep that long. Not doing that tonight!
Debora, I bet you'll be back to the weight you want in no time! I haven't had Polish sausage and sauerkraut in decades! My Mom used to like to make hot dogs and sauerkraut when I was a kid. I remember one of her favorite meals to make was that with a side of fried potatoes, and creamed corned served over the potatoes. Lots of fat, salt, calories, and yumminess. Ha!
Jannie, I hope you are feeling better and not in so much pain. Hopefully you can get that hip replaced soon! That's great that you got to use your new kitchen for the holiday and had help with that!
Sheryl, glad your freezer is working again. Good reason to eat some Marie Calendars! My box freezer in the garage needs to be cleaned out again. Stuff builds up in there so quickly.
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The week is flying past. We had Good News Club Tuesday. I spent the morning getting the meal ready for the family and when I took M home, I went in and visited for awhile. We do pretty well considering the mother doesn't speak English real well. The oldest girl was baking cookies so I got to eat one of them. Wednesday my sister and I got our eyes checked. I do need new glasses but am looking a bit to find a better price. My sister ordered hers and can now get her license renewed. It's good she went cause the diabetes is causing some problems so she'll get her eyes looked at more often. I didn't get my eyes dilated so she could.
Ralph went to the Fesper at church. I heard it was really nice but I spent an hour on the phone talking to a friend who lost her husband last April. She is doing as okay as can be but it's even harder cause he took his own life and that was not like him at all but he had not slept for 30 days and I'm sure was not thinking straight. Then we both went to prayer meeting in the evening. It was good but it felt strange to be there since I've taken care of Emily for the last 2-3 years then.
Thursday was taking Ava to speech. I was able to run off the 4-H program book while I was at the school. Then late afternoon Ralph and went to town so he could look for something for his new "toy" - a soda stream. At Walmart I think I found frames I might get but we didn't have time to do it. Then we went to Taryn's 3'rd grade music program - very nice and from there I went to Willing Workers. Managed to get there in time to hear the speaker. Glad I had asked someone to take notes cause I didn't think about it even after I got there.
Today I walked, went to town and did my errands and got home in time for Ralph to go to a senior citizen's dinner at the high school. I've got everything put away and gearing up for getting 3 of the grands tomorrow. If Julie and boyfriend want to go along, we are going to a living nativity tonight. Nice day for it - almost got up for 60. We know several of the actors so that's fun too.
I don't know if I mention the boy from our church waiting on a kidney. He's been on dialysis for 2 years and yesterday was his day. They removed both his kidneys and gave him a transplant. It's done in Kansas City - about 3 hours away. So far all is going well. We are all very excited for him. I have another young friend waiting on his second transplant so we're halfway there.
Sheryl, glad the freezer is back to being okay now. Een a crack open would affect things. We had trouble with ours last week and decided I had something in front of where the air blows. Now that you've baked the pies, you could freeze some of the pieces if you don't want to eat it all now. We finished up our pumpkin pie.
Tell John he's looking good since you cut his hair. Yay on finished things up at TJ. Hope your blood work is all good.
Anew, great on getting your spices organized. Did I tell you that you were in my head when I was freezing my ham and all my bags got labeled? I always think I'll remember - ha. I'd like to be one of your friends. You're making some good stuff. (I mean, we are friends - just not one that's close). Cool that you've been able to stock up slowly. I'd love to eat with you - the food sounds good but not sure how much my DH would go for it.
Sheryl, so good to hear that your sister is fine as are JC and Sue. I was thinking I didn't know anyone in the area but I was wrong.
Weekend will be busy with the grands here. Thomas will also be here for the night but will come later. Then Sunday we have church, dinner at McDonald's, Julie will watch the kids and we'll do to farewell for a Kenyan couple. The doctor has given him the okay to return to Kenya and then we're invited to a 70th birthday party for a friend.
When I checked out of Walmart today, my total seemed high but I had bought a bunch of plastic shoeboxes that were on the clearance row but I found out the clerk had typed in 78 instead of 7 for one of the big candy bars I had bought for the Good News Club party. Glad I caught it right away cause I don't always look at my receipts right away.
Enjoy your weekend.
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Good evening all, I slept until around 12:30 today, did the dishes and got the turkey burgers mixed, shaped and in the refrigerator and I'm ready to make dinner tonight when hubby gets home. All I have to do is bring out the burgers and let them sit uncovered for about 20 minutes before I cook them, and I can cook the side of carrots and honey while I wait.
I just eat my burger alone but hubby likes his on bread with mustard. I think I'll wrap mine in romaine lettuce tonight with a little mustard.
It was good to see you Mygnsac, I wrapped up early this morning in a soft and cuddly blanket while hubby slept. It was so comfortable I finally felt like going to bed. I did turn the heat on again since it was 39 degrees outside and I turned it off about 30 minutes later. Then hubby turned it back on when he got up for work. I am sure our light bill will be significantly lower this month because the a/c has been off so much and we haven't needed the heat much either.
Arobed53-LOL, it makes me laugh to be in someone else's head, lol. I'm glad your joining me in my quest for better organization and I'd sure love to have a meal with you too, it would be a lot of fun I think. I'm not sure my friends will be very happy I am making so many goodies, lol. I have added some meringue cookies to the list and I'll be picking up some green and red candy sprinkles along with some christmas colored nonpareils. I'll sprinkle on the warm chocolate after I dip the many goodies. So that's another white goody with colored sprinkles to add to the heavy in dark chocolate plates.
Hubby has been working a lot of overtime and is really tired when he gets home each night. He told me last night he already had 45 hours in and still had to work today. I try to make sure I have dinner ready to cook when he gets home so he doesn't have to wait long. I don't like to cook dinner too early and then have to reheat it, I would rather cook when he gets home and then decide what to do with the leftovers. I don't think we will have any tonight because I am only making four turkey burgers with 1 pound of ground turkey. I am pretty positive he will have two of those, lol.
Have a great night everyone, I'll check back in later.
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Good Morning. Not much to say this morning. Still raining and everything is muddy. Yesterday was a big day for my Mom, seeing another new doctor. But I don't know how it all went yet, I'll call later today. Tomorrow is a baby shower for Norma's daughter-in-law, Jackson is going to be a big brother.
My blood work went well, good numbers and I stay on the same dosage of warfarin.
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Hi everyone,
Sheryl, so glad your sister is safe. Very sorry to hear that she lost friends. That one hit way too close to home. When is this craziness going to end?!
Had a busy hectic week at work. The new contracts procedure is going pretty well but it is still a learning curve and is taking up a lot of my time. I am VERY behind on all my other duties. On top of all that, my Outlook got messed up last Friday and when the IT dept restored it they took over 4 hours and only brought back half my folders. I decided to wait until the back up/updates are done over the weekend and if my folders are still missing on Monday I'm going to have to call again and hope I get someone who knows how to restore the rest of my stuff (and hopefully not take all day to do it).
Dan and I went for a really nice long hour and a half walk this morning while it was still pretty cool - about 50 degrees. We really enjoyed it. Then I made our usual Saturday breakfast of over medium eggs, ham and toast. I planned to make pumpkin bread today but when I went to the cupboard to get the can of pumpkin out I didn't have one! I guess I'll pick one up tomorrow and make it then. I got my usual Saturday call from my dear friend Grace. We had a really nice chat. Now Dan and I are spending time on the computer. I'm going to make turkey burgers for dinner then we plan to watch the last 2 episodes of season 5 of Downtown Abbey so I can send the discs back to Sheryl. We also recorded an hour and a half special that was on PBS to get us caught up for the final season coming up. We'll watch that next. I'm going to go and wrap the gifts for Grace and for our white elephant at work and at bible study in a few minutes then sit outside and enjoy this gorgeous day.
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Hello everybody, today has been a nice weather day and it's been quiet with the tv and radio off. I did my weekly shopping and hubby went with his buddy to mesquite texas for a racing car parts auction. He's on his way home and I'll probably see him around 10 pm. I decided I wasn't cooking so I had a salad with tuna and later I had a vegan eggnog and I have no idea how they call that a vegan eggnog. The only thing that resembles the eggnog is the cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg but the banana really overpowered it and I don't see how adding more spices would make it better. It was good, but I think it would have been better served using pumpkin to make a pumpkin pie smoothie instead, lol. I try things all the time, I don't always get what I think I might get. Though I am happy to have folks out there who are trying hard to make recipes that others will like but I guess it just wasn't my cup of tea-err eggnog, lol.
sannferris-Glad to hear your blood work was good.
Isyvanek-My husband has the same complaints about work programs always changing and folders dissapearing. They usually find them and fix it but he doesn't like the down time either. Your walk sounded real nice, I'm glad you get to do that.
Well, I think I am going to check out here and do some TV watching. I wonder what is on.
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I couldn't take it, that vegan eggnog left me wanting a pumpkin pie smoothie. So I waited until hubby got home and made one we could share. I added the recipe to the recipe thread if you are interested in trying it.
Hmm! I might try talking to my husband about changing our food for three months just to see how things go for me. I wonder how he would feel about not having tomatoes, peppers and potatoes in his diet. He might be a little bummed but he might be open to trying it out. I've been told before that Nightshades were an inflammation inducing food but I didn't really know the extent of it. Oh man, I use all those seasonings in my cooking, all-the-time. Hmm I need to really do some more research into this and talk to my Rhuematologist, I think she could give me some good information about it.
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