Here sre my Christmas selfies 😁 screenshots from a video chat with The Boy yesterday 🙂

Eeeek Laurie: I think you've been to too many concerts my girl! 🤪

Yooly? Only half evil? Password is 333 🤯

Its a video chat filter. Sometimes The Boy just plays with his Lego while I hang around on the phone so I play with filters to entertain myself. He is generally pretty amused when he looks back at the screen and finds a "filtered" nan face

Now I can go see PAV's Christmas selfie too!

Of course Laurie - filters didn’t occur to me.

PAV8888 wrote: »

I say ugh to the pretty!🤯 Hope Yooly is having minimum discomfort 🤷‍♂️

Actually I’m feeling ridiculously well two weeks post surgery. No pain, meds or discomfort. Occasionally a twinge but otherwise great. 👍

Do not disparage your lovely face PAV. It’s the face of someone who has experienced joys and sorrows. Both contributed to your current face! It’s something to be celebrated. I find nothing more awful than people who are desperate to hang on to youth far beyond plausibility.

PAV8888 wrote: »

Laurie have you considered some of the "old" stand ins (beets, carrots, zucchini, I think I've even seen sweet potato spirals) as an option for the "buffet"?

It was Christmas Dinner, PAV!!!!

But I avoided the Alfredo sauce and went for a happy medium vodka sauce 😁

Today’s weather is supposed to be 86F (30C)! Great day for stashing the Christmas decor up in the attic. Definitely won’t be cold mucking around up there. Tomorrow looks to be more seasonal 60F.

Look at that pretty face Mr. PAV! I see you are a two-fisted eater too.

I need to get my *kitten* together. I hate New Year’s resolutions but I have completely lost control the last two months. And my pants ain’t happy.

Congratulations, PAV! Those are fine numbers.

And you are so cute.

And now I know I love you for sure because you are wearing my favourite plaid. Black watch. I have even painted my front door that colour! (photo to follow )

Not that I didn't find it "appealing" because then I wouldn't have bought it (even though it was... you guessed it... on sale!).... but wouldn't it have been brilliant if I had actually KNOWN what I was buying in terms of the "black watch tartan"!

I will have to treat it with a bit more respect, I think!

No resolutions here--due mainly to being a rebel without a clue. But implementing what looks/feels/appears to be good ideas? Why not!

How many bunnies have our Yooly (and our Laurie? And even the hidding Garfield and even our BC Lady and the occasionally popping in Adventurista) been eating per day? ? I, most certainly, need to up my bunny game... even though it's not THAT low!

Numbers not good today. But perhaps a kick in the bottom is in order? Weighed myself. First time since Dec 17. Up 4 pounds! Nothing big happened in the past few days - and Christmas wasn't really even out of control. Just a general upswing in full force it seems - I honestly thought it would be about the same???

Spent much time trying to get my Christmas present fitbit tracker going yesterday/today. This is my third of this type so nothing new on the how it works front - but this baby has issues - won't even restart

Back to the store with it hopefully today (son sent me a picture of the receipt - I hope that will at least get me some assistance in the tech department ???). Perhaps the electrical gadget gods know how reluctant I feel about full on tracking

Techie

Ahhh Laurie- sometimes when it rains, it pours!

Do get the donut tire off. Kind of dangerous to drive any length of time on that.

Fortunately I do not drive very often nor far. Car is really not up to it so I save it for special things because it is very close to retirement.

When I was out the other day (the final day for this battery) - I was driving a friend to the hospital for an endoscopy and while I was waiting to drive her home took the dog to the lake. It was cold. Car wouldn't start after our walk. It turned into quite the deal after CAA gave me a boost. Highly unlikely the care would start again if I turned it off - so kept her running. While I was waiting outside of the hospital I encountered an old kind of lost man with very poor English. He didn't really know where he was, but when he showed me the pamphlet of where he wanted to be it was clear he was in the wrong place - so drove him to the correct address. lol. Poor fellow stuck in the backseat with the pup who was curious but also very uncertain of this stranger in the car. I disappeared lickety split when I got him inside the community services building. He was at the correct address, but I don't think the correct place, but I wasn't in a good position to take further responsibility for him.

And my friend had come out looking very rattled. She has a history of lung cancer - the only person I know who made it out the otherside of that nasty beast. A year ago her oncologist discharged her because she was 5 years with no evidence of disease. But on Tuesday they found a tumour on her esophagus, contacted a surgeon while she was in there, took a biopsy and referred her to a throat cancer specialist immediately. Once we lost the old man she told me they told her that all signs point to cancer.

So - I need to keep the car on the road for a bit longer. She it going to need some transportation and it is sort of the community car now. I was car free for almost two decades and my son left his car when he moved to Newfoundland. It has been very handy through my medical nonsense of the past couple of years. It is the only car in my circle of friends / community group. We live near the city centre so most things are very accesible on foot or by public transit. This car has definitely earned its keep picking up those occasional large scale purchases - group runs to the garden centre in the spring - trips to IKEA - has even chauffered Santa Claus a few times

I am thinking "out loud" in this post - Do the repairs? Retired the car? - pretty sure I've talked myself into repairs.

On another note. Sounds like you have much going on there, PAV. Wanna share with us? Or still processing?
Hope you go some day-time light into your ocular receptors today.

Refurbished battery place for battery Laurie if Walmart/Costco too pricey. Reluctantly could look into used tires (never had much luck with them myself) or just two new if front wheel drive.

Stress, food 🤷‍♂️

Trying to get more sleep. Trying to process/navigate degree that I'm affected by health issues vs what may just be reduction in activity and trying to figure out how much I'm supposed to (or not supposed) to push. Especially with relatively unclear, to my mind, guidance!

Actually you may have given me an idea or at least a second idea to pursue 🤣