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I just had a conference call and got to hear all about their "too busy at year end woes". It was all I could do not to just say "join the club, sisters". LOL! I think I'm 98% through my personal and CROM Christmas lists, thank goodness. DH's presents are bought and wrapped. Stockings are hung. I'm not doing much else.…

Sorry about the crummy motel! Most of the trip sounds great except for that scary instance! There's a Ramada near us that is just in terrible shape. I think they are housing homeless people. I often wonder what a business traveler who accidentally wanders in there would think. What's sad is I see a school bus stop there to…

No, we've done quite a few. They are slowly dying off though.

We set up a cat show booth this weekend. We waited AN HOUR for them to get out tables for this. You'd think the set up folks weren't getting paid to do it.

Pam - that sounds like a great way to spend the day. I'm sort of regretting buying turkey parts instead of a turkey. Only because I know how to cook a turkey and I found conflicting instructions on cooking parts online. At least I do have a meat thermometer.

I hope each of you have a great Thanksgiving! Because I'm veering from my usual, I find I'm fretting over "what have I forgotten?". I almost forgot DH's cranberry.

I was just wading through a long article of the ins and outs and all the complications. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-mass-deportation-undocumented-immigrants_n_6740ec94e4b078cce4af32e4 Can you imagine the cost and confusion and children torn from their parents and the social upheaval? I just opened my last pandemic…

Yeah, it's a sad commentary all right! I was at the post office Tuesday and there was this LONG line at what I now know to be the passport window. Never saw that before.

Helene - I'm sorry about our BIL and hope your eyes heal quickly! I'm past distraught about the election. And totally disgusted by the actions we're seeing so far. Robert Kennedy? Matt Gaetz? Mass deportations? I just don't want to listen to any more news. Even DH has started to turn on the music oldies channel during…

LOVE!!!

My baby brother's wife is of (fairly recent) Ukrainian heritage. Her family was already worried for their relatives and now they're terrified. A good friend has a family member who is gay and one who is trans. They are trying to figure out if they can emigrate before inauguration day. An acquaintance, who is extremely…

I'm really really down today. I have NO clue what people are thinking. It boggles my mind how many people in bad economic circumstances seem to have voted for this creep who obviously doesn't care one fig about them and will do everything he can to enrich himself, whether it hurts them or not.

She hasn't gotten that specific. I think she's just scared like we all are around here. And we certainly are in better shape than some places. Lots of their policies scare me but the one thing that absolutely infuriates me is how they talk about women. Childless cat lady my *kitten*......

We voted a month ago. Easy peasy. It should be this easy to vote everywhere. Reading about folks who walk hours to vote sounds like Little House on the Prairie or something. I'm trying to work today but having trouble concentrating.

I'm having trouble buckling down and concentrating. I just got an email from my best friend from law school. The subject line is "I'm scared". Me, too.. Me, too! I talk to people every day who are just going about their day. But I'm terrified of what's going to happen to all of us and this whole country. My friend is…

That's great! If I end up having to have that I'll know it's not so terrible.

Great news! I hope you do make a full recovery.

I continue to be SO busy! Every time I turn around I'm getting an email that says "we are computerizing xyz and you need to get in line". I'm SO tired of all the crappy computer systems that it takes nowadays to run a non profit (not to mention my own personal life). Now my work wants me to test out some new system. The…

Here's hoping they can help!!

Helene - happy birthday to you!!!!

Fran and I were standing in the driveway Wednesday talking when all kinds of sirens and flashing lights started pulling in at the cross street that our street empties into. I didn't find out what was going on until the next day. A man fell down a deep well no one knew about in the yard and spent 30 hours down there until…

Pam VERY happy belated birthday! I'm glad you got to celebrate. We vote a couple weeks ago (drop box). Then we were briefly confused when we got ballots in the mail AGAIN but turns out they sent samples to everyone. I see a lot of Hogan signs around. I hope Marylanders aren't that stupid. BUT I confess our party didn't do…

I'm sorry about your brother but glad you could visit! Also glad to hear your house survived! Two days ago I got my winter coat out to feed, yesterday it was in the 80's, today it feels like fall with the wind whipping around all the dead leaves. Long time Marylanders are fond of saying "if you don't like the weather…

Here's good thoughts to everyone in the hurricane's path! Sounds like it's going to be a bad one. Meanwhile we have sunny but chilly weather. I fed this morning and then ran around doing all kinds of errands. Trying to whittle down the "to do" list!

I'm struggling to get back on my diet and stay on it. I just get SO tired of dieting. I'm taking an acquaintance with me today when I feed the colonies; in hopes she'll be a backup just in case. She seems interested. What concerns me is whether she's physically up to it. We'll see.

Helene - that's great that your house had no damage! DH ordered us COVID tests.

I just realized the hurricane barreling down on Florida is named Helene! Helene - have you heard anything about your house?

Vance is beyond bizarre! Not so sure he could pull off becoming a dictator like I'm afraid the cheeto will. Apparently Vance was Don Jr.'s pick. The whole family is whacko.

We have a cat show this weekend. I hope this ancient body stands up to it! We got our ballots so we'll be voting. I had lunch with an acquaintance who said she's not voting at all. She's off my lunch list. This election is too important. Her story is "she sees good in everyone" which sort of explains nothing?

My mother used one of those lights. I should check into it.