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Good morning! I sat in the hot tub this morning pre-dawn. Now I feel all calm and fuzzy warm. Sam, that is one sweet ride! Good for you! Bill, the weekly Bogart movie sounds really fun. I am going to test the ribs today when I go to Lowe's to pick up two solid core doors. I need to replace a couple of hollow core doors in…

Good morning! Lee, I have heard in the past that doctors make the worst patients. Just sayin..... I am so glad that you are starting to do better with your knee. Prayers of rapid and complete healing continue. Sam, you and Joanne have a busy week with doctors. Prayers continue for you two as well. Bill, I hope that you are…

Good morning! My broken rib has been doing much better with little pain, even when lifting 20ish pounds. I did something yesterday, however, and it is hurting some this morning. Even after almost three months, it still lets me know that it is not entirely healed. I do have several house cleaning chores to do today. We are…

Good morning! Mike, you had quite the adventure with your drive. We are expecting almost 50 today for a temp. After not being above freezing for more than a week, it seems like summer is here. Today is Sunday rest day. I don't have much planned for today. It had been too cold to use the hot tub, so I plan to do that this…

Good morning! Lee, I am amazed at how quickly your knee appears to be healing. Awesome! Prayers continue. My knees hurt going up and down stairs. I believe it is arthritis. I worry about generally falling apart. We might get above freezing today for the first time in over a week. Prayers also for Joanne, Sam, Bill, Bob.…

Good morning! Minus 1 this morning which is 14 degrees warmer than yesterday. Today should be the last of our bitter cold for at least a week. They are saying we could hit 60 on Monday depending on how much snow melts this weekend. Lee, I'm praying that each day you feel less pain and swelling in your knee. Prayers also…

Good Frosty Morning! Frankie woke me up at 4:30. To make things worse, I stumble out into minus 15 degrees temperature this morning. What???? That is just crazy cold. We will start slowly warming up after today. I hope that Mike is clearing out some of the smoke. Lee, continued prayers for your healing. I hope that the…

Good morning! 5:15 here and I feel late to the party. Sheesh! You guys are up early. Lee, I'm glad the operation went well. I'm hoping that you will be up and about, pain free, very quickly. Still polar frigid here today and tomorrow. Might start warming on Friday, and then 40s + warmer next week. Our snowblower dates to…

Good morning! 1 degree this morning and snow. We have about an inch right now, but expecting another 3-6 inches today during the day. Then comes the bitter cold. Record cold expected three mornings in a row. Wind chills as low as minus 30. Most schools are closed today. 40s and 50s next week. We just have to get there. I'm…

Good morning! 12 degrees this morning and headed down. We have a dusting of snow. We are expecting another six inches before tomorrow afternoon. This has been one of the harshest winters that we have had in many years. I don't know if Collin will be able to drive into work today or not. He'll be able to get there, but the…

Good morning! Hunkering down in the cold for several days. . Prayers continue for Joanne and Sam. Lee, prayers that you have a successful surgery with rapid healing. Mike, I hope that you have an enjoyable visit to your dog sitting. Have a great day!

Oh, Sam! Continued earnest prayer for Joanne, and for you.

Good morning! Rain changing to snow here today. This next week will be the coldest of the winter with temps below zero in the morning, and wind chills down to -20. Ugh! Sam, prayers continue for you and for Joanne. That must be very hard. Bill, please tell me more about the Meloxicam. I have thought about getting off it…

Good morning! Frigid cold here with wind chills up to -20. I hate winter more than Bill hates snow. We are expecting rain/ice/snow today and tomorrow with measurable snow again on Tuesday. I might be feeling a little better today so I hope to get some chores done. I'm still really feeling the arthritis with this weather. I…

Good morning! Lee, I'm glad that Mary has come out to see you and to deep clean your house for you. :smiley: I do a lot of the cleaning around our house, but often under "close supervision" by Connie. I just have not felt good the last few days. I know that the weather has something to do with it. It is zero degrees this…

Good morning! Mike, I had crazy dreams too. I had a rough night sleeping, a lot due to pains. With the snow moving in, I feel every joint in my bones. My rib has been hurting for two days or more. Prayers for Bill and his family, Joanne, and Mary travel. Our snow has started. It started around 3:00 a.m., just as Collin was…

Good morning! Well, $454 later, we have two new faucets for the washing machine. They are coming after 1:00 this afternoon to hook up the new machine and take out the old machine. Bill, continued prayers for you and for your family. Lee, too bad that your trip was somewhat a bust. We are expecting 6-10 inches of snow…

Good morning! Ah, the Chiefs did not play a good game yesterday. Congratulations to the Eagles. The Chiefs still had a great season. I am calling the plumber at 7:00 this morning. I am worried if we can get a plumber out here and get the crew back to install the washing machine around the predicted 4-8 inches of snow…

Good morning! Safe travels, Lee. Now you have me thinking about biscuits and gravy. Yum! We now have a new washing machine sitting in the box in the garage. My car is parked outside. It would seem that with our hard water, the cold faucet is too corroded to hook up to the new washer. So.... I get to call a plumber. We…

Good morning! We are bracing for more snow this coming week. In the last couple of days it has gone from maybe 1 inch to over 5 inches forecast now. Sigh.... I did work yesterday and have my snow blower fixed and ready to go. We get our new washing machine installed this afternoon. Safe travels, Bill. Prayers continue.…

Good morning! Bill, keeping you and your family in prayer. Losing a parent at any age is still difficult. Connie's mom passed away at 81, six years ago yesterday. We are expecting measurable snow Tuesday/Wednesday. I was able to get the snow blower out of the shed and into the garage. I have to do some work on it to get it…

Good morning! I'm not sure what is planned for today. I have a lot of different options. Thanks for the kind words of advice regarding Connie's health. Bob, praying that your conditions are continuing to heal. Frankie let me sleep until 7:00 this morning. I feel like I did when I was working that I overslept and I'm…

Good morning! I hope the new meds help Rita. Connie has some swelling in her retina. Eye doc thinks it is diabetes related. GP does not. Her A1C was 6.5 with Metformin. She keeps getting these symptoms, like the IBS, that the docs just want to skim past and give meds or a pat on the head. Does anyone have experience with a…

Good morning! Well, we are returning to winter weather for the next several days. I knew it was too good to last long. I am getting several smaller projects taken care of. It feels good. Some of these projects have been on my lists for years. I pray for those that are dealing with health issues. Special prayers for Joanne.…

Good morning! It got up to 63 yesterday! Today won't be as warm, but still above normal. I did a few things outside yesterday, and my rib was hurting last night. I don't know what I did to hurt it, but it reminds me that even two months out, it is not healed. They say that a displaced rib fracture like mine can take 4-6…

Good morning! Frankie woke me at 5:00 this morning, but I dosed in the chair for a while. I have a cat on my lap and hot black coffee, so life is good. I'm not going to let some stoopid rodent determine if I'm going to have an early spring or not. We are going to have an early spring! :smiley: Lee, I hope that you have an…

Good morning! I went back to bed after Frankie woke me up. I got another hour and a half of restless sleep. My stomach is not feeling well this morning. Ugh. I have always drank my coffee black. I have never tried mushrooms like Lee had. I did experiment a little with pot back in the 70s. I didn't really like that. Those…

Good morning! Frankie woke me up way too early this morning. I am hoping that today will be a quiet day. The dentist visit went well yesterday. They didn't have to numb me to do the surface fillings. We had over an inch of rain yesterday. I do not care for oysters, although I love a good clam chowder. Have a great day!

Good morning! It is hard for me to believe that January is almost past us now. I have an appointment this morning with my friend the dentist. He is going to fill a couple of surface cavities. I could not be happier. We are expecting rain (not snow) here for the next couple of days. We need it. Bill, praying for your health…

Good morning! This may be short as the cat keep pawing at my typing arm. It is interesting preparing for retirement. I had 401(k) that I had tried to work on for several years. The idea was to use Connie's teacher pension, our social security, and then also skim some regularly off the 401(k). As it turns out, our combined…