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Happy Sunday Ladies!! (((((group hugs and says 'Cheers' with me coffee mug to the screen!))))))) We seem to be on the same page when it comes to family, the holidays and generally just trying to make things happen. After my phone call with middle son yesterday, I felt a bit sad that I "gave him an out". I mean that I told…

Happy Saturday to you all! I called my middle son today to tell him that his older brother got his leave Dec 22nd thru 29th. He stated that her leave was from Dec 28th to Jan 11th. I stressed that while I would love for them to come up to Oregon, the fact of the matter is if she only gets one week, spending it mostly…

Katla~ Eldest son will be here for Christmas not Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving will be us just having TV dinners, grinning at each other. lolol.... Joyce ~ I envy you actually doing the traditional Thanksgiving!!! For many years I had always been the "black sheep that left the fold" in my family, so lots of family all sitting…

NYKAREN ~ I think if I really want the taste of Thanksgiving I like to warm up some yams and then slowly boil the tar out of the liquid with some brown sugar and margarine. A couple of marsh mellows on the top and I am in a sweet coma heaven..... We went to a Steakhouse one year for Thanksgiving. I had a hard time not…

Janetr okc~ Haaaaaapppppy Biiiirthday to youuuuu! Ok I sang that... I am froggy throated still from my cold or I would really sing to yas! I hope your day is filled with sweet things, sweet people and (ok I have a theme going...), well with people that love ya!!! Love Becca

Holy Cannoli's, I had 10 pages to mull over when I added the November thread today!!! Everyone seems to have survived that first bump in the road to eating healthy...called Halloween! Now we have to gear up for Thanksgiving..... breathe! You will just shake your head when you hear of what my household does for…

Re~Yep we have a few places we can go to walk. There is a huge grocery store, and when we do have to buy some items I still walk all the isles of the store. I have never thought of walking at a Home Depot...so that could be an option. No malls of any kind here, but there is an outlet place about 20 min away. I don't like…

I don't worry about who, when or how many is coming for the holidays. I just worry over the "if" they can get leave and come. Boohoo... My last visit from my sons was October 2015. The way the Navy works is you see them when you see them. So I might be just packing all these gifts I have found for them, and for my DIL.…

Hugs ladies! It's Sunday, and its raining cats and dogs! We WERE going to attend "Talking Tombstones" an event at the cemetery down in Seaside, but with all of our colds finally on the mend I declared it not a good idea. It's one thing to go if its cold, but cold and rainy makes my nose run even to think about it! The…

Margaret, what a lovely tribute! Your mom sounded like quite a spitfire! Heather, thank you for my Bea Fix! The face of an angel. I have a feeling she will be quite the handful though! A happy child gives me such hope for the future, a visual that a smile is all we need to put us all right again :-) I am trying to come to…

Hey ladies!!!! ((((((((((group hugs the lot of you!))))))) So today has been really positive. I know my husband has been "out of sorts" now and then. It's just a feeling that overcomes him from my past behavior. These are things that happened 2 or so years ago, and thank God I woke up, and realized my bad choices. I can be…

Hello all you fine ladies!!! Katla what a beautiful baby! Congrats! Glo you are doing the best thing for that boy calling CPS! Every child needs to know there is a place for him and he is thought of and believed in this world. At 11 yrs old, its hard to hear that he has no privacy. I think 11-13 yrs old is a tough time…

Ok I moved around the eating area/den area, and my husband is growling about that.... lol! Change is good, he hates when I move stuff around! I think it breathes new life into your home. I puttered around today. Dusted, cleaned and just straightened up. Have thought of more things I need to organize round' here! Hope…

Oh wow, I was a sleeping in FOOL this morning! Got up at 10 am! It's my cold, yep I am blaming it on THAT. Last night we watched one of our favorite series, "Shetland" a BBC murder mystery series. We love it! We fine tune our listening skills, because sometimes they will be talking, and its "heck rewind that sentence!"…

putter.....putter.....in fuzzy socks....

Still taking medicine for my sinus cold :-/ Head aches and such, but I use those nose strips to keep my sinuses open and they really work. Feel funky though. My pores on my nose aren't too happy either. Today is a lazy day.... Nothing going on, just puttering around like an old person.... :-) Becca Master Putterer in Oregon

ooooh the ladies that were talking about edamame, I love it too! When we were stationed in Japan, the neighborhood organic truck that would come weekly to the apartment complex across the street sold them still on the "vine". Edamame' is served like we serve peanuts at bars. But like any soy protein, you can eat too many!…

Oh no I am getting a cold... Nose stuffed up, and sinuses hurting. Taking Alka Selzer plus nighttime medicine, and hopefully that will "start" things going. Started with my throat hurting from my sinuses trying to drain. It's all connected ya know! I think I must have some strange plumbing somewhere, because I can blow my…

Aw Carol....Sorry your husband was a "negative Nancy" on your drive there and back... I would call him out on it. If it were me, (and I know most aren't thank Goodness) I would have just said in a neutral tone, "Well there are many out in the world that would love to ride in a car, travel places but they are homebound".…

Well ladies, husband and I have come to the realization that we won't be "RV travelers" anytime soon. Price wise its just not a smart move. Also, when we travel to Portland (just a 2.5 hour trip there) we are soooo glad to get back to home. That says a lot right there. I would rather take short trips here and there, but…

Marcelyn in Houston ~ ah you might be a wacko but you will be a healthy wacko walking those 17 miles!!! Congrats to youuuuu! Becca

Lenora enjoy date night!

Sunday Hugs!! ((((((((group hugs everyone!)))))) So this morning, my man went out into the rainy world, bought the Sunday Oregonian, some more index cards for me and my photo project, more milk because we were low, a box that said "To My Love" with one white chocolate dipped strawberry in it, chocolate doughnuts for us…

Happy Saturday ladies!! Storm ONE has come and gone. A city about 30 minutes further south from us, (Manzanita) got the tornado. No injuries, but a lot of clean up. We have had rain from Wednesday evening, really bad winds Thursday and thunder & lightning. On Friday husband went out and about for a docs appointment in…

https://www.facebook.com/SeasideAquarium There is a video on this site that shows our windy and rainy weather. It's crazy today. Suppose to rain all weekend long. Today I stayed in the apartment all day long, doing Christmas projects and looking at the weather from inside. My son is dealing with a sore throat, so I felt…

Aw Lenora, you are a posting fool today! Yep the site was down for "Maintenance" so it wasn't your fault. So why am I going Christmas organizingly crazy this year??? lol With the possibility of all my sons home, plus wife, I am buying stuff, counting things so no one gets offended, and generally driving my husband crazy.…

amazing pictures Heather!! Last week I made homemade bean soup with some of my chicken stock I made from a chicken I cooked and let wallow in hot water with spices. Two cans of pinto beans, a couple of tsps. of chicken stock (Better Than Boullion) and careful tending and mashing with a whisk made a really creamy soup. The…

((((hugs Margaret!)))))

DJ~ You know I love ya too, and I value your opinion and insight as well... Maybe I didn't put my thoughts down as well as I meant to. They weren't "reasons" persay, nor were they excuses. They were just insights into what makes me, me. True, maybe my desire to lose weight isn't as strong as it should be. Each of us look…

Judgmental has no home here! Be gone....lol