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Carol you were not in my list of friends today I checked. You could try another friend request. Heather cut off about a half inch on the bottom of your daffodils and places them in water. That helps open them up. For sleep I am going to eat my chocolate at lunch. I learned to give caffeinated food 10 hours before bed so it…

The teacher I am working with is studying China.. I found a wonderful Children's book in my collection I am going to give it to the teacher to whom I am volunteering in her room it is called the Emperor's Garden... A humble village plan a splendid garden and invite the emperor to see it They work together well until they…

Rebecca Since I was hacked over a year ago. I always check the profile page of someone who has asked me to friend them. I blocked the person who did the hack. Unfortunately a few here who alerted me to the hack also blocked that person before I did so when they post I have to go to comment section to like what they post if…

Lisa You got our snow. So far are not getting much snow. We have at least two more months of winter to go so this could change. Barbie If you have to deal with Social Security you can no longer walk in. They are making everyone call for an appointment. They will try to get you to complete things with a phone appointment. I…

Bouquet given to me from one of my guests at neighborhood party. Goal for this month is to look into replacing windows. I will only do the worst of them because how expensive they are here. Also start to plan next trip with DS. Christmas decorations starting to come down. It takes me a few weeks because I do it slowly.

Cold here too! But it has been worse. At least we are not in super sub zero weather. We also do not have snow so I am glad I put extra leaves on the garden this fall. Another nice work of art from the Walker. The most iconic piece the Musuem has is the sculpture of a spoon with a cherry on it!

The art work is from Walker Art Musuem where the British Arrow Awards were shown... Tracey I now have to solve the kind of problem you described with your furnace on my own. I do have a good company I work with for said problems. As part of my what to do in case of my death, I left a file with the companies I have worked…

Friends took me out to eat at my Favorite Indian restaurant for lunch today..Tomorrow I get together with two of my friends at my house. So off to a good year so far!

Carla good to see you post here again. Tracey Your home is gorgeous... I understand about DH. Mine was the same way...He rarely complimented me on all the work I did around the home. I now do it for me and I realize doing all that work has me in good habits for maintaining my home. What I can't do is hire someone to do it.…

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I leave my outdoor Christmas lights on until the end of January because it gets dark so early here this time of year. We just got out of four days of fog too! Happy New Year!

White poinsettia came home with me from church yesterday. I contributed it to the decorations at the church. They encourage us to bring them home... I had my neighborhood party yesterday. It went well. It turned into a football party too. Our local team the Vikings is having one of its best seasons ever and we were playing…

Goals for what I am doing to try and keep my mouth and body healthy for the new year... #1 reduce and try to eliminate sugar from my diet...it encourages the wrong bacteria that causes tooth decay and gum disease. #2 reduce mouth breathing...Mouth breathing dries out your mouth...It is the quality of your saliva that helps…

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More pictures from Como...

Went to see the flowers today at Como Park. Allie agree you need to document so does Tracey...She, the children, and you deserve better! She is putting herself, the children, and you at risk! He is a danger to himself and others. When you call or write. Make that the mantra in order to get him the help he needs and the…

Heather love the cake. We sang an anthem at church today. We did well despite little practice on this one. Most of our time was spent on last weeks music. We sang for about 40 minutes. It went very well. DS came to celebrate Christmas. He works on Christmas day. I don't mind. I am looking forward to sitting in front of my…

Annie I second M. As you know the stress you are under is a large part of your digestive issues. Unfortunately it makes it even more important to try to eat better. I started my new way of eating in the final days of my DH life. I just knew I needed to do it to better handle the end stage. Agree finding someone to take dad…

Heather it is not made of gold. It is considered vintage. I just think it is a fun pin! And makes the season bright!

Rebecca penicillin was discovered on moldy bread. Before it was isolated people would purposely eat moldy bread for its antibiotic properties. I am not recommending eating moldy bread or cheese unless it is blue cheese or gorgonzola cheese. Pin was my mother's . I remember her wearing this at this time of year.

Adding DrewB to admiring the tree made it even better!

Time to sit and look at the Christmas tree and watch the snow fall today...AHHHHH!!!!

Our choir had its Christmas concert on Sunday. It was wonderful to be part of it. I am deciding I need to find time during the week to schedule my painting. I love the group I paint with but we have gotten so big there is not always space for all. So I plan to just check in with them and see what they are up to and try to…

Allie What would your son do if you couldn't have him live with you? Part of becoming an adult is figuring out your problems and standing on your own two feet. That was part of the message in mesponsible that I posted not too long ago. In becoming mesponsible it gives you something you cannot buy pride and confidence that…

Kylia and Debbie sounds like both of you need to take a day just for you. Set a date soon and take it. Make yourself unavailable to all the drama. Go back and read Mesponsible. I need to do that too! Some current situations for me are pulling at me to do more for others. I am willing to do some things that I can without…

Starting out at -7 degrees...I clicked on site to check temp at other home...Good to go!...I decided this was one of my Christmas presents to me because it makes my life easier...The woman who helped me adjust my internet passage thanked me for being such a nice customer to work with...I thank her for helping me get done…

Bitter cold tonight. Staying in. I will practice for our Sunday concert online tonight. I was out it in during the day some light shoveling and over to son's house to set up temperature monitor. It was bad enough to be out in it during the day! Even with painter friend help here to set up the monitor, it still took over an…

I had my painting group over for a Christmas gathering at my home. We try to have it in the space we are in where we meet and it doesn't work very well. It did get me to move things around to create more space for the party. I find I like the open spaces I created. It went well and everyone seemed to enjoy it. It was nice…

It did take a while to get used to mouth taping...I do not tape the whole mouth only a small piece in the center. I can still talk not well and in a pinch could take some air in through my mouth. The goal is to breathe as much through my nose as I can because of the health benefits. I have a friend who uses a C-Pap machine…