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Good morning! Bruno seems better this morning. He's eaten two small cans of prescription dog food, split into four small mini-meals, and I haven't had to clean up anything, so that's progress. He's still on crate rest until later this afternoon, just to be sure. He's being really good about it, too. It's strange to be at…

Meg, I totally agree about the bigger clothes being ugly. I used to grumble about it all the time. They would have smaller clothes in all sorts of beautiful colors. Apricot, soft mauve, robins egg blue, teal, but the big stuff only came in primary colors and white. Nobody looks good in primary colors, I think. And the same…

Penny, you sound like you've had an amazing life so far! How many places have you lived? Such exotic and far flung places! Africa and the North Pole! What takes you to these places? I'm very curious. Personally, I've lived in southeast Kansas, Southern California (in the desert), San Antonio Texas, Denver Colorado, back to…

Mary, I love big pictures, and I would bet others on that thread do too. That woman is so self absorbed that everything has to be about her and her preferences. What a jerk! Did anybody else on the thread speak up about it? Post your pics here with us instead. Becca, how sad about the elk! I agree that feeding them pretty…

Good morning everyone! It's going to be a beautiful day here. I was up all night with more gut pain and vomiting, but it has eased up now. It goes away as suddenly as it comes. No rhyme or reason to it. Last night we went out to eat at Cracker Barrel. I had the small sirloin (no seasoning) and a salad and baked sweet…

Kim, my heart breaks for you and the holiday stress. I have not gotten together with my "family" for 40 years or so. They never invite me and I never invite them. When my son was small it was hard because I had no money for gifts and things, and felt awful about it. We never got gifts from my parents or anything like that,…

Hi everyone. I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately. Things are slowly stabilizing in my life, so I can start to breathe again. I had to go see my new primary care doc in order to get a referral to the specialist in Kansas City. She was very nice about it, and gave me some things to mention to the gastro- gal (the new…

Well, I'm home, and did my walking this morning, but still have quite a bit of belly pain. It feels like a charley horse in my tummy sometimes. Not sure it has anything to do with the diverticulitis. I'm trying to get an appointment with a specialist. I'm really tired of this. Not much going on with the DGD. My son went to…

I'm finally home, and taking it easy. Mary, no, I didn't have any warning. Just woke up with bad gut pain, followed by vomiting. When it hadn't improved in about 12 hours I thought it was time to get it checked out. I thought I was being very careful with my food, so I really don't think food caused it. I'm going to sleep…

Sorry to be MIA. Went in with another colon blockage Thursday night. No surgery this time, just waiting it out. Should go home this afternoon or tomorrow. I sure wish they could figure out what's causing this. I hate tubes in my nose to drain my stomach. Sylvia

Janet, one of my good friends is a potter at Silver Dollar City! Her name is Terri Balden. Did you happen to see her booth? I know it's a long shot. I've spent the afternoon with Google, learning more and more about the scumbag boyfriend. He's been in a LOT of trouble, starting with an arrest for ringing doorbells and…

Omg!! I can't believe this! My son was doing some "research" online today and found out that the ex's most current boyfriend is a convicted child rapist from another state who has just disappeared because he's in violation of his parole. We asked the girls if he has ever, EVER touched them in any way that was inappropriate…

Thanks everyone, for the advice and suggestions. I don't think it's her period because she's been ready for that for a long time. She has all the pads and knows how to use them. We have talked about that several times. She was screened for sexual abuse when she first came to live with my son, after living with her horrible…

Oh, boy, do we have a problem! I need some detective help on this one from anyone with experience with pre-teen girls. This morning I arrived at the apartment building to pick up the kids as usual. My son gets the kids ready and brings them down to the lobby, so he and two of the kids were sitting at the table in the lobby…

DeeDee, the bullying issue is getting better I think. She told me yesterday that a boy in one of her classes was bothering her so she told the teacher. That's an improvement over just sitting there and putting up with it. The trouble now is with her grades. They are so bad that she's being considered for special Ed. My son…

Good morning! Pip, congrats to you and Kirby on such a great ride! It was like we were there with you. Thanks for the pics. Michele, glad you are back. I hope Vince manages to relax and does ok without his heart meds. Kayla and Rori, great pic! I'm glad you got to meet up. How nice! Carey, more hugs! DrKatieBug, I'm sorry…

Good morning! It's beautiful here today, and the weather channel promises high temps in the low 70's. The TV station says the high will be 92, so it'll be interesting to see which is right. It's 50 degrees right now, so the weather channel is looking good at the moment. The kids went to their other grandparents for the…

Hi everyone! Hubby and I drove over to Carthage Missouri for an art reception tonight. One of my good pottery friends has a show going on, and his new work is just beautiful. Afterward we went to a Chinese place for dinner. Hubby had the buffet but I ordered off the menu. I have not had Chinese food in three years, so this…

My son is out of the hospital and back home, but looking very tired. I picked up all the kids from school and took them home. He told them they were going out to eat with their other grandparents tonight, so they were having to rush getting their homework done and baths taken. I hope they have a good time and the other…

When I took the kids to school my son was on his way to the emergency room. They think he has yet another lung infection. After I dropped off the kids and did my 2 mile walk with my friend I stopped at the hospital to check on him. They gave him some kind of special breathing treatment plus some other IV meds and he was a…

Penny, I loved the 360 view of your town. Amazing!

A teeny tiny NSV for me today. I dug an 18 inch necklace out of my jewelry box and tried it on. IT FIT! I have not worn necklaces in at least 35 years because I couldn't easily find ones that were long enough to fit my big fat neck. This is a necklace my dad gave me for Christmas many years ago but I never wore it because…

Heather, YES on the mulberries! When I was a kid there was a huge mulberry tree between the chicken coop and the outhouse and I spent MANY happy hours climbing that tree, hanging upside down from my knees and stuffing myself with mulberries. My fingers were red most of the summer. We have some mulberry trees here at the…

Pip, pumpkin colored nails to match your pumpkin snacks. How coordinated!

Good afternoon everyone! It seems that my post yesterday didn't show up, so I probably didn't hit the post reply button. Oh well. I do that sometimes. Hubby and I went to Joplin yesterday evening and FINALLY bought a new bathroom scale. Sadly though, we seem to have gotten one that is defective. It reads a full five pounds…

Tonight I met Hubby at Rib Crib for dinner, and as we were going inside we ran into two ladies who I do drafting work for. It's all done through email, so I very seldom see them, but they were in town for a company meeting. I know it's been at least three years since I've seen one of them, and maybe two years for the…

Good morning everyone! It's already after 11 and I just got to work. Good thing I don't have to punch a clock. The boss would fire me. Walking this morning was wonderful, but it's going to be warm again today. I can't wait for the cooler temps to come and stay. The plants around here are so confused, people have lilacs…

Meg, I hope you feel better. One thing that used to help me with migraines was to wear a really tight cap - like a swim cap. Don't know why but the pressure helped. Sylvia

I would bet that Bruno is the one who disembowled Winnie the Pooh. But he and Spot like to tug on things, so Spot may have had a hand in it. I can see Molly sitting on her high throne watching and judging them crazy. When she was younger, SHE would be the one doing it. I buy toys cheap at garage sales just because of…