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Vicki, the drunken "wife" moved in with him and the kids after she got out of rehab, in theory so she wouldn't relapse. She stays in the bedroom all the time, reading or surfing. She never cooks or lifts a finger to clean up, even after the dog, which is hers. And she never pays for anything, but she does let him drive her…

Katla, if you had your phone during the riding lesson, and he called and the phone rang and startled your horse, the horse might have thrown you off and you could have been stomped on and killed. Dead. So, your putting the phone in a safe place was a common sense safety issue and your hubby should be thankful that you had…

Good morning everyone! We woke up to a cold rain, so I guess summer is finally over. My sister who lives over by Wichita said they are predicting 15 inches of snow over the next few days. We are only supposed to get flurries, so I guess we are lucky. I'm going to the studio this morning if I can get away from my computer.…

Merry Christmas! And best wishes for a wonderful day for those who don't celebrate. Chinese food sounds like a great tradition for that day of the year. Our local chinese place had a sign saying they would be open for Christmas and hubby and I considered going there ourselves, but I already bought a ham thinking the kids…

Hello everyone! It's been a wonderful Christmas eve here. We took the doggies out walking at the nature trail and it was 60 degrees! In December! The END of December. Unbelieveable! At noon we went to give the kids their gifts. That was nice, and to be honest I was glad not to have had to eat there. The kids seemed really…

I'm sorry to have missed so much. I'll try to go back and read when I can, but the last couple of days have been crazy busy and today will be more of the same. Day before yesterday I worked for hours with my oldest DGD on a 3D model of an Egyptian pyramid out of clay. I thought I had it figured out, but when we went to…

Spent all day shopping with the DGDs. Boy, am I tired, but they are really happy. We found that Penneys has a new section called Girls Plus, and the styles were so cute! She got some cute Jean like pants with butterflies all over them and some long sleeved tshirts with cute little flouncy things in the back along the hem.…

Oh, Janet! I'm going to try those this Christmas. Thanks for the recipe! I googled it and found the recipe. It says 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Hello everyone! I'm feeling so much better today. The soreness in my gut has pretty much evaporated and even my arthritic hips are playing nice today. We went to swim laps this morning and the water was REALLY cold. I kept thinking I'd get used to it, but I didn't. But I stuck it out and finished my 30 minutes, goosebumps…

Pip, this made me think of you. Does that dog look spoiled or what?

Hello again everyone! It's cold out here today. Well, it may not sound cold to those of you in the frozen north, but we have gotten used to those nice upper 60's, and it was 30 this morning. Yesterday it was not much warmer than that all day long. We've gotten spoiled by all this unseasonably warm weather. We would…

Grits, our doggie door fits thirty pound dogs, so an adult human can't get through it. But other animals can. I think spanking your dog is counter productive. That's not the best way to train a dog. Positive reinforcement works SO much better.

I'm back home. My procedure was a huge waste of time. They found some scar tissue inside the colon and could not get their instruments past it. Also, the small intestine is attached at a strange backward angle and they couldn't make the turn. So, my options are to have full blown surgery, which will only create even more…

It's 3:30 am and I have two more cupfulls of crud to drink. We are staying in the La Quinta that we like, in a 2 room suite. It's so nice to have that extra space. Hubby was in the living room watching tv last night while I was trying to sleep (between bathroom visits) and I couldn't even hear the tv. Now he's sleeping…

Hoo boy! This stuff is NASTY! I'm sitting in a hotel room in Kansas City trying to gag down the first round of the MoviPrep. I'm 3/4 finished with the first batch and feel like I might throw it back up. Yuck! I have to get up at 3am the take the second batch. This afternoon I took all three kids to get their eyes checked.…

Joyce, I don't really know what you were talking about, saying somebody else had to die for my son to get infusions. The meds he is on are synthetic. And he's not on a transplant list because he is not well enough to survive it. Today I'm on my clear liquid diet, and boy am I hungry! So far I've had a cup of tea and a…

Thank you all so much for all your support. It means so much to me! Today was a pretty good day. Hubby went Christmas shopping with me. There ARE Christmas miracles! I got several gifts but I'm not finished yet. Tomorrow I have to start a completely liquid diet in the morning, then after I take the dogs to the vet and all…

Grits - my son (yes, my only child) has a thing called Alpha 1 Antitrypsthin Deficiency which destroys lungs and liver, and he is in the latter stages. There is no cure. I know that much is true, but often I worry that he milks it for all he can get. I never know if he is truly as bad as he pretends to be. Now he says that…

Miriam, Thank you so much for all your advice and support. It's nice to hear from somebody who knows! Fingers crossed that mine goes as well as yours. Sylvia

Good morning. I woke up at 3AM when Spot was in the living room barking his fool head off because of another dog barking down the block. I never got back to sleep and finally got out of bed at 4:00. We have a broken doggie door which is gaping wide open and I was afraid a skunk or something would get inside. Besides, it…

DJ, very funny. The dead dog is really another turtle but his legs were so fragile he has to dry upside down. Probably has to fire that way too. They were using up scraps of clay making little animals and stuff. One of those things is a tadpole (I'm told) and one is a stingray. One girl made a deer, but it promptly fell…

The party is done, and I'm exhausted. But it was a lot of fun. We wound up with just 7 kids, which made a nice manageable bunch. And two of the mothers stayed to help, so it was great.

Good morning everyone! The morning is getting away from me, I'm afraid. A new audiobook has me sitting and listening more than doing. I'm listening to Elizabeth George's Suitable Vengeance. I love her books but they are so deeply detailed that you have to listen carefully to really get it all. I'm up to the 7th Stephanie…

Two more Christmas pageants tonight, then came home and made candy for a party tomorrow. The first batch of pralines set up too fast and looked ugly but tasted fine. The second batch look pretty. Hubby offered to get rid of the first batch for me. What a good helper. Now it's bedtime. Sweet dreams! Sylvia

I have so many things I wanted to comment on, but can't remember any but one... Miriam, I'm not in the chemistry department, my husband is. He's a chemistry professor and I'm just a faculty wife who gets roped into these things because I have nothing else to do. Right? Tonight was really special. My granddaughter made me…

Good evening ladies! Well, one little mousie is toast! Hubby found one in the trap under the sink this evening. I hope he was a bachelor. Today was the chemistry department Christmas party, so I set up a baked potato bar, which went over very well. I baked about 15 pounds of potatoes in my new turkey roaster and they…

Heather, you look great! I came to the studio this morning full of good intentions. I was going to be a whirlwind of cleaning and organizing. But so far, it hasn't happened. Two other artist friends and I are working on setting up a coop gallery, and we finally decided on a name only to find that the domain name was…

Good evening everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend. We had the much anticipated pool party today, for which I spent about a hundred dollars, and exactly ONE kid from his class showed up. Luckily, the one who showed up was his very best friend, so he still had a lot of fun. His sisters and step brother all came too,…

Hello everyone! This morning I took the oldest DGD to her choir performance, and when she was standing there waiting to sing she looked SO sad. I asked her about it later and she said she was disappointed that NOBODY came to see her sing. I knew she meant her dad and mom, so I told her that I got the whole thing on video…