Kids are home from school today but it's looking like tomorrow will be a go.

Please, please, PLEASE let it be a go! Even if they do have a 2 hour delay.
Hope it works out! Good luck with the t-ball decision.
I'm snowed in.....Daran's supposed to fly back from Ohio today but we'll see--tons of snow here.....day 16 of no school....
Makes my two days look darn good. Sorry.
CE - I think I'm going to try that Poppy Chicken... sounds good, but do you think I could substitute Ritz crackers for bread crumbs?
I don't see why not. I've made it sometimes without anything if I'm out, but it's better with.

I'm sure bread crumbs would be fine.
Back to work, later Fockers
Hi, Mo, bye, Mo!
Pool progress is almost at an end!

I'm told we should be swimming by this weekend. Who wants to join me?

At least we don't have snow.
I've been researching military spouse blogs. I have
no reason to complain.
Glad the pool's almost done, and as Jo said, don't get yourself upset.

You're still allowed to be worried and all.
And in the spring time im taking a whole class on field methods, so there should be plenty more banding.
Everyone have a great hump day!
Sounds like fun - you, too!
BTW if someone is running for senator is that high up? It's just I know someone who is

Yes, it is! Who?
We're all feeling a bit better and when I spoke to my Nan she said she has a cold anyway but I still don't want to give ours to her, if I still feel ill tomorrow I'll wave at her through her window
Sounds like a nice plan!
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Speaking of Nans (and yes, that's what I call my mum's mum, too!) I got a pretty bad message about mine from my mom, but between me volunteering today and mom subbing in IL, I've not gotten a chance to talk to her about it. Nan has apparently gotten to the point where she can't even swallow Jello.

She has an enormous hietal (sp?) hernia - basically a big blockage in her throat - and nothing much is going down. She's lost like 30 pounds in 4 months. Anyway, they did some x-rays and a barium test last week, and got the news yesterday that her only options are surgery, which she likely wouldn't survive (she's on oxygen full-time, etc.) or a feeding tube, which her initial reaction to was "No way."

I understand, but that more or less means she has to decide if she's ready to more or less waste away. Sigh.
Their concerns about doing a feeding tube - besides her not wanting it - are that she also has some mental stuff - paranoid depression and reclusivity, if you will. So they're afraid that she'll really regress in the home if she doesn't have to go to meals and stuff, and she'd be terribly self-conscious. Also, she has been working pretty hard on her PT/OT because she was still wanting to "go home" but there is truly no way now that she'll ever get to.
Her quality of life has been better in the home, but it's not great. I hate this for her, but hate it even more for my mother.
Sorry, that was a downer.
Volunteering was fun - I was on
scooter duty - and then I hit up the grocery for a few things. I haven't gotten my list together for Maine, but I did pick up a few things that I need to take up there.
Janet, we're skiing in Maine with Deb & her family, plus another family - we went last year. We rent a house, which is great, but we have to not only take clothes, but food for 6 days, too. It's crazy. Each of us is doing 2 night meals, and more or less are in charge of our own lunches and breakfasts. We may eat at the hill for lunch a time or two, but...